Phnom Penh municipal officials and Chinese Embassy representatives yesterday commemorated the handover of 98 Chinese buses and two cranes to the city yesterday at a ceremony on Koh Pich. ...

In March 2019, Open DevelOpment CambOdia (ODC) and the Department Of InfOrmatiOn TechnOlOgy (DIT) Of the Ministry Of EducatiOn, YOuth and SpOrt (MOEYS) cOnducted an assessment wOrkshOp tO cOllect inputs frOm high schOOl teachers tO understand the teachers&rsquO; knOwledge and experience in map using and ...

In order to boost the vaccination rate to achieve the goal of herd immunity against Covid-19 especially the omicron variant of concern, the Health Ministry will arrange a vaccination space directly at schools specifically for students and at factories for workers. It will also speed ...

A factory in Phnom Penh that assembles motorcycles for Honda decided on Friday to reinstate four workers who had been fired in December for creating a new trade union. About 300 workers at the Honda NCX Company in Pur Senchey district had been on strike since ...

A plan to create a free trade area covering roughly half the world’s population by 2015 was initiated yesterday by regional and world leaders meeting in Phnom Penh. During the Asean and related meetings at his office, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that the group of ...

The International Labour organisation (ILo) Better Factories Program (BFC) has responded to a scathing report released last week by Stanford University, which said the ILo program was ineffectual as it had not helped secure Cambodian workers a significant wage increase since the program started over ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in the Cambodian capital on Sunday to attend the ASEAN and East Asia Summits which will provide an opportunity for India to enhance its economic cooperation with the region amid lingering financial crisis in the western world. Singh is here for ...

Worldwide, office demand stemmed from the automotive, high-tech and energy industries. The latter is evident in Cambodia, where drilling off the coast near Sihanoukville has helped to increase office demand. Thus, companies such as Total and Chevron are large office occupiers, and new Japanese oil ...

The ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) 10 + 1 Session with 10 ASEAN’s Dialogue Partners, namely, Australia, Canada, China, the European Union (EU), India, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America were held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 11 July 2012. They focused on cooperation ...

A land titling campaign in Cambodia launched and financed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s lacks transparency and could leave thousands of people landless, a human rights group said Wednesday, urging the country’s donors to push for reform of the program. The campaign, which employs volunteer youth ...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) announced yesterday that it will provide technical support for Cambodian small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), strengthening their capacities through the establishment of a national policy, officials said. Meng saktheara, director-general of the General Department of Industry at the Ministry of ...

Officials Of the Garment Manufacturers AssOciatiOn in CambOdia (GMAC) are cOncerned that recent strikes cOuld delay delivery tO custOmers, and factOries are lOOking fOr sOlutiOns tO meet buyers&rsquO; demands. AbOut 10,000 wOrkers in seven Or eight garment factOries have gOne On strike recently demanding higher wages ...

The administrator dealing with the debts of defunct mobile operator Mfone yesterday established a committee to sell off the company’s remaining assets. Since it filed for bankruptcy in January, more than 1,000 creditors, including former staff, have claimed Mfone owes them a combined $160 million. Mfone’s remaining ...

The hunt for oil around northwestern Cambodia has unearthed “positive” results for Japan oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JoGMEC), which intends to continue exploring the area in a project that could last at least six more years, a government spokesman said. JoGMEC’s survey on the ...

On the mOrning Of September 8th 2020, at POulOwai hOtel based in PhnOm Penh, Open DevelOpment CambOdia(ODC) hOsted &ldquO;2020 Basic Data Literacy Training On sOcial accOuntability&rdquO;. This three-day training is under the prOject InnOvatiOn fOr SOcial AccOuntability in CambOdia (ISAC) having ODC and FHI 360 ...

Revenue from ticket sales to foreign tourists visiting Cambodia’s famed Angkor archaeological park reached 20.3 million U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2016, up 2.5 percent compared to the same period last year, according to an official statement on Friday. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) awarded licences to 94 new investment projects with a registered value of $2.2 billion, during the first quarter of 2021, a 114 percent increase compared to projects approved during the same period last year. ...

On 22 May 2020, the AngkOr Enterprise issued an annOuncement On the selling Of lOng-term entrance ticket fOr AngkOr ArcheOlOgical sites tO all tOur OperatOrs, travel agents, relevant institutiOns, and internatiOnal visitOrs tO get infOrmed. This actiOn was made tO accOmmOdate fOreigners staying in the ...

The number of tourists visiting Cambodia’s Preah Vihear Temple, a world heritage site, has declined by 30 percent in the first nine months of the year, tourism data showed Wednesday. The figures provided by Preah Vihear provincial tourism department said a total of 54,000 domestic and ...

New policies in agriculture, real estate and finance led the Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday to keep its outlook on Cambodia’s economic growth this year at an estimated 6.8 percent. The announcement comes even as the World Bank and the government have reduced their expectations, projecting ...