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Cambodia to assess student learning to strengthen post-COVID recovery efforts
In June, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) started their participation in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a significant step towards understanding student learning outcomes, taking stock of what learners know, gauging the readiness of Cambodia’s youth for the future and ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501143578/cambodia-to-assess-student-learning-to-strengthen-post-covid-recovery-efforts/
Primary healthcare framework introduced
The introduction of a new framework to promote primary healthcare in Cambodia will help ensure that the Ministry of Health’s latest strategic plan can be implemented effectively, its senior official said. The framework will be based on the National Health Policy, the fourth phase of which ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/primary-healthcare-framework-introduced
Unions push for minimum garment workers wage of $213
The latest round of negotiations on the minimum wage for garment workers has seen unions push for $213 a month, while employers are calling for $196. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/unions-push-for-minimum-garment-workers-wage-of-213
Program aims to assess learning levels in education
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) has signed up to a global scheme that aims to assess education quality in schools and students levels of learning, and aid post-Covid recovery in the sector. ...
Gender mainstreaming for women’s economic empowerment promoted
Cambodia’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MOWA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held here at Phnom Penh Hotel on August 29 the 5th Fifth Meeting of Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) for the Project on Gender Mainstreaming for Women’s Economic Empowerment (PGM-WEE). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501142210/gender-mainstreaming-for-womens-economic-empowerment-promoted/
Cambodia produces over four million tons of garbage per year: official
Cambodia produces more than four million tons of garbage a year, and only a half was disposed of at dumping sites, Ministry of Environment’s secretary of state and spokesman Neth Pheaktra said on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501142231/cambodia-produces-over-four-million-tons-of-garbage-per-year-official/
Government doles out around eight billion riels to clean up cities
Ministry of Environment secretary of state and spokesman Neth Pheaktra said that the Royal Government spent around eight billion riels (approx. $1,944,106) in a year to clean up 28 cities throughout the country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501142245/government-doles-out-around-eight-billion-riels-to-clean-up-cities/
70 percent of hotels, guesthouses in Cambodia reopen after COVID-19 wanes
Some 70 percent of hotels and guesthouses in Cambodia have resumed their operations after the COVID-19 pandemic has waned, the Ministry of Tourism said in a report on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501141325/70-percent-of-hotels-guesthouses-in-cambodia-reopen-after-covid-19-wanes/
Interior minister expresses regret about year of human trafficking
After months of authorities’ denials, Interior Minister Sar Kheng acknowledged foreign nationals had been trafficked into Cambodia, passed around gambling and other syndicates, faced violence and threats, and were calling out for help and rescue for more than a year. ...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/interior-minister-expresses-regret-about-year-of-human-trafficking/
Authorities reclaim 65,000 hectares of flooded forest
About 65,000 hectares of flooded forest around the Tonle Sap Lake have been reclaimed, with 5,000 families relocated, to prevent further encroachment, according to the spokesman for the Ministry of Land Management. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/authorities-reclaim-65000-hectares-of-flooded-forest
University students encouraged to focus on digital technology
Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has encouraged university students in Cambodia to focus on digital technology and innovation developments amid the remarkably growing Industry Revolution 4.0 and e-commerce business after the e-commerce law was passed. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501139165/university-students-encouraged-to-focus-on-digital-technology/
Gov’t to borrow $300M from investors next month
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) Wednesday announced that it will borrow $300 million from the public and institutions by issuing its first three types of government bonds eight times from September to the end of this year. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501138957/govt-to-borrow-300m-from-investors-next-month/
Ministry issues uniforms for community forest patrols
Members of local communities assisting park rangers in patrolling and protecting natural resources and protected areas have been issued community uniforms by the Ministry of Environment to make these people easily identifiable. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501138956/ministry-issues-uniforms-for-community-forest-patrols/
Gov’t expects to complete land title exercise this year
The government has issued more than six million land titles over the last five years with the final batch expected to be completed this year. Theng Chan Sangvar, Secretary of State of Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, said yesterday that 6,584,778 land ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501138221/govt-expects-to-complete-land-title-exercise-this-year/
Bangladesh interested in contract farming; Cambodia assures of support
Bangladesh Ambassador to Cambodia Abdul Hai has said that Bangladesh is interested in “contract farming” in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501138620/bangladesh-interested-in-contract-farming-cambodia-assures-of-support/
Khmer Enterprise launches second cohort of EMDG to provide further benefits to SMEs
Khmer Enterprise, a unit under the Ministry of Economy and Finance, has recently launched the second cohort of its Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) programme to provide further benefit to the small and medium sized enterprises. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501137817/khmer-enterprise-launches-second-cohort-of-emdg-to-provide-further-benefits-to-smes/
Downturn for Kingdom’s banana exports: Cambodia’s banana exports drop by seven percent in first seven months
Banana exports from Cambodia have seen a decrease in the first seven months of this year and the Ministry of Agriculture has reported a decrease of 7.28 percent. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501137881/downturn-for-kingdoms-banana-exports-cambodias-banana-exports-drop-by-seven-percent-in-first-seven-months/
Digital literacy key to post-Covid rebound for tourism sector: Khon
Promoting digital literacy in the tourism sector amid the ever-evolving technological era will be crucial to bringing back international travellers after more than two years of pandemic shutdown, according to Minister of Tourism Thong Khon. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/digital-literacy-key-post-covid-rebound-tourism-sector-khon
Gov’t renews 70 casino and game of chance firms
The General Secretariat of Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia (CGMC) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has renewed the validity of 70 licenses to casino and game of chance companies nationwide in the second quarter of this year, according to a release ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501135965/govt-renews-70-casino-and-game-of-chance-firms/
Cambodia, UNCDF sign MoU on extension of bilateral agreement
The Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the United Nations Capital Development Fund signed here on Thursday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the extension of agreement between the two parties. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501135088/cambodia-uncdf-sign-mou-on-extension-of-bilateral-agreement/
Cambodia’s SMEs battle string of challenges
The Director General of the National Bank of Cambodia, Chea Serey, said on Thursday that Cambodian SMEs face a number of challenges that range from a lack of human resources and market capitalization, to access to credit. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodias-smes-battle-string-of-challenges
Cambodia’s urban population to reach 7.92M by 2030
Cambodia’s urban population will rise to 7.92 million by 2030, accounting for 44 percent of the total population from 6.13 million or 39.5 percent in 2019, said Pen Sophal, secretary of state at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction, recently. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501133955/cambodias-urban-population-to-reach-7-92m-by-2030/
Cambodia’s adult literacy increases significantly
Literacy rate for the citizens aged 15 years old and above in Cambodia has seen a significant rise, reflecting the government’s successful efforts in eradicating illiteracy rate, said a senior official of the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501133550/cambodias-adult-literacy-increases-significantly/
RUPP Vietnamese Language Department to offer 3 courses
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron issued a proclamation on November 22, 2021, to establish the Institute of International Studies and Public Policy of RUPP where students can study in the Vietnamese Language Department and obtain a bachelor’s in Vietnamese studies, Vietnamese ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501133204/rupp-vietnamese-language-department-to-offer-3-courses/