Aid and development

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. ...

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. ...

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). ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) expressed a renewed sense of optimism in its recent meeting with representatives from Japan. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

A demonstration project for integrated management of typical small river basins, funded by the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund, has been inaugurated here. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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 ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen Tuesday emphasised that one of the key factors for Cambodia’s progress is reform. ...

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. ...

Japan is committed to continue supporting Cambodia’s education sector, especially the scholarship program under the Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development (JDS). ...

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. ...