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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched an Artificial Intelligence-based (AI) tool to map vulnerabilities in Cambodia and accelerate poverty reduction and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ...

Cambodian experts, academia, government, civil society, private sector and youth discussed how AI and e-Government interact with the right to Access Information, in a recent seminar organised by UNECO and the Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology (CADT). ...

Germany contributed an additional €16 million to support the Cambodia Health Equity and Quality Improvement Programme (H-EQIP). ...

The Political Dialogue on Development Cooperation between the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany will be held on October 19-20, 2022. ...

Cambodia Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Samheng has called on more initiatives to improve working conditions for workers in small and medium enterprises and informal economy in ASEAN and ASEAN partner countries. ...

The National Bank of Cambodia has asked financial institutions to implement flexible measures for borrowers who have been affected by flood, in a bid to ease the burden on financial flow and contribute to restoring families’ economic standards. ...

The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth issued a formal letter on October 18 appealing to students who are taking the upcoming high school diploma exam to focus on learning digital skills. ...

The government, through a sub-decree, cut off 67 hectares of Boeung Ta Mok in Phnom Penh to a businessman who have ties to Prim Minister Hun Sen’s daughter. ...

Some Cambodian migrant workers currently employed in Thailand are worried about an apparent tightening of labour law enforcement after some Thai companies were found to have brought workers there without proper documents, according to a prominent NGO working with the migrants in the neighbouring country. ...

Residents in Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province, ask the government to intervene with the  authorities to expedite the resolution of land disputes as soon as possible and transparently as the authorities accused them of illegally entering the Botum Sakor National Park. ...

Newly-appointed Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina said he is committed to solving the challenges faced by all Cambodian farmers, especially those affected by floods, and that his main priority will be promoting their livelihoods.​ ...

The Ministry of Justice plans to establish an expert unit to resolve disputes out of court, focusing on civil and minor misdemeanour cases in a bid to minimise case backlog, improve access to judicial services for the average persons, and create a culture of understanding ...

Civil society organisations (CSOs) and hundreds of people from all walks of life met at a two-day “Cambodian citizens’ forum” in the capital to voice their concerns, hoping their issues will be addressed and included in national and regional policies. ...

While river fishermen are claiming to have had smaller catches this season, experts are predicting that this year’s freshwater fish yields will be double that of previous years. Heng Kong, director of the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute at the Fisheries Administration (FiA), predicted that ...

The Ministry of Environment is partnering with a private company to organise the safe collection of electrical waste, or e-waste. The new project comes as the ministry’s pilot battery collection scheme reaches the one year mark. Battery disposal bins have been placed in gas stations, ...

Seventy families in Phnom Krom village, Sangkat Siem Reap, Siem Reap city, have requested Siem Reap provincial authorities to grant them land titles as they claim the land is in dispute with soldiers. ...

Four NagaWorld protestors have asked for a delay to a court summons related to a complaint by the casino corporation alleging they illegally entered the premises. ...

A land activist from Tbong Khmum province was allegedly beaten in Phnom Penh on Sunday while attending a seminar in the capital. ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Monday that some 200,000 vehicles had traveled on the kingdom’s first-ever expressway since it was open to the public for trial use for free on Oct 1. ...

A business associate of the prime minister’s daughter has received 67 hectares from the state on the rapidly filling Boeng Tamok lake in Phnom Penh. Boeng Tamok, one of the city’s last lakes, has been doled out to tycoons and officials’ family members in recent years, ...

A Stung Treng spokesperson has defended the use of violence in arrests related to “red-handed” crimes as he responded to a video of seemingly unnecessary violence while handcuffing a man in front of his young child. ...

Growth momentum in foreign inbound investment and orders have driven up the value of imports and exports handled at the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in the first three quarters of this year, reported at $1.904 billion, up 21.27 per cent from the $1.57 billion ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that the government will provide financial support to nearly 20,000 households affected by recent flooding. ...

The unemployment rate in Cambodia is expected to reach 2 percent by the end of 2022, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts’ expectations. In 2023, Cambodia’s unemployment rate is projected to trend around 2 percent and 0.90 percent in 2024, according to ...