$150 million aid distributed to revive tourism industry
Cambodia Hotel Association (CHA) has distributed $150 million financial aid from the government to revive the country’s tourism sector hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, a senior official said. ...
Kang Sothea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089253/150-million-aid-distributed-to-revive-tourism-industry/
Total of 394,458 people have received their fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine since June 9
Take up of COVID-19 vaccination drive’s 5th dose regime still leaves much to be desired off. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501113987/total-of-394458-people-have-received-their-fifth-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine-since-june-9/
PM Hun Sen says ASEAN optimistic about achieving single market goal
ASEAN is confident that the goal of establishing a single market would not be far, and the bloc will continue to aim for it for the common interest of its people and leaving no one behind. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501203706/pm-hun-sen-says-asean-optimistic-about-achieving-single-market-goal/
Deforestration drivers
Deforestation has been one of the most significant changes the Cambodian landscape has undergone in recent decades. Key drivers of this process have been land concessions and subsequent land conversion, and large-scale illegal logging. ...
Tourists flock to amazing Angkor Botanical Garden
More and more tourists have flocked into Angkor Botanical Garden in Siem Reap province after the official inauguration last week. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501081095/tourists-flock-to-amazing-angkor-botanical-garden/
Labor policy and administration
Children working with bricks, Cambodia. Photo by Sodanie Chea, take on 6 June 2013. Licensed under CC BY 2.0Cambodia has a total population of slightly over 15 million, most of whom are under the age of 30. An estimated 250,000 people enter the job market ...
$84.5 million investment project approved to produce solar panels
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved an investment project worth $84.5 million that will need about 1,000 workers to manufacture solar panels in an industrial zone in Kratie province, according to a release by the CDC. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501115792/84-5-million-investment-project-approved-to-produce-solar-panels/
Cambodia attracts $1.39 bln investment in first 2 months of 2024
Cambodia approved fixed-asset investment projects worth $1.39 billion in the first two months of 2024, a significant rise of about 500 percent compared to the same period last year, a Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)’s report said on Sunday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501454423/cambodia-attracts-1-39-bln-investment-in-first-2-months-of-2024/
Open Development Cambodia has published a new map layer and dataset of "Targeted municipalities for the implementation of the Innovation for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) in 2020"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new map layer of target areas to be implemented in 2020 under MoU between NCDDS and Family Health International (FHI360) on the implementation of Social Accountability for Sub-National Democratic Development on the interactive map, under the map category ...
Government services
List of public services provided by One Window Service Office at Rotanak Mondol district hall in Battambang province. Photo by ODC team, taken on 28 February 2020. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.Government services might be perceived as tools in pursuing the country’s development, and assuring ...
Health center
After the end of the Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodia’s entire health sector including the health system, health facilities and equipment were completely destroyed.33 Since the 1990s, the Royal Government of Cambodia has placed a strong emphasis on recovering and improving the country’s health sector. In ...
Non-renewable energy production
Non-renewable energy sources are chiefly fossil fuels such as coal, diesel, oil and gas. They provide most of Cambodia’s locally-produced electrical supply – in 2011 diesel and heavy fuel oil generators provided 89% of local electricity generation. ...
Gravel and limestone
Raw gravel, photo by touch and see, taken on March 26, 2014. Licensed under: CC BY-SA 2.0Since 2010, Cambodia has seen increasing production of cement, crushed stone, sand and gravel in response to the country’s booming construction sector. Approved investment in the construction industry in ...
Statement by U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh on Voice of Democracy
On 13 February 2023, U.S. Embassy in Cambodia issues a statement on Voice of Democracy.The U.S Embassy in Cambodia are deeply troubled by the abrupt decision to revoke Voice of Democracy’s (VOD) media license. A free and independent press plays a critical role in a ...
U.S. Embassy in Cambodia
SDG 18 Cambodia mine/ERW free
Cambodia has added an 18th goal to its localized version of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – “End the negative impact of mines/ERW and promote victim assistance”.109 The SDGs were adopted by all United Nations member states in 2015 as a universal call to action ...
Primary school
Cambodia’s education system is structured into a 6+3+3 formula -students spend their first 6 years in primary school (grades 1–6), followed by 3 years in secondary school (grades 7–9) and 3 years in high school (grades 10–12) before sitting the diploma examination.187 Cambodian students are ...
Energy for transport
In Cambodia, petroleum is traditionally the main source of energy for transportation. The petroleum fuels used for transportation include gasoline, diesel, heavy fuel and fuel oil. ...
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new map layer and dataset of "Health facilities signed agreement for health care scheme (NSSF)"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new map layer of Health facilities signed agreement for health care scheme (NSSF) on the interactive map, under the map category of “Social development”. This dataset provides the location and contact detail information of health facilities that signed ...
Bar association legal aid services
The Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (the Association) is a non-governmental institution for Cambodia’s lawyers. In keeping with Article 24 of the United Nations Basic Principle on the Role of Lawyers, the Association represents lawyers’ interests, promotes their continuing education and training, and ...
Economic policy and administration
After the first general election in 1993, the government prepared and implemented a comprehensive micro- and macroeconomic policy and structural reform program to integrate Cambodia’s economy into the region and the world as well as stimulate its economic growth.263 In the two decades following that ...