80% children under psychological stress: Report
About 80% of CAmbodiAn children Aged between 12 And 16 Are living under psychologicAl stress becAuse of their pArents’ debt, According to A report releAsed on the sidelines of InternAtionAl Children’s DAy, which fAlls on every June 1. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/80-children-under-psychologicAl-stress-report/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501086962/80-children-under-psychological-stress-report/
Cambodian PM leaves for Europe tour
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Chair of aSEaN 2022, is leading a high-level delegation to attend and co-chair the aSEaN-EU Commemorative Summit to celebrate the 45th anniversary of aSEaN-EU Dialogue Relations with Charles Michel, President of the European Council, in Brussels, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-leaves-for-europe-tour/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501200916/cambodian-pm-leaves-for-europe-tour/
$50M ADB support for Kingdom’s energy transition plan
Extending valuable support to the Cambodian government’s energy transition plan to enhance renewable energy output and raise energy efficiency while shifting away from fossil fuels, the asian Development Bank (aDB) on Thursday announced a $50 million policy-based loan package with $23 million in project investments <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/50m-adb-support-for-kingdoms-energy-transition-plan/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Prakash Jha
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501203524/50m-adb-support-for-kingdoms-energy-transition-plan/
China-backed 700MW coal power station online: HSPGC
Huadian Sihanoukville Power Generation Co Ltd (HSPGC), under China’s Huadian Overseas Investment Co Ltd, on December 16 officially put online the “number-two unit” of its 700MW coal-fired HSPGC Power Plant in Preah Sihanouk province, after a successful commissioning test, making it the largest power station <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-backed-700mw-coal-power-station-online-hspgc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-backed-700mw-coal-power-station-online-hspgc
$50M ADB loan aims to boost economic diversity
The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) on December 6 Announced thAt it hAs greenlit A $50 million policy-bAsed loAn under SubprogrAm 1 of its TrAde And Competitiveness ProgrAm to support government efforts to diversify the economy, better enAble locAl businesses to compete globAlly, And boost Covid-19 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/50m-Adb-loAn-Aims-to-boost-economic-diversity/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/50m-adb-loan-aims-boost-economic-diversity
Ground breaks on Battambang water plant
Ground has been broken on a new water treatment plant in Battambang province which will serve the provincial capital. The plant, in Kampong Wat Kor commune’s Seima village of the town, is co-financed by the asian Development Bank (aDB) and the agence Francaise de Developpement- aFD <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ground-breaks-on-battambang-water-plant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Yuth Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ground-breaks-battambang-water-plant
DPM Prak Sokhonn to attend first major gathering of ASEAN Foreign Ministers in 2023 in Jakarta Friday
Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation, will lead a delegation to attend the 32nd aSEaN Coordinating Council (aCC) and aSEaN Foreign Ministers’ (aMM) Retreat, which will be held on Feb. 3 in Jakarta, at the invitation of Mrs Retno <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dpm-prak-sokhonn-to-attend-first-major-gathering-of-asean-foreign-ministers-in-2023-in-jakarta-friday/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501231407/dpm-prak-sokhonn-to-attend-first-major-gathering-of-asean-foreign-ministers-in-2023-in-jakarta-friday/
Access to finance for SMEs in Cambodia
Access to finAnce remAins A key bArrier to smAll And medium enterprise (SME) growth in CAmbodiA, As mAny of them rely on personAl finAnce rAther thAn bAnk loAns, which cAn Affect long-term commerciAl And finAnciAl sustAinAbility. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Access-to-finAnce-for-smes-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/access-to-finance-for-smes-in-cambodia
Manet set for China-ASEAN expo 2023 as head of gov’t
Prime Minister-in-waiting Hun Manet is scheduled to travel to China in mid-September for the 20th China-aSEaN Expo 2023 in Nanning, the capital city of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous Region – in one of his first official trips seen by analysts as a significant step in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/manet-set-for-china-asean-expo-2023-as-head-of-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-set-china-asean-expo-2023-head-govt
Pregnant women in K Thom benefit from micronutrients
Over 1,500 pregnant women at health centres in Kampong Thom province are showing positive results from a project led by Helen Keller International Cambodia. The project, supported by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Vitamin angel Foundation, replaces iron supplements with multiple micronutrient <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pregnant-women-in-k-thom-benefit-from-micronutrients/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pregnant-women-k-thom-benefit-micronutrients
GDCE sets guidelines for early completion of CNSW Project
