Manet highlights importance of moral education from young age
The education system in Cambodia should not only provide knowledge but also impart virtues, morality and positive behaviour starting from kindergarten, said Prime Minister Hun Manet. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-highlights-importance-moral-education-young-age
Taxpayers still able pay online during lockdown
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has advised taxpayers and tax service agencies located in lockdown-restricted areas to electronically file income tax returns and avoid the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/taxpayers-still-able-pay-online-during-lockdown
CEDAC president steps down to focus on political party
Yang Sang Koma has announced that he will step down as president of the Cambodia Center for Study and Development of Agriculture (CEDAC) after his term finishes this year to focus his attention on the Grassroots Democracy Party (GDP). ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19220/cedac-president-steps-down-to-focus-on-political-party/
‘Black Monday’ will move to appeal court
Activists behind the “Black Monday” protests said on Sunday they would demonstrate yet again today despite the threat of more arrests, this time in front of the Appeal Court, where four employees of rights group Adhoc and an election official will have their bail hearing ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/black-monday-will-move-to-appeal-court-114008/
Cambodia investigating coup declaration against PM
Cambodian police say they are investigating the declaration of a coup against the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen, but have laughed off any suggestion of the threat being serious. ...
Julia Wallace
http://aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/cambodia-investigating-coup-declaration-against-pm/612788
No bail for Adhoc staffers, election official
The Court of Appeal on Monday denied bail to four rights workers and an election official imprisoned in connection with a sex scandal surrounding deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha, upholding the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s decision last month. ...
Khuon Narim and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-bail-for-adhoc-staffers-114055/
Cambodia Daily calls government action ‘assault’ on the press
The Cambodia Daily yesterday said it was under “siege” and continued to call the government’s targeting of the newspaper an attack on press freedom, as five radio station owners that had been ordered to shut stop attempted to resume their services. // // ...
Ananth Baliga and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-daily-calls-government-action-assault-press
Arrests made at Cambodia NGO law protest
Six demonstrators were briefly detained as they protested against the recent passage of a law under which critics say the law will hinder the ability of NGOs to operate in the nation. ...
Channel News Asia News Staff
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/arrests-made-at-cambodia/2009242.html
Meeting of the Public Financial Management Reform Commission
On 23 August 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the meeting of the Public Financial Management Reform Commission on monitoring the progress of the implementation of the third phase of the Public Financial Management Reform Program Plus 2 for ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Ministry seeks help of ICT sector to end hacks
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is calling for the cooperation of all stakeholders in the ICT sector to solve a vulnerability in mobile phone networks that has led to a rise in the number of hacks in the kingdom. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113853/ministry-seeks-help-of-ict-sector-to-end-hacks/
Cambodian ministry signs MoU with private company on e-commerce cooperation
Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce and Lanton Cloud Service Technology Co., Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic cooperation to promote the kingdom’s e-commerce, said a ministry’s news release on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239890/cambodian-ministry-signs-mou-with-private-company-on-e-commerce-cooperation/
MPTC to hold digital government forum 2024 next month
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) is organizing the “Digital Government Forum 2024” on March 11-13, 2024 at the Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition Centre, allowing experts to discuss new trend in digital technologies and acceleration of digital transformation. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501439034/mptc-to-hold-digital-government-forum-2024-next-month/
School buildings ‘failing test’
Two years out from the 2015 Millennium Development Goals’ target of universal access to education, Cambodia remains plagued by school infrastructure shortages, with a scarcity of classrooms and decrepit facilities that threaten students’ safety, NGOs and teachers say. At Slorkram Primary school in Battambang, teachers ...
Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/school-buildings-%E2%80%98failing-test%E2%80%99
Environment Minister: community economic independence is the success of development projects
Minister of Environment, Eang Sophalleth, reinforced the significance of bestowing economic independence upon communities in protected areas and entrusting local authorities with the power to intervene in instances of natural resource crimes. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501428898/environment-minister-community-economic-independence-is-the-success-of-development-projects/
US-Asean Meeting Addresses Economic, Security Cooperation
At the U.S.-Asean meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh yesterday, the U.S. and the 10 Asean member nations agreed to further their cooperation in all areas, including security to ensure peace in the region. ...
Cambodia's trade with ASEAN hit US$4.16 Billion last year
Cambodia’s trade volume with Asean member states reached US$4.16 billion last year, up 12 percent from US$3.71 billion in 2012, Xinhua news agency reported. In the Commerce Ministry’s report released Wednesday, Cambodia exported products equivalent to US$482 million to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) ...
Bernama News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1019495
SSEZ to be investigated again
The Ministry of Commerce said it has found no sign of duty evasion among Chinese companies operating out of Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), but said it will conduct one more investigation to satisfy US demands. The US embassy in Phnom Penh recently called on the ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50619461/ssez-to-be-investigated-again/
Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) Launched to Help Nation Reach Annual Rice Export Target of One Million Tons by 2015
Cambodia officially announced the creation of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) to improve competitiveness, promote trade, and increase investment in the rice sector, according to comments from the Prime Minister. Board elections are expected to take place Mrch 24 and the chairman is limited to ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/news/rice-news/cambodia-rice-federation-crf-launched-help-nation-reach-annual-rice-export-target-one
Cambodia, EU strive to educate Kingdom’s youth on environment
Climate change remains a global concern. Hence, Cambodia is striving to educate its youth to combat it and protect the environment. EU ambassador to Cambodia George Edgar said during a field visit to Prey Veng and Svay Rieng provinces last week, that work to combat ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-eu-strive-educate-kingdoms-youth-environment
Communities urge gov't to rescind ELCs
Representatives of communities across the country who have had their lives upturned by development projects yesterday called on the government to rescind the economic land concessions at the centre of their disputes. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/communities-urge-govt-rescind-elcs