Schools temporarily closed in two provinces due to floods
Seven schools in Ratanakiri and Kampong Thom provinces have been temporarily closed due to flooding, according to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. ...
Nang Veasna
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501336641/schools-temporarily-closed-in-two-provinces-due-to-floods/
Press release on Mekong River dolphin deaths in Kandal province
On 9 August 2023, the Fisheries Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries issued a press release to inform the public after finding a 1.01-meter-long female Irrawaddy dolphin weighing 14.4 kg, about two months old, dead of trapping in nets in Peam village, ...
Fisheries Administration
Red Cross to step in as EU targets 'other priority areas’
The Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) has urged its branches in four provinces – Kandal, Tbong Khmum, Banteay Meanchey and Pailin – to continue to implement sustainable humanitarian and community health programmes following the end of EU funding for the programmes. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-cross-step-eu-targets-other-priority-areas
Digital payments rapidly gaining ground in Cambodia
In its Consumer Payment Attitudes 2021 study, Visa highlights a rapidly changing payment landscape in Cambodia, with cash losing ground to digital alternatives, said Visa in a news release issued on June 29. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501104918/digital-payments-rapidly-gaining-ground-in-cambodia/
Authorities crackdown on large-scale illegal fishing in Tonle Sap
A team of officers conducted an operation to implement measures to prevent illegal fishing and a crackdown on a large-scale illegal fishing operation in Tonle Sap. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501132868/authorities-crackdown-on-large-scale-illegal-fishing-in-tonle-sap/
Indigenous communities ask for government intervention in land disputes
The representatives of two different indigenous communities in Kampong Thom and Preah Vihear provinces are calling for government intervention to help solve long-running land disputes in their communities. ...
Try Thaney
https://cambojanews.com/indigenous-communities-ask-for-government-intervention-in-land-disputes/
Cambodia signs $787m concessional loans in six months
Cambodia has signed new concessional loans with development partners totaling $787 million in the first six months of 2023, an increase of 24 percent compared to the same period last year. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-signs-787m-concessional-loans-in-six-months
Ministry: Arrivals of foreign tourists soar in ‘23
The Ministry of Tourism reported a surge in foreign tourist arrivals in Cambodia for the first eight months of 2023. Over 3.5 million international visitors were recorded, marking a 250.8 per cent increase compared to the same period last year. A significant 84.7 per cent ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-arrivals-foreign-tourists-soar-23
KOICA to mark its 20th anniversary in Cambodia
The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is going to mark the 20th anniversary of its presence in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501352938/koica-to-mark-its-20th-anniversary-in-cambodia/
Red corn prices climb slightly amidst harvest season in Battambang
Red corn prices in Battambang province during the ongoing 2023 harvest season have shown a slight increase compared to the corresponding period last year. However, weather conditions have marginally impacted the quality of red corn kernels this year. ...
STT identifies 191 poor areas in Phnom Penh
A new Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) survey shows there are 191 locations with houses where 19,539 poor families comprising 89,879 people live in Phnom Penh. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501360709/stt-identifies-191-poor-areas-in-phnom-penh/
Chinese investment in agricultural sector gives fillip to economy
Chinese investment in the Kingdom’s agricultural sector has boosted the national economy and created jobs for local people, said an expert from the Chinese Cambodian Evolution Researcher Association. ...
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359851/chinese-investment-in-agricultural-sector-gives-fillip-to-economy/
Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia boost ties in scientific research
Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai received Dr Sonethanou Thammavong, President of the Lao Academy of Social and Economic Sciences, and Sok Touch, President of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, in the city on September 19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363840/vietnam-laos-and-cambodia-boost-ties-in-scientific-research/
Vietnamese group helps improve health care in Cambodia
Medlatec Group on October 7 opened a clinic in Cambodia with the hope of providing high-quality medical services to local people in the neighbouring country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501373388/vietnamese-group-helps-improve-health-care-in-cambodia/
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated a dataset on “Special economic zone in Cambodia (2006-2023)”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated a dataset on “Special economic zone in Cambodia (2006-2023)” by added the one new map in point and polygon feature in Kampong Cham province from the sub-decree no. 78 on the establishment of Jiangsu Special Economic Zone on national road ...
Cambodia, Singapore to expand cooperation in potential areas
Cambodian and Singaporean leaders have discussed ways to further strengthen and expand the existing cooperation in potential areas such as trade, investment, tourism, education, security, energy, health, digital, agriculture and defence between the two countries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501355554/cambodia-singapore-to-expand-cooperation-in-potential-areas/
Cambodia reaffirms its stance in favor of multilateralism system
Cambodia continues to be committed to the multilateral system, rule-based international order and principle of non-interference, in order to protect and promote peace both at home and in the world. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501354812/cambodia-reaffirms-its-stance-in-favor-of-multilateralism-system/
Ministry, WWF launch anti-bushmeat campaign in Mondulkiri
The Ministry of Environment and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have co-organised a campaign to stop wildlife trafficking in Mondulkiri province with the purpose of protecting Cambodia’s wildlife resources and contribute to the protection of public health, with experts saying that bushmeat consumption ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-wwf-launch-anti-bushmeat-campaign-mondulkiri
Cambodian youth lack interest in politics: survey
Transparency International Cambodia (TIC) released a report on its “Youth Policy Survey” on Sunday, which revealed that most young Cambodians lack an interest in politics because they are more concerned about personal security and lack political knowledge. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501179419/cambodian-youth-lack-interest-in-politics-survey/
