CPP and Chinese Communist Party vow to strengthen community-building of a common destiny
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) are committed to strengthening cooperation towards building a common Cambodian-Chinese community of destiny in the new era. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-and-chinese-communist-party-vow-to-strengthen-community-building-of-a-common-destiny/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501354380/cpp-and-chinese-communist-party-vow-to-strengthen-community-building-of-a-common-destiny/
Cambodia’s goods exports to US rise nearly a quarter on-year to $8.2B
Cambodia and the US traded goods worth $8.510 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, marking gains of 21.79 per cent on-year, with Cambodian exports to the world’s largest economy accounting for a 96.56 per cent share, according to the General Department of Customs href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-goods-exports-to-us-rise-nearly-a-quarter-on-year-to-8-2b/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-goods-exports-us-rise-nearly-quarter-year-82b
Microfinance has improved a majority of people’s life - CMA study
A study on over 3,200 microfinance borrowers from 450 villages in 10 provinces in the country has revealed that two thirds of them have seen an improvement in their lives, according to the Cambodian Microfinance Association (CMA). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/microfinance-has-improved-a-majority-of-peoples-life-cma-study/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Kiripost staff writers
https://kiripost.com/stories/microfinance-has-improved-a-majority-of-peoples-life-cma-study
Minister of Public Works holds a meeting to collect input from stakeholders on reform
The Ministry of Public Works held a meeting to receive input from ministries and institutions for the drafting of measures and action plans to implement measures. Keys to public administration reform include improving the recruitment system, capacity building and institutional capacity, and the incentive system href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-of-public-works-holds-a-meeting-to-collect-input-from-stakeholders-on-reform/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Torn Vibol
https://tinyurl.com/bvv45569
Cambodia developing a mobile application to prevent gender-based violence
The Cambodian Ministry of Women’s Affairs and its partners have been developing an app, called GBV Safe App, to prevent gender-based violence. = href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-developing-a-mobile-application-to-prevent-gender-based-violence-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501516511/cambodia-developing-a-mobile-application-to-prevent-gender-based-violence/
UNDP’s Chief Technical Advisor for the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance programme describes how a remote Cambodian village became a beacon for sustainable energy solutions in the Mekong
On a visit to Koh Kantheay in Cambodia’s north, I hear residents talk about their expectations from the new solar micro-grid being installed in the village. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/undps-chief-technical-advisor-for-the-cambodia-climate-change-alliance-programme-describes-how-a-remote-cambodian-village-became-a-beacon-for-sustainable-energy-solutions-in-the-mekong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
EBA withdrawal a destruction of EU achievements, PM says
Prime Minister Hun Sen said the EU’s possible suspension of its Everything But Arms (EBA) agreement amounted to a destruction of its achievements in the Kingdom and the demise of the opposition group. Hun Sen made the remarks while addressing more than 6,700 students during href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eba-withdrawal-a-destruction-of-eu-achievements-pm-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/eba-withdrawal-destruction-eu-achievements-pm-says
Digital literacy a key component to new ecommerce strategy
The government has released a new e-commerce strategy to address how the nation can best benefit from the rapid growth over the last decade of the Kingdom’s digital economy. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/digital-literacy-a-key-component-to-new-ecommerce-strategy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50787984/digital-literacy-a-key-component-to-new-ecommerce-strategy/
Logistics sector seeks cash aid but ‘it’s not yet a priority’
The Kingdom’s transportation sector, one of the many industries hit hard by the virus outbreak, is seeking financial support from the government even though goods traffic via water is seeing a slight recovery this month. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/logistics-sector-seeks-cash-aid-but-its-not-yet-a-priority/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50749687/logistics-sector-seeks-cash-aid-but-its-not-yet-a-priority/
Quarantine still a must for all arrivals, in next Covid chapter
Since early May, an average of five to 10 Cambodian people have died from Covid-19 a day with many others testing positive amid the ongoing community outbreak. At the same time, however, hundreds of patients also recovered a day. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/quarantine-still-a-must-for-all-arrivals-in-next-covid-chapter/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-post-depth/quarantine-still-must-all-arrivals-next-covid-chapter
