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Information Ministry to expand monitoring on social media
The Ministry of Information will expand its monitoring of social media posts to include more platforms. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807854/information-ministry-to-expand-monitoring-on-social-media/
NIPTICT signs MoU with Bosch to launch Digital Makerspace
The National Institute of Post, Telecommunications and Information Communications Technology (NIPTICT) and Bosch (Cambodia), a local subsidiary of the Bosch Group, Germany’s leading electronics and engineering company, signed a memorandum of understanding this week to develop a Digital Makerspace at the institution. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807537/niptict-signs-mou-with-bosch-to-launch-digital-makerspace/
NBC launches new payment and transfer system
National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) officially launched its national retail payment system “Retail Pay” yesterday to support and provide fast payment facilities for trade settlement and fund transfers in the Kingdom. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807469/nbc-launches-new-payment-and-transfer-system/
National Road 10 project construction on track
National Road 10, which will link Battambang to Koh Kong province, is now 43.75 percent complete and scheduled to open for traffic in 2023. This was announced by the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport Bong Bun Hourn following an ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807538/national-road-10-project-construction-on-track/
Gold production expected later this year
In the wake of oil production starting in Cambodia, the nation is also placing high hopes of becoming a gold producing country, with the first mining of the precious metal due to start later this year than originally planned. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807498/gold-production-expected-later-this-year/
Youth urged to join STEM fest
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron encouraged youths to participate in the annual Cambodia STEM Festival, which is held online from January 25-29. This year’s theme is “Prepare for the Future” because Cambodia will need an increase of professionals in science, technology, engineering ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-urged-join-stem-fest
EU and Khmer Enterprise fund partnership for clean energy innovation in the agri-fishery sector
Khmer Enterprise, a unit under the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and EnergyLab, Cambodia’s only energy start-up incubator, have inked a partnership agreement to support clean energy start-ups in the agriculture, fishery, and aquaculture sectors in Cambodia with funds from the European Union. ...
Locals struck by travel bug sustain tourism industry
Camboticket entered the market in 2014 and soon found its niche among foreign travellers. However, it is currently sustaining daily operations because of locals adopting the bus ticket-booking platform. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807109/locals-struck-by-travel-bug-sustain-tourism-industry/
Payments balance up Kingdom sees a 1.7 percent surplus in 2020
The Kingdom’s balance of payments (BOP) saw a 1.7 percent surplus compared with its gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020 with growth supported by the in-flow of foreign direct investments and exports, according to a report from the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). ...
Coastal communities to adapt for climate change
Funded by the Global Environmental Facility’s Least-Developed Country Fund (LDCF), the project will help coastal fishing communities and protected areas in Cambodia’s main four coastal provinces – Kampot, Kep, Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk improve their livelihoods by increasing adaptive capabilities regarding climate change while ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807075/coastal-communities-to-adapt-for-climate-change/
MoU signed to apply latest technology for disaster risk management
The Ministry of National Defence has entered a memorandum of understanding with Sensoro Cambodia Technology Co., Ltd to utilise latest technology to monitor and mitigate disaster risks, particularly fire. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50806652/mou-signed-to-apply-latest-technology-for-disaster-risk-management/
Rangers’ achievements honoured
The Ministry of Environment and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Cambodia) have provided certificates of excellence to six out of 100 rangers in Mondulkiri province as recognition for their outstanding efforts. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rangers-achievements-honoured
Cooler, wetter dry season this year forecasted
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has issued a forecast predicting that dry season weather this year would be more favourable than last year, with rainstorms and lighting strikes anticipated to happen more frequently from this month, especially in low-lying areas and coastal provinces. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cooler-wetter-dry-season-year-forecasted
Awards to show gratitude for media work
The Ministry of Information is sponsoring the first annual Gratitude Awards for reporters who have produced exemplary work that demonstrated courage, intellect and insight and advanced the profession of journalism starting in the 1970s. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/awards-show-gratitude-media-work
More than 1,000 cases of fake, objectionable news identified
In 2020, the Ministry of Information identified sources of objectionable or illegal material on social media including fake news and disinformation, various incitements, unfair criticism of the nation’s leadership and insults to the King totalling 1,343 cases. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-1000-cases-fake-objectionable-news-identified
Ministry asserts power over state private land
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has reasserted its authority to conduct cadastral surveys of land plots that aim to establish leaseholder rights over state private land. State private land is legally defined as all property that belongs to the state but does ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-asserts-power-over-state-private-land
National action plan against gender violence launched
Senior officials and international envoys have urged cooperation from society to put a stop to all forms of violence against women amid concerns that incidence has risen across the country and the world since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-action-plan-against-gender-violence-launched
Economic diplomacy strategies prioritised
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn on January 18 announced the launch of the “Economic Diplomacy Strategy (EDS) for 2021-2023” as a framework for future diplomatic and cultural initiatives. Sokhonn also unveiled a collection of traditional recipes dubbed The Taste of Angkor. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/economic-diplomacy-strategies-prioritised
Gov’t: Kingdom’s sovereign debt manageable
A senior official at the Ministry of Economy and Finance described Cambodia’s level of public debt as manageable and allowing flexibility for further borrowing to meet the country’s development needs. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-kingdoms-sovereign-debt-manageable
Domestic vanilla planting taking root
Agriculture brought the Kingdom $4.037 billion in exports alone during 2020. Products grown included cassava, mangoes, bananas and peppers among many other agro-products. However, farmers are now branching out to less common but more profitable crops – and vanilla is among them. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804869/domestic-vanilla-planting-taking-root/
Ministry studies how best to boost exports under China deal
At its Friday meeting on the study and formulation on the good use of trade agreements in promoting exports, the Ministry of Commerce announced research is currently under way on products to be imported and exported under the Cambodia China Free Trade Agreement (CC-FTA). One ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804912/ministry-studies-how-best-to-boost-exports-under-china-deal/
Recovery to be driven by three principles
A senior official at the Ministry of Economy and Finance said the government’s driving principles to restore the economy post-COVID-19 from 2021-2023 will be strategic approaches towards survival, reform and resilience. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804674/recovery-to-be-driven-by-three-principles/
MoE on the lookout for biodiverse ecotourism spots
The Ministry of Environment and Tour Guides Association are working together to identify potential ecotourism spots in protected areas. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804348/moe-on-the-lookout-for-biodiverse-ecotourism-spots/
Kep province to become ‘relaxation and high-end tourist destination’
Four tourism poles and 251 development projects have been added to the newly completed master plan draft for tourism development in Kep province. It is slated for implementation through 2030. ...