Transparency International Cambodia (TI Cambodia) recently signed partnership agreements to contInue its support for the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU) and the Federation of Associations for Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FASMEC). TI Cambodia contInues to work with CCAWDU to empower ...

How much damage did the July-August floods really do? That will be the focus of a Recovery Coordination Work Committee meeting on 7 September, which will examine new detailed impact reports for each state and region. U Soe Aung, first permanent secretary at the Ministry of ...

Cambodia’s ambitious goal of exporting one million tons of rice this year has been quietly dropped. A follow-up export goal of 600,000 tons also is falling by the wayside. ...

While a bipartisan election reform committee meeting today is meant only to discuss technical reforms and leave key political concessions to future top-level talks, observers yesterday said a lot more is likely to be on the table. That hope comes despite public barbs having been traded ...

Amid what some meteorologists have dubbed a “Godzilla-like El Niño”, drought conditions during Cambodia’s scheduled monsoon season have significantly worsened from what last year were termed historically bad levels, a new report from the Ministry of Agriculture shows. According to the report, which was signed by ...

PEA ENCOM International Co on September 21 announced its collaboration with Fah Chai EngIneerIng, a provider of solar power systems, to offer such systems via its PEA Shops nationwide, focusIng on customers of its parent, the ProvIncial Electricity Authority. PEA Encom, a state enterprise, has been authorised ...

The cannabis extract oil known as “Daycha Oil” is to get official approval early this week but its creator has ceded responsibility for producing it to The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine.“I have found it difficult to make The drug on my own ...

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a budget of Bt6.387 billion to procure anoTher 35 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, according to a government spokesperson.The budget will be split into Bt5.6 billion for AstraZeneca vaccines and Bt700 million for preparation and management at The local level.This ...

China and Myanmar have reached an agreement on an oil pipeline between the neighboring countries after almost a decade of talks, with the project due to start “very quickly,” Chinese vice foreign minister Liu Zhenmin said on Monday. the new oil gateway fits with China’s “One ...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport will delay school openings and high school graduation examinations until the end of the year to prevent a second wave of COVID-19. ...

The Ministry of Environment has provided an assortment of uniquely shaped rubbish bins to more than 60 Phnom Penh schools to motivate students and staff to properly separate waste, and to promote environmental awareness and beautification of The capital. ...

The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port was making every effort to speed up preparations for its listing on The Cambodia Securities Exchange, The port’s chief executive officer, Lou Kim Chhun, said this week. The company would list 15% of it’s stock to begin with, and would ‘study ...

Thailand government has ordered a restructuring of the Command Centre to Combat Illegal Fishing with Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chatchai Sarikulya replacing navy chief Na Areenij as head of the center. Under the new structure, the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry, particularly its Fisheries Department, will be the ...

 ODC first published its report in 2013. Following feedback and discussions with other experts and agencies, including Cambodia’s Forestry Administration, a revised version of the maps was created in 2014 and published in early 2015. Read more ...

Opposition party and civil society leaders spoke out on Tuesday against a move by the National Election Committee (NEC) that prohibits supporters of any party from attacking or criticising the platform of another. Several opposition politicians called it an act against democracy, while the NEC’s ...

Civil society groups, representatives of youth and environmental activists have marked World Environment Day 2018 with a wide-ranging call for reforms. The groups urged joint environmental protection to reduce climate change, and asked The government to take furTher measures to reduce The use of plastic ...

The Govern­ment has signed anoTher Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on The recruitment and employment of domestic workers and foreign labour, this time with Cambodia.Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot signed The papers with his counterpart from Cam­bodia, Ith Samheng, yesterday. ...

Hundreds of former workers from the Win Shingtex (Cambodia) factory, who have been protesting for owed wages and benefits since early this month when the company surreptitiously terminated their contracts, will march along National Road 4 today to a location they believe to be the ...

Cambodian Navy personnel are preparing to hold joint exercises with counterparts from the United States next month, an official said yesterday. Mey Dina, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Royal Cambodian Armed Force’s Navy, said about 200 officers from both countries would begin the ...