Government starts programme for secondary school dropouts
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) launched the Basic Education Equivalency Programme (Beep) on Sunday – an internet-based education programme for Cambodian youths in grades seven to nine who have dropped out of school – at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC). ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-starts-programme-secondary-school-dropouts
Cambodia, World Bank ink accords
The Cambodian government and the World Bank yesterday signed two agreements in Phnom Penh to implement two key investment projects worth a total of $200 million. The Higher Education Institutions Capacity Improvement Project (HEICP) and Second Road Asset Management Project (RAMP II) were approved by ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-world-bank-ink-accords
Construction standards on the way
The International Business Chamber of Cambodia (IBS) on Friday took a step to formulate industry-wide construction standards by signing a memorandum of understanding with the UK’s Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), an accreditation agency that monitors quality and safety across the property market. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15449/construction-standards-on-the-way/
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/
Fear hinders independent journalism in Cambodia, survey finds
Fear of government interference, legal repercussions and violence remain impediments to free and independent journalism in Cambodia, according to a survey released on Wednesday in a report by the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM). ...
Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fear-hinders-independent-journalism-in-cambodia-survey-finds-109992/
HIV infections nearly doubled over past decade
The number of new HIV infections in Cambodia nearly doubled over the past decade—the greatest increase in Asia—while less than a third of Cambodians living with the virus are receiving medication to slow its development, according to a report released this week. ...
George wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hiv-infections-nearly-doubled-over-past-decade-115705/
Boost for seafood exports
The Institute of Standards of Cambodia (ISC) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will team up to boost the export of four seafood products that adhere to international standards. Speaking at a workshop at the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft yesterday, ISC director-general Chan ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30243/boost-for-seafood-exports/
Japanese FDI leads to surge in exports: analysts
Cambodia’s total exports to Japan increased sharply over the first nine months of the year compared to last year due to flows of investment from Japan to Cambodia over the last few years, analysts said. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17864/japanese-fdi-leads-to-surge-in-exports--analysts/
Krungsri expects more growth from Cambodian MFI
Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya released its first financial statement since completing its acquisition of Cambodian microlender Hattha Kaksekar Ltd (HKL) last month, showing a quarterly net profit increase of 10.6 percent from a year earlier. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/krungsri-expects-more-growth-cambodian-mfi
Ministry shutters NDI for Lango violations as US Embassy hits back
The Cambodian Foreign Ministry yesterday announced that it was halting the operations of the US State Department-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) and expelling all its foreign staff from the Kingdom in the next week – a move that prompted the US Embassy to fire back ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-shutters-ndi-lango-violations-us-embassy-hits-back
Rising oil prices fueling inflation
Rising oil prices fuelled a month-to-month inflationary increase of 5.4 per cent through February and March, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics. Factors such as sanctions on Iranian oil, as well as floods that depleted Cambodian crops last year accounted for the rise ...
Inflation slows to only 2% says NIS
Cambodia’s inflation rose by 2.2 per cent in August compared to the same month last year, according to the monthly data from the National Institute of Statistics. The increase was due to the rise in food and the fluctuation of gasoline prices. Government officials and economists said the ...
Hunger Reduced, Malnourishment Next Issue
Cambodia has reached its millennium development goal of reducing by half the number of people who suffer from hunger, but more needs to be done to make sure that the population now receives the right nutrients, officials said on World Food Day Wednesday. Making the announcement ...
Denise Hruby and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hunger-reduced-malnourishment-next-issue-45363/
Heritage preserved: Park status to protect ancient site
Ancient ironwork at a site in Preah Vihear province that predates the civilisation of Angkor will fall within a new national park formed by royal decree last week. More than 200 pre-Angkor era industrial sites have been discovered since 2010, but the newly created national park ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/heritage-preserved-park-status-protect-ancient-site
Trade deficit prompts call to diversify exports
Cambodia’s trade deficit expanded to almost half a billion dollars during the first three months of the year, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Commerce. Between January and March, Cambodia’s exports reached $1.99 billion, up 19 per cent compared to the same period ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-deficit-prompts-call-diversify-exports
Cambodia scholar calls for boosting mutual trust, maritime security in Asia Pacific
A Cambodian scholar on Saturday called for efforts to enhance the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in promoting mutual trust and maritime security in the Asia Pacific. A more relevant and coherent multilateral structure could help address old and new security challenges, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2014-12/13/c_133852775.htm
China firm proposes expressway for capital
A Chinese company has presented an ambitious plan to build an expressway over Phnom Penh in an effort to relieve traffic congestion. ...
May Kunmakara
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/china-firm-proposes-expressway-capital
$65 mln loan to expand microfinance
Three Thai banks have joined IFC’s $65 million syndication loan to a Cambodian microfinance institution to boost the access to funding of micro, small, and medium rural and agricultural enterprises, most of which are owned by women. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12730/business-briefs/
GMAC to create new training institute
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has begun seeking technical advisors to assist in the creation of a Cambodia Garment Training Institute. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gmac-create-new-training-institute
Development report cites China as growth model
It’s been done numerous times, comparing the “China miracle” to its emerging and frontier neighbours as a benchmark for development. Cambodia might seem an ill-fitted student of the world’s second-biggest economy. But a recent report from the Cambodia Development Resource Institute pointed to some lessons the Kingdom ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050856023/Business/china-seen-as-growth-model.html