Ministries and other national bodies

The Labour Ministry has drafted standard principles for safety and health in the workplace in accordance with the Labour Law and guidelines released by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). ...

The Industry Ministry announced that the Kingdom’s water supply rose significantly last year, with more than 1,091,869 households receiving clean water. ...

Vietnam bought nearly 80 percent of Cambodia’s nearly $5 billion worth of agriculture exports last year. ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on January 6 told working groups at relevant ministries and institutions to cultivate their “cooperative spirit” to more effectively prevent and combat money laundering and related offenses. ...

The Ministry of Commerce yesterday informed traders,  Association of Freight Forwarders, Importers and the public that at present, exporting goods to China via the Vietnam China border may become an issue due to the severe bottleneck. ...

The  Ministry of Tourism has reported that  that the three days of the Global New Year holiday and weekend from December 31, 2021 to January 2, 2022 brought  2,002,298 domestic tourists out to traverse the country and take in the tourism sites of Cambodia. ...

The number of fatal road accidents decreased in 2021 as compared to 2020, but officials say more must be done to tackle the problem. ...

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction collected more than 472 billion riels (approx. more than $115 million) in revenue to add to the national budget. ...

Ministry of Public Works postpones launch of speed guns on National Road 3 from Phnom Penh to Kampot. ...

The National Assembly approved the amendment by the Ministry of Commerce on three major laws. ...

Cambodia will strengthen ASEAN’s central role so as to maintain peace, security and prosperity as Chair of ASEAN for 2022, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn said on December 29. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked the Electricity of Cambodia to waive some part of over $2 million electricity bills the Ministry of Defense has not yet paid. ...

The Posts Ministry has given three months to internet and mobile service providers to improve the quality of service in gated communities known as “boreys” and high-rise buildings, citing that if it is found not to improve, legal action will be taken against them. ...

The Minister of Labor and Vocational Training said that even in the context of Covid-19 pandemic, Cambodia received and approved 195 new investment projects and 43 production expansion requests that could create more than 150,000 jobs. ...

Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Phan Van Giang and his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh have agreed to enhance bilateral defence-security ties in the principle of not allowing any hostile force to use one’s territory to sabotage security of the other. ...

The government has allocated some 140 hectares of reclaimed land from the Tamouk lake, in Prek Pnov district northwest of Phnom Penh, to the Justice Ministry. ...

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn co-chaired the 19th meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee on economic, science and technology cooperation via videoconference on December 19. ...

Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, chaired a meeting of the Council of Ministers yesterday. ...

The Ministry of Health called on the public to be vigilant and prepared for the arrival of the Omicron variant in Cambodia so that they will not have any regrets when it gets here. ...

Days after endorsing his son Hun Manet as a candidate for the top office, Prime Minister Hun Sen hinted that a “reserve cabinet” had already been formed around a younger generation of leaders.   ...

The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia will hold a joint press conference on December 9 to update the Kingdom on the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus variant Omicron. ...

The Public Works Ministry plans to build two more bridges, one across the Mekong river in Kratie province and one across the Bassac river in Chak Angre Krom commune, in Phnom Penh. The ministry also plans to rebuild or upgrade several inter-provincial national roads. ...

The Ministry of Health yesterday issued Standard Operating Procedures to clarify entry requirements for passengers arriving at Cambodian International Airports in the context of the ‘new normal’ during the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

The Ministry of Tourism advised the owners or managers of karaoke, entertainment clubs, bars and beer gardens across the country to suspend business for one day, on December 8, to join the national mourning on the death of Prince Norodom Ranariddh. ...