On 10 February 2022, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport have posted a guideline for strengthening the implementation of standard operating procedures for promoting health hygiene and safety for public and private schools​​ on their official facebook page. The guideline aims to provide instruction on ...

On 17 March 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on His Excellency KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan, will lead a high delegation to pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia on 20-21 March 2022. Samdech ...

On 27 May 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (First round) for maternity workers.The Ministry provides benefits (first round) to a total of 6,000 maternity workers at 196 factories in the textile, garment, footwear and travel ...

Snares remained a challenge for wildlife in Cambodia’s protected areas, and result in the loss of many of the Kingdom’s endangered species. In order to address the problem, in 2021, the Ministry of Environment and partner organisations removed over 60,000 snares from 72 protected areas and ...

Cambodia’s apparel exports to Japan have continued to grow for the second consecutive year in 2022, despite a dip in shipments in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the shipment increased to $1,201.698 million after a recovery in 2021. Notably, the exports recorded ...

On 3 January 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with the Cambodia Indigenous People Organization (CIPO) conducted a half-day virtual seminar on “Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS)”. The event was part of the ongoing project coordinated by Open Development Mekong and its national partners, which ...

Biofuel crops have a significant potential for contributing to future energy requirements worldwide. Agricultural lands offer energy farming as an alternative to their usual role of food production. Biofuel crops are an environmentally valuable means of sustainable energy production.1 The demand for transport fuels in ...

In the World Risk Index for 2020, Cambodia was ranked as the 16th most vulnerable country in the world out of 181 countries listed.55 Global climate changes and ongoing disasters such as storms, floods and droughts are big challenges partly because of a lack of ...

On 30 July 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister PRAK Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia, participating in the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (54th AMM) and Related ...

The government on Monday approved the draft of the Interim Master Plan on Intermodal Transport and Logistics Connectivity, which will serve as a roadmap for the development of the sector and lower costs. Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth used the meeting to acknowledge ...

On 12 June 2020, the Embassy of Sweden in Cambodia issued a press release informing that Sweden’s bilateral strategy for Cambodia will be phased out to end by 1 July 2021. The Swedish Government decided yesterday to focus development cooperation with Cambodia on initiatives for ...

On 02 June 2020, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), Cambodia Footwear Association (CFA) and European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (EUROCHAM) issued a joint letter as well as a press statement calling on the European Commission to postpone the withdrawal of Everything But ...

On 24 December 2020, the Ministry of Commerce issued an announcement on the UK’s Generalized Scheme of Preferences for developing and least developed countries. With this, the Ministry advised producers or exporters in Cambodia to apply for the Certificate of Origin Form A (CO Form ...

On 18 February 2021, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) issued a joint press release on the twenty-year spatial plan for Mondulkiri province. This spatial plan is a process involving multilateral parties such as Mondulkiri provincial council, the United States Agency for International Development ...

On 03 March 2021, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) issued a press release on the world’s forgotten fishes vital for hundreds of millions of people about one-third are facing extinction, caused by serious threats on freshwater ecosystem and fishes, including overfishing, habitat destruction, ...

On 24 March 2021, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) issued a press release on the provision of a $7 million grant which aims to promote Information and Communications Technology (ICT) capacity for regional teacher training centers and lower secondary education. The major thrust of ...

On 25 March 2021, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) issued a press release on the provision of a $2-million grant to formulate a master plan of eastern Mekong Delta-IWRM (Integrated Water Resources Management) in Cambodia. This project aims at mitigating the damages caused by ...

On 20 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of COVID-19 on four Cambodian people, a 65-year-old and a 72-year-old men died at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital, a 48-year-old woman died at Sihanoukville Provincial Referral Hospital, and a 40-year-old woman died ...

On 09 February  2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release on the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Cambodia. In this announcement, there is a clear division of the number of vaccines to be provided to 189,500 volunteers. According to the announcement, ...

On 19 April 2021, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) issued an appeal to all stakeholders on the temporary closure of garments, footwear, and travel products manufacturing which are not considered essential sectors to be operated during the lockdown. This was made in response ...