WB, IDA approve $69.25M to help Cambodia improve access to education
The World Bank and International Development Association yesterday approved US $69.25 million to help Cambodia improve equitable access to basic education and respond rapidly to crises affecting the education system. ...
Ashok Patnaik
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501010000/wb-ida-approve-69-25m-to-help-cambodia-improve-access-to-education/
Discovery of sea turtle’s nest lifts hope of conservationists
Researchers from the Fisheries Administration (FiA) – and the Coastal and Marine Conservation team at Fauna & Flora International Cambodia Programme (FFI-Cambodia) – expressed joy and pride after they recently discovered a nest of endangered sea turtles on one of the Kingdom’s islands. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/discovery-sea-turtles-nest-lifts-hope-conservationists
Cambodia’s economy to grow 5.1% in 2022
Cambodian economy will grow at 5.1 percent this year and 6.2 percent in 2023, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501077937/cambodias-economy-to-grow-5-1-in-2022/
FFI Data Literacy Training was a success
On 06th-08th April 2022, in collaboration with Fauna & Flora International (FFI), Open Development Cambodia (ODC) successfully conducted basic Data Literacy Training at Poulo wai Hotel with the financial support of the Blue Action Fund under the project “Strengthening Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), fisheries governance ...
Cambodia, IRRI discuss strengthening of agriculture cooperation
Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have exchanged views on promotion of bilateral cooperation, especially in the fields of rice and agrifood systems. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501230674/cambodia-irri-discuss-strengthening-of-agriculture-cooperation/
Cambodia’s New Investment Law does not discriminate between domestic and foreign investors
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Alasdair Scott said “The Cambodian economy has been recovering, but faces new challenges. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501155851/cambodias-new-investment-law-does-not-discriminate-between-domestic-and-foreign-investors/
Cambodia prepares for peak tourist season
The Cambodian tourism sector and authorities have been implementing solutions to prepare for peak tourist season, including simplifying entry procedures at the instruction of Prime Minister Dr Hun Manet. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501371744/cambodia-prepares-for-peak-tourist-season/
Siem Reap to build light rail line from Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport to Siem Reap city
Siem Reap will build a light rail line from Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport to Siem Reap city, according to a consultation meeting between relevant institutions and China Metro to collect information and data for the study of the light rail project by the Ministry of ...
New foreign minister all set to pursue predecessor’s reforms
Cambodia’s new foreign minister Sok Chenda Sophea, who is former secretary-general of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), pledges to complete the implementation of reforms introduced by his predecessor Prak Sokhonn. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/new-foreign-minister-all-set-pursue-predecessors-reforms
Cambodian PM Dr. Hun Manet delivers three key political messages to international community
Dr. Hun Manet has sent three important political messages to the international community during his participation in the General Debate of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501366487/cambodian-pm-dr-hun-manet-delivers-three-key-political-messages-to-international-community/
NGO urges end to violence against indigenous women
Indigenous people, especially females, are vulnerable to several forms of violence in addition to being affected by land-related issues, a non-governmental organisation has alleged on the occasion of International Day of the World Indigenous Peoples. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501129169/ngo-urges-end-to-violence-against-indigenous-women/
Hun Sen: Only international cooperation and solidarity can effectively address global environmental challenges
Samdech Hun Sen, President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has stressed the significance of international cooperation and solidarity in effectively tackling global environmental challenges. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501164394/hun-sen-only-international-cooperation-and-solidarity-can-effectively-address-global-environmental-challenges/
Cambodia, Morocco to further strengthen relations and cooperation
Cambodia and Morocco have vowed to further promote training and visit exchange both bilaterally and within the framework of multilateral cooperation. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501191259/cambodia-morocco-to-further-strengthen-relations-and-cooperation/
IOM reaffirms commitment to Kingdom’s migrant workers
International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Asia-Pacific regional director Sarah Lou Ysmael Arriola on May 3 reaffirmed her commitment to assist Cambodia in protecting the rights of migrant workers and improving governance, employment, human resource and migration system development, according to a labour ministry statement. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/iom-reaffirms-commitment-kingdoms-migrant-workers
Japan aids Cambodia’s digital transformation
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has declared its intention to strengthen cooperation with the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, in order to contribute to assisting the Kingdom’s digital revolution. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-aids-cambodias-digital-transformation
Thais reassure Cambodia’s migrant workers can stay
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that Thailand has responded to Cambodia’s concerns about suggestions that the Move Forward Party of Thailand would repatriate Cambodian and Laos migrant workers from Thailand. The Thai party confirmed that none of their policies involved the repatriation of workers from ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thais-reassure-cambodias-migrant-workers-can-stay
Siamese crocodile habitat discovered
A wild Siamese crocodile nest has been found in Cardamom Mountain area by Fauna & Flora’s Cambodian Crocodile Conservation Program team, working in collaboration with the Koh Kong provincial Department of Environment, Forestry Administration (FA), and local community. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siamese-crocodile-habitat-discovered
Some 1,500 Bantengs counted in Cambodia
Around 1,500 Bantengs (Bos Javanicus) listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List of Threatened Species have been recorded in Cambodia’s forests. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501314869/some-1500-bantengs-counted-in-cambodia/
Ministry aiming to expand Prey Lang carbon credit sales
The Ministry of Environment and Conservation International (CI) Cambodia will push for the expansion of the carbon credit market in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in 2023 in order to raise funds for the conservation of protected areas and community development there. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-aiming-expand-prey-lang-carbon-credit-sales
