The 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Phnom Penh
On 12 January 2022, the Phnom Penh Capital Administration issued the notification on the 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine to the leaders, civil servants and staffs, 14 Khan Administration, 105 Sangkat Administration Departments, special units, frontline health workers, the private sector and the people in ...
Phnom Penh Capital Administration
Jessica Duval
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Universite Libre de BruxellesLegal Research Intern, Jul 2013Jessica is pursuing a Master in Public Law at Universite Libre de Bruxelles. Jessica spent her summer with ODC as a legal research intern, during which time she completed a briefing paper on the law and judiciary sector ...
Head of state
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The Kingdom of Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The king is the head of state for his lifetime but does not govern. ...
GMAC head sets clothing export goal
Cambodia is set for a 30 per cent increase in garment exports this year, according to Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia [GMAC] President Van Sou Ieng. The sector was heavily dependent on foreign buyers, which were increasing their orders as the global economy recovered, he said. ...
Working conditions report highlights faintings
Ninety-five percent of factories in the country are issuing too much overtime, while more than 60 percent of factories are too hot, according to a report released yesterday by the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories program. Both the excessive overtime and the hot working conditions ...
Thaksin oil deal interrupted
A Cambodian and Thai dispute over oil nearly reached a resolution when then prime minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted was revealed in diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks. The cable details a meeting between the US-ASEAN Business council in Phnom Penh on May 15, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011071350344/National-news/thaksin-oil-deal-interrupted.html
Union claims strikers threatened with gun
Free Trade Union members claimed that staff of the Cambodian Union Federation of Chuon Mom Thol threatened workers striking at a shoe factory in Kampong Speu province yesterday. FTU president Chea Mony told the Post that officials of the Cambodian Union Federation had used guns ...
Protest planned despite warning
Kulan district villagers embroiled in a land dispute in Preah Vihear’s Srayong commune say they will follow through with a planned 200-person protest against rubber firm Siladamich Company today despite being threatened with arrest. Village representative Lem Lom, 32, said yesterday that Srayong commune police and ...
Maid death numbers shock
The Cambodian embassy in Malaysia has reported that nine migrant domestic workers have died there this year, including one on Sunday, a rights activist and an opposition parliamentarian visiting Kuala Lumpur said yesterday. After a press conference held by the Malaysian rights group Tenaganita, Moeun Tola, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011111052690/National-news/maid-death-numbers-shock.html
Mass faintings hit factory again
Female workers were rushed to hospital in a second mass fainting yesterday at Su Tong Fang Ying Kam garment factory in Russey Keo district, unionists said. About 17 female workers became overwhelmed with diesel fumes from their sewing machines and were rushed to Calmette Hospital, where ...
More maids missing in Malaysia: parents
Parents of four girls sent to work as maids in Malaysia filed a complaint with Adhoc yesterday in Preah Vihear province saying they had not heard from their daughters for anywhere from two to nearly five years. Prak Leat, 41, said her daughter had left for ...
Hun Sen defends new Consultation Forum
Prime Minister-designate Hun Sen on Thursday defended his establishment of the Consultation Forum, saying it gives opposition parties an opportunity to contribute to nation-building. Speaking to over 17,000 garment workers in Kandal province, the Cambodian People’s Party leader was responding to criticisms from some members ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-defends-new-consultation-forum
NBC releases Financial Stability Review to the public for the first time
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) released its Financial Stability Review for the first time on Wednesday, outlining the work needed to monitor economic security and develop macro-prudential measures to cope with systemic risks. The Financial Stability Review has been produced by NBC since 2001 ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-releases-financial-stability-review-public-first-time
U.S. sees Cambodia's anti-trafficking efforts floundering
Cambodia is not doing enough to combat human trafficking, the United States said on Thursday, leaving the Asian nation at risk of economic sanctions unless it takes firmer action. Corruption impedes law enforcement, prosecutions and provision of services to victims, the influential Trafficking In Persons ...
Matt Blomberg
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trafficking-cambodia/u-s-sees-cambodias-anti-trafficking-efforts-floundering-idUSKCN1TL21Q
UN concerned over political crackdown
UN human rights experts have expressed concern about what they call an escalating trend of silencing political opinion, saying the government has used criminal law to deny former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) members’ the rights to expression and to hold gatherings. However, senior government ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/un-concerned-over-political-crackdown
Half a million landed homes by 2030: VTrust
The document, titled Phnom Penh 2030, showed that landed homes will increase threefold over the next 13 years. The valuation company claims the total currently stands at 150,000 but will hit 450,000 by 2030. VTrust’s report anticipates an average of 25,000 new landed units to hit ...
Thmey Thmey Staff
https://cambodianess.com/article/half-a-million-landed-homes-by-2030-vtrust
Man charged over land grab of hundreds of hectares of protected forest
Battambang provincial court has charged a man who illegally cleared hundreds of hectares of protected forest land for sale as housing lots in Battambang province’s Samlot district since 2015. Long Vuthy, 48, was arrested on September 15 by joint forces from the provincial authority and National ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50644710/man-charged-over-land-grab-since-2015/
Government collects $4.5B in revenue from tax, customs
A report from the General Department of Taxation (GDT) released on Wednesday showed that the department collected $2.183 billion in taxes, while Prime Minister Hun Sen on the same day announced that $2.384 billion in customs and excise duties was collected during the period. GDT ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-collects-45b-revenue-tax-customs
CDC gives $68M hotel project nod for Poipet
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved a more than $68 million hotel project in Poipet town, it said on Friday. The project, funded by Boonma Heng Co Ltd, aims to build the first four-star hotel in the province, complete with 392 ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-gives-68m-hotel-project-nod-poipet
Investment growing but at a slower pace: GMAC
Investment in the garment and footwear sector, one of Cambodia’s economic pillars, is growing at a slightly slower pace in 2019 compared to last year, according to an official from the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC). The deceleration is likely the result of the ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50601248/investment-growing-but-at-a-slower-pace-gmac/