Testing the winds in Cambodia’s energy sector
A new study on wind energy and its potential to diversify Cambodia’s energy sector is now being conducted, with results expected for mid next year, according to a representative of the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5093692/testing-winds-cambodias-energy-sector/
Information law ‘on way in 3 years’
In three years’ time, Cambodia will have legislation clearly outlining what government information is available to the general public, according to a recently signed memorandum of understanding. Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith and Anne Lemaistre, UNESCO’s representative to Cambodia, signed the memorandum on Friday. The MoU ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/information-law-%E2%80%98-way-3-years%E2%80%99
Avian flu worst at borders
Cambodia’s porous borders are creating one of several headaches for health officials working to minimise outbreaks of avian influenza, officials revealed yesterday at a symposium on emerging infectious diseases in Southeast Asia. The border provinces of Takeo and Kampong Cham have been witness to the highest ...
Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/avian-flu-worst-borders
Genes of carcinogenic liver fluke revealed
The tiny liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini causes damage out of all proportion to its size. Consumed as cysts within raw fish by people in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, it causes the tropical disease, Opisthorciasis, putting its victims at risk of cancer. Despite affecting millions of ...
Medical X Press News Staff
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-02-genes-carcinogenic-liver-fluke-revealed.html
New malaria strain raises problems, fears
Physicians are scrambling to update treatments to combat the growing threat caused by a new strain of malaria that is unique to Cambodia and resistant to the drug that dictates whether patients are ultimately cured. ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/new-malaria-strain-raises-problems-fears
New teachers for KR classes
The US Institute of Peace on Wednesday announced the completion of a program – conducted by the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) – to train an additional 600 educators to teach Khmer Rouge history in the Kingdom’s secondary schools. ...
Rebecca Moss
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-teachers-kr-classes
SECC approves bond issuance
Phnom Penh Commercial Bank (PPCBank) and Prasac Microfinance Institution Ltd (Prasac) have been granted initial permission to issue bonds on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX). ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/secc-approves-bond-issuance
Institut Pasteur du Cambodge: COVID-19 related activities update on 25 February 2020
On 25 February 2020, the Institute Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC) has announced on the update of COVID-19 related activities. Utilizing BLS-3-level biosafety and biosecurity capacity in conjunction with multiple diagnostic tests according to the WHO interim guidance, IPC has implemented, validated, and ensured diagnostic capacity ...
Institut Pasteur du Cambodge
Sweden pledges $3 million aid for human rights education
The Embassy of Sweden yesterday inked an agreement with Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law to strengthen human rights education in the Kingdom’s academic institutions. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50701266/sweden-pledges-3-million-aid-for-human-rights-education
Chea Serey promoted to central bank governor
Chea Serey has been formally appointed as governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on the heels of her promotion from central banking director-general to deputy governor in March. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chea-serey-promoted-central-bank-governor
East Asian economic ministers warn of threat posed by global conflicts
The ASEAN East Asian Economic Ministers’ Meeting has warned of the threat posed by geopolitical conflicts, noting that they have the potential to hindering the benefits brought about by globalisation. ...
Canada firm mulls offshore oil extraction in Kingdom’s Block A
Canadian-owned company EnerCam Resources Co Ltd (EnerCam) is studying the possibility of investing in oil extraction from Cambodia’s offshore Block A after the government terminated an agreement with Singapore-based KrisEnergy Ltd, after the oil and gas exploration company went bankrupt last year. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/canada-firm-mulls-offshore-oil-extraction-kingdoms-block
Singaporean and Cambodian leaders collaborate at Summit to Support National Vision 2050
The Sequoia Group, in collaboration with the Asian Vision Institute, Angkor Social Innovation Park (ASIP), Sustainability Institute, and Singapore Chamber of Commerce Cambodia (SCC), has announced the upcoming Leadership for Good Summit Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501386754/singaporean-and-cambodian-leaders-collaborate-at-summit-to-support-national-vision-2050/
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training chairs the first meeting of the inter-institutional inspection team
On May 8, 2024, Heng Sour, Minister of Labor and Vocational Training, chaired the first inter-ministerial meeting after the decision to announce the composition on February 23, 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501485450/ministry-of-labor-and-vocational-training-chairs-the-first-meeting-of-the-inter-institutional-inspection-team/
Please release: Outcomes of the 52nd ASEAN Foriegn Ministers' Meeting 30-31 July 2019, Bangkok
On 01 August 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia posted a press release on the outcome of the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM), ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Interface with the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and the Meeting ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Coal outgrows hydropower
As Cambodia’s demand for electricity grows and domestic energy production increases, new data released from the Ministry of Mines and Energy yesterday show that coal-fired energy generation surpassed hydroelectricity for the first time last year. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/coal-outgrows-hydropower
Correction and issuance of high school diplomas and provisional high school diplomas
On 10 September 2021, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports issued a notification on correction and issuance of high school diplomas and provisional high school diplomas.Applicant, parents or guardians and representatives of higher education institutions who wish to correct the information on the high ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Water Supply Shares Fall Below Launch Price
The share price of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) fell 50 riel yesterday to 6,250 riel, or about $1.52, bringing the authority’s share price lower than its initial public offering (IPO) in April. The decline matches views expressed by investors here that the authority’s ...
Business Registrations Up 34% This Year
The number of businesses that registered at the Ministry of Commerce during the first seven months of this year increased 34 percent compared to the same period last year, according to ministry figures released yesterday. According to the data, in the first seven months of ...
Figures Reveal Inflation Increase
CAMBODIA’S prices were 7 percent higher at the end of June compared to the month in 2010, according to National Institute of Statistics official Sim Ly yesterday. Although the organisation was still preparing to release the official figures, Sim Ly said the figures would also ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011082351198/Business/figures-reveal-inflation-increase.html