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
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
New high-tech move in farming
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is promoting the use of an information technology and digital suite designed to establish the country’s Agricultural Big Data Platform (ABDP). ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50757473/new-high-tech-move-in-farming/
Agro sector adopting digital tech
At least 92 per cent of the Kingdom’s agricultural input suppliers use digital payments in their businesses while 45 per cent use e-commerce, a new study found. The research, entitled “Digital Challenges and Opportunities of Agricultural Input Suppliers in Cambodia”, was compiled by the Centre ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agro-sector-adopting-digital-tech
PM: Invest more in science, tech, innovation
Prime Minister Hun Sen on March 26 called for all stakeholders to step up collaboration and allocate more funds and resources for science, technology and innovation (STI) towards bringing and keeping the workforce up-to-speed with tech developments. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-invest-more-science-tech-innovation
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/
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
Cambodia benefits from Japanese tech
Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth has encouraged the Japanese-owned Kirirom Institute of Technology to seek more Japanese Technology companies to aid the establishment of the Eco-Technology Park at the Kirirom resort in Kampong Speu province. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-benefits-japanese-tech
Private sector assists gov’t tech plan
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is cooperating with a private company to develop a technology master plan for the public works and transport sectors to improve the ministry’s efficiency. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/private-sector-assists-govt-tech-plan
The drugs don’t work: Despite the best efforts of the authorities, producers of fake medicines are making a killing in Cambodia
“Counterfeit medicine kills, while real medicine heals.” This was the simple but apt message selected just over a year ago for a poster campaign in Cambodia that aimed to raise awareness of the risks of counterfeit medications, as part of a government crackdown on the ...
PM lauds fight against fake news on World Radio Day
Radio broadcasting institutions have been crucial in the fight against fake news on social media in Cambodia, said Prime Minister Hun Sen in a message to mark World Radio Day. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-lauds-fight-against-fake-news-world-radio-day
Pheaktra, Thai journos to combat ‘fake news’
Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra met with Thai ambassador Cherdkiat Atthakor and a delegation from the Journalists Association of Thailand at the ministry headquarters in Phnom Penh on October 2 to discuss strengthening information cooperation in order to combat misinformation, said a ministry press release. ...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/pheaktra-thai-journos-combat-fake-news
Government denies Koh Kong Chinese naval base ‘rumour’
Two ministries have denied plans for a Chinese naval base in Cambodia and that the Kingdom is caught in the middle of US-China “cold war”. In a press release on Saturday, a Ministry of National Defence spokesperson called the spread of information about a naval ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-denies-koh-kong-chinese-naval-base-rumour
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
Singapore tech to increase national tax revenue
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) is sourcing for an advanced IT system in Singapore to modernise the Kingdom’s tax system and improve its collection process and efficiency. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/singapore-tech-increase-national-tax-revenue
650 civil servants get digital tech training
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications’ Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology has announced that it provided digital skills training for 650 civil servants between November and March, offering certificates upon completion that it says will prove their digital competency. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/650-civil-servants-get-digital-tech-training