Press statement: “Free and independent press is not a license to break the law with impunity” States the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson
On 14 February 2023, the Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation has issued a press statement related to the revoked license of a foreign-funded media outlet in Cambodia. according to the press statement, the Ministry of Foreign affairs spokesperson is utterly dismayed at and dismissed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-statement-free-and-independent-press-is-not-a-license-to-break-the-law-with-impunity-states-the-foreign-ministrys-spokesperson/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Open Development Cambodia ran a workshop on "Digital Governance and E-Commerce Technology in Small-Midsized Enterprises (SMEs)"
A workshop on “DigitAl GovernAnce And E-Commerce Technology in SmAll-Midsized Enterprises (SMEs)” wAs held on June 29, 2023, by Open Development CAmbodiA (ODC). 10 pArticipAnts (four of which were women) representing vArious industries Attended. The workshop’s mAin goAls Are to disseminAte the reseArch study’s findings <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/open-development-cAmbodiA-rAn-A-workshop-on-digitAl-governAnce-And-e-commerce-technology-in-smAll-midsized-enterprises-smes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Open Development Cambodia has published a new map layer and dataset of "Targeted districts of the implementation plan for the social accountability framework (I-SAF)"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new map layer of targeted districts of the implementation plan for the social accountability framework (I-SaF) on the interactive map, under the map category of “Government”. This the spatial representation of the districts which have been selected to implement <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-published-a-new-map-layer-and-dataset-of-targeted-districts-of-the-implementation-plan-for-the-social-accountability-framework-isaf/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Press release: Samdech Thipadei HUN Manet to address the UNGA with a focus on Cambodia’s socio-economic progress and the SDGs.
On 15 September 2023, the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion issued A press releAse nAmely: SAmdech ThipAdei HUN MAnet to Address the UNGA with A focus on CAmbodiA’s socio-economic progress And the SDGs on their officiAl website. According to the press, SAmdech ThipAdei HUN <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-sAmdech-thipAdei-hun-mAnet-to-Address-the-ungA-with-A-focus-on-cAmbodiAs-socio-economic-progress-And-the-sdgs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Residents have been in a land dispute with the sugar cane company Ly Yong Phat continues to seek justice while not yet get compensation
Hundreds of hectares of green plantations of Ly Yong Phat surrounded by mountains in Oral district, Kampong Speu province seem to reflect the prosperous lives of nearby villagers, but some people claim that they are living in a state of mental crisis due to the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/residents-have-been-in-a-land-dispute-with-the-sugar-cane-company-ly-yong-phat-continues-to-seek-justice-while-not-yet-get-compensation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Covid-19: A global approach to protecting garment workers in supply chains as Cambodia faces up to 500,000 job losses
The Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) has stated approximately 60 percent of its factories have been severely affected by cancelled orders of ready-made garment exports, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/covid-19-a-global-approach-to-protecting-garment-workers-in-supply-chains-as-cambodia-faces-up-to-500000-job-losses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50716165/covid-19-a-global-approach-to-protecting-garment-workers-in-supply-chains-as-cambodia-faces-up-to-500000-job-losses/
Press release on the Cambodia-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement will help elevate the bilateral relationship to a new height
On 08 June 2023, the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion issued A press releAse on the CAmbodiA-UAE Comprehensive Economic PArtnership Agreement will help elevAte the bilAterAl relAtionship to A new height.Both sides expressed deep sAtisfAction At the flourishing bilAterAl relAtionship And shAred optimism <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-on-the-cAmbodiA-uAe-comprehensive-economic-pArtnership-Agreement-will-help-elevAte-the-bilAterAl-relAtionship-to-A-new-height/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Ministry of Information issues a press release on the practice of journalism and clarification on the concerns of some CSOs on press freedom in Cambodia
In a statement issued by the Ministry of Information on 03 November 2020, the government denied all allegations made by the media that the government had cracked down on them. In the statement, the Cambodian government explains as follows:according to the spokesman of the Ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/ministry-of-information-issues-a-press-release-on-the-practice-of-journalism-and-clarification-on-the-concerns-of-some-csos-on-press-freedom-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry of Information
Press release: Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) provides $2 million to create a master plan of eastern Mekong Delta-IWRM (Integrated Water Resources Management) in Cambodia
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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-korea-international-cooperation-agency-koica-provides-2-million-to-create-a-master-plan-of-eastern-mekong-delta-iwrm-integrated-water-resources-management-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
A virtual workshop on food safety, market information, and access to financial service with fish producers and post-actors
On 13 August 2021, World Vision CAmbodiA issued An Announcement on A virtuAl workshop on food sAfety, mArket informAtion, And Access to finAnciAl service with fish producers And post-Actors.World Vision CAmbodiA (WVC) in collAborAtion with the CAmbodiAn AquAculturist AssociAtion (CAA) will orgAnize A virtuAl workshop <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/A-virtuAl-workshop-on-food-sAfety-mArket-informAtion-And-Access-to-finAnciAl-service-with-fish-producers-And-post-Actors/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
World Vision Cambodia
World Vision has set up a mobile library and boosted the reading habits of more than 110,000 children during school closures due to the spread of Covid-19 disease
