Announcement on the instruction of the requirement to work from home for 1-week period
09 March 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance released an instruction on the requirement to work from home for a 1-week period in order to prevent COVID-19 transmission which has been continually spreading in Cambodia since the community transmission event on 20 February 2021. ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Announcement on the retail price of fuel at stations to be implemented from 16 to 31 March 2021
On 16 March 2021, the Ministry of Commerce released an announcement on the retail price of fuel at stations to be implemented from 16 to 31 March 2021 based on the average price of fuel on the international market which aims to facilitate people’s livelihood. ...
Ministry of Commerce
Announcement on the request for extension the validity of foreigner’s work permits/books in 2021
On 26 March 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued an announcement on the request for extension of the validity of foreigner’s work permits/books which has been postponed until 31 May 2021, without requiring fines for foreigners who had foreigner’s work permits/books in ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Youth group claims illegal loggers have raided Roka
A senior Ministry of Environment official has rejected the Cambodian Youth Network (CYN) report detailing 100 illegal logging incidents they claim took place in early 2021 in Prey Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-group-claims-illegal-loggers-have-raided-roka
Information Ministry launches vaccination campaign for journalists
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith and the Ministry of Health launched a large scale vaccination campaign for journalists and information officials, which started yesterday and will run until April 9. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50833183/information-ministry-launches-vaccination-campaign-for-journalists/
Gov’t mulls Angkor entry for vaccinated foreign tourists in Q4
International tourists with proof of Covid-19 vaccination in the fourth quarter (Q4) of this year could be allowed into Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park even within 14 days of arrival to Cambodia, amid tentative government plans to ease its quarantine policy, according to Minister ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-mulls-angkor-entry-vaccinated-foreign-tourists-q4
Announcement: photographs of the victims at the former Khmer Rouge prison S-21 to be colorized and edited in part from the actual situation
On 11 April 2021. the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts release an announcement on the photographs of the victims at the former Khmer Rouge prison S-21 to be colorized and edited in part from the actual situation while the victims were threatened by the ...
Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts
Cambodia registers about 8,000 trademarks in 2020
Local and international companies registered 7,997 trademarks with the Ministry of Commerce 2020, up 30 percent over the previous year, the ministry reported. The ministry said it mediated 23 cases of infringement and dissolved 37 trademarks during the year. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-registers-about-8000-trademarks-2020
New multi-purpose sea port set for Koh Kong
The government plans to rebuild the derelict old Dang Tong Port in Koh Kong province into a medium-sized multi-purpose seaport at a cost of $1.5 million to spur waterway trade with Thailand, a senior public works official said. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-multi-purpose-sea-port-set-koh-kong
New business registrations down 41%
Last year saw 7,860 new businesses register with the Ministry of Commerce, down 40.72 percent from 13,259 in 2019. At the same time, the ministry dissolved 500 businesses last year, marking a 187 percent increase from 174 in 2019. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-business-registrations-down-41
More than 1,000 cases of fake, objectionable news identified
In 2020, the Ministry of Information identified sources of objectionable or illegal material on social media including fake news and disinformation, various incitements, unfair criticism of the nation’s leadership and insults to the King totalling 1,343 cases. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-1000-cases-fake-objectionable-news-identified
Awards to show gratitude for media work
The Ministry of Information is sponsoring the first annual Gratitude Awards for reporters who have produced exemplary work that demonstrated courage, intellect and insight and advanced the profession of journalism starting in the 1970s. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/awards-show-gratitude-media-work
Russian investment sought for oil sector
Cambodia has invited Russian investors to consider taking part in Cambodia’s oil sector. The invitation was made following Cambodia’s recent start of oil production in its maritime territory. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50808397/russian-investment-sought-for-oil-sector/
Locals struck by travel bug sustain tourism industry
Camboticket entered the market in 2014 and soon found its niche among foreign travellers. However, it is currently sustaining daily operations because of locals adopting the bus ticket-booking platform. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807109/locals-struck-by-travel-bug-sustain-tourism-industry/
Announcement of the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training on seniority payment before 2019, in 2020 and in 2021 for manufacturing enterprises.
On 21 January 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued an announcement on the seniority payment before 2019, in 2020 and in 2021 for manufacturing enterprises. In this announcement, the Ministry informed the owners/directors of factories/enterprises, workers/employees of manufacturing enterprises who used Unifexed ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Education Ministry provides 40 TV sets to promote e-learning teaching
The Ministry of Education has given 40 television sets to schools in three provinces bordering Thailand to promote distance learning. ...
Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809502/education-ministry-provides-40-tv-sets-to-promote-e-learning-teaching/
‘Incitement’ law in the digital age: Rong Chhun’s case continues
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday continued the trial for union chief Rong Chhun and two of his supporters who were charged with “incitement” in connection with a statement he made claiming Cambodia had ceded land to Vietnam along their shared border in Tboung Khmum ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810401/incitement-law-in-the-digital-age-rong-chhuns-case-continues/
App for property tax on the way but no increases, says government
Cambodia is undergoing property tax reform but says it is administrative with a focus on improving the registration and valuation of properties while strengthening enforcement and compliance. ...
Revenue from international tourism dips 80 per cent in 2020
Cambodia booked just $1.023 billion in international tourism revenue last year, representing a 79.4 percent nosedive from $4.919 billion in 2019 due to the sweeping effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Tourism reported on April 19. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/revenue-international-tourism-dips-80-cent-2020
525 fake news found in first quarter of this year
A total of 525 fake news were recorded in the first quarter of this year with 215 of them about the King and political leaders. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50857692/525-fake-news-found-in-first-quarter-of-this-year/