72.33% of students pass national exams
A total of 72.33 percent of students have passed their high school diploma, with students in Phnom Penh and Kandal receiving their results today while pupils in remaining provinces have to wait until tomorrow. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/7233-of-students-pass-national-exams
Ministry asks candidates to believe Bac II results
The Ministry of Education asked candidates who sat for the Higher Secondary Diploma or Bac II on November 6 to have confidence in how the Ministry grades the exam. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501395418/ministry-asks-candidates-to-believe-bac-ii-results/
Cigarette smuggling from Cambodia to Vietnam abounds
A pair of cigarette brands distributed by two of the Kingdom’s most prominent businessmen are being smuggled from Cambodia to Vietnam at an estimated rate of more than 300 million packs a year, contributing to tobacco manufacturer losses of nearly $200 million annually, according to ...
Grade A students reach record, set to meet PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen will meet with the talented students who received a Grade A in the recent high school diploma exams – also known as baccalaureate II, or Bacc II’ – in an event to be held in Phnom Penh on February 28. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grade-students-reach-record-set-meet-pm
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications encourages passing BAC II students to learn digital technology skills
Chea Vandeth, the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, has issued a letter urging students to pass the high school diploma exam to acquire digital technology skills. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501390300/minister-of-posts-and-telecommunications-encourages-passing-bac-ii-students-to-learn-digital-technology-skills/
Cambodian PM says not to appoint capable children in posts
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that he could not appoint his children in the cabinet posts even though they were qualified. “I have five children and five children-in-law. All of them have possessed degrees ranging from bachelor’s degrees to doctorate’s degrees, but I cannot ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-08/06/c_133536466.htm
IFC to step-up sustainable agriculture in Cambodia
A new partnership between the International Financial Corporation, London-based Mars Food and local company Battambang Rice Investment Co., Ltd, seeks to boost sustainable farming practices in the Kingdom. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50493519/ifc-to-step-up-sustainable-agriculture-in-cambodia/
Med students furious over coming fee hike
Medical students are up in arms about a tuition hike that would double costs and prevent some from gaining their degree, they told the Post yesterday. The University of Health Sciences announced Friday that students wishing to pursue a specialty beyond the general medical degree would ...
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/med-students-furious-over-coming-fee-hike
Cambodia voted ‘world’s friendliest country’ in Rough Guides reader poll
Cambodia ranked number one among the “World’s Friendliest Countries”, according to a reader poll conducted by London-based international website “Rough Guides”. ...
New Zealand offers $3.8m in mine clearance
The government of New Zealand has provided about $3.8 million in aid to support mine clearance projects in Cambodia. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736524/new-zealand-offers-3-8m-in-mine-clearance/
KOICA to offer online course on Cambodia court administration improvement
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Cambodia office will organise an online training programme on “Cambodia Court Administration Improvement (Cambodia)” from Sept. 6 to 17, said a KOICA’s press release AKP received this morning. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50927016/koica-to-offer-online-course-on-cambodia-court-administration-improvement/
Minister to kids: Study digital technology skills
The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth issued a formal letter on October 18 appealing to students who are taking the upcoming high school diploma exam to focus on learning digital skills. ...
Vann Sak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-kids-study-digital-technology-skills
Bac II exam results announced earlier than planned
The results of the 2023 high school diploma exam (Bac II) will be announced today, earlier than expected due to the smooth marking process. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501396509/bac-ii-exam-results-announced-earlier-than-planned/
First weather forecast: temperature to rise to 39 degree Celsius in dry season
Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has forecast that the maximum temperature would rise to 39 degrees Celsius during the 2023 dry season. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501208800/first-weather-forecast-temperature-to-rise-to-39-degree-celsius-in-dry-season/
Companies lag on listing rules
Adding its name to a rapidly growing list of private companies, Tonlesap Airlines is gearing up for an initial public offering on the Cambodia Securities Exchange. And like many of these companies, the listing is still years off as Tonlesap prepares the tax and financial information ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012083058376/Business/companies-lag-on-listing-rules.html
PM: Grade 12 exam still on
Public and private educational institutions across Cambodia reopened their doors on November 1 after being closed since March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, while Prime Minister Hun Sen made it clear that high school diploma exams would be taking place this year and students will ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-grade-12-exam-still
Telecommunications ministry pushes tech education
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications urged the students who completed the recent High School Diploma examinations to embrace digital technology, which it said plays an important role in daily life, business, public service and other services. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/telecommunications-ministry-pushes-tech-education
Fasmec brings in website for SMEs
Cambodian entrepreneurs who are members of the Federation of Association for Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (Fasmec), can soon display and sell their products on a new shopping website, thanks to a partnership with London-based Sram & Mram Resources Ltd. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fasmec-brings-website-smes
EU Won’t Investigate Land Concessions—for Now
The trade commissioner and foreign affairs representative of the European Union (E.U.) have turned down a request from 13 members of the European Parliament that they immediately investigate Cambodia’s much criticized economic land concessions, but said they were monitoring the issue closely. In a March letter ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-wont-investigate-land-concessions-for-now-25194/
Program eyes NGO aspirants
The Royal University of Phnom Penh plans to make its social work degree available to everyone next year, as young, locally trained graduates look to take the reins from foreign aid workers. RUPP Department of Social Work Faculty member Ung Kimkanika said the move would ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/program-eyes-ngo-aspirants