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
Unicef: Chairpersons of the Committee on the Rights of the Child visit Cambodia to advocate for the well-being of the most vulnerable childreness release
On 8 November 2023, Unicef Cambodia issued a press release on the visit to Cambodia of the Chairpersons of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) to advocate for the implementation of recommendations made in 2022 to enhance the well-being of ...
Unicef Cambodia
Usability lab for ODC’s social accountability page
Open Development Cambodia’s team took some time this September to review its ongoing work to develop a Social Accountability profile page for the Innovation for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) project.ITC lecturer and web developer Vamoeurn Nimol chaired a “Usability Lab’ session, reviewing ODC’s work ...
China emerges as biggest importer of Cambodia’s agri products
China has emerged as the world’s biggest importer of Cambodian milled rice, now accounting for more than half the market share – versus just 3% a decade ago – and is expected to further strengthen its dominance going forward. Insiders point out that traders who ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501307093/china-emerges-as-biggest-importer-of-cambodias-agri-products/
Australian aid
Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, and Prime Minister Hun Sen at Gala Dinner for ASEAN Heads of State/Government/Delegation and Spouses, dated 12 November 2022. Photo from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia.Cambodia and Australia established their diplomatic ties ...
Banking and financial services
According to the Annual supervision report 2020 by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the key bodies in the banking system consists of:51 commercial banks12 specialized banks75 microfinance non-deposit taking institutions6 microfinance deposit-taking institutions245 rural credit institutionsIn addition, there are financial leasing companies, third-party processors, ...
Tourism
The Royal Government of Cambodia has acknowledged the potential of the tourism industry as a source of Cambodia’s socio-economy growth, including job creation and poverty reduction. Tourism has been considered one of Cambodia’s key economic pillars, both international and domestic. In the early 2000s, the ...
Outcomes of the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference Sessions with the United States of America, Australia, the Russian Federation and India, and the 11th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
On 05 August 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Outcomes of the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference Sessions with the United States of America, Australia, the Russian Federation and India, and the 11th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Cambodia perceived as highly corrupt, despite incremental improvement
Cambodia mildly improved its score on Transparency International’s 2022 corruption index released Tuesday, but remains considered among the most corrupt countries globally. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/cambodia-perceived-as-highly-corrupt-despite-incremental-improvement/
SOK Haingkheang
Communications Officer Kheang is in charge of producing ODC’s communication materials as well as assisting with various ODC activities such as trainings, workshops, and meetings with key stakeholders and partners. He also publishes blog posts about ODC’s activities.Haingkheang earned a Bachelor of Arts in International ...
Women in development
Dr. Tan Reasmey, researcher and lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Technology at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia. Photo taken from the USAID Asia on August 18, 2016. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Relevant national policy frameworksFrom the perspective of the government as ...
Result of the workshops and roundtable for the dissemination and training on law on combating the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
On 14 March 2022, the Ministry of Commerce issued a press release on the result of the workshops and roundtable for the dissemination and training on law on combating the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The Ad-Hoc Sub-Committee for the Implementation of ...
Ministry of Commerce
Joint press release German government-funded study confirms grave problems in Cambodia’s microfinance sector
On 14 September 2022, the Cambodia League For the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) released a joint press on a study commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) provides further evidence of widespread over-indebtedness in Cambodia, resulting in an ...
Cambodia League For the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
National Bank of Cambodia alerts on illegal advertising and lending
On 25 August 2022, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) published a press release on illegal advertising and lending. The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has observed that a number of fraudsters have openly advertised and lent credit to the people through various forms such ...
National Bank of Cambodia
Press release on discovering Cambodia - insight into the business opportunities in Cambodia
On 26 July 2022, the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued a press release on discovering Cambodia – insight into the business opportunities in Cambodia.The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), with support from the Embassy of ...
Council for the Development of Cambodia
Report points to inadequate enforcement, legal flaws as reasons for entrenched domestic violence
A new LICADHO report detailing the murders of 26 women and five children between January 2020 and June 2022 by current or former intimate partners reveals the persistence of domestic violence and flaws in law enforcement. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/report-points-to-inadequate-enforcement-legal-flaws-as-reasons-for-entrenched-domestic-violence/
Outcomes of the official visit of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
On 14 February 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation released a press release on the outcome of the official visit of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on 13-14 February 2023.Both sides had an ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Press release on the outcome of the plenary session of the council of ministers
On 27 October 2023, the Spokesperson Unit of the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a press release on the results of the plenary session of the council of ministers under the high presidency of Samdech Moha Bovatei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of ...
Spokesperson Unit of the Royal Government of Cambodia
Science and technology education and promotion
Cambodia recognizes the important role of science and technology in the 21st century and aims to transform and integrate technology into its human resources through the education sector. Various policies and strategies are implemented to achieve the goal such as Policy guidelines for New Generation ...