ODC, a Cambodian NGO, presented in the fifth edition of the Paris Peace Forum 2022
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Last three years, Mr. Thy Try, Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief of Open Development Cambodia, was selected to attend the Paris Peace Forum 2019 on 12–13 November. He was impressed by how the Forum brought together many participants and high-level experts from all over the world. He learned ...
Switzerland continues to support decentralization reform in Cambodia and training projects to strengthen the capacity of Interior Ministry officials
According to the Ministry of Interior, the Swiss government will continue to support the Royal Government of Cambodia in decentralization reforms as well as training and capacity-building projects for Ministry of Interior officials. ...
Ministry plans to create 250 new model villages by end of seventh mandate in 2028
After the successful establishment of 30 model villages, the Ministry of Rural Development is preparing to collect information on the status of other villages to create an additional 250 by the end of the seventh mandate in 2028, aiming to help develop infrastructure and provide ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-plans-to-create-250-new-model-villages-by-end-of-seventh-mandate-in-2028
Water shortages, floods impact rice crops in Kampong Cham, Kampong Thom
More than 300 hectares of dry season rice in Kampong Cham’s Cheung Prey and Batheay districts have been affected by a lack of water, while the flash floods in Kampong Thom province have begun to recede, reducing some of the damage to affected crops. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/water-shortages-floods-impact-rice-crops-in-kampong-cham-kampong-thom
Cambodian Youth Network releases an investigation report on Prey Lang wildlife sanctuary in Stung Treng and Preah Vihear provinces
On 05 November 2019, the Cambodian Youth Network (CYN) released a investigation report on the facing deforestation of Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in Stung Treng and Preah Vihear provinces. The study was conducted in Anlong Chrey commune, Thalabavivat district, Stung Treng province and Chheb district, ...
Cambodian Youth Network
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
Cambodia is a recipient in IAEA shipment of vital testing equipment to combat COVID-19
Cambodia is among 40 over countries who are set to receive the initial shipment of vital testing equipment to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, which some countries have classified as an epidemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708688/cambodia-is-a-recipient-in-iaea-shipment-of-vital-testing-equipment-to-combat-covid-19/
WB sees Cambodia’s GDP shrinking one percent ahead of six percent rebound in 2021
The World Bank had forecasted that Cambodia’s economy would shrink 1.0 percent this year before rebounding 6.0 percent next year which was released in Washington yesterday. ...
ADB approves $70 million loan to strengthen agricultural value chain and food safety in Cambodia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $70 million loan to improve the capacity of agribusinesses in six provinces across Cambodia to process key agricultural products such as cassava, cashews, mangoes, vegetables, and poultry. ...
MRC sees ‘very critical situation’ in Tonle Sap as flow reversal still delayed
In a weekly situation report, the MRC said low inflows from the Mekong and low rainfall in the Tonle Sap’s upper-catchment areas had “resulted in a very critical situation” for the lake. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50751837/mrc-sees-very-critical-situation-in-tonle-sap-as-flow-reversal-still-delayed/
Cambodia’s COVID-19 situational analysis. Hun Sen orders budget for purchase of vaccines in consultation with WHO
Prime Minister Hun Sen, through a facebook post this evening said that he has instructed the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Economy to prepare a budget to buy COVID-19 vaccines to be administered to Cambodians free of charge. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50790435/cambodias-covid-19-situational-analysis-hun-sen-orders-budget-for-purchase-of-vaccines-in-consultation-with-who/
Authorities suspend Pochentong Market in Por Sen Chey district due to Covid-19 outbreak
The administration of Por Senchey district last night issued a notice on the temporary suspension of the Pochentong market in Sangkat Kakap I, Khan Por Senchey due to its involvement with COVID-19 patients. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50841518/authorities-suspend-pochentong-market-in-por-sen-chey-district-due-to-covid-19-outbreak/
5.5 million doses of Covid vaccine from China due to arrive in April-August
As of April 20, Cambodia had inoculated a total of 1,277,688 people against Covid-19, including civil servants, government officials, members of the armed forces and their families, the general public and foreigners, in a vaccination drive administered by the ministries of Health and National Defence. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/55-million-doses-covid-vaccine-china-due-arrive-april-august
Curfew imposed in Stung Treng province amid the first case of COVID-19
Authorities in Stung Treng province have imposed a curfew in the province and shuttered restaurants and cafes for 14 days in a move to curb the spread of COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50849499/curfew-imposed-in-stung-treng-province-amid-the-first-case-of-covid-19/
Phnom Penh most vaccinated capital in the world against COVID-19
Phnom Penh is the most vaccinated capital in the world with around 99 percent of adults fully vaccinated, according to Mekong Strategic Partners (MSP). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918185/phnom-penh-capital-of-cambodia-is-the-most-vaccinated-capital-in-the-world-against-covid-19/
WHO in Cambodia says high vaccination coverage provides good basis for reopening of economy
The World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Cambodia said that Cambodia’s high vaccination coverage provides a good basis for reopening the economy and society safely and responsibly. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/950006/who-in-cambodia-says-high-vaccination-coverage-provides-good-basis-for-reopening-of-economy/
Mr. Sun Chanthol: Cambodia does not discriminate in the source of funding provided for the development of the public sector
Mr. Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, said that Cambodia does not discriminate between sources of funding for public sector development, while China remains the number one provider of loans and assistance in building road infrastructure in Cambodia. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2021-08-31-1114-222710.html
USAID provides $15 million to boost skilled digital workforce in Cambodia
USAID and University of California, Berkeley, yesterday launched a “Digital Workforce Development project” from USAID-funded initiative of $15 million that will give young Cambodians the skills to compete in the digital economy for five years. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501030664/usaid-provides-15-million-to-boost-skilled-digital-workforce-in-cambodia/
Rice exports to China accounted for 50 percent of total rice exports in January
Rice exports to China accounted for 50 percent of total rice exports in January, an increase due to the high commitments from China through the signing of the Sixth Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 400,000 tons per year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501031695/rice-exports-to-china-accounted-for-50-percent-of-total-rice-exports-in-january/
International tourists to Cambodia’s Angkor up 6 folds in first 4 months of this year
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park attracted 33,205 foreign visitors in the first four months of this year, up by 633 percent year-on-year, the state-owned Angkor Enterprise said on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501068083/international-tourists-to-cambodias-angkor-up-6-folds-in-first-4-months-of-this-year/