Valentine’s targetted for blood
The National Blood Transfusion Center hopes to boost the Kingdom’s blood stocks by targetting youth donors at a second annual Valentine’s Day blood drive. This year’s February 14 campaign will target university students and youth aged 18 and older, who make up about 70 per ...
Khoun Leakhana
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/valentine%E2%80%99s-targetted-blood
Cambodia's career fair attracts thousands of job hunters
The fourth edition of Cambodian career fair kicked off here on Tuesday, drawing attention from thousands of university students and graduates on the first day. Carmela Torres, senior specialist on skills and employability at the International Labour Organization, said the event is very important for ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/21/c_133732198.htm
Calls for students to master tech skills
Recent high school graduates are being encouraged to study digital technology-related subjects at university to fill the skills gap and help develop the country. ...
Thai Sothea
https://kiripost.com/stories/calls-for-students-to-master-tech-skills
2nd European Higher Education Fair held in Cambodia
The second European Higher Education Fair was held here on Wednesday, aiming at attracting young Cambodians interested in pursuing university studies in Europe. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359982/2nd-european-higher-education-fair-held-in-cambodia/
Manet urges improved ASEAN, Gulf State ties
Prime Minister Hun Manet has called for free and open trade, the stimulation of investment and the creation of a conducive environment to promote business between ASEAN and the Gulf states, as the two regions seek to strengthen ties at their historic first-ever ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation ...
Vong Daravady
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-urges-improved-asean-gulf-state-ties
Hun Sen leaves Kingdom for Belt and Road Forum in Beijing
Prime Minister Hun Sen and his delegation left the Kingdom yesterday to attend the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing where a number of assistance agreements are expected to be signed. Sry Thamrong, minister attached to the Prime Minister, said at Phnom Penh International Airport that ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50598349/hun-sen-leaves-kingdom-for-belt-and-road-forum-in-beijing/
‘Trapped in debt bondage’
Cambodia’s construction boom has pushed thousands of families into modern slavery in the brick industry through debt bondage, a report by researchers from London’s Royal Holloway University say. The blood bricks report was released on Tuesday following the sharp rise in Cambodian brick prices in ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trapped-debt-bondage
Cambodia urges tourism training on par with Asean
Cambodia is calling for the establishment of tourism institutes and universities to provide relevant skills in compliance with an Asean curriculum, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said. He was speaking during the Sub-Forum on Yunnan-South Asia & Southeast Asia Tourism Vocational Education and Personnel Training ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-urges-tourism-training-par-asean
Hun Sen announces raises for teachers, nurses
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced a three-stage plan to raise the salaries of civil servants working under the Education and Health ministries, with the first increase to come in September. Speaking to graduating students at Beltei University in Phnom Penh, Mr. Hun Sen said that ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-announces-raises-for-teachers-nurses-67017/
Fishing cat found in Cambodia after decade-long absence
Fishing cats are a rare species of predatory feline found in South and Southeast Asia. For decades, fishing cat populations have been in decline. The latest sightings were made possible by a remote cameras set up by researchers with Cambodia’s Center for Biodiversity Conservation ...
Brooks Hays
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/09/03/Fishing-cat-found-in-Cambodia-after-decade-long-absence/8601441303016/
CSOs seek input on climate policies
Civil society and government representatives met at the Royal University of Phnom Penh yesterday to discuss how both sides can cooperate to formulate climate change policies that fulfill the Kingdom’s treaty obligations in the wake of the historic climate accord reached in Paris earlier this ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/csos-seek-input-climate-policies
Students Demand More Information on Resource Extraction
Most Cambodian university students have heard of their country’s fledging extractive industry. But with little access to information, few are aware of how revenue from this industry is being managed. Most of this information remains unavailable, and some are now voicing their concerns about corruption ...
In Cambodia, family planning offers a path away from poverty
The 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly is currently underway in New York. This meeting of the world’s leaders will see the adoption of a new set of global goals – the Sustainable Development Goals – that aim to transform the world over ...
UNFPA Staff
http://www.unfpa.org/news/cambodia-family-planning-offers-path-away-poverty
Cambodians unconcerned by threats of violence ahead of election
Political campaigning in Cambodia’s local elections began on Saturday and has so far passed without incident. Cambodians in Phnom Penh on Monday said they hoped that the election could be conducted fairly and free of violence. Sim To, a second-year student at Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia, ...
Kann Vicheika
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodians-unconcerned-by-threats-of-violence-ahead-of-election/3869453.html
Water firm calm despite cut
Revenue from the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority – the first listed company on the Cambodian stock exchange – will be cut 800 million riel ($200,000) per year as the company implements a concession plan to lower water prices. The plan was passed after the government ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/water-firm-calm-despite-cut
Senator Ly Yong Phat’s Family Given Preah Sihanouk State Land for Tourism Development
The Cambodian government has granted a 600-hectare concession to the family of notorious tycoon Ly Yong Phat, whose sugarcane concessions have been at the center of human rights violations. ...
China Unicom to build Cambodia’s first state-owned submarine optical fiber cable project
China Unicom Group, one of the country’s largest telecommunications operators, will build Cambodia’s first state-owned submarine optical fiber cable with a large capacity for international communications. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378890/china-unicom-to-build-cambodias-first-state-owned-submarine-optical-fiber-cable-project/
Ministry to probe child labour
The Ministry of Labour says it will investigate the claims of a Royal Holloway, University of London research team’s report alleging modern slavery in Cambodia’s brick kilns, said Minister of Labour Ith Sam Heng. The report entitled Blood Bricks: Untold Stories of Modern Slavery and ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-probe-child-labour
Slew of websites hacked
A group of online hackers calling themselves Cyber TeamRox have breached several local websites over the past two days, including those of the Cambodian Navy, AEON Microfinance and Build Bright University. Defence Ministry spokesman Chhum Socheath confirmed yesterday that the hackers had been able to ...
Mech Dara and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/slew-websites-hacked
Minimum wage for teachers to be $230 by April
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that the minimum wage for teachers is set to exceed $230 (about 950,000 riel), not including additional bonuses, come April next year. During a graduation ceremony for Cambodia University for Specialties students at Koh Pich, Mr. Hun Sen said the ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30315/minimum-wage-for-teachers-to-be--230-by-april/