Aid and development
World Bank project advances despite occupying indigenous burial grounds
Indigenous Bunong people from Roya Leu village offered rice wine and pork to a shrine, asking forest spirits to protect their land from the World Bank. ...
Andrew Califf, Sovann Sreypich, and Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/world-bank-project-advances-despite-occupying-indigenous-burial-grounds/
FAO launches weeklong agricultural workshop
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has kicked off a weeklong provincial level training workshop to strengthen national capacity on analysis and interpretation of agricultural statistics and data. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501336038/fao-launches-weeklong-agricultural-workshop/
ADB loan for TVET to boost skilled workforce in Cambodia
Cambodia will benefit through reforms and investments in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) combined with private sector participation with a new $100 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501335348/adb-loan-for-tvet-to-boost-skilled-workforce-in-cambodia/
Red Cross to step in as EU targets 'other priority areas’
The Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) has urged its branches in four provinces – Kandal, Tbong Khmum, Banteay Meanchey and Pailin – to continue to implement sustainable humanitarian and community health programmes following the end of EU funding for the programmes. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-cross-step-eu-targets-other-priority-areas
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. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/adb-approves-40m-loan-to-improve-public-services
Post-election int’l responses: US to restrict visas and aid, Australia increases funding
After Cambodia’s elections, the US announced it planned to impose further visa and funding restrictions, while China and Russia endorsed the electoral process and its outcome. ...
Andrew Califf and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/post-election-intl-responses-us-to-restrict-visas-and-aid-australia-increases-funding/
NEC outlines need for assistance to Japanese election observation team
The National Election Committee (NEC) expressed a renewed sense of optimism in its recent meeting with representatives from Japan. ...
World Bank issues recommendations for Cambodia’s blue economy
The World Bank (WB) has released a set of recommendations for Cambodia’s sustainable blue economy development along with an analysis that focuses on three fundamental areas sectors related to marine policy, marine spatial planning and coastal livelihoods including blue growth sectors, said a report released ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501319728/world-bank-issues-recommendations-for-cambodias-blue-economy/
ADB prepare $200M water package
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology and representatives of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) met for talks on June 27 to discuss long-term investment in projects that would support the ministry’s crucial functions. Following negotiations, the ADB prepared a new $200 million package of ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/adb-prepare-200m-water-package
UN, GGGI and Government of Cambodia announce support to green bond issuers
In March, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC), in collaboration with the Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility (CGIF) and GuarantCo, part of the ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501314877/un-gggi-and-government-of-cambodia-announce-support-to-green-bond-issuers/
World Vision Cambodia aid over 4.5M vulnerable people
World Vision Cambodia (WVC) has extended a helping hand to more than 4.5 million vulnerable individuals, with a major focus on the country’s youth. In light of these achievements, the organisation has announced a strategic five-year plan to ensure sustainable wellbeing for an additional five ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-vision-cambodia-aid-over-45m-vulnerable-people
Breastfeeding promoted in Kampong Thom
STEUNG SEN, KAMPONG THOM PROVINCE -The Ministry of Health (MoH) and partner organizations are encouraging breastfeeding by providing lactation room for women working at the Women Affairs department in Kampong Thom province to ensure young children receive sufficient breast milk. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-breastfeeding-promoted-in-kampong-thom
LMC-funded water resource protection, green development project inaugurated in SW Cambodia
A demonstration project for integrated management of typical small river basins, funded by the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund, has been inaugurated here. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501311094/lmc-funded-water-resource-protection-green-development-project-inaugurated-in-sw-cambodia/
China’s aid, investment greatly contribute to Cambodia’s development
Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak said here on Monday that China’s official development assistance and investment have greatly contributed to the socioeconomic development in the Southeast Asian country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501311086/chinas-aid-investment-greatly-contribute-to-cambodias-development/
UNICEF donates $7 million of oxygenation equipment
UNICEF Cambodia, as the global partner and lead procurer of the Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A), has donated $7 million worth of medical equipment for oxygen therapy to the Ministry of Health. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unicef-donates-7-million-oxygenation-equipment
World Bank to support Cambodia’s skills initiative
Cambodia will likely start implementing a massive reskilling and upskilling project with the support of the World Bank in 2024 for which the bank has proposed an allocation of $40 million. A number of training institutions (TIs) and job centres (JCs) will be set up ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501305175/world-bank-to-support-cambodias-skills-initiative/
Japan aids Cambodia’s digital transformation
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has declared its intention to strengthen cooperation with the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, in order to contribute to assisting the Kingdom’s digital revolution. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-aids-cambodias-digital-transformation
Japan aids Kingdom’s digital transformation
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has declared its intention to strengthen cooperation with the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, in order to contribute to assisting the Kingdom’s digital revolution. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-aids-kingdoms-digital-transformation
$230m mekong river bridge to connect with PP-Bavet expressway
The government, with support from China, has issued more than $230 million to build a 1,600-metre bridge across the Mekong River with free access to connect with the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway, providing people with more convenience to cross the bridge. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/230m-mekong-river-bridge-to-connect-with-pp-bavet-expressway
KOICA’s $10m project is launched successfully
A new $10 million project by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), to improve rural living conditions and strengthen governance of rural development in the northwestern region of Cambodia, has started successfully. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501303486/koicas-10m-project-is-launched-successfully/
PM says reform is the right way for Cambodia to move forward
Prime Minister Hun Sen Tuesday emphasised that one of the key factors for Cambodia’s progress is reform. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501303891/pm-says-reform-is-the-right-way-for-cambodia-to-move-forward/
Korean philanthropists build houses for the impoverished
South Korean philanthropists have constructed over 260 houses for residents in the Banteay Srei district of Siem Reap province. Working through the Cambofriend organisation, their efforts aimed to enhance local livelihoods while strengthening the friendship between the two nations. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/korean-philanthropists-build-houses-impoverished
Japan pledges continued support for Cambodia’s education
Japan is committed to continue supporting Cambodia’s education sector, especially the scholarship program under the Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development (JDS). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501300358/japan-pledges-continued-support-for-cambodias-education/
Japan funds Save the Children to combat violence
Japan has pledged $600,000 to support Save the Children Japan (SCJ) in Cambodia’s “Eliminate Violence Against Children (VAC) in Cambodian Schools” project for its second year. ...
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-funds-save-children-combat-violence