Thai uni offers scholarships to 40 Cambodian students: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen requested that Thailand’s Krirk University meet with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport to discuss recruitment after the school announced scholarships for 40 Cambodians. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-uni-offers-scholarships-40-cambodian-students-pm
Village-based internet pilot project launched in Kampong Cham
A community-based Internet provider called NerveNet has been launched in Kampong Cham province’s Chheng Prey district, about 100 kilometers east of Phnom Penh. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22616/village-based-internet-pilot-project-launched-in-kampong-cham/
Sub-Decree aims to better regulate pharmacies
Prime Minister Hun Sen has signed a sub-decree to better regulate pharmacies, a business fraught with fake drugs and fake diplomas. The new sub-decree of the Pharmacists’ Code of Ethics contains 71 articles. They ban distribution of fake drugs and the use of titles not ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sub-decree-aims-to-better-regulate-pharmacies-55138/
PM Hun Sen suggests opening of British Universities in Cambodia
Prime Minister Hun Sen has encouraged the United Kingdom to open schools, especially universities in Cambodia, after noting a growing trend of Cambodian students pursuing their studies in the UK. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501137045/pm-hun-sen-suggests-opening-of-british-universities-in-cambodia/
Focusing on a good user experience
Companies and individuals need to do more than just create technology. They need to optimise the services and goods they provide, especially when introducing new concepts to developing markets such as Cambodia. That was the message from one presenter at last weekend’s T3CON12-ASIA conference in Phnom ...
Cambodian PM due on Friday
Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen is expected to pay a 3-day official visit to Dhaka from Friday to further expanding and strengthening trade relations and cooperation in agriculture sector between the two countries. During the visit, sources said Dhaka is expected to seek long-term ...
The Daily Star
http://www.thedailystar.net/cambodian-pm-due-on-friday-23869
Dropouts to get online education scheme
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport is working in conjunction with Unesco and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) to launch an internet-based education programme for Cambodian youths in grades seven to nine who have dropped out of school. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dropouts-get-online-education-scheme
Future of E-Business linked to skills
The future of e-business in Cambodia depends on gaining better skills, a group of students heard yesterday at the University of Puthisastra. In a panel discussion on the future of e-business as part of BarCamp Phnom Penh, T.O. Software president Heng Chamroeun offered advice to the ...
Thai princess to visit kingdom
Thailand’s Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will visit Cambodia next month to boost bilateral education ties between the kingdoms, a topic she has worked on since her first visit in 1992. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-princess-visit-kingdom
Kratie University construction complete
The recently constructed Kratie University, which was mostly funded by the Chinese government, was handed over to the Education Ministry yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37563/kratie-university-construction-complete/
Ministry inks MoU for digital OS
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sala, a modern school operating system, on “Going-Digital for Education” with the support of eighteen public and private universities. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-inks-mou-digital-os
Phnom Penh to host inaugural tech expo
Phnom Penh will host the nation’s first tech expo, Cambodia Tech Expo CTX, in November, with a string of events, conferences and panel discussions aimed at strengthening the tech startup community and attracting investment opportunities. ...
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/phnom-penh-cambodia-tech-expo-ctx
Trucks Banned on Phnom Penh Streets for Duration of Summit
Phnom Penh City Hall has banned all trucks transporting goods and gasoline from traveling on the city’s roads in daytime hours to ease traffic during the Asean Summit, according to a notice placed on the municipality’s website Saturday. The Ministry of Education has also told 12 ...
Special Economic Zones ‘key to future’
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have brought almost 70,000 new jobs to the country, according to an Asian Development Bank report released last week. With tax exemptions on production materials, lower profit tax, and renewable leases, the SEZs have drawn foreign-owned factories manufacturing everything from bicycles ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16920/special-economic-zones----key-to-future---/
Land-titling process ‘urgent’, Oxfam says
Accelerating the mapping and titling of rural farmland should be an “urgent” priority of the government and civil society, particularly when it comes to protecting indigenous peoples’ and women’s rights, Oxfam representatives said yesterday. The remarks followed the release of an EU-funded survey of rural communities’ ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-titling-process-%E2%80%98urgent%E2%80%99-oxfam-says
Kids’ supplement results mixed
The Cambodian government and UNICEF yesterday released results of a clinical trial on new locally produced food supplements to tackle the country’s persistently dismal malnutrition figures, with at least one of the two products proving effective. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kids-supplement-results-mixed
RCAF begins first recruitment drive since onset of pandemic
The Ministry of National Defence will be distributing applications to prospective students from February 1-15 as it looks to recruit a new generation of military trainees to meet the needs of various units of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF). ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rcaf-begins-first-recruitment-drive-onset-pandemic
Singapore-invested 100sq km agriculture hub launched in northern Kampong Speu
HLH Agriculture (Cambodia) Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Hong Lai Huat Group Ltd, has announced the inauguration of the mixed-use Cambodia-Singapore Agricultural Hub (CSAH) in northwestern Kampong Speu province, as well as the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Singapore Manufacturing ...
New initiatives in Cambodia revolutionise payment options for tourists
Cambodia is set to expand its payment options for tourists by implementing blockchain-based central bank digital currency (CBDC) partnerships. This move is part of the country’s strategy to modernize its tourism sector, recognizing the significant role it plays in the Cambodian economy. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501405449/new-initiatives-in-cambodia-revolutionise-payment-options-for-tourists/
STI key to driving Cambodia’s bid for higher income status
The advancement of Science, Technology, and Innovation is instrumental in propelling Cambodia towards its goal of becoming a high-level middle-income country by 2030 and a high-income country by 2050. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501466738/sti-key-to-driving-cambodias-bid-for-higher-income-status/