Calls for students to master tech skills
Recent high school graduates are being encouraged to study digital technology-related subjects at university to fill the skills gap and help develop the country. ...
Thai Sothea
https://kiripost.com/stories/calls-for-students-to-master-tech-skills
2nd European Higher Education Fair held in Cambodia
The second European Higher Education Fair was held here on Wednesday, aiming at attracting young Cambodians interested in pursuing university studies in Europe. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359982/2nd-european-higher-education-fair-held-in-cambodia/
Two Siblings from Kratie Die From Bird Flu on Same Day
A 7-year-old boy and his 3-year-old sister died from bird flu at Kompong Cham Provincial Referral Hospital on Friday, Hong Palla, team leader of the rapid response unit at Kratie Provincial Health Department, said Tuesday. The two young siblings from Snuol district’s Sre Cha commune contracted ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-siblings-from-kratie-die-from-bird-flu-on-same-day-51979/
Rangers release four illegal loggers after father’s appeal
Four suspected illegal loggers in the Prey Lang area who are alleged to have tried to strangle Preah Vihear provincial rangers were subsequently released after an elderly father appealed to them on Sunday. Prasat Phnom Kriel Community Natural Protected Area chief Phok Hong told The ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rangers-release-four-illegal-loggers-after-fathers-appeal
Beer Promoters Seek Higher Wages and Increased Respect
Beer promoters are hoping a new documentary chronicling the conditions they face in the workplace will pressure beer companies to increase their wages and reduce harassment from customers. The documentary, launched yesterday at a meeting with members of the Cambodian Food and Service Workers Federation (CFSWF), ...
GDT: Chinese companies must fulfil duty obligations
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) said Chinese investment is contributing greatly to the Kingdom’s tax revenue and called on Chinese companies to properly fulfil their tax obligations. Speaking at a forum on Mechanism of Cambodia-China Fiscal Cooperation on Friday, GDT director-general Kong Vibol said: ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-chinese-companies-must-fulfil-duty-obligations
Cambodia okays LYP Group casinos' online gambling sites
Cambodia has given permission for three L.Y.P. Group casinos to launch online gambling operations.The L.Y.P. Group, which is run by Cambodian People’s Party Senator Ly Yong Phat, operates three casinos on the country’s border with Thailand; the Koh Kong Resort on the country’s southern coast, ...
Steven Stradbrooke
http://calvinayre.com/2015/11/19/casino/cambodia-okays-lyp-group-casino-online-gambling-sites/
Trail date set for Mother Nature Cambodia activists
On 23 January 2018, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) has released an alert on trail date set for two Mother Nature Cambodia activists, Hun Vannak and Doem Kundy, have received a date for their trial after spending over four months in pre-trial detention ...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
Court delays questioning of anti-dam activist
The Koh Kong Provincial Court has agreed to a request to delay the questioning of an anti-dam activist accused of illegally felling trees to build a community center in the Areng Valley. Ven Vorn—an ethnic Chong who has joined local protests organized by the NGO Mother ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-delays-questioning-of-anti-dam-activist-79559/
Court delays questioning of anti-dam activist
The Koh Kong Provincial Court has agreed to a request to delay the questioning of an anti-dam activist accused of illegally felling trees to build a community center in the Areng Valley. Ven Vorn—an ethnic Chong who has joined local protests organized by the NGO Mother ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-delays-questioning-of-anti-dam-activist-79559/
Tech designer hopes to create better data system for hospitals
Programmer Kong Divin recently returned from a trip to the US, where he won second place in a Microsoft Office context in Texas. He had entered the same competition last year, but did not win any prizes, though it gave him the drive to return. ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/tech-designer-hopes-to-create-better-data-system-for-hospitals/2930672.html
After human drain from Sihanoukville, casinos follow suit
Sihanoukville is set to lose yet another casino as Century Entertainment International Holdings, formerly known as Amax International Holdings Limited, will relocate its gaming floor from Sihanoukville to the up and coming tourist spot of Dara Sakor in Koh Kong province. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50770745/after-human-drain-from-sihanoukville-casinos-follow-suit/
GDT firm on March 31 tax deadline
General Department of Taxation (GDT) director-general Kong Vibol refused to budge on a March 31 deadline to file tax on income (ToI) for fiscal year 2020 despite the economic pressure on the business community caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-firm-march-31-tax-deadline
Restrictions extended in provinces as Covid bites
The Koh Kong Provincial Administration decided to place 14 private residences in lockdown for a two-week period, while Kampot province has extended administrative measures in the entire province for another week to bring the Covid-19 outbreak under control. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/restrictions-extended-provinces-covid-bites
Wastewater plant breaks ground
Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over the groundbreaking ceremony of the Choeung Ek Wastewater Treatment Facility – to be built using more than $20 million in aid from Japan – in Chak Angre Leu commune’s Prek Ta Kong I village of Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wastewater-plant-breaks-ground
Hun Sen leaves Kingdom for Belt and Road Forum in Beijing
Prime Minister Hun Sen and his delegation left the Kingdom yesterday to attend the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing where a number of assistance agreements are expected to be signed. Sry Thamrong, minister attached to the Prime Minister, said at Phnom Penh International Airport that ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50598349/hun-sen-leaves-kingdom-for-belt-and-road-forum-in-beijing/
‘Trapped in debt bondage’
Cambodia’s construction boom has pushed thousands of families into modern slavery in the brick industry through debt bondage, a report by researchers from London’s Royal Holloway University say. The blood bricks report was released on Tuesday following the sharp rise in Cambodian brick prices in ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trapped-debt-bondage
Cambodia urges tourism training on par with Asean
Cambodia is calling for the establishment of tourism institutes and universities to provide relevant skills in compliance with an Asean curriculum, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said. He was speaking during the Sub-Forum on Yunnan-South Asia & Southeast Asia Tourism Vocational Education and Personnel Training ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-urges-tourism-training-par-asean
Gov’t preps new health plan
Plans for a universal health care system will be included in the 10-year strategy to strengthen Cambodia’s social welfare, according to a government official, as a new report reveals almost three-quarters of Cambodians lack any legal health coverage. The study, released this week by the International ...
Shaun Turton
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-preps-new-health-plan
Hun Sen announces raises for teachers, nurses
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced a three-stage plan to raise the salaries of civil servants working under the Education and Health ministries, with the first increase to come in September. Speaking to graduating students at Beltei University in Phnom Penh, Mr. Hun Sen said that ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-announces-raises-for-teachers-nurses-67017/