Rural Cambodia gets powered up by Japan, UNDP
Japan has continued its support for the sustainable supply of electricity to remote rural areas of Cambodia through a new partnership with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy that will provide electricity to 1,300 households in seven provinces. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rural-cambodia-gets-powered-up-by-japan-undp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rural-cambodia-gets-powered-japan-undp
NEC bans candidates illiterate in Khmer
The National Election Committee (NEC) has disqualified from the upcoming commune council election 20 Candlelight Party candidates who were discovered to be illiterate, according to a notice dated March 18. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-bans-candidates-illiterate-in-khmer/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/nec-bans-candidates-illiterate-khmer
U.S. Embassy in Cambodia launches $25 million Inclusive Primary Education Activity (IPEA) programme
A new $25 million U.S. government-funded education program that will improve the reading and learning experience for Cambodian primary schoolchildren was launched in Phnom Penh yesterday at an event jointly presided over by Dr. Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports; U.S. Ambassador href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/u-s-embassy-in-cambodia-launches-25-million-inclusive-primary-education-activity-ipea-programme/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501046575/u-s-embassy-in-cambodia-launches-25-million-inclusive-primary-education-activity-ipea-programme/
Requirement to use the national domain name .com.kh and to provide the national domain name e-mail address after the annual declaration
On 1 April 2022, the Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Post and Telecommunications issued a notification on the requirement to use the national domain name .com.kh and to provide the national domain name e-mail address after the annual declaration. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/requirement-to-use-the-national-domain-name-com-kh-and-to-provide-the-national-domain-name-e-mail-address-after-the-annual-declaration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Post and Telecommunications
Kingdom's donation of vaccine vehicles delivered to Laos
The 10 vaccination vehicles donated by the Cambodian government to Laos were delivered to the country on March 12. The vehicles will provide a boost to the neighbouring nation’s vaccination drive as well as bilateral relations between the two countries. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-donation-of-vaccine-vehicles-delivered-to-laos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdoms-donation-vaccine-vehicles-delivered-laos
Cambodia’s ASEAN envoy visit key step to settle Myanmar issue
The special envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations chair on Myanmar is looking forward to more exchanges and a joint consultative gathering later, after his first visit to Myanmar was generally considered positive. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-asean-envoy-visit-key-step-to-settle-myanmar-issue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501048957/cambodias-asean-envoy-visit-key-step-to-settle-myanmar-issue/
Minister mulls blacklisting firm over National Road 2, 22
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol has warned that a South Korean company that was awarded the contracts to construct stretches of National Roads 2 and 22 may be blacklisted from operating in the Kingdom after the ministry determined it had worked too href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-mulls-blacklisting-firm-over-national-road-2-22/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-mulls-blacklisting-firm-over-national-road-2-22
Zero malaria deaths since 2018
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that despite the difficulties caused by the spread of Covid-19, the fight against malaria had continued efficiently and made a significant contribution to the achievement of Cambodia’s sustainable development goals 2016-2030. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/zero-malaria-deaths-since-2018/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/zero-malaria-deaths-2018
Hun Sen, Japan's Kishida meet at water summit
Prime Minister Hun Sen asked Japan to continue supporting Cambodia on irrigation and clean water systems, in a bilateral meeting with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on April 23 on the sidelines of the 4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Japan. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-japans-kishida-meet-at-water-summit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-japans-kishida-meet-water-summit
Cambodia-Vietnam trade grows 13.6% in Q1
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Vietnam totalled $1.72205 billion in the first quarter of 2022, representing a 13.6 per cent increase from the $1.5153 billion recorded in the corresponding period last year, according to Customs. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vietnam-trade-grows-13-6-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-vietnam-trade-grows-136-q1
Kantha Bopha treated over 2,300 children in 24-hour period: report
In just over a single day, from April 25 to early on April 26, the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital treated more than 2,300 sick children, an unprecedented figure even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kantha-bopha-treated-over-2300-children-in-24-hour-period-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kantha-bopha-treated-over-2300-children-24-hour-period-report
ASEAN envoy briefs UNSC on Myanmar state of affairs
Foreign minister Prak Sokhonn, who also serves as the ASEAN special envoy on Myanmar, voiced optimism on May 27 that his second trip to the predominantly Buddhist country in June would produce positive outcomes and that he would be able to meet with a broader href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-envoy-briefs-unsc-on-myanmar-state-of-affairs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/asean-envoy-briefs-unsc-myanmar-state-affairs
China Cambodia’s largest milled-rice buyer in 5 months with 52.69% share
China has topped the list of buyers of Cambodian milled rice for the first five months of 2022, accounting for more than half of the Kingdom’s total exports of the commodity, which has seen a nearly 22 per cent year-on-year surge overall. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-cambodias-largest-milled-rice-buyer-in-5-months-with-52-69-share/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-cambodias-largest-milled-rice-buyer-5-months-5269-share
Kingdom, China ink railway training deal
A Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) and public Beijing-based university have teamed up to provide technical training to Cambodian students and other participants, and develop their expertise in the railway industry, as the Kingdom moves to modernise its rail infrastructure, according to the transport ministry. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-china-ink-railway-training-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-china-ink-railway-training-deal
Cambodia, Singapore vow to ramp up cooperation
Cambodia and Singapore have pledged to step up cooperation to bolster bilateral trade, after registering more than $5.2 billion last year, marking a nearly 50 per cent jump over 2020. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-singapore-vow-to-ramp-up-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-singapore-vow-ramp-cooperation
VN, Kingdom agree major border line segments: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen has revealed that Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed on six per cent of the remaining undemarcated borders between the two countries, in a varied speech to members of the Cambodian diaspora in Europe, in which he also discussed the upcoming commune href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vn-kingdom-agree-major-border-line-segments-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vn-kingdom-agree-major-border-line-segments-pm
10 parties sign anti-alcohol pledges
Ten of the 17 political parties which are contesting the June 5 commune council elections signed a joint letter on May 24, promising to curb the effects of alcohol use – and promote young women entrepreneurs – if they are elected. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/10-parties-sign-anti-alcohol-pledges/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/10-parties-sign-anti-alcohol-pledges
The official launch of "SME Co-Financing Scheme Phase 2" (SCFS2)
On 16 August 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the official launch of “SME Co-Financing Scheme Phase 2” (SCFS2).On behalf of the Royal Government of Cambodia, the Ministry of Economy and Finance has the pleasure to announce the official href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/the-official-launch-of-sme-co-financing-scheme-phase-2-scfs2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
5% more women in commune polls
Hang Puthea, National Election Committee (NEC) spokesman, on Monday said that 17 political parties have fielded a total of 86,042 candidates, among them 27,813 are females, equivalent to about 32 percent. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/5-more-women-in-commune-polls/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501071987/5-more-women-in-commune-polls/