Battambang university to host national library branch on campus
A large national library on the campus of the National University of Battambang (NUBB) in Battambang province will be inaugurated next month to let students conduct more research on subjects and technical skills in areas such as agriculture and technology. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-university-host-national-library-branch-campus
MoU signing ceremony between ODC and Svay Rieng University
On 09 December 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with Svay Rieng University (SRU), organized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony to provide financial support to final-year Bachelor’s degree students. In collaboration with the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Ministry of Education, ...
Techo Sen Institute offers digital scholarships
The Techo Sen Institute (TSI) – run by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport – and the Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology (CADT) under the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications have announced plans to offer a number of scholarships to high school graduates. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/techo-sen-institute-offers-digital-scholarships
Smart, ministries offer scholarships
Smart Axiata in collaboration with the ministries of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), and Posts and Telecommunication (MPTC), signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday to “develop future talents and digital corporate leaders”. As part of this, 20 scholarships will be offered to ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/smart-ministries-offer-scholarships
Thai princess to visit kingdom
Thailand’s Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will visit Cambodia next month to boost bilateral education ties between the kingdoms, a topic she has worked on since her first visit in 1992. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-princess-visit-kingdom
Fine arts university to relocate
The government will spend at least $12 million to relocate the Royal University of Fine Arts (RUFA) and build a cultural center on four hectares of land in Chroy Changvar district, while the old University buildings will be used to expand the National Museum. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36128/fine-arts-university-to-relocate/
Kratie University construction complete
The recently constructed Kratie University, which was mostly funded by the Chinese government, was handed over to the Education Ministry yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37563/kratie-university-construction-complete/
Government establishes sub-committee on universal health coverage
The government is establishing a Sub-committee on Univeral Health Coverage in Cambodia to direct, coordinate, monitor and review all policies, strategies and action plans set out in the “Roadmap for Univeral Health Coverage in Cambodia 2024-2035” policy planning document. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501529683/government-establishes-sub-committee-on-universal-health-coverage/
Hopes for potato farming in the Kingdom running high
After determining the best provinces in the country to grow potatoes, Cambodian scientists are now working to figure out what varieties adapt best to the local soil and will have the highest yields. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50521747/hopes-for-potato-farming-in-the-kingdom-running-high/
Study finds worm more harmful than thought
Researchers have found that a little-studied variety of threadworm – strongyloides stercoralis – previously thought to be relatively benign is associated with “significant morbidity” in rural Cambodia. Peter Odermatt, a professor at Basel University in Switzerland who headed the team, said the researchers had been ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/study-finds-worm-more-harmful-thought
Partnership with US university for better cassava
Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon met on Monday with visiting US professors W. Ronnie Coffman and Max J. Pfeffer from Cornell University to discuss cooperation in a new project whose purpose is to yield disease-resilient, high yielding cassava. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101289/partnership-us-university-better-cassava/
Cambodian PM due on Friday
Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen is expected to pay a 3-day official visit to Dhaka from Friday to further expanding and strengthening trade relations and cooperation in agriculture sector between the two countries. During the visit, sources said Dhaka is expected to seek long-term ...
The Daily Star
http://www.thedailystar.net/cambodian-pm-due-on-friday-23869
Professionalism best mechanism to protect journalists, expert says
Journalists need to be more professional in their reporting, which is the best way to protect themselves, a media educator says. “Like any other profession, journalism can be risky, but if journalists follow their professional codes of conduct and ethics and work with responsibility, there should ...
Medical students protest price of final-year certification exam
About 50 students from the state-run University of Health Sciences protested outside the school Thursday to demand a decrease in the $125 fee they must pay to take their exit examination, which certifies them as medical doctors. The Health Ministry began making medical students sit the ...
Cambodian province plans campaign for monks to care for mentally ill
Government authorities in a southwest Cambodian province are planning a coordinated campaign to round up residents suffering from mental illness and take them to Buddhist temples where they will be cared for by monks, a provincial official said. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://bit.ly/1HOU4QU
PM launches Cambodia Cyber University Network
Prime Minister Hun Manet inaugurated the Cambodia Cyber University Network (CCUN) yesterday to train digital technology at the Institute of technology of Cambodia. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501512273/pm-launches-cambodia-cyber-university-network/
Social Work to shape Kingdom
Social work, long-established in developed countries but unheard-of in Cambodia, could be set to change the face of child protection in the country as interest in the field grows. Last week, a hundred potential social workers from around the country came to Phnom Penh for an ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092558885/Lifestyle/social-work-to-change-cambodia.html
Millions donated for Prey Lang conservation
The United States Agency for International Development has awarded $21 million to Tetra Tech for the next five years to improve nature conservation and strengthen sustainable development in the Prey Lang region, Tetra Tech said on Tuesday. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50535264/millions-donated-for-prey-lang-conservation/
New office to attract HK investors
Local investors have welcomed the presence of the Hong Kong Business Association in Cambodia (HKBAC), which officially opened its offices on Monday, as a way of attracting more investors from Hong Kong to Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26733/new-office-to-attract-hk-investors/
Subedi talks rights with CCC president Kith Meng
The United Nation’s human rights envoy Surya Subedi met yesterday with the president of Cambodia Chamber of Commerce, Kith Meng, to discuss human rights and economic growth in the Kingdom. At the top of the agenda was the management of economic land concessions and the role ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/subedi-talks-rights-ccc-president-kith-meng