Outpost Cambodia launches startup sponsorship competition
The co-working and co-living space Outpost Cambodia announced details of a startup competition today that will offer a winning company free 24/7 access to a desk for up to six people for six months in its workspace on Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar peninsula, four specialised consultations with ...
Euan Black
http://sea-globe.com/outpost-cambodia/
Cambodian soldiers accused of land rights abuse in Prey Trolach forest
Cambodian soldiers and police have been clearing undergrowth with pesticides and using bulldozers to bring down trees in an area of community forest, according to local groups. The alleged land seizure at the 1,335 hectare (3,300 acre) Prey Trolach commune forest, a four-hour drive from the ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/aug/03/cambodian-soldiers-land-rights-prey-trolach
Vietnam's Chinese flee unrest to Cambodia
Chen Qun squinted into the morning sunlight as she walked out of the customs and immigration office in Bavet, a small border town that serves as one of the main gateways for land travel between Cambodia and Vietnam. “I have no friends in Sviey Rieng so ...
Luc Forsyth
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/05/vietnam-chinese-flee-unrest-cambodia-201451873538689813.html
Press release: Measures for institutions with staff or students contacted with the official visit of the Hungarian delegation to Cambodia
On 04 November 2020, the Ministry of Education in Cambodia issued a press release on the recent case of COVID-19. The Ministry advised related institutions, parents and children to follow some certain steps including: (1) All the institutions that have been in contact with Hungarian ...
Ministry of Education Youth and Sport
Instruction for sub-national authorities to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 during the upcoming holidays
On 17 July 2020, Ministry of Health has posted an instruction guideline to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in the upcoming holidays to all sub-national authorities and all relevant actors. Those guidelines are as follow: 1 Choose a safe family reunion or safe family trip without ...
Ministry of Health
Joint press release: CCHR, ADHOC and Solidarity Center published the fourth annual report of the Cambodia fundamental freedoms monitor
On 27 July 2020, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”), the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (“ADHOC”) and the Solidarity Center (“SC”) announced the release of the Fourth Annual Report of the Cambodia Fundamental Freedoms Monitor, produced by the Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project ...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights, Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association and Solidarity Center
Announcement on the Instruction of the Royal Government of Cambodia on measures to continue to manage the impact on key economic sectors in the context of the crisis and to rehabilitate and promote Cambodia's economic growth in the post COVID-19 crisis
On 31 July 2020, The Royal Government of Cambodia has posted an announcement on the Instruction of the Royal Government of Cambodia on measures to continue to manage the impact on key economic sectors in the context of the crisis and to rehabilitate and promote ...
Royal Government of Cambodia
Deployment of logo and seal of Social Security Regulator
On 12 August 2021, Social Security Regulator issued a press release on deployment of logo and seal of Social Security Regulator.Sub-Decree No. 113 issued on 11 August 2021 on the organization and functioning of units under the auspices of the Non-Banking Financial Services Authority authorized the ...
Social Security Regulator
Implementation of Pchum Ben Holiday in 2021
On 17 September 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on Implementation of Pchum Ben Holiday in 2021.All factory managers or owners within the scope of the Labor Law must allow all their workers to take paid leave during the upcoming ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Official launch of the Business Registration System on Information Technology Platform Phase 2
On 01 September 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the official launch of the Business Registration System on Information Technology Platform Phase 2 collaborated with many ministries and departments. It was officially launched on September 01, 2021 at 9am, ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Collection of garbage and solid waste service fee in Phnom Penh for August 2021
On 03 September 2021, the Phnom Penh Capital Administration issued a notification on the collection of garbage and solid waste service fee in Phnom Penh for August 2021.All business service owners and private institutions who failed to pay for the garbage and solid waste service ...
Phnom Penh Capital Administration
Outcomes of the first visit of the special envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, on 21-23 March 2022
On 23 March 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the first visit of the special envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, on 21-23 March 2022. ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn and His Excellency WANG Wentian will sign the Agreement on the Cooperation Projects of the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Special Fund 2022
On 11 June 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn and His Excellency WANG Wentian signing the Agreement on the Cooperation Projects of the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Special Fund 2022.On 13 June 2022, His Excellency ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Rights groups file complaint against dutch MFI investor Oikocredit
Three NGOs filed a complaint Monday to a Dutch government watchdog accusing social investor Oikocredit of failing to conduct due diligence by investing in Cambodian microfinance institutions (MFIs) whose lending practices have been linked to rights abuses. ...
Jack Brook and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/rights-groups-file-complaint-against-dutch-mfi-investor-oikocredit/
Press release on Mekong River dolphin deaths in Kandal province
On 9 August 2023, the Fisheries Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries issued a press release to inform the public after finding a 1.01-meter-long female Irrawaddy dolphin weighing 14.4 kg, about two months old, dead of trapping in nets in Peam village, ...
Fisheries Administration
Future Prime Minister Hun Manet promises to follow his father’s advice
A day after Prime Minister Hun Sen announced his son Hun Manet would take over the role in August, Hun Manet told the public on Thursday he would follow his father’s words. ...
Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/future-prime-minister-hun-manet-promises-to-follow-his-fathers-advice/
Government gives 9,968 hectares in Botum Sakor National Park to Royal Group
Tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group company received 9,968 hectares inside Botum Sakor National park in Koh Kong province, according to a January 25 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen and published earlier this month. ...
Runn Sreydeth and Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/government-gives-9968-hectares-in-botum-sakor-national-park-to-royal-group/
Government kicks off pension scheme for private sector
The government has launched a social security pension fund aimed at providing retirement benefits to private sector employees, in a move applauded by civil society groups and workers. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/government-kicks-off-pension-scheme-for-private-sector/
China-funded Ream base construction includes new pier, US think tank says
Chinese-funded construction, including land clearing, several new structures and a new pier, “continues to transform” Sihanoukville’s Ream Naval Base “at a rapid pace,” a U.S. think tank said Tuesday. ...
Sorn Sarath and Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/china-funded-ream-base-construction-includes-new-pier-us-think-tank-says/
Environmental activists petition the Ministry of Environment to designate Koh Kong Krao as a marine national park
Environmental activists submitted a petition to the Ministry of Environment on August 23 requesting the ministry to designate Koh Kong Krao as a marine national park after the government granted rights to Ly Yong Phat’s Koh Kong SEZ. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/environmental-activists-submit-the-petition-to-em-to-designate-koh-kong-krao-as-marine-national-park/