CNRP activist detained over political VCDs
Police on Sunday detained a CNRP activist and confiscated 347 political video-CDs that he was transporting to the party’s headquarters in Phnom Penh, police and opposition party officials said Monday. The VCDs showed violent police and military repressions of land and labor activists and last ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-activist-detained-over-political-vcds-58127/
Minister affirms alignment of UNICEF Cambodia’s country programme
Minister of Planning has reaffirmed the alignment of UNiCEF Cambodia’s Country Programme 2024-2028 with the country’s strategies, plans, and sustainable development goal framework. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501371095/minister-affirms-alignment-of-unicef-cambodias-country-programme/
Cambodia’s new government approves goals for new mandate
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on August 24 chaired the first meeting of the Council of Ministers, with the official launch of the government’s Pentagon Strategy Phase i high on the agenda. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501349610/cambodias-new-government-approves-goals-for-new-mandate/
Minister Hun Many vows to strengthen civil service
Minister of Civil Service Hun Many is committed to reforming and strengthening the public administration effectively and efficiently, as well as promoting and modernising public institutions in line with the Pentagon Strategy. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501351359/minister-hun-many-vows-to-strengthen-civil-service/
Japan supports govt’s digitalisation development
Japan Ambassador to Cambodia Ueno Atsushi announced the country’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) for digital development of the Kingdom, the fifth pillar of the new government’s Pentagonal Strategy outlined by Prime Minister Hun Manet. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501366908/japan-supports-govts-digitalisation-development/
Stung Pursat I dam ‘in 2026’
South Korean-owned SPHP (Cambodia) Co Ltd’s under-construction $231 million, 80 megawatt (MW) Stung Pursat i hydropower dam is scheduled to be commissioned and operational in 2026, according to Pursat provincial governor Khoy Rida. ...
May Kunmakara and Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stung-pursat-i-dam-2026
Cambodia launches strategic plans to combat climate crisis
Cambodia is actively addressing the pressing issue of climate change through the implementation of strategic plans and highly committed activities. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501386779/cambodia-launches-strategic-plans-to-combat-climate-crisis/
Oz, ministry launch quality infrastructure initiative P4I
The Australian embassy in Phnom Penh – in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Works and Transport – launched the “Partnership for infrastructure (P4i)” initiative to accelerate the development of quality infrastructure to drive inclusive and resilient development in Cambodia. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oz-ministry-launch-quality-infrastructure-initiative-p4i
P Sihanouk, Oz infrastructure programme talk smart-city development
A Preah Sihanouk provincial deputy governor on April 28 met with a policy adviser at Australia’s flagship infrastructure programme in Cambodia for talks on plans to transform the province into a model multi-purpose special economic zone (SEZ) by 2030, and other smart-city development initiatives. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/p-sihanouk-oz-infrastructure-programme-talk-smart-city-development
Cambodia’s new PM launches strategy to boost growth, maintain sustainability
Cambodia’s newly-elected Prime Minister Hun Manet on Thursday launched the “Pentagonal Strategy-Phase i 2023-2028” during the first cabinet meeting. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501349026/cambodias-new-pm-launches-strategy-to-boost-growth-maintain-sustainability/
Nearly 300 youth to receive technical skills for free in Pursat
Nearly 300 youth from poor and vulnerable families will be trained in technical skills for free in Pursat province. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501395951/nearly-300-youth-to-receive-technical-skills-for-free-in-pursat/
Cambodia Retains Its Reputation for Corruption
Cambodia continues to rank among the most corrupt countries in the world and much needs to be done to enforce the Anti-Corruption Law and investigate allegations of corruption, Transparency international (T.i.) Cambodia said yesterday. According to T.i.’s 2012 Corruption Perceptions index (CPi), Cambodia ranked 157th among ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-retains-its-reputation-for-corruption-6475/
Australian-commissioned analysis on expanding access to piped water through public-private partnerships
On 15 June 2021, Australia’s Chargé d’Affaires Mr Luke Arnold met H.E. Cham Prasidh, Senior Minister at the Ministry of industry, Science, Technology, and innovation (MiSTi) to advance bilateral collaboration on access to clean piped water in Cambodia’s provinces. Mr Arnold presented the findings of ...
The Australian Embassy in Cambodia
Social programme aims to prevent workers from seeking illegal employment abroad
The government is aiming to prevent workers from seeking illegal employment abroad. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363894/social-programme-aims-to-prevent-workers-from-seeking-illegal-employment-abroad/
King promulgates 2024 budget law
King Norodom Sihamoni has issued a Royal Kram promulgating the 2024 Law on Financial Management after the National Assembly (NA) approved it on November 16 and the Senate reviewed it on November 24. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-promulgates-2024-budget-law
PM Hun Manet: Promoting people’ health is the priority of the Royal Government
Promoting the health and well-being of the people is an important priority of the Royal Government, which the ministries, institutions and sub-national administrations must continue to pay attention to regularly. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501445611/pm-hun-manet-promoting-people-health-is-the-priority-of-the-royal-government/
Equity fund takes stake in iCare
A Singapore-based private equity fund manager has acquired a significant minority stake in iCare Benefits (Cambodia) Co Ltd, an employee benefits programme offered to enterprises that operate in the Kingdom. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/equity-fund-takes-stake-icare
Workers strike again to demand strike pay
About 2,000 workers at Takeo province’s i-Cheng (Cambodia) Cooperation remain on strike today, after management held steady in its refusal to pay employees for days they joined in a national garment worker strike in December and this month. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-strike-again-demand-strike-pay
Sorya Shopping Mall shuts amid vendor protest
After negotiations between vendors and management at Phnom Penh’s Sorya Mall ended without a solution on Wednesday, hundreds of disgruntled shopkeepers shut their shops on Thursday, effectively closing one of the city’s biggest shopping centers. ...
Kang Sothear and Taisa Sganzerla
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sorya-shopping-mall-shuts-amid-vendor-protest-77926/
Interior Ministry reminds civil servants of ban on two jobs
Department heads within the interior Ministry must immediately begin enforcing a Royal Decree issued in October that prohibits civil servants from holding two government jobs at the same time, according to a letter issued by ministry Secretary of State Sak Setha last week. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-ministry-reminds-civil-servants-of-ban-on-two-jobs-77588/