Announcements

The press conference on the Impact of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations will be held on 29 May 2015, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am,  at Khmer Surin Restaurant that is located at #9-11, St. 57, BKKI, Phnom Penh. ...

H.E. Cheang Vun, the head of the 5th Commission, reaffirmed that, as a tradition, after received any draft law from the Royal Government of Cambodia and assigned by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly for studying and giving opnions on the texts, special Commissions ...

The Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC) would like to thank H.E. Cheang Vun, the head of the 5th Commission of the National Assembly for giving a permission to its representatives to join the consultation on the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations taking place ...

In response to the public concerns over the draft Cybercrime Law, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is pleased to clarify that 1-the legislative process of this law is in the phase of consolidating documents, 2-cybercrimes through information and communications technology (ICT) cover cross-cutting areas ...

On World Information Society Day, LICADHO releases its report “Going offline? The threat to Cambodia’s newfound internet freedoms,” describing the vital importance of the internet for freedom of expression in Cambodia and the imminent threat that this last bastion for independent voices now faces. ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance informs the public about the establishment of the special work group that is responsible of receiving and sharing information, and solving issues of inaction, irregularities and other problems related to salaries of the civil servants. ...

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction would like to make clarification on a reportage with a title “In Mondulkiri,  the registration of the community lands was slow since indigenous ethnic minorities did not have money to pay the authorities”, which was broadcasted ...

Representatives of 80 civil society organizations (CSOs) called on the Royal Government of Cambodia to make the official draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO) available to the public, and to conduct dialogues with different stakeholders for collecting their views, concerns and perceptions on ...

The Cambodian League for the Protection and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) is today releasing to the public its land concession dataset and urges the government to follow suit by publicly disclosing details of all land concessions granted in Cambodia. The information released is the ...

On 29 March 2015, following the conversation through the phones between Sam Rainsy, president of Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), and Hun Sen, deputy president of Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), both parties agreed to nominate Hang Puthea, executive director of the Neutral and Impartial Committee ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training denied the report that was published on 12 March 2015 by Human Rights Watch (HRW), and considered it as professionally baseless. The ministry asserted that international communities, retailers and International Labour Organization (ILO) agreed Cambodia’s better labor standards were ...

Electricity of Cambodia denied the unrealistic claims in the article titled “Derailed​ dam​ angers​ EdC​ boss”, which was published on 11 March 2015, by The Phnom Penh Post due to the fact that the Areng hydropower project was completely withdrawn from the feasibility study after the ...

Recently, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery has been informed of the imported fertilizers mixing with leftover cigarettes into the Kingdom of Cambodia. Therefore, the ministry decided to nullify the license of imports and exports for agricultural fertilizer issued to Bern Lem Trading Group, and ...

The Cambodian government has failed to comply with its fundamental civil and political rights obligations, FIDH and its member organizations, the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), said in a joint ...

Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training informs owners and directors of factories about requests for approvals from the ministry if they wish their workers and employees to work overtime. This overtime work is based on agreements of the workers and employees while the total time ...

On 16 February 2015, Phnom Penh Capital Hall issued a notification on the prohibition of using of a drone in the geography of Phnom Penh city to ensure respect for citizen’s rights and maintain security, safety and public order. In case of necessity, a user ...

As a result of the meeting dated on 27 January 2015, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the National Bank of Cambodia condemn some humanitarian non-governmental organizations and associations that are lending money to people without licenses and registration at the bank, and ordered ...

Electricity of Cambodia (EdC) has been connecting the 610-Riel electricity to renting houses/rooms (of garment and textile workers) in Phnom Penh since 29 January 2015. Until 26 March 2015 at night, EdC connected the electricity for users of under 50 Kw h/month to the total ...

Almost 200 million people moved to urban areas in East Asia from 2000-2010. Axel van Trotsenburg, the World Bank East Asia and Pacific Regional Vice President, emphasized that such rapid urbanization is a significant challenge for this region, so the new data released by World ...

The Electricity of Cambodia (EdC) staff to visit residences of factory workers in  Russei Keo, Mean Chey, and Dangkao districts in Phnom Penh to accept applications for electricity subscription from 04:30 p.m to 08:30 p.m form Monday to Saturday, and from 08:00 am to 05:00 pm for Sunday. ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will hold a press conference on Wednesday 21 January 2015 at 10:00 a.m at the Office of the Ministry to inform the public of the current management of economic land concession investment projects. ...

Jointly funded by Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), the project “Improving Industrial Relations in Cambodia’s Garment Industry” will be executed by the International Labour Organization (ILO). ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance informs the public and concerned individuals of the new tax rates on salary in compliance with the new article 47 of the Law on Taxation, which has been carried out from January 2015 onwards. ...

200 youth and youth representatives including monks and civil society organizations are ready to participate in promoting the principles, criteria and tools of Open Government Partnership (OGP) in order to support the Cambodian government to become a member of OGP. ...