Social development

On 26 January 2020, Ministry of Health has posted an instruction on  their official social media site regarding the Strengthening the implementation of measures to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 at various events and wedding ceremonies. Some of the measure includes the social distance and ...

On 28 December 2020, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoYES) announced the new academic year of 2020-2021 of the public educational institutions will be started on 11 January 2021 across the country. All the schools shall follow the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for ...

On 29 December ,2020, the Ministry of Education issued an announcement on the decision to allow private educational institutions to operate again from December 30, 2020. The school must be practiced and complied with in accordance to the standard operating principles (SOP). ...

On 29 December 2020, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports issued an announcement on the decision to select January 11, 2021 as the opening date of the school year 2020-2021 for public general education institutions. The decision was made following the announcement of the ...

On 25 December 2020, Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) released a new Briefing Note on Business and Human Rights entitled “Corporate Accountability in Land Rights Violations”. This Briefing Note examines the challenges in holding corporations accountable for land-related human rights violations in the Kingdom ...

On 22 December 2020, the Cambodian Journalists Alliance (CamboJA) issued a press release which was seriously concerned over the conviction of yet another local journalist today for carrying out the important task of disseminating critical news to the Cambodian people. The Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court ...

On 21 December 2020, Japanese Government has agreed to provide Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects, KUSANONE, US$288,473 in total, for installing medical equipment at Angkor Borey Referral Hospital in Takeo Province, installing braille equipment at special schools in Phnom Penh and 3 provinces, ...

On 11 December 2020 – UN human rights experts expressed alarm at the decision by Cambodian authorities to allow the publication of personal information about individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19, which is unnecessary under any circumstances, and a deplorable breach of privacy. ...

On 09 December 2020 – Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) call on the Royal Government of Cambodia to take urgent action to safeguard the right to health of people in detention, prison ...

On 04 December 2020, the Inter-Ministerial Committee to Combat COVID-19 issued a press release to inform the general public on the implementation of health measures and quarantine for all travelers entering Cambodia which will be effective from 12 December 2020 onwards.The implementation of Sponsorship Mechanism ...

On 03 December 2020, the Ministry of Health issued a notice to the public that according to the information received by 11:45 pm, on 02 December 2020 and the scientific laboratory study of the Institut Pasteur Du Cambodge on COVID-19 virus community transmission in Cambodia ...

On 24 November 2020, Eleven Non-Governmental Organizations in Cambodia issued a joint statement on the proposed Sanakham hydropower project on the Mekong mainstream in Laos concerning the transboundary impact on lower countries. This joint statement was issued in parallel with MRC who has been organizing ...

ODC is delighted to announce a new “Training on Basic Data Journalism” that will be implemented in collaboration with CamboJA. The program receives the support from the Mekong: Sustainable News project from CFI, the French Media Development agency in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam led ...

On 19 November 2020, the Ministry of Health has posted a notification regarding the permission to reopen and operate all public and private institution in Phnom Penh and Kandal, as well as to allow exercise and all sports activities in Olympic stadium. This announcement was ...

On 18 November 2020, Equitable Cambodia organization, Inclusive Development International, and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) issued a joint statement renewing their long-standing call for redress for the Cambodian communities who were forcibly displaced by the Thai sugar ...

On 16 November 2020, the Ministry of Health issued a guideline to the general public on health precautions during cold weather and avoiding the possible colds caused by cold weather. ...

On 16 November 2020, the Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) issued a statement completely rejecting the allegations made in a petition by a group of former CNRP activists in one of Australia’s regions and calling for a stop in using farmers as a political stepping stone ...

On 11 November 2020, the Ministry of Health has posted an announcement regarding the change of travelling conditions entering into Cambodia, implementation of health and quarantine measures. This change aims to facilitate travel into Cambodia include investors, company staff, experts, insured technicians or general foreign ...

On 10 November 2020, Ministry of Health has posted an instruction on the implementation of safe social distancing and safe individual distancing to prevent and stop COVID-19 community outbreak in Cambodia. The instruction has laid out necessary social distancing measure for the public to follow ...

On 08 November 2020, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the suspension of KTV and movie theaters across the country in the context of the global epidemic of COVID-19. The Royal of Government of Cambodia used to take the same measurement once on ...

On 05 November 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release to encourage the ministry’s leaders and officials to continue their 14-day quarantine, even though the test confirmed negative. ...

As of 7:00 AM on 05 November 2020, the Ministry of Health issued a Notification that on 04 November 2020 there were 03 cases were recovered and 628 people tested negative for the COVID-19 after having been in contact with Hungarian Foreign Minister. The Ministry ...

On 04 November 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) of Cambodia announced on its official Facebook page that all the top Cambodian officials are going into quarantine after Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, who visited the country on Tuesday and signed ...

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 ...