Cambodia Asks ADB to Continue Supporting TVET
Cambodia has asked the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to continue its support to further boost the country’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50952914/cambodia-asks-adb-to-continue-supporting-tvet/
Teacher training facilities upgraded in Phnom Penh
Cambodia and Japan are set to inaugurate four new buildings at the Phnom Penh Teacher Education College, thanks to Japanese grant aid. The four new buildings – to be inaugurated on February 9 – include a library and administrative, academic and multi-purpose buildings. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teacher-training-facilities-upgraded-phnom-penh
PM lauds fight against fake news on World Radio Day
Radio broadcasting institutions have been crucial in the fight against fake news on social media in Cambodia, said Prime Minister Hun Sen in a message to mark World Radio Day. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-lauds-fight-against-fake-news-world-radio-day
Textile & Apparel SEA-Cambodia Summit 2024 to boost textile growth
The Textile and Apparel SEA-Cambodia Summit 2024 is set to take place in Phnom Penh from March 14–15, 2024. The summit aims to address trends in the Southeast Asia region, focusing on themes like policy, sourcing strategy, supply chain digitisation, local factories, and sustainable development. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501345737/textile-apparel-sea-cambodia-summit-2024-to-boost-textile-growth/
Manet touches down in Beijing for high-level meetings
Prime Minister Hun Manet arrived in Beijing on September 14 for his first official visit to China, where he is slated to attend the 20th China-ASEAN Expo and meet other leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/manet-touches-down-beijing-high-level-meetings
DNA test confirms one Cambodian died in Poipet casino fire, but more still missing
DNA testing last week revealed one Cambodian died in the December Poipet casino fire, Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities told CamboJA Monday. ...
Khuon Narim and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/dna-test-confirms-one-cambodian-died-in-poipet-casino-fire-but-three-still-missing/
Strategy aims to strengthen garment sector
The Cambodian government has adopted a new strategy for the garment, footwear and travel goods (GFT) sector that focuses on strengthening human resources, improving working conditions, promoting investment in high-value industries, and attracting investment in supportive industries. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-strategy-aims-to-strengthen-garment-sector
Cambodian authorities urged to probe forced labor in factories
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and VF Corporation are urging Cambodian authorities to investigate forced labor used to produce export goods. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodian-authorities-urged-to-probe-forced-labor-in-factories
38 Startups and SMEs receive Khmer Enterprise Assistance packages for business stabilization and expansion
Khmer Enterprise (KE) hosted an event on April 5,2024 to hand over grants for 38 startups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to support them to stabilize their business, strengthen operations and enhance their export potential. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501468912/38-startups-and-smes-receive-khmer-enterprise-assistance-packages-for-business-stabilization-and-expansion/
Voter registration ahead of schedule: NEC
With almost 2 million voters registered so far, the National Election Committee yesterday declared its roll-out of new digital voter lists to be ahead of schedule, though efforts to organise “free and fair” elections continued to be undermined by the persecution of opposition politicians, an ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-registration-ahead-schedule-nec
Nordic nations eye investment in Cambodia
Companies from Europe’s frigid north are taking steps toward moving into the fish and environmental industries in Cambodia’s warmer climes. ...
Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nordic-nations-eye-investment-in-cambodia-126253/
Hotel Shuts Down Asean NGO Panels
Four workshops at the Asean Peoples’ Forum concerning pressing issues such as land rights and events in Burma were blocked by the owner of the venue where the forum was being held on Friday, as they were considered too politically sensitive, the organizer said. Out of ...
Villagers blame rubber company
Villagers in Preah Vihear’s Kulen district are seeking the assistance of rights group Adhoc, claiming a Malaysian rubber company has stopped them from receiving land titles. Sok Yam, 48, one of the four representatives of the Sro Yong commune residents, said members of 72 families thumbprinted ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-blame-rubber-company
Announcement of the Ministry of Health on the response, preventive measure and the preparation for the COVID-19 outbreak and other infectious diseases in the kingdom of Cambodia
On 02 March 2020, the Ministry of Health has posted an announcement on their official Facebook page about the government’s response, preventive measures and preparation of the COVID-19 outbreak and other infectious diseases. From the announcement, the ministry has claimed that, as of 02 March ...
Ministry of Health
Thnot d’Or awards to be held for agronomy and food processing
The Kinal Foundation, in collaboration with the French Agency for Development, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport will hold the 2019 Thnot d’Or Awards for agronomy and food processing on Saturday. The second Thnot d’Or Awards ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thnot-dor-awards-be-held-agronomy-and-food-processing
Three satellite city projects underway
Three projects of the six satellite cities around Phnom Penh that were originally approved by the government have been “significantly” developed, according to officials of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. Lao Tepseiha, deputy director of the construction department of the Ministry ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Real-Estate/three-satellite-city-projects-underway.html
Hun Sen’s Biggest Regret: Land Disputes
“My regret is the lateness of land reform. and solving land disputes. [W]e should have given land titles to the people more speedily, but we delayed for 10 years giving land titles to the people,” he told Lieberman, who conducted the interview for a 2016 ...
Sun Narin
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/hun-sen-biggest-regret-land-disputes/4488326.html
Cambodia's solar solution
Australia-based energy company Star8 officially launched operations on Friday at its solar-powered factory just outside of Phnom Penh. The ceremony marked the commencement of production on solar-powered tuk-tuks, the mainstay of the company. Hun Many, the youngest son of Premier Hun Sen, and Alison Burrows, the Australian ...
David Boyle and Koam Chanrasmey
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/video/cambodias-solar-solution
Primary school
Cambodia’s education system is structured into a 6+3+3 formula -students spend their first 6 years in primary school (grades 1–6), followed by 3 years in secondary school (grades 7–9) and 3 years in high school (grades 10–12) before sitting the diploma examination.1 Cambodian students are ...
Over 250,000 Cambodian migrant workers flee Thailand in fears of junta's crackdown: PM
More than 250,000 Cambodian migrant workers, mostly undocumented, have fled Thailand since early this month in fears of a military junta’s clampdown on illegal foreign workers, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday. “Up to now, over 250,000 Cambodians have crossed the border from Thailand back ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-06/26/c_133439662.htm