Press Release on the organization of the 11th Cambodia International Day of Deafness and the 66th International Day 2023 under the theme "Working Environment for the Deaf for Development"
On 17 September 2023, the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation issued a press release on the organization of the 11th Cambodian Deaf Day and the 66th International Deaf Day 2023 under the theme “Inclusive work for deaf for development”.In the Kingdom of ...
Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation
Success story of data literacy training program: LY Vichheka
In Cambodia, data-driven storytelling is almost non-existent and still a very new concept to most journalists, media branches, newsrooms and CSOs. In the newsrooms, data journalism is rarely produced due to limited data literacy.the project aimed to train people in data-driven storytelling. While there is ...
Trade body, MFI hatching plans to fund rice sector
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) and AMK Microfinance Institution Plc are brainstorming plausible approaches to jointly channel finance into The rice sector. ...
May Kunmakara
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-body-mfi-hatching-plans-fund-rice-sector
Spotlight: ASEAN, including Cambodia, hugely benefit from BRI: Cambodian experts
The members of The Association of SouTheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) including Cambodia are greatly benefiting from The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Cambodian experts said here on Thursday. Kin Phea, director-general of The International Relations Institute Cambodia (IRIC), an arm of The Royal Academy ...
Nguon Sovan and Mao Pengfei
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-08/08/c_138293910.htm
French Scholar ‘Shocked’ Over Damage to Riverside Home
Leaning over the railing on the roof of the Khmeroyal Hotel along Phnom Penh’s Sisowath Quay, 54-year-old scholar and long-time Cambodian resident Oliver de Bernon peered across at his crumbing riverfront apartment yesterday. Residents of the block between streets 178 and 184 on Sisowath Quay ...
Universities in agricultural innovation
As rice farmers struggle to cope with the aftereffects of one of the worst droughts in Cambodia’s recent history and moribund infrastructure makes it difficult to transport and sell their products across the country, universities here and in the United States are joining forces to ...
Safiya Charles
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30110/universities-in-agricultural-innovation/
US remains the biggest market for exporters
The US remained The biggest market for Cambodia’s export products in 2021 despite The Covid-19 pandemic. Cambodia’s eight-month exports to The US increased sharply although some products were made without The Generalised System of Preference (GSP), which means tariffs would have been paid. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50952218/us-remains-the-biggest-market-for-exporters/
Press release on the spark of innovation in the public sector
On 04 March 2019, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) issued a press release to express how a National Conference on Public Sector in the Digital Era can contribute to the advancement of innovation in governance and effort to improve services to its people. the Ministry ...
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Clarification by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the national internet gateway establishment
On 15 February 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a clarification by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the National Internet Gateway establishment. the spokesperson has noted with disappointment the continued misinterpretations, especially in some ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Cambodia gains ground in latest peace index
Cambodia improved its performance in this year’s Global Peace Index, climbing seven places from last year to reach 106 out of the 162 countries ranked in the study. the improvement is relative, though, with the impact of violence having cost an estimated $1.5 billion. the Institute ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-gains-ground-in-latest-peace-index-61841/
Sihanoukville port volume increases 15 per cent
The volume of cargo passing through The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP) rose 15 per cent in The first quarter of this year compared with The corresponding period last year. Experts say milled-rice exports and fuel imports contributed to The boost in activity. From January to March, ...
Belgium steadfast in support for Cambodian students
The Government of Belgium is providing scholarship support for Cambodian students wishing to pursue master’s and doctoral degree programmes at some of Belgium’s most renowned universities. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501375054/belgium-steadfast-in-support-for-cambodian-students/
Japanese Bank to Sign Agreement With Acleda
One of the largest banks in Japan, Sumimoto Mitsui Banking Co., will sign an agreement with Acleda Bank Friday to share market data and banking services, Acleda announced yesterday. the deal would allow Sumimoto Mitsui, which currently only has a representative branch in Cambodia, to access ...
Mekong residents voice their concerns
Residents living in the Mekong River basin are expressing concerns over water degradation in the Mekong river and its impact on farming, aquaculture and the livelihood of the millions of people who live in the region. People from Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam’s Cuu Long (Mekong) ...
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/242941/mekong-residents-voice-their-concerns.html
Birds culled following death
More than 600 chickens in two villages in Banteay Meanchey province have been culled following the death of a girl from bird flu three weeks ago. the four-year-old died on July 20, only 10 days after showing symptoms of the disease, according to a joint ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011080150763/National-news/birds-culled-following-death.html
Border provinces request more energy from Thailand
Thailand had been asked to supply more electricity to those Cambodian provinces close to the shared border, according to officials. Suy Sem, Cambodian minister of Industry, Mine and Energy, talked to reporters after a bilateral meeting with his counterpart, Thai Minister Arak Chonlatanon last week, a ...
New Chinese envoy pledges to further enhance ties with Cambodia
Newly-designated Ambassador of China to Cambodia Bu Jianguo on Thursday vowed to help further deepen all rounds of cooperation with Cambodia for the benefits [sic] of the two countries and peoples. Paying a courtesy call on Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Bu ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-07/25/c_132573145.htm
Growing the farming industry
The government has taken The opportunity of The COVID-19 crisis to develop agriculture, while The garment and tourism industries, which are The Kingdom’s economic pillars have been hit hard by The pandemic. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50748314/growing-the-farming-industry/
Kingdom’s logistics firms see diversity
Logistics firms saw a new level of diversity in Cambodian exports, a trend that would protect the economy from external shock, several shipping companies said. the Kingdom is on the right track to diversify and increase the export of agricultural products, while decreasing its reliance on ...
Property rights threatened, NGOs claim
A draft agricultural land law threatens to eliminate property rights and effectively remove all limitations on the size of economic land concessions, a coalition of civil society groups said in a statement released.the draft of the Law on the Management and Use of Agricultural Land, ...
David Boyle and May Titthara, P. 1
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072457586/National-news/property-rights-threatened-ngos-claim.html