Starlink paves way for smart farming in Kingdom
In a move set to revolutionise Cambodian agriculture, entrepreneur Chan Dara has become a pioneer, bringing starlink’s high-speed internet to the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/starlink-paves-way-smart-farming-kingdom
ADB approves $40m loan to improve public services
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday approved a $40 million policy-based loan to support the Government’s efforts to further enhance public service delivery. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/adb-approves-40m-loan-to-improve-public-services
Free online courses to strengthen tourism SMEs’ digital and financial skills
Cambodia’s tourism sMEs can sign up to free modules delivered by PATA that focus on strengthening finance and digital skills in a post-pandemic world ss='cambodia-color'>...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/free-online-courses-to-strengthen-tourism-smes-digital-and-financial-skills
Cambodian PM: Cambodia-Japan cooperation will increase
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet expressed his hope that Cambodia-Japan cooperation will increase in all fields, especially in tourism, investment and people-to-people exchange. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501381559/cambodian-pm-cambodia-japan-cooperation-will-increase/
Ministry to expand ties with UNDP to accelerate digital revolution
The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications proposed an expansion in cooperation and partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to speed up Cambodia’s journey towards digital revolution. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501382508/ministry-to-expand-ties-with-undp-to-accelerate-digital-revolution/
Clean energy accounts for over 62 pct of energy consumption in Cambodia: minister
Renewable or clean energy used in Cambodia has accounted for more than 62 percent of the country’s total consumption, Minister of Mines and Energy Keo Rattanak said on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501396099/clean-energy-accounts-for-over-62-pct-of-energy-consumption-in-cambodia-minister/
NBC Governor says Cambodia has seen big increase in local currency usage in past 2 decades
Cambodia has seen a big jump in the use of local currency Riel over the past two decades, National Bank of Cambodia (NBC)’s Governor Chea serey said here on Friday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501390501/nbc-governor-says-cambodia-has-seen-big-increase-in-local-currency-usage-in-past-2-decades/
Stay on guard: PM calls on police to strengthen capacity to ensure security
Amid growing threats worldwide, Prime Minister Hun Manet urged all police personnel to strengthen their capacity to ensure security which is crucial for the Kingdom’s continued development. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501487282/stay-on-guard-pm-calls-on-police-to-strengthen-capacity-to-ensure-security/
Consumer loans swell by 12%, reflecting banking industry growth
Consumer loans increased by 12 percent in the first half of 2024 compared to the previous year’s figure of 10.5 percent, said Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) Chairman and MayBank CEO Rath sophoan at the Cambodia Banking Conference 2024, on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501546093/consumer-loans-swell-by-12-reflecting-banking-industry-growth/
Minimum wage for workers raised by $4 for next year
Next year’s minimum wage for the garment, footwear, and travel goods industries has been set at $208 per month, an increase of $4 from this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501562708/minimum-wage-for-workers-raised-by-4-for-next-year/
Health exam committee targets fake certificates
Cambodia’s national examination committee is set to crack down on applicants using fake high school certificates for health sector degree exams. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-exam-committee-targets-fake-certificates
New model education guidelines established
Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron urged expert departments to enhance the model school support group’s effectiveness. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-model-education-guidelines-established
CSOs continue to press authorities to allow banned STT photo exhibition to resume
Some 62 civil Society organizationS (CSOS) including Licadho, Cambodian Center for Human RightS (CCHR), and local communitieS have urged the authoritieS to allow Sahmakum Teang Tnaut&rSquo;S (STT) photo exhibition to reSume after it waS Shut down two weekS ago. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/csos-continue-to-press-authorities-to-allow-banned-stt-photo-exhibition-to-resume/
PM allocates $450M to social protection system
Prime Minister Hun Manet has pledged almost $450 million to strengthen the country’s social protection system, with experts advising that transparency is essential in its delivery. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/pm-allocates-450m-to-social-protection-system
PM invites Chinese investors to put money into infra sector
Prime Minister Hun Manet has invited Chinese investors to invest in infrastructure projects in Cambodia as the government sees this as key to the country’s socio-economic development. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501442510/pm-invites-chinese-investors-to-put-money-into-infra-sector/
Pay gap in construction sector attributed to ‘skill’
Approximately 35 per cent of Cambodia’s 250,000 construction workers are women, according to sok Kin, president of the Building and Wood Workers Trade Union Federation of Cambodia (BWTUC). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-in-depth/pay-gap-in-construction-sector-attributed-to-skill-
Cambodia doubles down on power infrastructure development
The government is actively working to expand its power generation and transmission capabilities to meet the country’s growing energy demands, said Keo Rottanak, Minister of Mines and Energy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501575986/cambodia-doubles-down-on-power-infrastructure-development/
ODC Google Analytics training
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has been working closely with Internews for the Innovations in social Accountability project. To strengthen the ODC team’s site measurement capabilities, Internews facilitated training on Google Analytics for six staff and one CsO observer.The training was conducted by a local Google ss='cambodia-color'>...
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After Park Cleared, CNRP Leaders Called to Court
At 11:30 a.m. Saturday, municipal Security guardS and men in plainclotheS, wielding Steel barS, metal pipeS, batonS, StickS and axeS, forcibly cleared hundredS of demonStratorS from Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Freedom Park, where the oppoSition CNRP haS been proteSting againSt the government of Prime MiniSter Hun Sen SS='cambodia-color'>...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/security-guards-police-clear-freedom-park-50086/