Vietnam falls far short of its committment to freedom of expression, report says
Vietnam has a long way to go before it can realize its goal of joining the UN Human Rights council, according to the Vietnam Human Rights Network (VNHRN). The pressure group points to Vietnam’s treatment of journalists, who the government says are protected from all ...
By RFA Vietnamese
Ministries and other national bodies
Nearly all of the ministries were established in 1995. A few ministries were only recently created in the post-2013 national election by a separation of one ministry into two. There are 28 government ministries and secretariats, and many national bodies. ...
Instruction on protection of health and livelihood of migrant workers staying and working abroad or having returned to hometowns during Covid-19 prevention
On 29 April 2020, the Ministry of Labor and VocatiOnal Training has issued an instructiOn On the protectiOn of health and livelihood of migrant workers staying and working abroad or having returned to hometowns during Covid-19 preventiOn. ...
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Announcement on the suspension of gym businesses and all sports or exercises in Phnom Penh, Kandal province, Sihanoukville, and related provinces
On 08 March 2021, the Ministry of EducatiOn, Youth, and Sport released an announcement On the suspensiOn of gym businesses and all sports or exercises in Phnom Penh, Kandal province, Sihanoukville, and related provinces cOncerning the community transmissiOn event On 20 February which is not ...
Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport
Press release on Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, will lead a delegation to attend the ASEAN leaders’ meeting
On 21 April 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn released a press release On Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, will lead a delegatiOn to attend the ASEAN leaders’ meeting which will be ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
People and Forest Forum 2020
We are inviting correspondents and interested people for the forum “People and forest forum 2020”, forum of global warming situations, real action of forest sector and products from local community forests around Thailand. forests can play different roles in the carbon cycle, such as forest restoration ...
Floods
In October 2020, tropical storms LINFA and NANGKA struck Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. The storms resulted in at least 48 fatalities, 15 missing people and more than 830,400 affected citizens, as reported by the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (the ...
Malaysia deports Myanmar asylum seekers despite dangers back home - sources
Malaysia deported 150 Myanmar nationals this month, including former navy officers seeking asylum, and plans to send back more despite the risk of arrest they face at home, four sources familiar with the matter said. The deportations come despite Malaysia’s condemnation of violence in Myanmar since the military ...
Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi
Gravel and limestone
Raw gravel, photo by touch and see, taken on March 26, 2014. Licensed under: CC BY-SA 2.0Since 2010, Cambodia has seen increasing production of cement, crushed stone, sand and gravel in response to the country’s booming construction sector. Approved investment in the construction industry in ...
Cambodian rice exports to Thailand rising; Democrat revives allegations
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will consider claims of corruption in the government’s rice-pledging scheme made during a recent parliamentary session, a senior official from the agency said. However, it remains unclear when the NACC will conclude its ongoing probe. During screening of the 2014 ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/NACC-to-probe-rice-scheme-testimony-30207459.html
Informal lending still thriving
The expanding banking sector and the spread of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in rural areas have failed to elbow informal, unlicensed money lending out of the market, industry experts say. Fast and easy access to money – as well as the fear of “losing face” by borrowing ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070266598/Business/informal-lending-still-thriving.html
Civil servants’ bosses told to halt skimming
Civil servants including police officers in a supervisory role who cut into their subordinates’ salaries will face consequences including criminal charges, Interior Minister Sar Kheng announced last week. In an order obtained by the Post yesterday, Kheng urged civil servants who handle payroll to immediately report to the ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/civil-servants%E2%80%99-bosses-told-halt-skimming
CPP to Make Move Over Boycott of Parliament
The CPP-controlled National Assembly will soon send the National Election Committee (NEC) a letter officially informing the body of a boycott of parliament by the CNRP’s 55 members of parliament, in what appears to be the first step in the ruling party’s threat to have ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-to-make-move-over-boycott-of-parliament-49416/
A rock and a hard place
Some three hours’ drive from the scenes of violence unfolding in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park yesterday, the Cambodia National Rescue Party found distance no remedy for what it termed a calculated attempt at intimidation. As authorities blocked roads leading to a planned public meeting at the ...
Koam Chanrasmey and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rock-and-hard-place
Villagers in limbo as dam starts
Construction at the controversial Lower Sesan II dam site in Stung Treng province has already begun, according to villagers, who will today petition several ministries, the Chinese embassy and the headquarters of the Royal Group to open negotiations with them. According to the villagers, who travelled ...
Phak Seangly and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-limbo-dam-starts
SBC to Rebrand Following Taiwan Acquisition
Locally owned Singapore Banking Corp. (SBC) will rebrand itself Thursday as Cathay United Bank (Cambodia) Corp. Ltd., or CUBC, as part of a deal that finalizes the acquisition of SBC by Taiwanese financial corporation Cathay United Bank, according to a copy of a speech that ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/sbc-to-rebrand-following-taiwan-acquisition-50684/
Smach Meanchey land reclamation reinstated
The Koh Kong provincial authorities said the land reclamation work in Smach Meanchey commune in Khemarak Phumin town has already been put back to its original state while the court spokesman said legal procedures are being taken against Tun Dieth, the two-star major general held ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/smach-meanchey-land-reclamation-reinstated
Koh Kong authorities issue warning over land grabbing
The Koh Kong provincial administration has warned that it will take legal action against anyone who attempts to grab land in an area that used to belong to the Botum Sakor National Park. The 9,306ha located in Kiri Sakor and Botum Sakor districts has been ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-authorities-issue-warning-over-land-grabbing
Cambodia’s ongoing human trafficking problem
Svay Pak is an internationally known district for child sex in Cambodia’s capital of Phnom Penh, where foreign men come to seek sex with young girls. According to a 2011 study by ECPAT Cambodia, around 75 percent of the victims of sex trafficking within Cambodia were children. The study also ...
Kyla Ryan
http://thediplomat.com/2014/07/cambodias-ongoing-human-trafficking-problem/
Youth urged to join STEM fest
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron encouraged youths to participate in the annual Cambodia STEM Festival, which is held online from January 25-29. This year’s theme is “Prepare for the Future” because Cambodia will need an increase of professionals in science, technology, engineering ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-urged-join-stem-fest