Gov’t offers bursaries for poor
The government will provide scholarships to poor public school students in grades 1 through 12 in an effort to curb drop-out rates. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-offers-bursaries-poor
Energy, disease risks: report
A global risk-analysis firm has released a grim – albeit partial – snapshot of Cambodia, noting that the Kingdom’s overreliance on essential resources from other countries leaves it vulnerable to instability, and that it is at “extreme risk” of a communicable-disease pandemic. The Global Risks and ...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/energy-disease-risks-report
Customs revenues increase
The General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) collected more than $360 million in revenues for the national budget during the first quarter of 2015, a 13 per cent increase year-on-year, according to a statement from the department released last week. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/customs-revenues-increase
Thousands drop out from national exams
After last year’s crackdown on high school exit-exam cheats, the number of students who have registered to take the exam this August has dipped, but with new monitoring initiatives in place, education officials said they are optimistic the pass rate will increase. The 88,488 candidates planning ...
Sen David and Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thousands-drop-out-national-exams
Ministry warns Pursat officials about fishing
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has urged authorities in Pursat province to take action against illegal fishing in the Tonle Sap after a video posted online showed a group of men hauling in huge catches from the former Fishing Lot 6, an important ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-warns-pursat-officials-about-fishing
Cambodia agrees agro-industrial framework
The government has agreed to a new framework to increase the competitiveness of its agricultural sector in line with the recently launched Industrial Development Policy, state news agency AKP reported on Monday. ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-agrees-agro-industrial-framework
Degrees of change in the air
Public and private universities are experiencing an exponential rise in the number of students opting for two-year associate degrees rather than four-year bachelor’s programs following last year’s disastrous high school exit examinations, education officials said yesterday. ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/degrees-change-air
Heavy rain expected to boost rice growing
As Thailand braces for a drop in rice production owing to rainfall shortage because of the El Niño effect, officials say that Cambodia is less likely to be affected by the weather pattern as they expect rainfall to cover the Kingdom this week, encouraging the ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/heavy-rain-expected-boost-rice-growing
In search of export market for mangoes
Cambodia is seeking to export its mangoes to South Korea, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Contacted yesterday, deputy MAFF director Hean Vanhorn said that a ministry representative would meet with a South Korean agriculture delegation today to discuss ...
Sok Chan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/search-export-market-mangoes
Despite drought, crops will come – but at a cost
This year is no different from last year and many of the previous years for the residents of Krong Stung Sen in Kampong Thom province. Rain has been scarce, and rice growers must pay to pump water from the state-owned ditches into their rice paddies. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13457/despite-drought--crops-will-come-----but-at-a-cost/
Mass infection in pigs sparks fears
A new breakout of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has taken the lives of more than 1,200 pigs while infecting some 3,200 more in three districts across Siem Reap since mid-August, a new report by the province’s Agriculture Department says. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mass-infection-pigs-sparks-fears
Ith Samheng mulls pension scheme delay
Labour Minister Ith Samheng yesterday said he will look into a request by employers to delay implementing a pension scheme for garment and footwear workers slated for next year. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50672920/ith-samheng-mulls-pension-scheme-delay
Hun Sen: Gov’t will never sacrifice national interest
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday defended his rule against detractors who claim that the government often acts to please certain foreign powers. The prime minister said all his decisions have been for the benefit of the Kingdom and urged countries to support Cambodia’s development ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-govt-will-never-sacrifice-national-interest
Red-tape eliminated for agro-product exporters
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has announced that rice exporters and agro-product exporters can now attain sanitary and phytosanitary certificates at one window service centres to streamline the process. The ministry’s decision was made after a Cambodia Rice Federation proposal last week. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-tape-eliminated-agro-product-exporters
Cambodia wants to attract more Indonesian investors
Cambodia and Indonesia plan to host a Trade and Investment Forum early in June in an effort to attract more Indonesian investors to the Kingdom. The plans were revealed after a meeting between Indonesian Ambassador to Cambodia Sudirman Haseng and Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-wants-attract-more-indonesian-investors
Strong capital, liquidity in financial services
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has affirmed that commercial banking and finances have strong capital and liquidity although Novel Coronavirus outbreak is hitting the country’s economy. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708404/strong-capital-liquidity-in-financial-services/
Airport infrastructure key for Mondulkiri
The development of tourism in Mondulkiri province will require continued investment in transportation infrastructure – particularly in the region’s airport – which will play a vital role to service both tourists and light freight, according to a senior official at the ministry. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50722617/airport-infrastructure-key-for-mondulkiri/
New MoU will make loans easier to decide and repay
Agriculture Rural Development Bank (ARDB) together with Wing (Cambodia) Ltd Specialized Bank and Cambodia Investors Corp (CIC) inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate loan repayments, encourage the use of digital banking and to provide information to borrowers to guarantee the credit deal. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727796/new-mou-will-make-loans-easier-to-decide-and-repay/
Kingdom becoming more self-reliant on vegetables
A senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture has called on more investment in the horticulture and subsidiary crops sector because the demand for vegetables in the country has increased nearly 1,000 tonnes per day. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50726932/kingdom-becoming-more-self-reliant-on-vegetables/
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport will launch a mock test application for grade 12 student to improve capacity online
On 07 February 2017, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport announced that an online mock test application to improve capacity for grade 12 student will be launched on 13 February 2017, at 08:00 am at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. This application ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport