Industry 4.0: How Cambodia can build for the future
A conference was held at the UN Development Programme (UNDP) head office in Phnom Penh as well as over video conference to discuss a new report conducted by the UN and the Institute for Manufacturing Educational Consultancy Services (IfM ECS) within the University of Cambridge). ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50754083/industry-4-0-how-cambodia-can-build-for-the-future/
USAID provides $15 million to boost skilled digital workforce in Cambodia
USAID and University of California, Berkeley, yesterday launched a “Digital Workforce Development project” from USAID-funded initiative of $15 million that will give young Cambodians the skills to compete in the digital economy for five years. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501030664/usaid-provides-15-million-to-boost-skilled-digital-workforce-in-cambodia/
Finance minister asking Booyoung Group of S Korea for fintech boost
The finance minister has asked South Korea’s Booyoung Group to invest more in the Cambodian financial-technology (fintech) market, which has seen remarkable growth during Covid-19, as the company’s chairman revealed preliminary plans for a university in the Kingdom focused on fintech and taxation. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/finance-minister-asking-booyoung-group-s-korea-fintech-boost
New book delves into dynamics of geo-politics, int’l trade, legal affairs
In a recent book launch at CamTech University in Phnom Penh, former commerce minister Pan Sorasak hailed the release of RCEP: Part 1: Geo-Political, Geo-Economic and Legal Analysis. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-book-delves-dynamics-geo-politics-intl-trade-legal-affairs
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Cambodia, Vietnam face $65 billion apparel export hit from extreme weather
Extreme heat and flooding could erase $65 billion in apparel export earnings from four Asian countries by 2030, as workers struggle under high temperatures and factories close, research from Schroders and Cornell University showed on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501360053/bangladesh-pakistan-cambodia-vietnam-face-65-billion-apparel-export-hit-from-extreme-weather/
Eight more schools to adopt NGS curriculum
A senior education official has announced plans to introduce the New Generation School (NGS) curriculum in eight additional public schools across Phnom Penh and various provinces thanks to a partnership with the East Asia Management University (EAMU). ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eight-more-schools-adopt-ngs-curriculum
Youths lobby for tax on extraction
The NGO Youth Resource Development Programme (YRDP) has launched a campaign to promote and lobby for the establishment of an “extractive industries fund”, with more than 100 youths from various universities participating. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youths-lobby-tax-extraction
FAO announces winners of ‘green architecture’ contest
A team of five architecture students from two different universities in Phnom Penh won the rooftop cafeteria design competition organised by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Cambodia, with the results announced on International Youth Day (IYD). ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/lifestyle/fao-announces-winners-green-architecture-contest
Japan provides $843,946 to support three projects in Cambodia
The Government of Japan will provide $843,946 in total for three organizations under the framework, the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects, to raise awareness of environmental issues, promote remedial study, and develop quality university for physical education through ICT. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501246661/japan-provides-843946-to-support-three-projects-in-cambodia/
SOK Haingkheang
Communications Officer Kheang is in charge of producing ODC’s communication materials as well as assisting with various ODC activities such as trainings, workshops, and meetings with key stakeholders and partners. He also publishes blog posts about ODC’s activities.Haingkheang earned a Bachelor of Arts in International ...
Test results please many
More than half of the students who sat the grade 12 national exam last month passed the high-stakes test, marking a significant improvement on last year’s results, when nearly two-thirds failed amid sweeping anti-cheating reforms.The results, which were released on Saturday, show that 55.8 per ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/test-results-please-many
PM: the water festival is on again
The annual boat races in Phnom Penh, marking the Water Festival celebrations, will take place between November 13 and 15 even if water levels in the Tonle Sap are low, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday. Speaking at a university graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh, the ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29936/pm--the-water-festival-is-on-again/
NGO observers to get window into cheating
In case cramming for an exam that determines high school graduation and college placement wasn’t stressful enough, grade 12 test-takers will now have to do so under the scrutiny of independent observers tasked with manning every exam-room window. As part of a slew of reforms to ...
Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-observers-get-window-cheating
USAID to provide skills training ahead of ASEAN integration
USAID has announced a regional project to train hundreds of instructors and students to be more competitive for Asean integration at the end of next year. Many young Cambodians say they fear the impending competition from an EU-like economic integration that would free up goods and ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/usaid-to-provide-skills-training-ahead-of-asean-int/2527791.html
Ministry, USAID, UC Berkeley launch digital skills project
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the University of California, Berkeley – in collaboration with the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports – launched a five-year digital skill development project with $15 million in USAID funding. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-usaid-uc-berkeley-launch-digital-skills-project
NCDM holds training seminar on IT tech in disaster management
The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) and the World Food Programme (WFP) – in collaboration with the Department of Geography and Land Management at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) – launched a three-day basic training course on use of remote sensing (RS) ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ncdm-holds-training-seminar-it-tech-disaster-management
Pledge to provide clean water by 2030 ‘unwavering’, says ministry
Cambodia remains unwavering in its pledge to provide universal access to clean water by 2030, aligning with its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Prime Minister Hun Manet urges pertinent institutions to prioritise the quality, safety, sustainability, and affordability of clean water for all citizens. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501444000/pledge-to-provide-clean-water-by-2030-unwavering-says-ministry/
Announcement of the Ministry of Health on the preventive measure of H5N1 bird flu
On 26 February 2020, the Ministry of Health has issued an announcement on the cautions and preventive measures of the H5N1 bird flu disease on which the outbreak took place in Tra province of the socialist Republic of Vietnam on 17 February 2020. The preventive ...
Ministry of Health
Mekong Dams a Long-Term Risk to Food Security
The momentum toward large-scale dams on the Mekong River may be unstoppable, but governments must work fast to mitigate their effects on fisheries and biodiversity or risk long-term food insecurity for millions of people whose lives depend on the river and its tributaries, leading academics ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-dams-a-long-term%E2%80%88risk-to-food-security-48415/