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Twenty hospitals and clinics in the capital, Siem Reap and Battambang provinces have participated in the “Leveraging Technology to Upgrade Cambodian Healthcare” project to “go digital and go green” by switching from traditional paper-based operations to a new digital hospital management system developed by Peth ...

The tourism ministry has called on business owners and service providers not to raise prices during the upcoming Khmer New Year holidays to allow tourists to enjoy the traditional holiday after two years of postponements brought upon by the Covid-19 outbreak in Cambodia. ...

The government has agreed in principle to the recruitment of nearly 46,000 contract officials to serve in various ministries and institutions, while not allowing the recruitment of new civil servants into the state employment framework to replace any retirees, with a few notable exceptions. ...

Another 3.5 million doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines donated by China touched down at Phnom Penh International Airport on March 30, just a day after the first shipment of 1.5 million doses arrived.   ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on Chinese tech giant Huawei to continue to cooperate with the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications on training the local workforce and help Cambodia procure the latest technology to ensure cyber security and competition.   ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has told visiting UN special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia Vitit Muntarbhorn that the Kingdom “adheres” to the principle of multi-party democracy, in response to concerns he expressed to the UN Human Rights Council about the ...

Cambodia Human Rights Committee (CHRC) did not speak on the Myanmar crisis but instead focused on Asean’s Human Rights Achievement 2021 and strategic plans on the first day of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) 34th meeting being held via videoconference from yesterday ...

The Ministry of Commerce will officially launch an online marketplace today, featuring around a thousand goods produced locally and available for online shopping lovers. ...

Elephant conservationists in Mondulkiri province have appealed to the government to protect elephants and preserve forests. The call comes amid growing concern over the killing of elephants for their tusks and other parts. ...

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) plans to declare Prey Veng as a mine-free province – the second, after Kep province. ...

The South  Korean government has pledged an additional concession loan package of $1.2 billion to finance a number of priority projects in Cambodia. ...

Any assessment of Cambodia should take into account all sources of the assessment, underlined Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) Luy David in a recent meeting via videoconference with Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn, Special Rapporteur on the situation of ...

The joint task force from different institutions to tackle illegal fishing in Tonle Sap Lake has used Kampong Phlok port as the meeting point to coordinate the crackdown on illegal fishing in the lake.  ...

A plane carrying another batch of China-donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the capital of Cambodia on Tuesday amid the country’s booster shots vaccination drive. ...

Cambodia is seeking more economic, trade, and investment ties with Francophonie nations, Prime Minister Hun Sen told visiting Secretary-General of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) Louise Mushikiwabo at a meeting yesterday. ...

Cambodia Mine Action and Victims Assistance Authority (CMAA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a US-based NGO to broaden partnership and cooperation on landmine clearance. ...

The Cambodia-China Friendship Medical Building, a key livelihood project shouldered by State-owned China State Construction Engineering Corp, was officially put into use in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on March 21. ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping “always puts the people at the center of his heart,” said Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni in an interview with People’s Daily after attending the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing at the invitation of Xi. ...

The inter-ministries finalised the discussion on the draft of the agricultural development policy for 2021-2030  yesterday, drawing high hopes for the policy to promote agricultural development with a competitive, sustainable and inclusive approach. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed his concerns about the ability of the coronavirus to mutate into new strains other than Omicron, and urged the relevant institutions to monitor its mutation. ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng instructed all members of the police force and civil servants to maintain their neutrality and protect all legal political activities and candidates of all political parties during the campaigning for the upcoming commune council election while emphasising that government officials ...

Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol has urged the owners of about half a million vehicles whose technical inspection certificates have expired to utilise the nearest Check centre services to do so promptly or risk fines. ...

The Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Centre of Preah Ang Duong Hospital, completed at a cost of about $8 million – received as a grant from South Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency – was inaugurated on March 28. ...

Leaders and businesspeople from the Malaysian state of Malacca have vowed to promote investment among compatriots in four target Cambodian sectors – education and vocational training; real estate; mining; and energy, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...