Conservation Agriculture Service with a Fee (CASF) project to place private sector as player in agriculture development
The Minister of Agriculture stated that the CASF project aims to enable the private sector to play a role in the development of conservation agriculture in accordance with the principles of agroecology. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/conservation-agriculture-service-with-a-fee-casf-project-to-place-private-sector-as-player-in-agriculture-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50899880/conservation-agriculture-service-with-a-fee-casf-project-to-place-private-sector-as-player-in-agriculture-development/
Elections a symbol of Kingdom’s departure from strife-torn eras: PM
The electoral process has driven Cambodia’s transformation into a democracy, in a stark departure from the eras of war and genocide that have heavily shaped preconceptions of the Kingdom, Prime Minister Hun Sen told international election observers on June 4. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/elections-a-symbol-of-kingdoms-departure-from-strife-torn-eras-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan and Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/elections-symbol-kingdoms-departure-strife-torn-eras-pm
Korean investors plan to set up a cashew processing plant in Cambodia for export
Representatives of the Korea Agro-Industrial Resources Association plan to set up a cashew processing plant in Cambodia for export to international markets. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/korean-investors-plan-to-set-up-a-cashew-processing-plant-in-cambodia-for-export/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501337218/korean-investors-plan-to-set-up-a-cashew-processing-plant-in-cambodia-for-export/
FAO kicks off capacity building aimed at a strengthened agricultural data landscape in Cambodia
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has kicked off a weeklong provincial level training workshop aimed at strengthening national capacity on analysis and interpretation of agricultural statistics and data. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fao-kicks-off-capacity-building-aimed-at-a-strengthened-agricultural-data-landscape-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501344402/fao-kicks-off-capacity-building-aimed-at-a-strengthened-agricultural-data-landscape-in-cambodia/
Pension fund workshops reach over three-quarters of a million workers
As of August 20, a total of 1,600 workshops had been held to explain the new pension scheme for the private sector, according to a top National Social Security Fund (NSSF) official. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pension-fund-workshops-reach-over-three-quarters-of-a-million-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pension-fund-workshops-reach-over-three-quarters-million-workers
Officials take a tour to study S Korean school meals programme
Cambodian Government officials, along with staff from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), are visiting South Korea on a study tour aiming at strengthening Cambodia’s school meals programme. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-take-a-tour-to-study-s-korean-school-meals-programme/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501364542/officials-take-a-tour-to-study-s-korean-school-meals-programme/
Explainer: NSSF - How Cambodian workers are protected under a social security safety net
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is a public administration institution in Cambodia that provides essential social security coverage and benefits to workers in the formal sector. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/explainer-nssf-how-cambodian-workers-are-protected-under-a-social-security-safety-net/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-nssf-national-social-security-fund-explained
FiA, UNIDO urge stakeholders to adhere to food safety standards
The Fisheries Administration (FiA) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) called on all stakeholders in the fishery value chains to collaborate with the Fisheries Competent Authority (FCA) to implement necessary food safety requirements and follow the required processes, from application submission to obtaining href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fia-unido-urge-stakeholders-to-adhere-to-food-safety-standards/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501535758/fia-unido-urge-stakeholders-to-adhere-to-food-safety-standards/
NGO asks interior minister to lend a hand in Kampong Speu forest land protection
Anti-Corruption, Natural Resource Protection and Civil Rights Protection (ACNCIPO) director Chea Hean said on Monday he is requesting help from Minister of Interior Sar Kheng to protect more than 150ha in the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngo-asks-interior-minister-to-lend-a-hand-in-kampong-speu-forest-land-protection/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-asks-interior-minister-lend-hand-kampong-speu-forest-land-protection
A village in Kampong Cham locked down due to COVID-19 outbreak
Kampong Cham provincial governor Un Chanda has ordered a lockdown of a village in the province after several people tested positive for COVID-19 linked to the February 20 community event. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-village-in-kampong-cham-locked-down-due-to-covid-19-outbreak/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50832090/a-village-in-kampong-cham-locked-down-due-to-covid-19-outbreak/