Infrastructure
Water and sanitation
Czechs launch water, sanitation project in Kampong Chhnang
The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Cambodia is launching a four-year project to improve water and sanitation to help 9,662 families in two districts in Kampong Chhnang province. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/czechs-launch-water-sanitation-project-kampong-chhnang
Japanese grant $32 million for Takhmao water supply system
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Cambodia signed a $32 million grant agreement with the government on Monday to expand Takhmao town’s water supply system. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japanese-grant-32-million-takhmao-water-supply-system
Kandal aims for full clean water access by 2023
Kandal provincial governor Kong Sophorn yesterday promised to provide clean and safe water access for all by 2023. Currently, around 81 percent of households in the province have access. Speaking during a press conference held at the Council of Ministers, Mr Sophorn said people across ...
Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728075/kandal-aims-for-full-clean-water-access-by-2023/
Reservoir expected to increase agro-production
Preah Vihear authorities have been building a reservoir at a cost of over $100 million to supply water for agricultural rice crops during the dry season. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727189/reservoir-expected-to-increase-agro-production/
Japan offers $310M in grants, loans to boost development
Japan is providing $310 million in development aid to Cambodia to help bolster the country’s economy. About $42.7 million will be delivered as aid, while the rest will be packaged into soft loans which Cambodia has to repay, but on very favourable terms. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-offers-310m-grants-loans-boost-development
Japan funds construction of clean water system and school buildings in Cambodia
Japanese government has provided grant assistance of nearly US$400,000 to Cambodia, under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (KUSANONE Grant). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50703909/japan-funds-construction-of-clean-water-system-and-school-buildings-in-cambodia/
Japan provides aid for schools, water facility in rural areas
Four provinces yesterday received nearly $400,000 in aid from the Japanese government to construct schools and infrastructure, according to the Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh. ...
Srey Kumneth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50703678/japan-provides-aid-for-schools-water-facility-in-rural-areas/
Water shortages raise alarm in Phnom Penh
As temperatures rise across the Kingdom, several communes in Phnom Penh are reporting water shortages. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/water-shortages-raise-alarm-phnom-penh
Calls on private sector to help achieve clean water targets
Consumption of clean water increased to 331 million cubic metres in 2019, as the government aims for its 2025 goal to have 100 percent of households in urban areas connected to potable water. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50697722/calls-on-private-sector-to-help-achieve-clean-water-targets
Education Ministry to create additional school-based hygiene facilities
Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron called on schools to install proper toilet and handwashing facilities to promote good hygiene practices among children to mitigate their susceptibility to infectious diseases. ...
Push for more toilets on track
An official from the Ministry of Rural Development said on Monday that as of last year, 80 per cent of Cambodians had toilets to use and 65 per cent had access to clean drinking water. The Kingdom aims for all Cambodians to have access to clean ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/push-more-toilets-track
PM seeks Japan’s help in developing blockchain tech
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday met a Japanese delegation at the Peace Palace to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation, especially in the development of blockchain technology. In the morning, Mr Hun Sen met with the delegation headed by Kozo Yamamoto, a member of the House of ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50680516/pm-seeks-japans-help-in-developing-blockchain-tech
Malaysian firms keen in wastewater treatment and eco-tourism: Ambassador
Malaysian firms are interested in investing in wastewater treatment and eco-tourism in the Kingdom, sectors in line with the country’s bid to boost bilateral trade and strengthen ties with the Kingdom. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50679775/malaysian-firms-keen-in-wastewater-treatment-and-eco-tourism-ambassador
Cambodia gets $118M in sovereign loans from AFD
Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) has provided Cambodia with a sovereign loan of 118 million euros ($121 million) for two projects – one to build the Bakheng water treatment plant and another to develop competitive skills. Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Porn Moniroth who ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-gets-118m-sovereign-loans-afd
France to provide $100 million for water pumping station project
The French government through the Agence Francaise de Development is providing more than $100 million in additional loans for the construction of a water pumping station at the Bakheng Clean Water Treatment Plant. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50675521/france-to-provide-100-million-for-water-pumping-station-project
Japan-Cambodia ink clean water supply agreement
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and Japanese Ambassador Masahiro Mikami on Wednesday signed a grant agreement for ¥2.4 million ($22 million) on the “Project for Expansion of Clean Water Supply System in Pursat Province”. The agreement, finalised at the Ministry of ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-cambodia-ink-clean-water-supply-agreement
Kingdom-Hungary sewage solutions in the pipeline
The Ministry of Environment has announced that it will collaborate with Hungary to implement a pilot project to solve sewage system issues in towns in some provinces. A representative for the Hungarian Embassy in Cambodia, Zoltan Gyorgy Horvath, met with the ministry’s secretary of state, Sao ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-hungary-sewage-solutions-pipeline
JICA concludes study on Takhmao city water plant
The feasibility study for a Japan-funded water treatment plant in Takhmao city was recently finished, with construction due to begin April next year, the agency in charge of the project revealed. The plant, to be built with a grant from the Japanese government, will produce ...
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50662436/jica-concludes-study-on-takhmao-city-water-plant/
Groups launch initiative to improve sanitation
The United States Agency for International Development, the Stone Family Foundation, and iDE Cambodia, supported by Social Finance, yesterday launched a $10 million initiative to develop market-based solutions for sanitation in six provinces. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50661317/groups-launch-initiative-to-improve-sanitation/
Sanitation Development Impact Bond (DIB) launched today
The World’s first $10 million Sanitation Development Impact Bond (DIB) aimed at bringing safe sanitation to some of the poorest and most vulnerable households in six Cambodian provinces was launched today. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/660228/sanitation-development-impact-bond-dib-launched-today/
Conserve water in reservoirs: Prime Minister
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged authorities and people to conserve water for cultivation and daily consumption as dry season sets in. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50660038/conserve-water-in-reservoirs-prime-minister/
France to set up water treatment plant in Sihanoukville
The French Development Agency plans to invest in a water treatment plant in Sihanoukville and will work out details with Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities in the future. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50657651/france-to-set-up-water-treatment-plant-in-sihanoukville/
Ministry floats new law for clean water management
The Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts will propose a new law to improve clean water management in Cambodia. It also warned of crackdowns on clean water supply businesses which are unlicensed or do not have a valid licence. The new law will state the obligations ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-floats-new-law-clean-water-management
Calls for unblocking of canals in P Sihanouk
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun called for those who filled in and constructed buildings over canals to remove anything blocking the vital drainage systems as flooding continues to impact the province. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/calls-unblocking-canals-preah-sihanouk