Koh Kong airport to be ready in three years
The Dara Sakor International Airport, which is now being built in the southwestern province of Koh Kong, will be ready in the next three years, according to the Minister of Aviation. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50659037/koh-kong-airport-to-be-ready-in-three-years/
Call for Oversight of Cambodian Land Campaign
A land titling campaign in Cambodia launched and financed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s lacks transparency and could leave thousands of people landless, a human rights group said Wednesday, urging the country’s donors to push for reform of the program. The campaign, which employs volunteer youth ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/land-06122013150317.html
Growing Tourism – A Positive Sign: Asia and Pacific Continue as Travel Hot Spots
Asia and the Pacific continued as a hot spot for international tourism in 2012, attracting what is expected to be in excess of 350 million international visitor arrivals, expanding its collective inbound count by more than 5% and generating more than 18 million additional foreign visits, year-on-year. Within this ...
Date for high school exam set
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport will continue to conduct the high school diploma examination or “baccalaureate” in accordance with the principles of equity and transparency. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/date-high-school-exam-set
MISTI’s STEM guidebook for students choosing higher education degrees
THE Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) provides a free PDF Science, Technology and Innovation guidebook to students looking to choose a higher education degree involving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in Cambodia. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501346587/mistis-stem-guidebook-for-students-choosing-higher-education-degrees/
72.33% of students pass national exams
A total of 72.33 percent of students have passed their high school diploma, with students in Phnom Penh and Kandal receiving their results today while pupils in remaining provinces have to wait until tomorrow. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/7233-of-students-pass-national-exams
Ministry asks candidates to believe Bac II results
The Ministry of Education asked candidates who sat for the Higher Secondary Diploma or Bac II on November 6 to have confidence in how the Ministry grades the exam. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501395418/ministry-asks-candidates-to-believe-bac-ii-results/
Foreign investment needed in Special Economic Zones
According to a Sept 4 press release from the Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC), there are currently a total of 19 SEZs and most of them are situated along Cambodia’s borders with Vietnam and Thailand. Eight are fully operational with both local and foreign ...
Land Grabs Mar Cambodia’s Investment Boom
The evictions and so-called “land grabs” have angered aid donors, putting at stake hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid as well as a trade scheme that gives Cambodian produce tariff-free access to the EU. International donors and lenders such as the World Bank ...
FDI to grow small businesses in Cambodia
The recent growth of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Kingdom will be a good opportunity to develop small- and medium- sized businesses, an official said yesterday. According to Hang Chuon Naron, deputy director of the National Economic Supreme Council and secretary of state at the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013012260903/Business/fdi-to-grow-small-businesses-in-cambodia.html
Prakas Set to Control Tax Agents
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) last month signed a prakas, a ministerial decision, to ensure tax agents’ professionalism, an insider told the Post yesterday. After the full implementation of Prakas 455, signed on April 12, agents have to pay one million riel to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050265367/Business/prakas-set-to-control-tax-agents.html
Workers quietly trickle back
As garment union groups resume their strike today, thousands of workers plan on returning to work, largely citing financial necessity rather than ideological disagreement with the unions. The Ministry of Labour on Monday ordered union leaders to cease a nationwide strike that began nine days ago, ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-quietly-trickle-back
Grade A students reach record, set to meet PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen will meet with the talented students who received a Grade A in the recent high school diploma exams – also known as baccalaureate II, or Bacc II’ – in an event to be held in Phnom Penh on February 28. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grade-students-reach-record-set-meet-pm
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications encourages passing BAC II students to learn digital technology skills
Chea Vandeth, the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, has issued a letter urging students to pass the high school diploma exam to acquire digital technology skills. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501390300/minister-of-posts-and-telecommunications-encourages-passing-bac-ii-students-to-learn-digital-technology-skills/
Cambodia among 40 using HKU quick COVID-19 testing technology
Cambodia is among one of the 40 countries who have resorted to using a quick testing technology for the novel coronavirus developed by the University of Hong Kong to help contain the worldwide spread of the epidemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50701257/cambodia-among-40-using-hku-quick-covid-19-testing-technology/
Cambodia, China's Guangxi sign deal to cement agricultural cooperation
Cambodia and China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on strengthening bilateral communication and cooperation in agriculture. The deal was inked between Lord Reasmey, secretary-general of Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, and Zhang Mingpei, director- general of Department of Agriculture of ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-01/08/c_132088306.htm
Criticism Continues of Shortcomings in Asean Rights Declaration
Criticism continued yesterday of the Asean Human Rights Declaration, which was signed in Phnom Penh on Saturday after regional leaders decided to make last-minute revisions that were widely deemed as inadequate. U.N. experts ans civil society groups criticized the lack of consultation in drawing up the ...
Cambodia urges to boost country's exports
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday urged local producers to increase production in order to boost the country’s exports when the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) turns into a community at the end of 2015. He [Hun Sen] said when ASEAN became [sic] ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-06/06/c_132436133.htm
Minister to kids: Study digital technology skills
The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth issued a formal letter on October 18 appealing to students who are taking the upcoming high school diploma exam to focus on learning digital skills. ...
Vann Sak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-kids-study-digital-technology-skills
Bac II exam results announced earlier than planned
The results of the 2023 high school diploma exam (Bac II) will be announced today, earlier than expected due to the smooth marking process. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501396509/bac-ii-exam-results-announced-earlier-than-planned/