King Norodom Sihamoni will attend the 41st General Assembly of UNESCO on the occasion of its 75th anniversary, which is scheduled for November 10-14 in the French capital Paris.   ...

Since the end of September, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has trained 3,292 teachers from secondary resource schools and network schools on how to manage distance learning to run online classes in a high-quality and efficient manner. ...

The Ministry of Health has authorised the emergency use of the US-produced drug Molnupiravir which was recently developed to treat Covid-19, with the government planning to spend around $2.5 million to ensure Cambodian patients have access to the medicine. ...

The construction of the Tbong Khmum Cambodia-China Friendship Hospital in Tbong Khmum province is scheduled to be completed at the end of this month, with its opening planned for early next year.   ...

Koh Kong provincial authorities are compiling detailed data on the 23 islands in the province to facilitate the development of them as the number of tourists is on the increase and businesses continue to show interest in investing heavily in the islands. ...

There were over 4,000 cases total of fisheries and wildlife crimes in 2021 nationwide, with nearly 200 suspects referred to court, according to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...

Cambodia has in total 9,205,675 eligible voters, of them some 4,904,825 are women, according to the preliminary voter list of 2021, released yesterday by the National Election Committee (NEC). ...

The number of households nationwide with access to clean water reached 1,091,869 last year, up by 11.80 per cent from 976,621 in 2020, according to the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation. ...

Bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and Japan topped $1.700 billion in 2021, marking a small increase of 0.49 per cent from more than $1.692 billion a year earlier, according to preliminary data from the Ministry of Commerce.   ...

Cambodia’s campaign to administer the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer BioNTech has closed in on the 400,000 people mark as of January 26, some 12 days after it started. ...

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) received 50 graft-related complaints last year, of which 28 were anonymous. The figures were released during a meeting of the National Anti-Corruption Council on January 31. ...

The Preah Sihanouk provincial tourism scene is set to get an image makeover as authorities and the private sector work together to roll out a series of development plans that complement and promote effective implementation of the forthcoming Preah Sihanouk Provincial Tourism Development Plan for ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday voiced concern that the surge of Covid-19 cases due to the Omicron variant could get out of hand and reverse the country’s recovery plans such as its safe re-opening. ...

Approximately $2.295 billion was collected as customs revenue in 2021, about 97.1 percent of the yearly plan, according to the data from the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). ...

In a message on social media posted today, the Prime Minister’s son, HE Hun Many, called on Cambodians to increase their vigilance and continue to implement health measures as the number of cases of COVID-19 is increasing day by day. ...

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. ...

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) called for urgent action to protect the river for the benefit of the millions of people throughout Southeast Asia who depend on it. The Mekong is severely impacted by water infrastructure projects and climate change, it said. ...

The Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Centre of Preah Ang Duong Hospital, completed at a cost of about $8 million – received as a grant from South Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency – was inaugurated on March 28. ...

Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol has urged the owners of about half a million vehicles whose technical inspection certificates have expired to utilise the nearest Check centre services to do so promptly or risk fines. ...

The Ministry of Environment has received a petition from more than 20 NGOs and community members requesting the right to conduct patrols in protected areas, and urging increased enforcement of natural resource crimes. ...