Ministry of Education issues new life skills training guidelines
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has issued new guidelines for integrating basic life skills training into public primary and secondary school curricula. This initiative aims to equip students with practical skills for real-life challenges and career development. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501520230/ministry-of-education-issues-new-life-skills-training-guidelines/
Govt, JICA sign $57.5 million deal to improve NR 5
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Friday signed a $55 million loan agreement to improve the National Road 5 (NR 5) and a $2.5 million grant agreement to boost the Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS). ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501526838/govt-jica-sign-57-5-million-deal-to-improve-nr-5/
Pornmoniroth calls for review of river port management
Aun Pornmoniroth, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF) Tuesday called on the Economic and Financial Policy Committee (EFPC) to develop a management framework for the river port, connecting the river transport system with the sea. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501524645/pornmoniroth-calls-for-review-of-river-port-management/
Government establishes sub-committee on universal health coverage
The government is establishing a Sub-committee on Univeral Health Coverage in Cambodia to direct, coordinate, monitor and review all policies, strategies and action plans set out in the “Roadmap for Univeral Health Coverage in Cambodia 2024-2035” policy planning document. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501529683/government-establishes-sub-committee-on-universal-health-coverage/
Pursat City Residents Threaten To Protest Electricity Prices
More than 500 residents of Pursat City have signed a letter addressed to Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Suy Sem threatening to take to the streets in protest if the town’s privately owned electricity distributor does not reduce prices. Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian ...
Cambodia-U.S. trade flat in Q1
The two-way trade volume between Cambodia and the United States valued at 758 million U.S. dollars in the first three months of this year, up only 0.8 percent compared with 752 million U.S. dollars over the same period last year, the statistics of the U.S. ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-05/03/c_132357935.htm
Concerns Cambodia's fight against HIV/AIDS undermined by funding cuts, government policy
Experts fear Cambodia’s well-earned reputation as a leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS could be undermined by government policy targeting the country’s high-risk groups. Over the past 15 years, government action and large amounts of money from donors have seen the infection rate drop from 2 ...
Robert Carmichael
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-24/cambodia-hiv-efforts-could-be-undermined-by-government-misst/5621218
UN Housing Envoy Wants Eviction Activists Freed
The U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, has waded in to the furor surrounding the imprisonment this week of two anti-eviction activists from Boeng Kak and Borei Keila communities, posing with a poster calling for the release of the two women. Yorm Bopha, 32, ...
Gov’t dismisses judicial reform concerns
Human Rights Watch says three draft laws on the verge of approval by the National Assembly, intended to assure the independence of Cambodia’s courts, would do just the opposite, and has called on the government to withdraw them. The Council of Ministers approved the trio of ...
Zsombor Peter and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-dismisses-judicial-reform-concerns-58023/
Disability initiatives launched as jobs quota not met
For Cambodians with disabilities, the launch of two major initiatives in the past two days designed to improve their lives has brought some optimism about the future—tempered by a note of caution. At Koh Pich island on Thursday, in front of a crowd of more than ...
Holly Robertson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/disability-initiatives-launched-as-jobs-quota-not-met-63276/
More than 300 families in Kampot province request authorities to grant land ownership after dispute with private company
More than 300 families in Chhouk district, Kampot province have requested authorities to provide them with land titles in which they have lived for more than 20 years. ...
Transparency International: Cambodia’s budget process lacks transparency and regulation
Cambodia’s budgetary process lacks transparency and sufficient regulation, according to a publication this month from the anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) Cambodia. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/transparency-international-cambodias-budget-process-lacks-transparency-and-regulation/
Garment workers request for water mist fans as rising temperatures affect health and productivity
Garment workers in Phnom Penh and Kandal, Takeo and Kampong Chhnang provinces have asked their companies to install water mist fans in the factory amid rising temperatures. ...
Runn Sreydeth and Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/garment-workers-request-for-water-mist-fans-as-rising-temperatures-affect-health-and-productivity/
Even stronger ties: Cambodia and Vietnam pledge to enhance cooperation for mutual benefit
Vietnam’s President and the Cambodian Government have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral relations and cooperation, driven by a shared cultural heritage and principles of good neighbourliness. Both sides aim to expand and deepen their partnership for the betterment of their peoples and nations. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501522664/even-stronger-ties-cambodia-and-vietnam-pledge-to-enhance-cooperation-for-mutual-benefit/
CDC, Chinese embassy agree to beef up infra investment
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Cambodia (ECC) Wednesday discussed ways to take the existing diplomatic ties between the two countries to the next level by promoting investment activities and supporting the development ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501529679/cdc-chinese-embassy-agree-to-beef-up-infra-investment/
Cambodia, Korea launch carbon reduction project
A month after the Ministry of Environment (MoE) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy of the Republic of Korea (MOTIE) on the implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, Verywords Friday launched the Korea-Cambodia greenhouse gas ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501530931/cambodia-korea-launch-carbon-reduction-project/
Influx of Chinese business travelers, investors to Cambodia drives construction boom
Cambodia’s economy has seen an influx of business investors from China, which has driven demand for housing and hospitality services in the Southeast Asian nation. Two million Chinese visited the country last year, an increase of around 67 per cent from 2017. They represented the ...
Martin Choi
https://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/3020644/influx-chinese-business-travellers-investors-cambodia-drives
NGOs Raise Concern Over Freedom of Expression to UN
Seven NGOs have raised their concerns that the government is using the law, media and Internet to further stifle freedom of expression, ahead of Cambodia submitting its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights to the U.N. The UPR is the process through which Geneva’s ...
Lauren Crothers and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-raise-concern-over-freedom-of-expression-to-un-40748/
NGOs Raise Concern Over Freedom of Expression to UN
Seven NGOs have raised their concerns that the government is using the law, media and Internet to further stifle freedom of expression, ahead of Cambodia submitting its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights to the U.N. The UPR is the process through which Geneva’s ...
Lauren Crothers and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-raise-concern-over-freedom-of-expression-to-un-40748/
IMF forecasts higher growth for Cambodia in 2014
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday forecast Cambodia’s economy will grow by 7.2 per cent this year, 0.2 percentage point higher than last year. ...
Bernama News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1034270