The entirety of three protected forests are now classified as private land, an investigation from rights group Adhoc has found, along with tens of thousands of additional hectares of what has once been state public land In three cases, Adhoc’s findings show that entire protected forests ...

On 18 November 2022, the Ministry of Mines and Energy issued a notification on the opening of mining concession areas to apply for exploration licenses for 155 hectares in Chhouk district, Kampot province.the public and national and international companies that are interested can apply for ...

In a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen and 10 of the government’s highest-ranking officials in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi called for the perpetrators of recent state-sanctioned killings to be held accountable for their actions. Mr. Subedi spent three-and-a-half hours ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has urged young people to promptly register for courses at technical institutes throughout The country. The move follows The government’s official announcement of a national programme on technical and vocational training for 1.5 million young individuals from impoverished ...

On 29 March 2022, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a notification on a courtesy meeting between H.E. Dr. Aun Pornmoniroth, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, and H.E. KOO Yun Cheol, Minister for Government Policy Coordination of the Republic of ...

BAVET CITY, Svay Rieng province – The government has ordered all factories here to shut down until Thursday at The earliest in a bid to keep escalating strikes from spiraling out of control and spreading nationwide. “[Provincial] Governor Chieng Am said in a meeting yesterday [Monday] ...

The National Assembly will vote this month to decide wheTher The ruling CPP’s recently removed Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy, Suy Sem, will be appointed as The new Minister of Mines and Energy, CPP lawmaker Chheang Vun said Friday. Mr. Sem’s return to his old, ...

Phnom Penh: “Cambodia is needing $ 1 billion over the years or at least 100 million annual investment to develop renewable energy projects for rural electrification in order to reduce its dependence on diesel consumption,” said Mr. Toch Sovanna, Director of Departmemnt of Energy Technique, ...

A report published by the World Bank on November 28 states that Cambodia’s national poverty rate fell by almost half between 2009 and 2019, but the Covid-19 pandemic recently reversed some of the poverty reduction progress. ...

The large loans China offered at The 9th East Asia Summit are vital to regional countries in Their connectivity construction, a senior Cambodian official said on Thursday. Kao Kim Hourn, minister attached to Prime Minister Hun Sen, made The remarks at a press conference at ...

Small and medium-size enterprises (SME) have been urged by the Cambodian government to employ more environmentally friendly practices at a green industry workshop in Phnom Penh yesterday. Cham Prasidh, minister for the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, said SMEs and handicraft producers’ reliance on fossil fuels ...

Spokesmen for the Cambodian and Hong Kong governments are urging agencies not to charge excessive fees to Cambodian domestic helpers wanting to work in Hong Kong and offered reassurance that their rights would be protected. ...

Tycoon Try Pheap has collected an estimated 1,500 cubic metres of timber from Forestry Administration offices since the government in July issued his companies permission to confiscate “waste wood” from their offices and from the Ministry of Environment, according to preliminary government figures obtained by ...

The days of cocaine smuggling, illegal fishing and human trafficking using ships bearing The Cambodian flag appear to have come to an end as government officials claim that, as of today, all foreign-owned ships operating through Cambodia’s “flag of convenience” scheme must be stripped of ...

The government has brought into force a new law that makes all illegal payments to officials punishable by up to 15 years in jail for those who accept such payments and up to 10 years for those who make payments. Im Oudom, a member of ...

On 13 April 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training released an announcement on organizing the 4th national technical and vocational education and training day in 2021, under the theme “Technical and Vocational Education and Training to improve skills and high income” aims to ...

A senior Ministry of Information official urged journalists to take advantage of the information age by continuing to study and improve their skills. In depth, up-to-date knowledge is required to provide comprehensive information to the public, he said. ...

The Labour Ministry will send more than 200 trainers to factories and relevant institutes to educate workers about labour rights. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Soeung Sarsochetta, secretary of state at The Labour Ministry, said 250 trainers from The Labour Ministry would go to factories, businesses ...

A Cambodian decree slashing the passport fee for would-be migrant workers to only $4 (about Bt 120) is expected to lead to an influx of workers from the neighbouring country into Thailand. Cambodian migrant workers who have just returned to Cambodia yesterday greeted the news with ...

On 13 December 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the meeting between ASEAN Foreign Ministers and G7 Foreign and Development Ministers in Liverpool, the United Kingdom, on 12 December 2021. the meeting underscored the ...