Australia announces more support for Cambodia’s health sector
Australia has launched a new project, reaffirming its ongoing to support for Cambodia’s health sector. The launch of the second phase of Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQIP-2) project in Phnom Penh was presided over by Mam Bunheng, Minister of Health, Hem Vanndy, Secretary of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175882/australia-announces-more-support-for-cambodias-health-sector/
$10m fund to buy rice from struggling farmers
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has pledged to provide another $10 million in addition to a $83 million fund to purchase rice from farmers at a reasonable cost amid low prices to avoid selling to crooked dealers. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/10m-fund-to-buy-rice-from-struggling-farmers
307 small nature tourism projects approved in September
The Ministry of Environment as of September 2022 has approved 307 small-scale ecotourism development projects covering 2,670 hectares in the Natural Resource Protection and Cambodia Biodiversity Conservation Corridor. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501161817/307-small-nature-tourism-projects-approved-in-september/
Breastfeeding facilities coming to factories
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, together with Helen Keller International, organised an October 19 meeting to discuss plans to promote nutrition and the breastfeeding of infants and children in the workplace. The meeting was attended by the managers of several large factories and ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/breastfeeding-facilities-coming-factories
Ministry of Culture to host Gala Night Charity Dinner for Cambodia’s Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts will host a Gala Night Charity Dinner next month to raise funds to support the humanitarian activities of Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501193116/ministry-of-culture-to-host-gala-night-charity-dinner-for-cambodias-kantha-bopha-childrens-hospital/
Cambodia’s urban population to reach 7.92M by 2030
Cambodia’s urban population will rise to 7.92 million by 2030, accounting for 44 percent of the total population from 6.13 million or 39.5 percent in 2019, said Pen Sophal, secretary of state at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction, recently. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501133955/cambodias-urban-population-to-reach-7-92m-by-2030/
Open letter on CSOs call for related ministries to take action against Mr. Pheng Vannak's recent misogynistic statements
On 14 February 2023, ActionAid Cambodia issued an open letter on CSOs call for related ministries to take action against Mr. Pheng Vannak’s recent misogynistic statements.CSOs call for related ministries to take action against Mr. Pheng Vannak’s recent misogynistic statements; such statements insulted and harassed ...
ActionAid Cambodia
Pornmoniroth meets with new Australian ambassador for talks
Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth thanked the Australian government and people for continuing to provide grants and technical assistance as well as supporting human resource development for the Cambodian government and the people of Cambodia. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pornmoniroth-meets-new-australian-ambassador-talks
Be mindful of informal financing, NBC warns
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and National Police on February 2 issued a joint statement warning of the risks associated with informal financial services, which it said could put borrowers in excessive debt or otherwise upend their lives. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/be-mindful-informal-financing-nbc-warns
Green-growth institute vows support for Kingdom as e-bus, waste tech plans progress
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) has renewed its commitment to support the Cambodian government in the transition towards environmentally friendly, inclusive, sustainable economic growth through the Seoul-based organisation’s ongoing projects as well as green transport and waste management initiatives in its pipeline. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/green-growth-institute-vows-support-kingdom-e-bus-waste-tech-plans-progress
Call for stakeholders to facilitate PP-SR expressway study
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) has urged the capital and provincial governors to intervene and facilitate the Phnom Penh-Siem Reap Expressway project study. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-call-for-stakeholders-to-facilitate-pp-sr-expressway-study
UNICEF digital campaign fights child sexual exploitation in Cambodia
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with Cambodia’s Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation, is implementing the “Let’s Chat” digital campaign to address the vulnerability of Cambodian adolescents to online sexual predators. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501323414/unicef-digital-campaign-fights-child-sexual-exploitation-in-cambodia/
Press release on Cambodia donates humanitarian aid of USD 300,000 to Myanmar
On 02 June 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Cambodia donates humanitarian aid of USD 300,000 to Myanmar. The Royal Government of Cambodia has extended a humanitarian package amounting to USD 300,000 to support the ongoing efforts of ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Cambodia and Canada ready to work more together for the mutual benefit of both countries
Sok Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on October 25, received a courtesy call from Ping M. Kitnikone on the occasion of her appointment as the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Kingdom of Cambodia ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501382298/cambodia-and-canada-ready-to-work-more-together-for-the-mutual-benefit-of-both-countries/
Ministry plans new generation schools in every province
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport announced the creation of more new generation schools across the country to contribute to the development of the national economy. ...
Ton Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501404741/ministry-plans-new-generation-schools-in-every-province/
Composition of Nat’l Road Safety Committee changed
The government has changed the composition of the National Road Safety Committee, which will now be chaired by Interior Minister Sar Sokha with Minister of Public Works and Transport Peng Ponea as the Permanent Vice Chairman as well as four other vice chairmen and 19 ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501413460/composition-of-natl-road-safety-committee-changed/
Australia helps strengthen laboratory capacity for infectious diseases in Cambodia
Australia has supported the IndoPacLab program across Cambodia, Laos, and Papua New Guinea (PNG) to strengthen laboratory capacity for HIV, TB, malaria, and COVID-19 testing, said the Australian Embassy in Cambodia in a news release Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501390503/australia-helps-strengthen-laboratory-capacity-for-infectious-diseases-in-cambodia/
Licences of 37 transport companies revoked
Thirty-seven transport and bus companies had their licences revoked by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) because they have failed to renew their business licences. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501423053/licences-of-37-transport-companies-revoked/
Education Ministry reforms teacher methodology, use of technology
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) is reforming teacher training institutions by focusing on developing teachers’ skills in content, pedagogical lessons, teaching methods and the use of teaching technology so that teachers can achieve a higher level of professionalism. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501406035/education-ministry-reforms-teacher-methodology-use-of-technology/
Hainan Litree plans to invest up to $100 million in Cambodia’s Clean Water Sector
On May 10, Hem Vanndy, Minister of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation (MISTI), received representatives from Hainan Litree Purifying Technology Co., Ltd. and discussed the company’s interest in expanding its investment in Cambodia’s clean water sector. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501486640/hainan-litree-plans-to-invest-up-to-100-million-in-cambodias-clean-water-sector/