Thais eye Keo Romeat mangoes
A Thai company has expressed an interest in exporting Kampong Speu’s Keo Romeat mangoes to Europe, America and Australia, according to a senior Agriculture Ministry official. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39681/thais-eye-keo-romeat-mangoes/
Chemical-free veggies
The government is urging vegetable growers to reduce their reliance on pesticides and cut imports from neighboring countries to protect the health of consumers. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37673/chemical-free-veggies/
Patience a virtue for coconuts
Khdib Sreymich, general manager of Coco Khmer, a Cambodia-based coconut cosmetics manufacturer, said her company is forced to import coconuts from Vietnamese suppliers to meet consumer demand for the company’s products. She explained that the farmers preferred to sell the coconuts when they were young, ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/patience-virtue-coconuts
Mango producers struggle to meet Korean standards
It has been nearly a year since the government signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea that aimed to put Cambodian mangoes on the shelves of supermarkets in Seoul, yet local producers say there is little sign of any movement. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mango-producers-struggle-meet-korean-standards
Non-timber forest products in Angkor Park provide lifeline to Angkor villagers
Willughbeia edulis, Korlan, Burmese grape, and some wild fruits have already started to be harvested from the forest in Angkor Park, providing additional income for local people, said the APSARA National Authority. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1052779/non-timber-forest-products-in-angkor-park-provide-lifeline-to-angkor-villagers/
MoEYS outlines achievements
The attendance rate at public and private primary schools stands at 98 per cent, a similar level to other countries in the region, Minister for Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron told a meeting to outline the achievements of the 2017-18 period on Monday. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/moeys-outlines-achievements
Ministry cuts school hours amid severe heat wave
With the country grappling with drought and soaring temperatures, the Ministry of Education issued a directive on Monday cutting the amount of time students sit in sweltering classrooms for the remainder of the hot season. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-cuts-school-hours-amid-severe-heat-wave-112071/
Ministry hails successful national exam, says no cheating at all
As the third year of strictly regulated national high school exams drew to a close on Tuesday, the Ministry of Education brushed off evidence of widespread attempts at cheating and declared the event a success. ...
Janelle Retka and Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-hails-successful-national-exam-says-no-cheating-117078/
Activists reject tv boss’s apology for rape remark
Activists rejected an apology on Monday from a prominent television news host for remarks he made that a rapist and murderer should have kept his victim alive to “keep her for using again,” saying he was not genuinely sorry. ...
Julia-grace Sanders and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activists-reject-tv-bosss-apology-for-rape-remark-133628/
Test changes target cheats
In an attempt to crack down on rampant cheating on nationwide testing, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) has announced that primary and high school teachers will begin individually authoring and writing final exams on the white board for the 2014 academic term, ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/test-changes-target-cheats
Guards tell vendors it’s time to go
More than 100 vendors from Phe Leu market in Kratie town protested yesterday after they arrived at work to find security guards refusing to let them sell at their usual spots, vendors said. More than 20 unarmed guards blocked the protesters, forcing them to set up ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/guards-tell-vendors-it%E2%80%99s-time-go
Cambodian lawmakers, educators discuss reform measures for educational system
Approximately 200 lawmakers, educators and civil society and development partner representatives met here on Tuesday to discuss reform measures to improve educational system in Cambodia. Hang Chuon Naron said Cambodia now has more than 7,000 primary schools with about 2 million students, 5,750 secondary schools ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Cscxiv
Land at risk: Families in Kratie wary over moves
Kratie town and provincial administrators met with representatives of families living alongside Kratie Town Hall yesterday after receiving a petition expressing villagers’ concern that the town hall planned to expand its premises onto their land. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-risk-families-kratie-wary-over-moves
In Cambodia, English classes more popular than Chinese
In a small courtyard in downtown Phnom Penh sits the city’s oldest public school. Founded more than 100 years ago, Tuan Hoa features a Chinese temple and Mandarin language instruction for its 2,000 students. ...
Neou Vannarin and Colin Lovett
http://bit.ly/1GxFgI7
Students in Cambodia want to learn English
The oldest public school in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, is in a small courtyard downtown. The Tuan Hoa school has a Chinese temple and Mandarin language classes for its 2,000 students. But in Phnom Penh, Chinese usage is still behind English. This is true although ...
Neou Vannarin and Colin Lovett
http://bit.ly/1BgdqOf
China offers scholarships to 62 Cambodian students
Sixty-two Cambodian students have gotten annual scholarships for their bachelor’s and master’s degrees in various universities in China, according to Chinese News Agency (Xinhua). ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/china-offers-scholarships-to-62-cambodian-students-8789
Ministry warns of punishment for political activity at schools
The Ministry of Education has issued a directive banning political activism or association at academic institutions, saying it will fine or shut down universities, post-secondary schools and student organizations that have engaged in or promoted political activity. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-warns-of-punishment-for-political-activity-at-schools-91454/
In 2nd year of stricter exam, only one report of cheating
There was one recorded case of cheating during this year’s grade 12 exam—held on Monday and Tuesday—down from about 20 last year, when the Education Ministry implemented sweeping reforms to stamp out bribes and cheats from the exam process, according to the education minister. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-2nd-year-of-stricter-exam-only-one-report-of-cheating-92792/
Belgium to assist promotion of education in Cambodia
The commitment was made by Ms. Silbille de Cartier d’Yves, newly-appointed Bangkok-Based Ambassador of Belgium to Cambodia in a meeting with Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501026673/belgium-to-assist-promotion-of-education-in-cambodia/
Invasive fruit flies detrimental to Kingdom’s mango exports
Cambodia’s mango shipments have been routinely blocked before making it to the international market, with the Ministry of Agriculture claiming the mangoes are not of a high enough quality to meet the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements necessary to ship outside of the Kingdom. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/invasive-fruit-flies-detrimental-kingdoms-mango-exports