The General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) on Monday set three additional necessary measures for further implementation of the Cambodia National Single Window (CNSW) project phase III team that needs to be completed by January 2024 after it was launched in January this year, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdce-sets-guidelines-for-early-completion-of-cnsw-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359585/gdce-sets-guidelines-for-early-completion-of-cnsw-project/
Manet commits to annual wage increases for workers
While acknowledging that the new minimum wage for factory workers falls short of their expectations, Prime Minister Hun Manet reaffirmed the government’s commitment to providing a yearly increment, however modest. This dedication, he noted, stands in contrast to certain countries that have not granted any <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/manet-commits-to-annual-wage-increases-for-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Neang Sokunthea
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-commits-annual-wage-increases-workers
Cambodia-Oz trade dips 8.5%
Cambodia’s exports to australia reached $236.92 million in the first eight months of 2023, marking a six per cent decline from the $252.16 million recorded during the same period last year, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). Concurrently, imports from australia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-oz-trade-dips-8-5-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hin Pisei
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-oz-trade-dips-85
Cambodia attracts record foreign investment growth
Despite global and regional economic downturns due to ongoing geopolitical conflict, Cambodia continues to be a beacon for investments. In the first nine months of 2023, the Kingdom drew in fixed-asset investments worth $3.76 billion, marking an 8.6 per cent rise from the $3.46 billion <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-attracts-record-foreign-investment-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-attracts-record-foreign-investment-growth
Investigation to be launched into trafficking of disabled performers for street begging
The meeting to deliberate on measures to curb exploitation of vulnerable people and children. The Department of Social affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation of Phnom Penh have called for a thorough investigation into the activities of brokers who exploit disabled people for financial gain. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/investigation-to-be-launched-into-trafficking-of-disabled-performers-for-street-begging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501353528/investigation-to-be-launched-into-trafficking-of-disabled-performers-for-street-begging/
RAC announce launch of modernised Khmer dictionary
The National Council for Khmer Language (NCKL) has announced the publication of an updated Khmer dictionary. available in both book form and a digital format that can be used on mobile phones and computers, the compiling of the dictionary was completed last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rac-announce-launch-of-modernised-khmer-dictionary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rac-announce-launch-modernised-khmer-dictionary
ADB signs $140m loan agreement to boost skills and public services
The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) signed two loAn Agreements with the Ministry of Economy And FinAnce on TuesdAy for A totAl of $140 million to boost the quAlity of CAmbodiA’s workforce through technicAl And vocAtionAl educAtion And trAining (TVET) And improve public service delivery by <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adb-signs-140m-loAn-Agreement-to-boost-skills-And-public-services/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Thang Sinorn
https://kiripost.com/stories/adb-signs-140m-loan-agreement-to-boost-skills-and-public-services
UN’s EW4All early warning initiative hold consultations
Cambodia, in collaboration with the UN and its partners, is working on strategies to support the UN’s Early Warnings for all (EW4all) initiative. This effort aims to bolster the Kingdom’s early warning systems, with a focus on adapting to climate change and mitigating the impact <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/uns-ew4all-early-warning-initiative-hold-consultations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/uns-ew4all-early-warning-initiative-hold-consultations
Ministry outlines plans to tackle flooding in capital
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has announced a strategy for rapid rainwater drainage from canals, streams and rivers throughout Phnom Penh to mitigate flooding during the rainy season. Ministry secretary of state Chan Sinath spoke of the plan while chairing an emergency meeting on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-outlines-plans-to-tackle-flooding-in-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Van Socheata
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-outlines-plans-tackle-flooding-capital
Foreign Ministry: PM Hun Manet engages in fruitful meetings with foreign dignitaries and business leaders in New York
Prime Minister Hun Manet has engaged in fruitful meetings with foreign dignitaries and business leaders during his trip to New York from Sept. 21 to 24 to attend the General Debate of the 78th Session of the United Nations General assembly, according to a press <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/foreign-ministry-pm-hun-manet-engages-in-fruitful-meetings-with-foreign-dignitaries-and-business-leaders-in-new-york/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501366571/foreign-ministry-pm-hun-manet-engages-in-fruitful-meetings-with-foreign-dignitaries-and-business-leaders-in-new-york/