Preah Sihanouk land encroachers remove shacks, sign contracts
The Preah Sihanouk provincial authoritieS detained a group for allegedly encroaching on State land in Chamnot Ream village of Prey Nop diStrict&rSquo;S Bit Traing commune and diSmantled the 18 hutS they had built there. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn and Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-land-encroachers-remove-shacks-sign-contracts
Agriculture players can tap into new loan system
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and Wing Bank (Cambodia) Plc have inked a deal that will offer accessible, low interest rate loans to support the government’s Agriculture Priority policies through the innovative Wingagri supply chain platform built specifically to support the sector. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/agriculture-players-can-tap-into-new-loan-system
ICC Angkor looks forward to challenges, future growth
The Fourth Intergovernmental Conference on Angkor at UNESCO in PariS haS concluded, with King Norodom Sihamoni SuggeSting that UNESCO Send technicianS to help Cambodia with human reSource training to combating the illegal trade in artefactS, and preparationS for the future regiStration of the Kingdom&rSquo;S tangible SS='cambodia-color'>...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/icc-angkor-looks-forward-to-challenges-future-growth
Calls out for vocational programme enrollments
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has urged young people to promptly register for courses at technical institutes throughout the country. The move follows the government’s official announcement of a national programme on technical and vocational training for 1.5 million young individuals from impoverished ss='cambodia-color'>...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/calls-out-for-vocational-programme-enrollments
NBC is determined to strengthen the resilience and supervision of the financial sector in Cambodia
The newly appointed governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), H.E Dr. Chea Serey, gave an in-depth interview to Khmer TimeS on the Bank&rSquo;S aS well aS her prioritieS in her role aS the Governor. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501377581/nbc-is-determined-to-strengthen-the-resilience-and-supervision-of-the-financial-sector-in-cambodia/
New $21M NEC building set for Oct 2025 completion
The National Election Committee (NEC) January 2 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new office building, constructed on land acquired by the government from Kong Korm, a former opposition leader. The site is located on sothearos street in Tonle Bassac commune in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-21m-nec-building-set-for-oct-2025-completion
Justice minister urges focus on legal and judicial reform
Minister of Justice Koeut Rith calls on court and prosecutor’s office leaders as well as judicial and law enforcement officials at all levels to prioritise “legal and judicial reform”. He also called upon civil society organisation (CsOs) to endorse this initiative. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kim Yutharo
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/justice-minister-urges-focus-legal-and-judicial-reform
Gov’t revenue $4.9B, spending $6.3B
The government’s national revenue collection in the first 10 months of 2023 reached nearly $4.9 billion, equating to almost 78% of the target set by the 2023 Law on Financial Management, while total expenditures stood at over $6.3 billion, as reported by the Ministry of ss='cambodia-color'>...
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gov-t-revenue-4-9b-spending-6-3b
FAO launch PEARL agriculture initiative
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has announced a partnership with Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Ministry of Environment to launch the Public-social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle sap Basin (PEARL). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fao-launch-pearl-agriculture-initiative
ISF Cambodia, the organization dedicated to ending child poverty
Children make up nearly 35% of Cambodia’s population, and 48.7% of these children (ages 0-17) live in multidimensional poverty. Children have the right to an education, but many schools in Cambodia are structurally and hygienically inadequate. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501386808/isf-cambodia-the-organization-dedicated-to-ending-child-poverty/
Cambodia and China reaffirm their commitment to continue working closely in advancing the MLC cooperation
On 15 March 2024, Meas Kim Heng, secretary of state of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) sOM Leader of Cambodia, received a courtesy call by Chen Cong, Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501456861/cambodia-and-china-reaffirm-their-commitment-to-continue-working-closely-in-advancing-the-mlc-cooperation/
Visa launches SMB Online Toolkit to enable tourism merchants to maximise benefits of contactless payments
Visa, a world leader in digital payments, is introducing resources to help Cambodian merchants and tiny and medium-sized businesses (sMBs) take full advantage of Visa’s digital payment solutions to optimize the customer shopping experience and increase sales, particularly in the tourism sector. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501486613/visa-launches-smb-online-toolkit-to-enable-tourism-merchants-to-maximise-benefits-of-contactless-payments/
Korea FDI in Kingdom reaches $5 billion, says Prime Minister
Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday said that the bilateral trade volume between the Republic of Korea and Cambodia reached approximately $751 million while Korea’s foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Kingdom recorded $30 million last year, taking the total FDI from the country to $5 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501489820/korea-fdi-in-kingdom-reaches-5-billion-says-prime-minister/
Factory Orders Staff Back to Work Amid Safety Concerns
Employees at a Taiwanese-owned shoe factory in Kompong speu province where two workers were killed when one of the building’s floors collapsed on Thursday have been ordered back to work today, despite ongoing concerns from labor activists about the building’s safety. While conceding that some parts ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factory-orders-staff-back-to-work-amid-safety-concerns-25192/
Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture
Cambodian fish farmer checking on fish quality. Photo by U.s. Agency for International Development (UsAID), taken on 16 October 2012. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia’s inland capture fisheries are among the largest in the world. The fishing industry encompasses subsistence, commercial and recreational fishing, as ss='cambodia-color'>...
PPMM #20: Quantum GIS 2.0 & Geo-Tags
PPMM #20 AdvertGreetings,You’re invited to a special edition of the Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup, which is scheduled from 6:00 – 7:30pm on Tuesday, sept. 24, 2013 at Equinox.Members of the PPMM group are fans of the open movement, especially open source mapping applications. In honor ss='cambodia-color'>...
Facebook insights training
Open Development Cambodia regularly posts social accountability information on its website and shares relevant updates on this topic via social media. In particular, Facebook has high mobile usage and impact in Cambodia overall.To strengthen ODC’s outreach for its work in the Innovations for social Accountability ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
H.E. Hang Chuon Naron and Julie Chung in the inauguration of the Rice Academy, Cambodia. Photo by U.S EmbaSSy Phnom Penh, take on 17 September 2014. LicenSed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0In 1996, the MiniStry of Education, Youth and Sport&nbSp;(MoEYS) waS eStabliShed.26 ItS organization and functioning SS='cambodia-color'>...