Announcement on using the Great Duke hotel as a hospital for Covid-19 patients
On 17 March, the Ministry of Health and Board Governor of Phnom Penh issued an announcement to use the Great Duke hotel (former InterCOntinental hotel) as a hospital for mOnitoring, maintaining and curing Covid-19 patients. This measure is to prevent the community transmissiOn of Covid-19 ...
Ministry of Health Cambodia
Talks on disputed oil fields to resume
Negotiations on oil and gas development over the long-contested Overlapping Claims Area (OCA) in the Gulf of Thailand between Cambodia and Thailand will be resumed shortly after the viral pandemic ends, according to a Ministry of Mine and Energy’s official. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50723381/talks-on-disputed-oil-fields-to-resume/
Construction for Pursat’s power projects on track
Two power projects, solar and hydro-power plants, are well underway for the construction in Pursat province – a western part of the country sharing its border with Thailand. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50725772/construction-for-pursats-power-projects-on-track/
PM nixes ban on dual-national party leaders
In his latest abrupt policy backtracking, Prime Minister Hun Sen used a speech on Thursday to rescind a recently announced plan to ban dual nationals from leading political parties—an effort that had ostensibly been aimed at the self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/104769-104769/
A year on, logging force proving skeptics right
A year ago on Sunday, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the start of what sounded like a muscular new crackdown on the illegal timber trade running rampant across eastern Cambodia. ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/a-year-on-logging-force-proving-skeptics-right-123485/
First training workshop on Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and the Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme (NTFP-EP Cambodia) jointly hosted the first training workshop on Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) under the Shared Resources Joint Solutions (SRJS) program supported by the Netherlands Committee for IUCN. The two-day training was held on ...
CSOs urge further action on non-communicable diseases
Civil society organisations asked the government to issue urgent measures in the health sector, as well as increase its budget in order to address non-communicable diseases, as nearly 60,000 Cambodians each year die from illnesses. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50740291/csos-urge-further-action-on-non-communicable-diseases/
BirdLife pilots buffalo breeding project to cut down on hunting
BirdLife International Cambodia is testing a new buffalo breeding project by giving farmers female buffalo to breed as an alternative to hunting. The project aims to put an end to hunting in the Boeung Prek Lpov Protected Landscape in Takeo province’s Koh Andet and Borei Cholsar ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/birdlife-pilots-buffalo-breeding-project-cut-down-hunting
CCC, securities regulator call for firms to list on bourse
The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) on Tuesday called on local companies to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX). ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ccc-securities-regulator-call-firms-list-bourse
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new page on Budget and public procurement
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new profile page on Budget and public procurement in both Khmer and English. Together with the detail on National budget on uptrend, People’s livelihoods: Impact of the national budget and its constraints, Public debt situations in Cambodia, and ...
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Floods”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Floods”, a hot topic discussed in the present day. In this bilingual new topic page, you will get some insights regarding the situation of floods in Cambodia, together with the related statistic figures and references. =>Please ...
NGO embarks on mission for green SEZs
Motivated to build a green industrial zone in Cambodia, the newly-established NGO Environmental Protection Industry Associations of Cambodia (Epiac) will work with Chinese-owned industrial park developer and operator QiLu (Cambodia) Special Economic Zone Co Ltd to set a new precedent for environmentally-friendly design and construction. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ngo-embarks-mission-green-sezs
Decision on the establishment of fake news monitoring committee
On March 11 2020, the Ministry of InformatiOn issued a DecisiOn On the establishment of a fake news mOnitoring committee. The committee’s task is to mOnitor the spread of fake news and misinformatiOn On social media, to respOnd to the public in a timely manner, ...
Ministry of Information
Ministry dismisses NGO report on fundamental freedoms
The government yesterday dismissed as being inccurate a joint report by three NGOs claiming that fundamental freedoms in the Kingdom continue to be restricted. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50750444/ministry-dismisses-ngo-report-on-fundamental-freedoms/
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
Red corn prices enjoy surge on demand for domestic feed
Prices of red corn have reportedly seen modest rises on surging demand for domestic feed production as the harvest season nears its end. In northwestern provinces, red corn is typically harvested twice a year between late June and August and then again between late October ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/red-corn-prices-enjoy-surge-demand-domestic-feed
Helping SMEs to stand on their own two feet
Following the successful completion of two rounds of assistance packages to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups during the COVID-19 pandemic, Khmer Enterprise will implement a third this year. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810982/helping-smes-to-stand-on-their-own-two-feet/
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Unions”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Unions”. This bilingual new topic page gives the overviews of Unions in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as law and regulations, daily news and publications.=>Please click here to go to “Unions”. ...
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Investment”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Investment”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of investment in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as data, information, and publications.=>Please click here to go to “Investment”. ...
Announcement on the encouragement to use electronic services
On 20 April 2021, the NatiOnal Bank of Cambodia released an announcement On the encouragement to use electrOnic services aims to take efforts to prevent the serious spreading of COVID-19 in the community through reducing the usage of banknotes. ...
National Bank of Cambodia
