A revised free-trade pact between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) facilitating the cross-border flow of services and investment came into force on Saturday. The deal took effect for Japan and five Asean members – Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The ...

The Youth Resource Development Programme (YRDP) and a group of youths have asked the government to include students and monks in the government’s National Social Security Fund (NSSF) so they can receive social protection services for free such as health examinations and treatment. The proposal ...

On 15 March 2021, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) issued a press release providing $10M to increase Cambodia’s mine clearance and victim assistance efforts in 2021 and beyond, focusing on undertaking landmine and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) clearance, increases victim assistance, mine risk ...

On 24 March 2021, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) issued a press release on the provision of a $7 million grant which aims to promote Information and Communications Technology (ICT) capacity for regional teacher training centers and lower secondary education. The major thrust of ...

On 02 May 2022, the Ministry of Environment issued an announcement on the National and World Environment Day on 05 June under the theme “Caring for the planet for our health”.The Ministry of Environment in collaboration with Battambang Provincial Administration will celebrate the National and ...

The Belt and Road Initiative, the most ambitious and expansive infrastructure connectivity and development project ever conceived, was proposed a decade ago. The initiative connects about 150 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America through a network of infrastructure investments, trade agreements and cultural ...

Open​ Development​ Cambodia​ (ODC)​ updated a topic​ page​ on​ “Environmental impact assessments”. This​ bilingual​ topic​ page​ gives​ a​ quick​ overview​ of environmental impact assessment (EIA) regulations, process of EIA, monitoring, and challenges.=> Please​ click​ here​ to​ go​ to “Environmental impact assessments”. ...

An outside the court settlement was made in the biggest land dispute in Mondulkiri province had seen since 2019. Bousra commune chief Yeut Savin said yesterday that land disputes involving three companies – Varanasi Economic Land Concession Company, Socfin-KCD Company, Kovipama Company – and indigenous ...

On 17th November 2022, LICADHA issued a joint statement on AIIB loans to Cambodian microlenders risk worsening a human rights crisis.We, the undersigned civil society organisations in Southeast Asia and Europe, decry the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) approval of US$175 million in financing to ...

US Ambassador W. Patrick Murphy welcomed Prime Minister Hun Sen to the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh in a move that aims to strengthen bilateral relations into 2023. It added that the United States has welcomed Cambodia’s leadership of ASEAN during a year of “global ...

The Ministry of Justice and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have advanced discussions to establish a commercial court, a first for the Kingdom. The ADB will provide technical assistance, said a senior ministry official. Ministry secretary of state Chiv Songhak chaired a meeting last week ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates a topic page on​ “Ethnic minorities and indigenous people”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of ethnic minorities and indigenous people in Cambodia including indigenous population, location of indigenous peoples, laws and policies, and challenges and issues regarding ...

On 24 June 2024, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release regarding the official visit to Cambodia of the Thai Foreign Minister on their official websiteAccording to the press, Thai Foreign Minister, H.E Maris Sangiampongsa will pay an official visit ...

After the So Ngoun Company sprayed pesticides in Kampot province approximately 90 villagers have become ill. They are being treated for vomiting, diarrhea, and dizziness after drinking contaminated water, as the pesticide flowed downstream after some rains. The pesticide was sprayed in order to rid ...

Megaworld International a Philippines-based development company is expanding its operations in Cambodia in order to attract more of Cambodia’s growing middle class. They held an exhibition in Phnom Penh to entice locals to invest in the Manila property market. There are approximately 3000 residents in ...

20 per cent of a planned equity fund by Dragon Capital will be invested in Cambodia and Laos according to Bill Stoops, chief investment officer. The fund is called Dragon Capital Third Wave Fund and is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The fund ...

A villager living at Boeung Kak lake claimed yesterday that staff from Shukaku Inc, owned by ruling party senator Lao Meng Khin, threatened to demolish her home if she rejected an alleged US$80,000 offer to purchase the property Lao Vann, deputy director-general of Shukaku Inc, yesterday ...

About 60 female workers at a garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district were rushed to a nearby hospital yesterday after fainting from inhaling paint fumes. Tuol Sangke commune police chief said that workers at King First Industrial Co Ltd began vomiting and complaining of ...

About 700 villagers in Kratie province’s Kampong Damrei commune will continue their protests today to persuade provincial authorities to release one of their representatives, villagers said yesterday. Representative Bun Sithet said the villagers, who are involved in a land dispute with Kasotim company, would protest outside ...