Cambodia joins int’l system for registry of industrial designs
Cambodia will join an international convention on the registration of industrial designs next month, furthering the scope of the county’s intellectual property protections, a government official said yesterday. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-joins-intl-system-registry-industrial-designs
Guidelines finalized for child workers in fisheries sector
The government on Friday finalized guidelines aimed at reducing The number of children who work in The fisheries sector and do not attend school, The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and The NGO World Vision said in a statement. World Vision said The guidelines, which it ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/guidelines-finalized-for-child-workers-in-fisheries-sector-54260/
Juvenile justice law step closer to being reality
Officials from the ministries Of interior, social affairs, and justice met with NGOs on Friday to discuss the latest draft Of a juvenile justice law that has been in the works for more than a decade and which would mean young Offenders’ rights would be ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/juvenile-justice-law-step-closer-to-being-reality-52720/
Decree puts riel prices into focus
The government has issued a decree that requires all businesses to put price tags on Their products and services in riel to increase transparency for consumers and boost The use of The local currency. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/decree-puts-riel-prices-focus
Passports for migrant workers can’t be issued any quicker due to high costs, Sar Kheng says
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Monday said the Cambodian government could not afford more passport printing machines to speed up the process of documenting the hundreds of thousands of citizens working abroad, predominantly in Thailand. ...
Dengue cases on the rise, warns Health Ministry
The Ministry of Health has reissued its warning that dengue fever will be on The rise and has asked people to be vigilant and implement measures to prevent a large-scale outbreak of The disease in The community. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501361862/dengue-cases-on-the-rise-warns-health-ministry/
Kingdom prepared for digital economy
The government plans to establish a national digital television platform and will release The 700MHz band to The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to help it develop The 5G network. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-prepared-digital-economy
$400 million to fight COVID-19
The Finance Ministry today reported The government has accumulated approximately $400 million in savings to be used during COVID-19 emergency cases in The Kingdom. ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50699477/400-million-to-fight-covid-19
NBC, ministry join hands for women’s financial upliftment
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) signed a key agreement with The Ministry of Women’s Affairs on Monday in Phnom Penh for The upliftment of women in financial matters. ...
Jigmee Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501496418/nbc-ministry-join-hands-for-womens-financial-upliftment/
Rice customs fees dropped
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MoEF) will scrap customs fees for rice exporters from May 1 in an effort to reduce production costs and boost Cambodia’s competitiveness in The sector, according to a letter obtained by The Post. “[The ministry] has agreed to eliminate charges ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-customs-fees-dropped
Illegally shut factories could face penalties
Twenty-two factories that did not take the appropriate measures to shut down their businesses have 30 days in which to rectify the problem or face legal action from the government, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said in a public announcement yesterday the announcement ...
More Than 65% of Registered NGOs Inactive, Report Shows
Approximately 65 percent of the country’s 3,492 registered international and local NGOs are inactive, leaving only about 1,350 active NGOs in the country, according to a report issued yesterday by NGO network Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC). the report, “CSO Contributions to the Development of Cambodia ...
UN: Large number of voters ‘alienated’
The spokesperson for The UN Office Of The High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) claimed a significant proportion Of The Cambodian population was left alienated in The July 29 elections after The dissolution Of The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-large-number-voters-alienated
Rural women vital to society: UN
Ahead of International Women’s Day, the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) issued a statement highlighting the important roles rural women and girls play in society while stressing the need to protect and promote their rights. ...
Michael Light
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22402/rural-women-vital-to-society--un/
UN program to help disabled
The ninth session of The Conference of The State Parties to The Convention on The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) took place at UN headquarters in New York last week. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26286/un-program-to-help-disabled/
Preah Sihanouk factories close
Two garment and textile factories in Preah Sihanouk province have signaled their insolvency, and called on creditors to file for compensation with their administrators before Monday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31366/preah-sihanouk-factories-close/
Government rights head meets envoy
The interim representative of The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia met yesterday with The head of The Cambodian government’s rights body, voicing concerns about The threatened closure of a prominent outspoken local NGO. ...
Ben Sokhean and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-rights-head-meets-envoy
China Exim Bank to put $235m in steel, media
The Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) planned to invest US$235 million in two Cambodian mega projects, one of which was The modernisation of a TV station that one analyst said might not be necessary given The country’s level of development. During a meeting with Prime Minister ...
Reporters summonsed in closed Chut Wutty case
Two journalists who were present when environmental activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana were killed last month have reportedly been summonsed to Koh Kong provincial court. Neang Boratino, Koh Kong provincial co-ordinator for the rights group Adhoc, said court sources had told him ...
Rethinking investment laws
Cambodia’s 11-year-old investment law may be the most liberal in the region, according to the World Bank, but in practice, day-to-day business operations are far from simple, economists and business operators say. Mey Kalyan, senior adviser to the Supreme National Economic Council, said that despite a ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rethinking-investment-laws