Social development
Siem Reap girl infected with bird flu
The Communicable Disease Control Department (CDC) under the Ministry of Health said they had discovered a case of influenza A/H9, or bird flu, in a one-year-old girl through its pneumonia surveillance system. The child displayed several symptoms – including a high fever, coughing, and breathing ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-girl-infected-bird-flu
World Bank approves funds for healthcare project
The World Bank has approved $113 million in new financing to improve access to quality healthcare in Cambodia focusing on poor and vulnerable people and supporting effective responses to health crises. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-bank-approves-funds-healthcare-project
Japan funds environmental awareness, child protection programmes
The Japanese government has provided more than $800,000 in funding to two Japanese NGOs, under its grant assistance framework. The NGOs are engaged in raising awareness of environment issues and eliminating violence against children in schools. ...
Women’s minister pushing positive parenting toolkits
Minister of Women’s Affairs Ing Kantha Phavi virtually launched three different toolkits on positive parenting to promote positive child education through increased knowledge and skills and access to appropriate and timely parenting support. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/womens-minister-pushing-positive-parenting-toolkits
GMAC supplying factories with hands-on fire fighting training
The Garment Manufacturing Association in Cambodia (GMAC) provided training on fire fighting to staff from its member factories and enterprises. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gmac-supplying-factories-hands-fire-fighting-training
Jab trucks set for capital, 11 provinces
Prime Minister Hun Sen has received new donations in the form of 20 trucks and handed them over to health departments in the capital and 11 provinces for use in transporting Covid-19 vaccines to the public. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jab-trucks-set-capital-11-provinces
Kampong Cham imposes private tutor ban for state teachers
The Kampong Cham provincial Department of Education, Youth and Sports has prohibited teachers from tutoring extra classes outside regular state hours. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-cham-imposes-private-tutor-ban-state-teachers
Cambodia to receive 523,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from Hungary
Hungary is sending 523,000 doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Cambodia in an effort to further aid the worldwide fight against the pandemic, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501039666/cambodia-to-receive-523000-doses-of-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-from-hungary/
Japan supports Cambodia’s capacity building of Youth, and Community Health promotion
The Government of Japan has agreed to provide $1,093 million to build youth capacity and promote community health, sanitation and hygiene in two Cambodian provinces, under the framework, the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501039702/japan-supports-cambodias-capacity-building-of-youth-and-community-health-promotion/
Ministry Of Women’s Affairs, NBC and Visa celebrate completion of partnership on Promoting Financial Literacy for women and women entrepreneurs
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA), the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), and Visa, have completed their year-long program “Promoting Financial Literacy for Women and Women Entrepreneurs”, helping to improve financial literacy and economically empower nearly 10,000 women, entrepreneurs and students across Cambodia. ...
Ministry: Flag should not be used as part of clothing items
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts considers the use of the Cambodian flag as a fabric to design clothes a denigration of the core values of the “Nation, Religion, King” motto that represents the Khmer people. The ministry asked that manufacturers of such clothing ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-flag-should-not-be-used-part-clothing-items
Ministry set to launch Japan’s ‘Think! Think!’ at eight public schools
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports plans to launch Japan’s number one curriculum “Think! Think!” this month at Preah Norodom Primary School in Phnom Penh. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-set-launch-japans-think-think-eight-public-schools
Molnupiravir to be free for workers on frontline: PM
Prime Minster Hun Sen has granted approval for healthcare institutions to provide Covid-19 antiviral medicine Molnupiravir at no cost to medical and frontline workers who have tested positive and are exhibiting mild symptoms that can be treated at home. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/molnupiravir-be-free-workers-frontline-pm
Ministry says Molnupiravir use only after positive tests
A senior Ministry of Health official has warned that use of the Covid-19 antiviral medicine Molnupiravir before an individual has contracted the disease is dangerous as the treatment is to be used only when one tests positive, and is not to prevent infection. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-says-molnupiravir-use-only-after-positive-tests
Australia upgrades Kingdom’s cold chain capacity
The Ministry of Health has received an Australian donation of 33 freezers to assist with keeping certain Covid-19 vaccines at temperatures of -80C as well as 100 freezers that can chill their contents to -20C. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/australia-upgrades-kingdoms-cold-chain-capacity
Mental health project launched
The Singapore International Foundation (SIF) and Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital has launched the Enhancing Mental Healthcare Services Project in Phnom Penh. It is expected to benefit about 30,000 people by 2024. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mental-health-project-launched
Sixty per cent of all women run business, says minister
Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Samheng claimed that more than 60 per cent of women in Cambodia are business owners or entrepreneurs, a rate he said is three times higher than the US. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sixty-cent-all-women-run-business-says-minister
Chinese ‘blood slave’ exposed as fraudulent
A Chinese national who claimed to be a “blood slave” for criminal gangs and shared his story with the media has been arrested for inventing the harrowing experience to avoid having his illegal entry into Cambodia discovered, according to an announcement by the National Police ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chinese-blood-slave-exposed-fraudulent
Ministry plots path to ‘Digital Cambodia’
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications – with technical support from UNESCO – is promoting media and digital literacy in Cambodia through the project “Development of National Media, Information and Digital Literacy (MIDL)”. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-plots-path-digital-cambodia
Cambodia Omicron cases pass 9,000 as Kingdom records highest daily deaths since November 2021
As PM Hun Sen goes into COVID-19 quarantine, Cambodia today recorded the 22nd consecutive day of the new triple digit ‘Omicron Surge’ as daily case numbers remain high ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501032277/cambodia-omicron-cases-pass-9000-as-kingdom-records-highest-daily-deaths-since-november-2021/
USAID Boosts Digital Training for Young
A $15 million USAID-funded initiative to give young Cambodians the skills to compete in the digital economy was launched on Feb. 23 by US Ambassador W. Patrick Murphy and Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron. ...
Sam Sopich
https://cambodianess.com/article/usaid-boosts-digital-training-for-young
Ministry, USAID, UC Berkeley launch digital skills project
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the University of California, Berkeley – in collaboration with the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports – launched a five-year digital skill development project with $15 million in USAID funding. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-usaid-uc-berkeley-launch-digital-skills-project
Dengue cases sharply drop
In 2021, nearly 2,000 cases of dengue fever were detected, while the number of deaths nationwide was eight, a significant reduction over the previous year, according to the National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control (NCM). ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dengue-cases-sharply-drop
A $15m cash injection aims to bridge Cambodia’s digital skills gap
USAID launches $15m initiative to improve the nation’s digital skills by working with universities and private institutions to strengthen the quality of ICT curriculums and improve soft skills. ...
Phin Rathana
https://kiripost.com/stories/a-15m-loan-aims-to-bridge-cambodias-digital-skills-gap