PM offers VOD staff jobs at state organizations
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday offered VOD staff to work in the government after the media organization had its license revoked on Monday. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-pm-offers-vod-staff-jobs-at-state-organizations
Ministry offers public Wi-Fi to boosts tourism
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has opened Wi-Fi to the public at Ochheuteal and Otres beaches in Preah Sihanouk province to provide free internet service for both locals and foreign guests, aiming to enhance the tourism sector. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-offers-public-wi-fi-to-boosts-tourism
EU offers support in green transition and trade
The European Union plans to launch two initiatives aimed at promoting the green transition and fostering sustainable trade in Cambodia, according to new EU Ambassador to Cambodia, Igor Driesmans. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/eu-offers-support-in-green-transition-and-trade
Loans offered to struggling tourism Siem Reap businesses
The government is offering tourism-related businesses in Siem Reap struggling from the slow tourist rebound a share of a $50 million pot of loans to keep operations afloat, however, concerns have been raised that the 6.5 percent interest rate may be too high for some. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/loans-offered-to-struggling-tourism-siem-reap-businesses
Annual cold spell on the way: weather official
Ministry spokesman Mao Hak said yesterday that seasonal rains are expected to taper off in mid-November, with cooler winds sweeping into the Kingdom from Siberia and Tibet, promising a “winter” even cooler than last year’s, in which some areas saw temperatures as low as 18 ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/annual-cold-spell-way-weather-official
Erratic weather portends future farming woes
Record low temperatures and unseasonable rainfall over the past week were a glimpse into the potential, intensifying effects of climate change in Cambodia, experts said, a phenomenon that studies suggest could seriously hinder future agricultural productivity through flooding, unpredictable rains and warming of up to ...
Laurence Stevens
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/erratic-weather-portends-future-farming-woes-128065/
Beijing and Phnom Penh think about becoming sister cities
Phnom Penh and Beijing are in talks to become “sister cities”, chief of the Chinese Embassy’s political section Wang De Xin confirmed yesterday. ...
Jovina Chua
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/beijing-and-phnom-penh-think-about-becoming-sister-cities
Widening emissions gap too high for climate tackle: report
As nations meet at the 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha today, the greenhouse-gas emissions gap is widening, according to a report by the UN Environment Program (UNEP) released last week. Keeping the global average temperature rise below two degrees Celsius requires that action ...
Cooperatives Key to Help Farmers, Combat Hunger
The key to lifting people out of poverty could be found in the setting up of farming cooperatives, the country director of the World Food Program said on Friday, which was also World Food Day. Jean-Pierre de Margerie, country director of the World Food Program, said ...
Little Paris comes to Koh Pich
Construction on a four-year, $150 million commercial and residential development that will transform 70,000 square metres of land on Koh Pich into Parisian-style apartments with a replica of the Arc de Triomphe at the centre is reportedly scheduled to commence in the coming months. The Élysée, ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/little-paris-comes-koh-pich
PM calls for more improvement of higher education quality
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged relevant institutions, especially the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) to further enhance the quality of higher education, particularly the doctorate degree. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501299546/pm-calls-for-more-improvement-of-higher-education-quality/
Hot weather, dry season looms as agriculture ministry calls for more climate-resilient crops
The temperature in Cambodia is expected to rise starting February to early May, with highs of 41 degrees Celsius, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said, urging the public, especially those in rural areas, to use water sparingly. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/hot-weather-dry-season-looms-as-agriculture-ministry-calls-for-more-climate-resilient-crops/
As Phnom Penh Grows, So Does Its Sewage Problem
Since 1998, Phnom Penh’s population has doubled to more than 2 million. High-rise buildings have popped up in the city’s center and housing developments have been hastily erected. Yet the city’s antiquated, decades-old drainage system has undergone little improvement in that time and experts say the ...
NEC delegation returns from France with offers of support
The National Election Committee (NEC) will consider requesting support from France as it prepares to administer the July national election, its senior official said, noting that the French counterparts want to see the poll take place in a manner acceptable to all parties and in ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-delegation-returns-france-offers-support
US offers 12 million more in aid for demining mission
The United States, as part of its ongoing commitment to help Cambodia achieve its objective of becoming a country free of landmines by 2025, has increased its financial assistance for the Kingdom’s mine clearance activities. ...
Som Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501469690/us-offers-12-million-more-in-aid-for-demining-mission/
Cambodian School Educates New Generation of Social Workers
Cambodia has some 3,000 registered non-profit groups. Some work on highly sensitive issues such as violence against women and human trafficking. But there are few Cambodians formally trained for such work. That is now changing with the country’s first university-level degree program for social workers. When ...
Central Bank seeks to give Riel a boost
Cambodia’s central bank will use its upcoming Second Macroeconomic Conference to discuss how best to promote the use of the riel and hasten de-dollarisation in the economy, according to an official release yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/central-bank-seeks-give-riel-boost
UK found three Cambodia’s maps
The Cambodia’s three found-maps by UK in the British Library were published by Services Geographique de l’Indochine are the maps printed in between 1933 and 1953. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/uk-found-three-cambodia%E2%80%99s-maps-8885
More Bunong, Kouy, and Kroeung people have graduated from the university and returned to support their communities
Ms. Somart Sokhaii is Bunong. She is among a few indigenous people to have succeeded in her higher education with a bachelor’s degree in Laws. ...
Laos to reduce border tensions
Cambodia and Laos agreed to de-escalate tensions along the border in Stung Treng province during a meeting at the World Economic Forum, a government official attached to Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533297/laos-to-reduce-border-tensions/