Education Minister says digital society must be rich in digital youth
It is necessary for the digital society, where the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) can cover almost all areas, to be rich in digital youth who can analyze the advantages and disadvantages of AI to take advantage of this powerful technology for the progress in ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501342952/education-minister-says-digital-society-must-be-rich-in-digital-youth/
Ministry eyes ‘bridge’ to vocational training
Deputy Prime Minister Sok An requested yesterday that the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports collaborate with the Ministry of Labour to create a vocational “bridge” program to enable students without high school degrees to have access to trade-based, university-level coursework. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ministry-eyes-bridge-vocational-training
Ministry seeks input for amendments to Press Law
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith yesterday called on the media and relevant institutions to provide input on proposed amendments of the Press Law so that it can respond to recent developments in journalism and better promote freedom of the press in the Kingdom. Speaking at the Consultation ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50654406/ministry-seeks-input-for-amendments-to-press-law/
Kingdom aiming for direct internet access
Cambodia is aiming to no longer rely on Vietnam and Thailand for bandwidth and access to the international internet gateway. Prime Minister Hun Sen during a cabinet meeting on Friday told Post and Telecommunication Ministry officials to look into how the Kingdom can have its own ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50654936/kingdom-aiming-for-direct-internet-access/
Rare deer caught on film for first time in a decade
Four endangered hog deer have been recorded using camera traps for the first time in a decade in Kratie province, offering hope that the population of the species may be on the rise. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082524/rare-deer-caught-film-first-time-decade/
Laos taps on single visa door
Lao PDR says it will consider joining Thailand and Cambodia’s single visa scheme launched late last year saying it will help to boost Mekong region tourism. A senior official at the consular department in Vientiane told the Vientiane Times, last week, that the government would hold ...
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2013/03/laos-keen-to-join-single-visa/
The Ministry of Education in collaboration with POSCAR DIGITAL Co., Ltd. announces the launch of the "Wiki School" digital school system
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, through the National Institute of Education, in collaboration with Poscar Digital on August 31, announced the launch of digital school system “Wiki School” to help digital school management, learning and teaching. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2021-08-31-1039-222720.html
PM recommends reconstruction of Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (CCFC) to resume and drop three charges against employees of the institution after the Ministry of Interior temporarily suspended operations earlier this month. ...
Khuon Narim
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/pm-hun-sen-calls-for-reinstatement-of-ccfc/
Telecoms operator educates the masses
Telecoms operator Metfone, a subsidiary of Vietnam’s Viettel Group, has deployed a digital education system in Siem Reap, approaching a total of 3,000 schools nationwide. In a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony yesterday, Siem Reap’s 10 Makara 1979 High School became the latest education ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50757705/telecoms-operator-educates-the-masses/
Congestion costing ‘$6 million a month’
Phnom Penh authorities yesterday offered an economic argument for ministries, motorists and citizens to respect traffic laws, claiming that congestion-related costs in the capital were setting the country back about $6 million per month. ...
Pech Sotheary and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/congestion-costing-6-million-month
Government directs support to rice farmers
The government announced yesterday that it would “intervene” to support the price that farmers receive for their paddy rice, though without instituting a price floor or direct subsidies that would jeopardise a free market. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-directs-support-rice-farmers
Approved investment triples
In the first six months of 2013, the total amount of government-approved investment in Cambodia jumped more than 200 per cent year-on-year, according to the most recent statistics from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Released on Friday, the numbers show that $2.3 billion was earmarked ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/approved-investment-triples
UNESCO says quality of education remains major concern for Cambodia
The quality of education is still a big concern for Cambodia and the country needs to set a more effective strategy to enhance teaching conditions and quality of education for all learners, Anne Lemaistre, UNESCO representative in Cambodia, said Thursday. “I would like to commend ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2014-03/06/c_133165742.htm
Govt sets up teams to monitor development works
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) Saturday announced the establishment of working groups to monitor, review and evaluate the implementation of the development plans and strategic policies of the ministries and institutions based on the slogan ‘Strengthen and Organise Individual Home’. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501519498/govt-sets-up-teams-to-monitor-development-works/
National Bank of Cambodia slams NGOs’ lending report
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Thursday slammed a report on predatory lending in the Kingdom by local human rights NGOs Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT), which was released on Wednesday, as “flawed”. The report, entitled Collateral Damage, claimed that increasing levels of ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/national-bank-cambodia-slams-ngos-lending-report
Huawei pledges to support digital development in Cambodia
Chinese-owned giant telecom and technology company Huawei has pledged to support Cambodia’s digital development and bring new technology, according to its Cambodia’s country director. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747254/huawei-pledges-to-support-digital-development-in-cambodia/
Ministry conducts Digital School training
The education ministry’s Information Technology Department conducted a recent training course for 200 high school teachers, in order to enhance their use of online teaching resources. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-conducts-digital-school-training
Exclusive ADB may offer more than $1.5b in new funding
Khmer Times can report that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is proposing to provide $1.5211 billion of new funding in its updated Cambodia country operations and business plan (COBP) 2021-2023. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744668/exclusive-adb-may-offer-more-than-1-5b-in-new-funding/
Draft law puts high price on drunk driving
Drunk drivers could be fined $1000 under a new draft traffic law approved yesterday by The Council of Ministers. The legislation includes a raft of measures aimed at reducing the number of deaths and injuries on the roads. Among the draft law’s 92 articles are new ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/draft-law-puts-high-price-drunk-driving
Shooting suspect a governor no more
Triple-shooting suspect Chhouk Bandith has been sacked as Bavet town governor to prevent him from interfering in court proceedings, the Svay Rieng deputy provincial governor said yesterday. The high-profile suspect is accused of shooting three garment factory workers at a protest outside the Kaoway Sports Ltd ...