Foreign ministry holds diplomatic-business friendship golf tournament
The National Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations (NIDIR) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA.IC) organised here at the Garden City Golf Club on Oct. 3 the “Diplomacy-Business Friendship Golf Tournament” under the presidency of Deputy Prime Minister SokChendaSophea, Minister of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501371074/foreign-ministry-holds-diplomatic-business-friendship-golf-tournament/
Textile industry energy audits rising
Minister of Environment Say Samal on March 13 encouraged the garment and other textile-related industries to step up clean-energy and green efforts to better position the Kingdom to meet key government greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation commitments, as a prominent EU-backed programme registers a record-breaking 50th ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/textile-industry-energy-audits-rising
Cambodia’s financial sector still ‘strong’: Belgium’s Incofin
The Cambodian banking sector remains strong and not at significant risk of collapse, despite the occasional incidence of foreign investors pulling back after being spooked by “negative” news stories, according to Belgium-based global impact fund Incofin Investment Management Comm VA. ...
Rann Reuy
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-financial-sector-still-strong-belgiums-incofin
Mekong-Lancang peace boat training concludes
The Asian Vision Institute (AVI) provided a one-week Mekong-Lancang Peace Boat Training Programme to researchers, policy makers and civil servants from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam to enhance regional cooperation and develop peace and prosperity in the region. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mekong-lancang-peace-boat-training-concludes
Contracts signed with farming families and rice production groups
A series of contracts have been implemented by 40 communities and six production groups, including a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a microfinance institution to guarantee payment at harvest time to 2,236 farming families. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/contracts-signed-with-farming-families-and-rice-production-groups
NBC closes 104 rural credit institutions
The Coalition of Cambodia Farmers Community said on Thursday that the recent shutdown of 104 rural credit institutions that provided loans to farmers will not affect their livelihoods, saying that past interest rates were high. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-nbc-closes-104-rural-credit-institutions
Bird flu alert in Kampot
Authorities have stepped up the search for bird flu cases in Kampot province following two recent infections in Dang Tong district. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501399369/bird-flu-alert-in-kampot/
Ministry, partners launch a tool to understand climate risks
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), a Consultative Group on the International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD), in collaboration with the General Department of Agriculture (GDA), launched the “Climate Smart Map” (CS-Map), to guide local-level assessment and planning for climate resilience. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501500241/ministry-partners-launch-a-tool-to-understand-climate-risks/
The Credit Bureau Cambodia at the five-month mark
Almost five months after the launch of the Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC), experts agree that it has given financial institutions valuable new access to information about creditworthiness of potential borrowers, improving efficiency and loan quality. At the same time, there are still a few rough ...
10 Cambodians mourned on UN Peacekeepers Day
The National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces (NPMEC) on May 26 commemorated the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, in recognition of their service and sacrifice and to honour the memory of those who had lost their lives in the course of peacekeeping. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/10-cambodians-mourned-un-peacekeepers-day
Major Gap Emerging Between Labor Market and Job Seekers
PHNOM PENH – As more and more Cambodians enter the job market, with a growing population of young people, there still remain plenty of job opportunities with foreign investors at home, according to a new study by the Ministry of Labor. But people either don’t ...
High interest rates on loans remain a big hurdle for Cambodian farmers
Sitting in front of her small house in the Chey Thorn commune of Kandal province, 35-year-old Sokhun’s face is etched with worry. She would like to plant crops on her four hectares of land, but she only has enough money to cultivate two of them. She could go to a microfinance finance institution ...
Largest MFI Prasac gets loan boost for coffers
Cambodia’s largest microfinance institution, (MFI) Prasac, has received a $60.5 million loan to strengthen its capacity in offering broader financial services in the country. On Friday, Prasac signed the agreement for the syndicate loan – provided by more than one lender – with the Netherlands Development ...
NGOs invited to discuss MFI report
Officials of NGOs Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut will attend a closed-door meeting at the Council of Ministers on Wednesday to explain the findings of their recent report claiming that increasing levels of debt at microfinance institutions (MFIs) has resulted in human rights violations. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-invited-discuss-mfi-report
Zaha hadid’s little known plan to redesign Phnom Penh
Prior to her death on Thursday of last week, British architect Zaha Hadid was working to help Cambodia rebuild after the tragedies of its history. As was well-known, she was designing a new institute in Phnom Penh to foster research and remembrance of the country’s darkest ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voanews.com/content/zaha-hadid-little-known-plan-to-redesign-phnom-penh/3271325.html
Smartphone ownership exploded since ’13: study
The number of Cambodians who own at least one smartphone has almost doubled since 2013, helping put the Kingdom on track to having more than half of its population accessing the web in about a year, according to a new study.Almost 95 per cent of ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/smartphone-ownership-exploded-13-study
MFIs moving swiftly on mobile banking
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have been expanding their financial services to include the use of mobile phones, a move aimed at boosting services for people in rural areas who find it difficult or expensive to travel to offices in towns or villages. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22797/mfis-moving-swiftly-on-mobile-banking/
Anemia in Kingdom not always about iron: study
Nearly half of Cambodian women of reproductive age suffer from at least mild anemia, however iron and other nutrient deficiencies may not be to blame, a study published on Friday suggests. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anemia-kingdom-not-always-about-iron-study
Ministry of foreign affairs to build first diplomatic institute
The Foreign Affairs Ministry expects to complete construction on its first training institute for local diplomats in the next 18 months, officials said Monday. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokes-man Chum Sounry said work on the National institute for diplomatic and Relations of International Study began in December. ...
Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/ministry-foreign-affairs-build-first-diplomatic-institute-126811/
U.S. Democracy promotion group holds political debate in Battambang
Local residents in Battambang town took part in a political debate organized by U.S. Democracy promotion group, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) on Monday ahead of local elections early next month. Attendees asked prospective candidates questions related to citizen’s concerns over unemployment, migration, ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/us-democracy-promotion-group-holds-political-debate-in-battambang/3867567.html