Ministry of Information officially launches “Health Room for Officers”
In order to protect officials’ health and help reduce their spending, the Ministry of Information launched the “Health Room for Officers” on May 15, 2024,under the presidency of Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501489406/ministry-of-information-officially-launches-health-room-for-officers/
MoU inked to develop green building certification tools
Leading Malaysia-based green building certification body, GreenRE Sdn Bhd, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with local construction organization, the Cambodia Green Building Council (CamGBC), to assist in developing green building certification tools for the Cambodian construction sector. ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501493185/mou-inked-to-develop-green-building-certification-tools/
Govt denounces illegal property developments, warns investors
Several residential housing projects in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap have been under fire from government authorities recently, with actions taken against illegitimate developments and local buyers warned to conduct due diligence before committing to property purchase agreements. ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501501018/govt-denounces-illegal-property-developments-warns-investors/
Cambodia stares at EV skills shortage
Cambodia is staring at an acute skills shortage in the electric vehicle sector even as it is getting ready to release the ‘National Policy on the Development of Electric Vehicles (EVs) 2024-2030’ soon. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501485197/cambodia-stares-at-ev-skills-shortage/
Cambodia working on climate resilient rice industry
Cambodia’s rice sector is working on transformation on the framework of climate resilience within the rice industry to get more competitiveness in the market, Sang Saran, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501489808/cambodia-working-on-climate-resilient-rice-industry/
World Bank to improve education for disadvantaged kids with $79.5M fund
Education across Cambodia is set to receive a boost after the World Bank gave the green light for $79.5 million in additional financing to expand activities that are improving access to quality education nationwide. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/world-bank-to-improve-education-for-disadvantaged-kids-with-795m-fund
PM calls for promotion of aquaculture
Prime Minister Hun Manet Monday called for processing aquaculture to ensure the needs of the people and exporting, while Cambodia achieved a total of 314,000 tonnes of freshwater and marine aquaculture in 2023. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501515568/pm-calls-for-promotion-of-aquaculture/
Cambodia plans for transition out of LDC status
Cambodia highlighted its Development Cooperation and Partnership Strategy (DCPS 2024-2028) during a 2024 high level political forum on sustainable development under the theme “reinforcing the 2030 agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crisis”. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501526910/cambodia-plans-for-transition-out-of-ldc-status/
Over 40 families affected by Prek Tnaot River flooding
More than 40 families in Phnom Penh’s Kongnoy commune, Dangkor district have been hit by flooding from the Prek Tnaot River, as authorities call on residents to be extra vigilant as water levels continue to rise. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501531504/over-40-families-affected-by-prek-tnaot-river-flooding/
Cambodia mobilizes $62M through govt bonds
The Cambodian government has mobilized about $62 million from local investors through the issuance of government bonds in the first semester of this year to support public investment projects, according to a report by the National Bank of Cambodia. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501533941/cambodia-mobilizes-62m-through-govt-bonds/
KOICA commits additional $3 million to fund Tuol Sleng digital archives
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has committed an additional $3 million to fund the second phase of the “Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives Preservation and Digitisation” project, which aims to address challenges that remain in ensuring the quality and accessibility of the archives. ...
Ministry, WWF urge action to protect endangered Asian elephants
The international conservation organisation World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) estimates that the population of elephants in Southeast Asia and China currently stands between 8,000 and 11,000, with Cambodia home to an estimated 400 to 600. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-wwf-urge-action-to-protect-endangered-asian-elephants
Battambang rice farmers urged to cut pesticide use as harvest nears
Farmers in Battambang province are being urged to reduce their use of chemical pesticides to combat insect infestations as the rice harvest approaches, due to concerns over the impact on quality, public health and export potential to international markets. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-rice-farmers-urged-to-cut-pesticide-use-as-harvest-nears
Official urges women’s economic empowerment to combat human trafficking
A senior official at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs has urged for human trafficking prevention by promoting women’s economic empowerment and identifying the needs and opportunities for women working in the informal economy. ...
Hun Sen asks Japan to keep supporting demining training
The Cambodian Senate has requested the Government of Japan, through the Ministry of Defence of Japan, to continue support for training Ukrainian deminers in Cambodia and to assist countries affected by landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501535791/hun-sen-asks-japan-to-keep-supporting-demining-training/
Cambodia launches tourist app enabling payments with KHQR
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Monday launched the ‘Bakong Tourists App’ helping foreign tourists in Cambodia to make payments using the country’s universal KHQR code at over 3.3 million retail merchant outlets. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501544895/cambodia-launches-tourist-app-enabling-payments-with-khqr/
Growing success: Govt’s efforts to improve farmers’ livelihoods yielding results
The government’s efforts to improve the livelihoods of farmers under the Pentagonal Strategy are proving successful, with 250 agricultural specialists having already assisted over 110,000 farmers in increasing their yield during the first stage of the programme. The second stage, which aims to recruit and ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501545565/growing-success-govts-efforts-to-improve-farmers-livelihoods-yielding-results/
Electricity infrastructure
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Rural energy cooperative in Cambodia. Photo by Nomade Moderne, taken on 23 March 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The electricity distributed in Cambodia is partly generated within the country and partly imported. For many years, local generation was on a relatively small scale, and was ...
Biodiversity
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Biodiversity or Biological Resources: Various organisms in the same or different species and living organisms of all levels and sources, including land, marine and freshwater ecosystems, and the ecological relationships in which these ecosystems exist.32 Biodiversity is essential for most of the resources used by ...
Land sales and trades
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The legal framework surrounding land sales and transfers was obliterated by the 2007 Civil Code, leaving little legal guidance. Forced land sales and distress sales are a substantial cause of land tenure insecurity in Cambodia. They are a significant cause of landlessness, and it is ...