Ministry of EnvironmEnt spokEsman NEth PhEaktra has rEspondEd to a rEport issuEd by Human Rights Watch (HRW) which claimEd that thE construction of thE LowEr SEsan II HydropowEr Dam had undErminEd human rights in Cambodia. Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/govErnmEnt-disputEs-hrw-rEport/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) governor Chea Serey announced an increase in electronic transactions and payments in Cambodian riel for 2023, noting that they were 44% higher than in 2022. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nbc-reports-44-surge-in-electronic-riel-transactions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is preparing for the implementation of shifting some certification registration online, through its e-government services, with the help of the Chinese government. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/agriculture-ministry-okays-e-certification/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Private firms say costs, delays and bureaucratic red tape have increased since an obscure private company took over the government’s work-permit application and issuance system in September. The Ministry of Labour announced in August that it had outsourced work permit application processing to e-Solutions (Cambodia) Co ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ghosts-in-the-machine/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Possible remains of three missing U.S. soldiers recovered in Cambodia was repatriated to Hawaii on Wednesday for testing, officials said. During a ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport, American soldiers carried three white coffins draped with U.S. flags onto a C-17 military cargo plane. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-sends-possible-remains-of-3-u-s-soldiers-to-u-s/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodia Logistics Association (CLA) and OneSala Co Ltd have teamed up to develop a modern, tailor-made e-learning platform in the fields of transport and logistics. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/logistics-e-learning-to-gain-leg-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) announced that it collected 84.67 billion riel, or $20.91 million, in value-added tax (VAT) from e-commerce in the first quarter of the year, which is seen as a reflection of the boom in online transactions witnessed since the advent ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-brings-in-20-9m-of-e-commerce-vat-over-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of environment (MOe) launched an e-Library to share knowledge and information related to the environment and natural resources, and for the dissemination of information on protected areas to students, the public, private sector, and researchers. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/moe-launches-e-library-to-share-info-on-environment-resources/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The president of a tuk-tuk and motodop drivers’ association, whose members were recorded on video brutally beating protesting bus drivers over the weekend, said he would file complaints against prominent union and civil society leaders for sparking the violence his own group was accused of ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/alleged-attackers-at-capitol-protest-to-sue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of environment will relocate its offices to a plot of land near NagaWorld Hotel and Casino in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district after its planned new headquarters in Meanchey district were declared too far from the city’s center by the new environment minister, ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-environment-decides-to-move-office-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In late May, school teachers in Battambang’s Samlout district realized students were struggling to cope with studying at home – either via videos posted on social media or the daily telecasts on state broadcaster TVK. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/battambang-teachers-use-makeshift-classrooms-to-tutor-students/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The General Department of Taxation earned e-commerce value-added tax (VAT) income of $46 million from the operation of electronic goods and services in the first seven months of this year, according to official figures yesterday. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-earns-46-million-on-e-commerce-vat-income/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

UNESCO and Cambodia AcadEmy of Digital TEchnology (CADT) arE slatEd to hold talks on AccEss to Information 2022 on Friday, whEn panElists will discuss Artificial IntElligEncE (AI) and E-GovErnancE, which thEy say can play an important rolE in improving accEss to information in thE digital Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/ai-and-E-govErnancE-kEy-to-accEss-information-in-digital-world/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Regional Comprehensive economic Partnership (RCeP) trade pact and the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) have given a boost to development of the fledgling e-commerce industry in Cambodia, experts said on Monday. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rcep-ccfta-give-boost-to-e-commerce-development-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Council of Ministers on Friday approved two draft laws, a national strategy bill for financial inclusion and four solar energy projects with a total expected installed capacity of 140 megawatts. The draft laws on consumer protection and e-commerce were among the instruments approved during ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/council-of-ministers-approves-two-draft-laws/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The privately-operated International Ship Registry of Cambodia (ISROC), a South Korea-based company that owns the rights to register foreign vessels under the Cambodian flag, told ship owners last year that it was not monitoring their observance of international maritime laws, and that it was their ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/private-ship-registry-did-not-monitor-compliance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Commerce and Swisscontact, representing the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF), are teaming up on a project to make it easier for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMe) to ship and receive small parcels internationally, according to the ministry. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-swisscontact-ink-mou-on-sme-e-commerce/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) earned value-added tax (VAT) of $62.8 million on e-commerce in the first ten months of the year, a report showed. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-collects-63-million-vat-on-e-commerce/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A ban on imports of Cambodian seafood proposed by the european Commission (e.C.) is in direct response to Cambodian-flagged vessels complicit in illegal fishing in international waters, Jean-Francois Cautain, european Union (e.U.) ambassador to Cambodia, said Wednesday. The e.C. on Tuesday announced that Cambodia was “non-cooperating ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-fish-ban-blamed-on-cambodian-flagged-vessels/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The future of e-business in Cambodia depends on gaining better skills, a group of students heard yesterday at the University of Puthisastra. In a panel discussion on the future of e-business as part of BarCamp Phnom Penh, T.O. Software president Heng Chamroeun offered advice to the ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/future-of-e-business-linked-to-skills/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...