Ministry of Rural Development

The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) yesterday released its one- year performance report. ...

Ministry of Rural Development spokesman Pit Karuna stated that the ministry has collected data on 455 indigenous communities across the country, of which 194 have been assessed and officially identified. ...

Chhay Rithisen, Minister of Rural Development, chaired a meeting with the leaders of the Ministry of Rural Development on July 3 to promote the successful development of rural development in Cambodia as planned.   ...

Ministry of Rural Development urges review of rural road construction techniques to ensure long-term quality and Reduce public criticism over previous cases of injections. ...

The Minister of Rural Development, Chhay Rithi Sen, said that the draft National Rural Development Policy 2025 -2035 was projected to be finalized by the Ministry in 2024. ...

Chhay RithiSen, Minister of Rural Development, on May 6, 2024, chaired a meeting to conduct a review​ on water supply. ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry of Rural Development, and the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology will begin to increase cooperation more smoothly to help improve people’s livelihoods, benefit farmers, and provide economic efficiency to rural areas. ...

The World Bank has approved an additional 35 million U.S. dollars credit to Cambodia for improving climate-resilient rural roads in three provinces, its press release said on Saturday. ...

A meeting chaired by Minister of Rural Development Chhay Rithisen discussed measures to improve the quality of rural roads and infrastructure. ...

The Minister of Rural Development has received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Cambodia for a cooperation discussion. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has instructed the relevant ministries and institutions to provide services and guidelines to properly manage waste in accordance with the technical specifications at the local level throughout the country. ...

In a joint effort to address critical challenges faced by rural communities in Cambodia, UNICEF Cambodia and the Ministry of Rural Development have pledged to work together to combat climate change, improve rural sanitation, and enhance health services. ...

Minister of Rural Development Chhay Rithisen and Japanese ambassador to Cambodia Atsushi Ueno have committed to bolstering cooperation between the two countries, particularly in non-urban development and clean water education. ...

Chhay Rithisen, Minister of Rural Development, said that in the 7th legislature of the National Assembly, the Ministry will continue to strive to build new achievements by launching strategies as four priority programmes to support the policy of rural development. ...

Cambodia has now achieved 80 percent of clean water supply and the country has set to reach the full coverage by 2025. ...

The Ministry of Rural Development has set the target of providing 100 per cent clean water supply and sanitation services throughout the Kingdom by 2025, while currently more than 80 per cent has already been achieved. ...

More than 80 percent of the rural population in Cambodia now have access to clean water and sanitation, up from 70 percent five years ago, a senior official said here on Monday. ...

Cambodia is one of the leading countries in reducing poverty in the last 25 years, said Minister of Rural Development Ouk Rabun at an international forum yesterday. ...

The Ministry of Rural Development announced its plans to coordinate with the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to amend some sub-decrees which will allow for its involvement in preventing heavy vehicles from using and damaging rural roads. ...

The NGO Forum on Cambodia and indigenous communities have called for stronger efforts on the conservation of indigenous languages and the development of indigenous peoples in the Kingdom. The request was made as more than 300 million indigenous people in over 90 countries around the world ...

The Rural Development Ministry last year paved more than 40,000 kilometres of roads in rural areas to accommodate business travel. According to the ministry’s annual report, in 2018 ministry officials worked with development partners to pave 39,045 kilometres of dirt road, 165 kilometres of asphalt ...

Nearly 20 people representing more than 100 families in Koh Kong province’s Thma Baing district yesterday gathered in Phnom Penh to submit petitions at various institutions requesting intervention to gain official recognition of the Chong indigenous people in Areng Valley. ...

The German Ambassador to Cambodia supports the government giving land titles to indigenous groups in Mondulkiri province as a means of protecting natural resources. According to a press release from the German embassy, German Ambassador Ingo Karsten and Math Mara, secretary of state at the Ministry ...

Telecommunications officials have raised the possibility that a series of hacks against government officials and ministries could have been so-called SS7 attacks, a recently discovered hacking method that involves taking over a person’s cellphone number. At a meeting with local cell companies on Tuesday, officials ...