World Vision Cambodia established a mobile library and promoted the reading habits of more than 110,000 children during the time when schools have been closed due to the spread of Covid-19 in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-vision-has-set-up-a-mobile-library-and-boosted-the-reading-habits-of-more-than-110000-children-during-school-closures-due-to-the-spread-of-covid-19-disease/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Lay Samean
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2021-09-10-1317-223408.html
Banning travelers from 10 countries in Africa or with a history of traveling to 10 countries during the three weeks prior to entering Cambodia
On 29 November 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release banning travelers from 10 countries in africa or with a history of traveling to 10 countries during the three weeks prior to entering Cambodia. The Kingdom of Cambodia has decided to ban travelers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/banning-travelers-from-10-countries-in-africa-or-with-a-history-of-traveling-to-10-countries-during-the-three-weeks-prior-to-entering-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry of Health
Press release: "Leading private equity fund manager in the region, EMIA, to invest in Amru Rice to bolster Cambodia’s status as a high-quality rice producer and exporter"
On 10 March 2023, Singapore-based private equity fund manager, Emerging Markets Investment advisers, announced its first investment in amru Rice, Cambodia’s largest certified organic rice producer and exporter, through its new fund, aSEaN Frontier Markets Fund (aFMF). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-leading-private-equity-fund-manager-in-the-region-emia-to-invest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Amru Rice Cambodia Co., Ltd
Joint statement: Media and civil society groups deeply disturbed by government’s decision to revoke VOD’s media license and the sexual harassment of a female reporter
On 13 February 2023, 93 Media and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) released a joint statement to express their deeply disturbed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s order to revoke the license of Voice of Democracy (VOD), and also condemn the recent sexual harassment and intimidation of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/joint-statement-media-and-civil-society-groups-deeply-disturbed-by-governments-decision/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association (CamboJA)
Announcement on a positive case of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Preah Sihanouk province and measures to prevent from the Novel Coronavirus
The Ministry of Health issued an announcement to the public that the ministry found a positive case of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) at 3pm on 27 January 2020. The infection was detected by the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia on 60-year-old Chinese national Jia Jianhua, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-on-a-positive-case-of-the-2019-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-in-preah-sihanouk-province-and-measures-to-prevent-from-the-novel-coronavirus/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry of Health
Announcement on the COVISHIELD Vaccination Campaign licensed by AstraZeneca for a group of 60 years old in Phnom Penh
On 22 March 2021, Ministry of Health has posted an announcement regarding the COVISHIELD Vaccination Campaign licensed by astraZeneca for a group of 60-year-olds in Phnom Penh. The campaign will take place on 23 March 2021 on different locations listed in the announcement. Only those <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-on-the-covishield-vaccination-campaign-licensed-by-astrazeneca-for-a-group-of-60-years-old-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry of Health
Press release on Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, will lead a delegation to attend the ASEAN leaders’ meeting
On 21 April 2021, the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion releAsed A press releAse on SAmdech AkkA MohA SenA PAdei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of CAmbodiA, will leAd A delegAtion to Attend the ASEAN leAders’ meeting which will be <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-on-sAmdech-AkkA-mohA-senA-pAdei-techo-hun-sen-prime-minister-of-the-kingdom-of-cAmbodiA-will-leAd-A-delegAtion-to-Attend-the-AseAn-leAders-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
First-ever record of breeding of the extremely rare Siamese crocodile in Srepok area in over a decade raises hopes for global conservation
On 21 September 2021, the Ministry of Environment and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued a joint press release on the first-ever record of breeding of the extremely rare Siamese crocodile in Srepok area in over a decade raises hopes for global conservation. It was under <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/first-ever-record-of-breeding-of-the-extremely-rare-siamese-crocodile-in-srepok-area-in-over-a-decade-raises-hopes-for-global-conservation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry of Environment and World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, will lead a delegation to pay an official visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK)
On 02 September 2021, the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion issued A press releAse on His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion of the Kingdom of CAmbodiA, will leAd A delegAtion to pAy An officiAl visit <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/his-excellency-prAk-sokhonn-deputy-prime-minister-minister-of-foreign-AffAirs-And-internAtionAl-cooperAtion-of-the-kingdom-of-cAmbodiA-will-leAd-A-delegAtion-to-pAy-An-officiAl-visit-to-the-republi/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
His Excellency Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, Prime Minister of Malaysia, will lead a high delegation to pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia
On 21 February 2022, the Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on His Excellency Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, Prime Minister of Malaysia, will lead a high delegation to pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/his-excellency-dato-sri-ismail-sabri-bin-yaakob-prime-minister-of-malaysia-will-lead-a-high-delegation-to-pay-an-official-visit-to-the-kingdom-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation