Cambodia’s ambitious Funan Techo canal project sparks concerns near and far
Heang Nang Eng, 60, had a bad feeling when she first heard rumors about a canal project that would impact the Prek Ta Hing stream near where she lives. ...
Seoung Nimol and Ly Rosslan
https://cambojanews.com/cambodias-ambitious-funan-techo-canal-project-sparks-concerns-near-and-far/
Joint statement: Immediately end legal threats against ADHOC staffer Soeng Senkaruna
On 14 February 2024, 55 organizations, associations, unions, and communities issued a joint statement for withdrawing the complaint against Mr. Soeng Senkaruna, a senior staffer at the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC). The statement was made after the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) filed ...
State institutions ensure seated flatbed trucks for garment workers by 2024, buses by 2027
After several rounds of discussion since 2018, state institutions on Wednesday vowed to make it safer for workers across the country to have chairs to sit on while traveling to and from work, which has typically been flatbed trucks. ...
Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/state-institution-ensure-seated-flatbed-trucks-for-garment-workers-by-2024-buses-by-2027/
Union leader Morm Rithy convicted for criticizing Chinese-owned Jin Bei Casino two years ago
Union leader Morm Rithy was arrested after being convicted on charges of incitement to commit a crime following a lawsuit by Chinese-owned Jin Bei Group and has been sent to Prey Sar prison where he will serve an 18-month sentence. ...
Khuon Narim and Ly Rosslan
https://cambojanews.com/union-leader-morm-rithy-convicted-for-criticizing-chinese-owned-jin-bei-casino-two-years-ago/
Notice on measures to prevent Telegram attacks
On 15 December 2020, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a public notice of Telegram attacks that has been remarkably happening. The hackers carried out attacks in the form of impersonating government leaders or other individuals to transmit viruses through program messages Telegrams to ...
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Press release on the attending the first major gathering of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the ASEAN Foreign Ministers 2023
On 1 February 2023 – At the invitation of Her Excellency Retno L.P. Marsudi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, His Excellency Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia will lead a ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
NGOs want government, Italy to halt reopening of intercountry adoptions
Reopening intercountry adoptions will put Cambodian children and their families at risk, a group of NGOs said in a statement Wednesday, urging the Cambodian government to stop the process. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/ngos-want-government-italy-to-halt-reopening-of-intercountry-adoptions/
No likelihood of EBA’s full reinstatement for now, says EU Ambassador to Cambodia
There is no confirmation that the EU would fully reinstate its preferential scheme, Everything But Arms (EBA), for Cambodia, said newly-appointed EU ambassador to Cambodia Igor Driesmans, while identifying four priorities in his mandate. ...
Sovann Sreypich and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/no-likelihood-of-ebas-full-reinstatement-for-now-says-eu-ambassador-to-cambodia/
Banking and financial services
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According to the Annual supervision report 2020 by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the key bodies in the banking system consists of:51 commercial banks12 specialized banks75 microfinance non-deposit taking institutions6 microfinance deposit-taking institutions245 rural credit institutionsIn addition, there are financial leasing companies, third-party processors, ...
SDG 7 Affordable and clean energy
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SDG 7 focuses on affordable, reliable and sustainable access to modern energy services. This includes ensuring universal access to energy services (SDG 7.1), increasing the proportion of renewable energy sources used to supply these services (SDG 7.2) and doubling the rate of energy efficiency improvements ...
Pandemics
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Pandemics are disease epidemics that spread from person to person as a result of human-to-human transmission. Many medical texts do not define the term “pandemic”. However, some key characteristics of pandemics, including wide geographic spread, disease movement, novelty, severity, high attack rates and explosiveness, minimal ...
MoE: Notice on dissemination of the updated documents for environmental and social safety
On 12 March 2020, the Ministry of Environment (MoE) released a public announcement on dissemination of the updated documents for environmental and social safety in the implementation of the project “Sustainable Landscape and Ecotourism in Cambodia”, in the purpose to increase public awareness and getting ...
Ministry of Environment
SDG 3 Good health and well-being
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table td { border: 1px solid; } Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3) seeks to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”.173 The goal encompasses a wide range of mortality rates, infection numbers for many diseases, tobacco use, suicide rates, road ...
National parks and wildlife sanctuaries
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Cambodia’s national parks (or ‘natural parks’) and wildlife preserves were established under the 1993 Royal Decree on the Protection of Natural Areas. Although other areas have been added subsequently, there is currently no officially available list of all protected areas and their boundaries. ...
Climate change
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Voice from Cambodia–Time is running out. Photo by Oxfam International, taken on 21 October 2009. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Climate change is the long-term change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns. While the climate of the earth has always gone through periods of change, modern scientific evidence ...
Overloaded vehicles at issue
Overloaded vehicles are contributing to a more rapid than anticipated deterioration of Cambodia’s road network, experts said yesterday. “The cost of overloading causes problems to everyone involved, but it is easy to control damage if we have good system in place. This is the only ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070550177/Business/overloaded-vehicles-at-issue.html
Minister urges ties with Asian nations
Cambodia must further integrate with its East Asian neighbours for future economic development, said Minister of Economy and Finance Keat Chhon. The financial crisis highlighted the need to diversify production, and Asia’s markets are ripe for increased Cambodian exports, he said. Speaking at the 7th ...
City Hall Calls On Angkor Beer Promoters to Protest Peacefully
Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday warned Angkor Beer promoters to protest peacefully until a resolution could be reached on their pay claims, a union representative said. Protests held by the Angkor Beer promoters turned violent on Tuesday evening, with one promoter hospitalized after protestors clashed ...