Press release on license revocation and suspension of 17 telecoms operators
On 20 October 2020, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications issued a press release announcing the suspension and/or revocation licenses of 17 telecoms operators. This action was taken as some telecoms operators failed to pay their revenue shares to the government and some were inactive ...
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications
Cambodia’s hydroelectric question: China power and the environment
Discussion about hydroelectric power plants in Cambodia tends to focus on two aspects, both negative. One is an overdependence on Chinese investment, and the other is a relatively disproportionate focus on the environmental impacts of hydroelectric power. Chinese Influence Most hydroelectric power plants in Cambodia are associated ...
Sim Vireak
http://thediplomat.com/2014/07/cambodias-hydroelectric-question-china-power-and-the-environment/
Gains not losses: Key factors that affect share prices in the market
Share price fluctuations can either create opportunities for gains for investors – or potentially be the cause of losses. Factors that drive demand (buying orders) higher than supply (selling orders) will generally lead to an increase in stock price. Conversely, any that drive supply higher ...
Press release on the implementation measures for those who refuse to follow the quarantine procedures
On 05 March 2021, the Ministry of Tourism issued a press release on the implementation measures for those who refuse to follow the quarantine procedures. To strengthen the prevention of COVID-19 transmission in the community, the ministry will take additional legal measures against those who ...
Ministry of Tourism
Travel ban lifted on passengers from 10 African countries
Following the suggestion made by Prime Minister Hun Sen last week, the Health Ministry yesterday has lifted the ban on travellers from 10 African countries or who have a history of travelling to those countries, which had been put in place over concerns after the ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50982926/travel-ban-lifted-on-passengers-from-10-african-countries/
Ministries warn public about wildfire dangers
The Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have jointly called on the public to be very careful about using fire as a means of cooking, clearing wild grass or harvesting forest products because wildfires often occur in natural protected areas ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-warn-public-about-wildfire-dangers
Allowing workers to take one day off before and after the election day, keeping wages and other benefits the same
On 24 May 2022, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued a notification on allowing workers to take one day off before and after the election day, keeping wages and other benefits the same.The ministry strongly hopes that all factory owners or directors, as ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Paid holiday on Sunday
On 04 May 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notice on the paid holiday on Sunday.If the worker and the employer agree to work overtime on a paid holiday on Sunday, the employer shall consider the overtime wage equal to 200% ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
GDT revises special tax on non-alcoholic beverage products
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has revised special tax on non-alcoholic beverages or drink products that are produced in Cambodia to a higher rate for those products that are believed to negatively affect people’s health and ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501344132/gdt-revises-special-tax-on-non-alcoholic-beverage-products/
Reforms improve education quality benefitting 500,000 students in Cambodia
Almost half a million students—52 percent of them girls have benefited from the improved school operations, learning facilities, and capacities of teachers and school leaders this project yielded. The project also formed the backbone of the country’s distance teaching and learning program or efforts during ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348492/reforms-improve-education-quality-benefitting-500000-students-in-cambodia/
$20M collected as deadline looms for right-hand-drive tax payments
The General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) has collected $19.73 million in levies on previously-untaxed right-hand-drive (RHD) vehicles in the 90 days to October 4, in Phase II of its campaign to get owners of such vehicles to comply with their tax ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/20m-collected-deadline-looms-right-hand-drive-tax-payments
RUPP Vietnamese Language Department to offer 3 courses
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron issued a proclamation on November 22, 2021, to establish the Institute of International Studies and Public Policy of RUPP where students can study in the Vietnamese Language Department and obtain a bachelor’s in Vietnamese studies, Vietnamese ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501133204/rupp-vietnamese-language-department-to-offer-3-courses/
NSSF call on companies to register staff
All companies, enterprises and businesses that employ one or more employees are required to register with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). Those who attempt to evade registering their staff will face legal consequences, explained Sok Bora, director of the NSSF’s Benefits Division, as he ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nssf-call-companies-register-staff
90% of foreign workers in Bavet casinos illegal
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng confirmed on his Facebook page on Friday evening that several licenced casinos in Bavet city, Svay Rieng province, are employing many workers illegally. Of over 3,800 foreign workers, only 470 are working legally, while over 3,000 others are working illegally ...
Tith Kognov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501224586/90-of-foreign-workers-in-bavet-casinos-illegal/
72% pass national exams, over 1,600 A grade students
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has released the overall results of this year’s grade 12 high school examinations and announced that nearly 100,000 candidates have passed the exam, or about 72 per cent of the total number of candidates. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/72-pass-national-exams-over-1-600-a-grade-students
Pisith: How I tackle challenges of working from home during the COVID-19 outbreak
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Working from home during this period of COVID-19 seems to be likely adopted by many enterprises, including my organization Open Development Cambodia (ODC). As the outbreak of the Coronavirus is taking place with an abrupt increase of the positive confirmed for COVID-19 infection, people are ...
Chinese aid
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Construction of a laboratory funded by Chinese money. Photo by Michael Coghlan, taken on 10 January 2014. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0China, while once being at odds with the current government, is now Cambodia’s largest development partner. The two nations have grown increasingly close in recent ...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Special economic zone in Cambodia”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Special economic zone in Cambodia” adding 1 new map features in Preah Sihanouk from sub decree no. 54 on the establishment of King Bridge International Prey nob special economic zone. This dataset describes the information of ...
Procurement
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“Stopping corruption may start from us” (Khmer version on Clean Hand poster), in Kratie province, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank Photo Collection, taken on November 22, 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0In Cambodia, the activities of buying goods, construction work, repairs, and services and consultation ...
Mass Evictions Loom for Wildlife Sanctuary
Ms Sam On, 37, has already lost her house. It was one of three homes razed in April by Kratie provincial military police, environment officials and workers of the Sovannvuthy rubber company, after a tense stand-off with about 100 villagers that villagers said ended with ...