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Ministry puts more than 40,000 migrant kids into schools

From 2018 to 2023, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) cooperated with its partners to help a total of 43,952 children of migrant working parents enter public schools as well as childcare and educational centres managed by humanitarian organisations. ...

Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501428078/ministry-puts-more-than-40000-migrant-kids-into-schools/

Cambodian PM calls for more action against drunk driving

Cambodian Prime Minster Hun Manet has urged the General Commissariat of National Police to further strengthen their action against drunk driving to prevent road accidents, a leading cause of deaths and injuries in Cambodia. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501428140/cambodian-pm-calls-for-more-action-against-drunk-driving/

Cultural tradition: Tree ordination in Prey Lang

Members of the Kuoy ethnic minority, part of the Prey Lang community network (PLCN) spanning Kratie, Stung Treng, Preah Vihear and Kampong Thom provinces, will perform a tree ordination ceremony next month. This annual event commemorates forests, accompanied by heartfelt prayers for their protection and ...

Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cultural-tradition-tree-ordination-in-prey-lang

Ministry, ADB prioritise water access, rural sanitation

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is working in close collaboration with the Ministry of Rural Development on transport infrastructure, water supply and sanitation. ...

Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-adb-prioritise-water-access-rural-sanitation

France grant major loans to boost Cambodia’s growth, development

France, through its development agency AFD, will provide sovereign loans of over $230 million to support Cambodia’s economic growth and human resource development. ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/france-grant-major-loans-to-boost-cambodia-s-growth-development

Tina calls for Japanese water management aid

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina has requested that the Japanese government examine the possibility of supporting water management for dry-season agriculture. ...

Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tina-calls-for-japanese-water-management-aid

Pheaktra calls for traditional media return

Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra has reiterated the importance of traditional media, noting that it has an important role to play in a digital context, where true and false information are often mixed together. ...

Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pheaktra-calls-for-traditional-media-return

China-Cambodia intangible heritage exhibition enchants visitors

A China-Cambodia “Beauty of Intangible Heritage” exhibition kicked off here in the Cambodian capital on Sunday, captivating hundreds of visitors. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501426859/china-cambodia-intangible-heritage-exhibition-enchants-visitors/

Agreement to promote non-deforested cashew value chain in Mondulkiri

USAID Morodok Baitang and Olam Outspan (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. have reached a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the promotion of non-deforested value chains in KeoSeima district, Mondulkiri province. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501426861/agreement-to-promote-non-deforested-cashew-value-chain-in-mondulkiri/

Increase flights to China, India, MoT tells Cambodia Airways

The Ministry of Tourism (MoT) asked Cambodia Airways Co Ltd to examine the possibility of expanding direct flights to China and India as well as other major tourism markets in the world which can contribute to the success of the several major campaigns set out ...

Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501426599/increase-flights-to-china-india-mot-tells-cambodia-airways/

France to inject €215M into Kingdom’s development projects

France vowed to continue financing development projects in the Kingdom by adding a budget worth €215 million through the French Development Agency (AFD) focusing on the improvement of vocational training, energy sector and production of clean water. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501426619/france-to-inject-e215m-into-kingdoms-development-projects/

IDPoor cards, title deeds urged for veterans

Kun Kim, first vice-president of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) and secretary-general of the Cambodian Veterans Association (CVA), called on relevant institutions to provide IDPoor cards and title deeds to veterans, their families, disabled individuals and impoverished households. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/idpoor-cards-title-deeds-urged-for-veterans

WWF-Cambodia, Kratie and Stung Treng Fisheries Administration provided equipment to support patrols along the Mekong River

WWF-Cambodia in collaboration with the Kratie and Stung Treng Fisheries Administration, provided necessary equipment to support patrols along the Mekong River to river guards and 10 community fisheries in both provinces on January 16, 2024. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501427482/wwf-cambodia-kratie-and-stung-treng-fisheries-administration-provided-equipment-to-support-patrols-along-the-mekong-river/

Ly Thuch will chair a meeting of the Ottawa Convention Committee in Geneva, Switzerland

Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), high representative of Prime Minister Dr Hun Manet, who is also the chairman of the CMAA, will chair a meeting of the Ottawa Convention Committee in Geneva, Switzerland from January 22-27, ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501427462/ly-thuch-will-chair-a-meeting-of-the-ottawa-convention-committee-in-geneva-switzerland/

Number of kindergartens and schools increasing

From 2013 to 2023, the number of kindergartens and schools increased from 14,852 to 18,830, which in the ten-year period was 3,978 more places of education nationwide. ...

Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501427196/number-of-kindergartens-and-schools-increasing/

Queen Mother donates $50,000 to support CMAC’s mine action

The Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk donated $50,000 to the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) for use in demining activities in Cambodia. ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501427202/queen-mother-donates-50000-to-support-cmacs-mine-action/

Interior Minister sounds the alarm over traffic accidents

The number of road accidents and casualties has been reported to have reached an emergency level, and if stakeholders do not increase law enforcement efforts, Sar Sokha, the Minister of Interior and Chairman of the National Road Safety Committee, believes that 2024 will mark the ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501427208/interior-minister-sounds-the-alarm-over-traffic-accidents/

Calls for tighter regulations to end drunk driving

Calls are being made for tighter restrictions on alcohol advertising and tougher punishments for drunk drivers after four people were left dead and another four injured in the latest fatal smash to plague Cambodia’s roads. ...

Chhim PichBormey
https://kiripost.com/stories/calls-for-tighter-regulations-to-end-drunk-driving

43 gambling locations were cracked down on the first 21 days of the 2024

An Interior Ministry official said that for the first 21 days of 2024, the authorities of the Ministry of Interior had cracked down on gambling in 43 locations and sent 72 suspects to court. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501427441/43-gambling-locations-were-cracked-down-on-the-first-21-days-of-the-2024/

Gov’t okays for feasibility study on Mondulkiri Airport

The Royal Government of Cambodia has given the green light for an international consortium to initiate a feasibility study regarding the construction of a new airport in Ou Reang district of Mondulkiri province. ...

James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501425635/govt-okays-for-feasibility-study-on-mondulkiri-airport/

Cambodia welcomes 547,798 Chinese tourists last year, up 412.5 percent

Cambodia received 547,798 Chinese visitors in 2023, up 412.5 percent from only 106,875 in a year earlier, said a Ministry of Tourism’s report released on Friday. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501426047/cambodia-welcomes-547798-chinese-tourists-last-year-up-412-5-percent/

Cambodia’s green energy, a ticket to EU funds

When it comes to EU-based companies, many prioritise transitioning to renewable energy and if Cambodia can show progress in this space it would make the country more attractive, said a new report, titled, ‘Cambodia’s Attractiveness for EU Foreign Direct Investments (FDI)’. The report was produced ...

Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501427160/cambodias-green-energy-a-ticket-to-eu-funds/

Cambodia asks India to train police to combat online fraud

Cambodia has asked the government of India to provide scholarships to Cambodian National Police officers on advanced technological training to help combat online fraud. ...

Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501426623/cambodia-asks-india-to-train-police-to-combat-online-fraud/

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