Joint Statement between the Kingdom of Cambodia and Japan, on the occasion of the Official Visit of His Excellency KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan, to the Kingdom of Cambodia
On 20 March 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has released a joint statement between the Kingdom of Cambodia and Japan, on the occasion of the Official Visit of His Excellency KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan, to the Kingdom of Cambodia. The ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Strategic National Road 21 stretch opens
A nearly 64km stretch of National Road 21 connecting the Takhmao roundabout in Kandal province’s Takhmao town to the Cambodian-Vietnamese international border checkpoint between Chrey Thom and Vietnam’s Long Binh was formally inaugurated on March 23. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strategic-national-road-21-stretch-opens
Stung Treng vets jab 7,794 cows against FMD
Veterinarians in Stung Treng province vaccinated 7,794 cattle against foot and mouth disease (FMD) from March 23 to May 30, according to the Veterinary Bureau under the provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stung-treng-vets-jab-7794-cows-against-fmd
Monks lead eco-pilgrimage to Cardamoms
Around 30 monks, lecturers and students are planning to march 265km, crossing the Cardamom Mountains in the Kingdom’s southwest, to inspire love for nature and promote environment conservation. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monks-lead-eco-pilgrimage-cardamoms
Power line markers reveal looming path of destruction in Prey Lang
In early March, Auon Seap noticed a group of unknown men approach his farm on a koyun, an elongated tractor mostly used for farming or logging. Strangers are not so common in his village on the northeastern edge of the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Keat Soriththeavy and Danielle Keeton-Olsen
https://vodenglish.news/power-line-markers-reveal-looming-path-of-destruction-in-prey-lang/
Textile industry energy audits rising
Minister of Environment Say Samal on March 13 encouraged the garment and other textile-related industries to step up clean-energy and green efforts to better position the Kingdom to meet key government greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation commitments, as a prominent EU-backed programme registers a record-breaking 50th ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/textile-industry-energy-audits-rising
Minister of Agriculture chaired a meeting to review the implementation process of ELC investment projects
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Mr. Dith Tina, chaired a meeting to review the implementation of economic land concession investment projects at the ministry on March 16 to provide additional guidance to participate in solving economic land concessions effectively and benefit the national ...
Phnom Penh Post Staff
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2023-03-17-0245-248103.html
Five new factories to employ over 5,000 workers in Kampong Speu
Five “major” factories and manufacturing enterprises will be opening in Kampong Speu province that will employ more than 5,000 workers starting from March 17 to meet the need of workers searching for new job opportunities, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/five-new-factories-employ-over-5000-workers-kampong-speu
UN’s FAO opens Cambodia office, plans $65M in projects
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) office in Cambodia intends to commence the implementation of a range of new projects in 2023 in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and other partners, with total funding of over $65 million, according ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uns-fao-opens-cambodia-office-plans-65m-projects
Collaboration a ‘must’ for digital-economy shift: senior official
Collaboration between governments, private sector entities, civil society actors and other development partners is a “must” for Cambodia’s digital socio-economic transformation and to unlock new sources of growth, telecoms ministry secretary of state Sok Puthyvuth said on March 29. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/collaboration-must-digital-economy-shift-senior-official
Press summary : Update on human rights situation and law enforcement in Cambodia
On 29 March 2023, the Cambodian Human Rights Committee has posted a press summary regarding the update on human rights situation and law enforcement in Cambodia on their website. The purpose of the press summary is to provide information and clarification to the general public on ...
Cambodian Human Rights Committee
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/
FreshStart Energy seeks investment opportunities in Cambodia
In the afternoon of March 2, 2024, Prime Minister Hun Manet, received Mario Vecchio, Chief Executive Officer and President of FreshStart Energy, for a courtesy call and discussion on the occasion of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne, Australia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501449392/freshstart-energy-seeks-investment-opportunities-in-cambodia/
Opposition, NGO rallies expected to cross over
NGOs yesterday were granted permission to hold an International Human Rights Day event on Tuesday outside Wat Phnom – just a short distance from Freedom Park, where the Cambodia National Rescue Party has been given approval for a 10,000-person mass demonstration. In letters signed by Minister ...
Shane Worrell and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/opposition-ngo-rallies-expected-cross-over
Activist Monks, NGO Workers Held After Preah Vihear Protest
Prominent activist monk But Buntenh, head of the Independent Monk Network for Social Justice, was arrested in Preah Vihear province on Thursday, along with another monk and three NGO staffers who had traveled to the province to support a group of ethnic Kuoy villagers protesting ...
Julia Wallace and Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activist-monks-ngo-workers-held-after-preah-vihear-protest-49962/
Evictees, Activists Scuffle With Police in Front of City Hall
Evictees and anti-eviction activists on Wednesday briefly scuffled with police and security guards after cutting off traffic in front of Phnom Penh City Hall to demand that businesswoman Suy Sophan compensate them for homes that were bulldozed early last year. Human rights group Adhoc said at ...
Khuon Narim and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/evictees-activists-scuffle-with-police-in-front-of-city-hall-46362/
Bun Rany Slams CNRP During Red Cross Event
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s wife Bun Rany on Saturday used a Cambodian Red Cross flood relief event in Pailin province to denounce the opposition CNRP’s three-day rally and marches in Phnom Penh last week as part of an effort to “cheat” the people of Cambodia. Ms. ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/bun-rany-slams-cnrp-during-red-cross-event-45988/
Press release on the outcome of the “X Global Baku Forum”
On 13 March 2023, the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release on the results of participating in the “X Global Baku Forum” under the theme “The World Now: Challenges and Hopes” from 7 to 12 March 2023 in Baku, Republic ...
National Assembly
Press release: The new Australian envoy vows to strengthen the bilateral ties
On 16 March 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release after the courtesy call between H.E. Mr. Justin Kevin Whyatt, the new Ambassador of Australia to Cambodia, and H.E. Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation