The Phnom Penh Post
ASEAN urge peace in Ukraine
ASEAN foreign ministers have expressed deep concern over the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine and urged all parties to show the utmost restraint in order to prevent the situation from escalating. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/asean-urge-peace-ukraine
Group preaches money laundering law
A working group from the Ministry of Justice is disseminating the contents of the laws on “Combatting the Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction” and “Anti-Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism” to bring Cambodia into compliance with the conditions set forth in the ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/group-preaches-money-laundering-law
Angelina Jolie’s visit invaluable boon for tourism, insiders say
The arrival of Hollywood starlet Angelina Jolie in Cambodia during the Covid-19 crisis serves as invaluable promotion of the Kingdom as a safe tourist destination and comes as the greatest boost in its efforts to attract tourists since its November reopening, according to industry insiders. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angelina-jolies-visit-invaluable-boon-tourism-insiders-say
US funding wildlife crimes training for court officials
The Ministry of Justice and Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia (WCS Cambodia) conducted the first training courses on “Skills to Address International Wildlife Trafficking for Cambodian Prosecutors and Judges”. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-funding-wildlife-crimes-training-court-officials
Tourism cooperation with France, Iran on cards
France and Iran have expressed their desire to connect flights with Cambodia and increase tourism cooperation with the Kingdom in other fields, in the hopes of bringing its travel industry back to pre-pandemic heights. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-cooperation-france-iran-cards
Road inspections underway to check construction safety
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the Ministry of Rural Development are to jointly inspect roads throughout the country to manage the development of road infrastructure and ensure traffic safety, according to an inter-ministerial prakas released on February 11. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/road-inspections-underway-check-construction-safety
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
World Bank commits $60 million for five waste management sites
Several ministries and the World Bank have been studying plans for a project to improve solid and plastic waste management in the towns and districts of five provinces. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-bank-commits-60-million-five-waste-management-sites
Pursat upgrades park, roads, drainage in bid to win ‘clean city’ title
The Pursat provincial administration is preparing to improve a riverside park with lighting, fix main roads and drainage systems as well as a wastewater treatment facility to beautify the town in a bid to win a clean city competition. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-upgrades-park-roads-drainage-bid-win-clean-city-title
Sar Kheng: Focus on land row settlement
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng urged sub-national administrations to increase monitoring and control of illegal land encroachment in protected areas to further prevent these crimes. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-focus-land-row-settlement
Education ministry, NACD awarded for tobacco policy
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) have received awards from the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) for their implementation of tobacco control in Cambodia. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-ministry-nacd-awarded-tobacco-policy
One Window Service units generate over $21M in ‘21
The One Window Service Units (OWSU) across the country provided administrative services to more than 440,000 people in 2021, generating more than $21 million in revenue for state coffers. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/one-window-service-units-generate-over-21m-21
PM salutes deminers for sacrifices
Prime Minister Hun Sen has paid tribute to deminers across Cambodia, whose efforts in the last 25 years have led to a dramatic decrease in mine-related casualties. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-salutes-deminers-sacrifices
Sokhonn calls on ASEAN to operationalise AOIP policies
Cambodia urged the EU and its partners to boost cooperation with Southeast Asian countries to help them enlarge their strategic autonomy through efforts based on mutual respect and trust in order to maintain peace and stability. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/sokhonn-calls-asean-operationalise-aoip-policies
Tourism cooperation with France, Iran on cards
France and Iran have expressed their desire to connect flights with Cambodia and increase tourism cooperation with the Kingdom in other fields, in the hopes of bringing its travel industry back to pre-pandemic heights. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-cooperation-france-iran-cards
Bunong seek burial grounds justice
Six representatives of the Bunong indigenous community have filed a complaint with the Mondulkiri Provincial Court seeking an investigation into their commune and village chiefs, who they alleged had turned a blind eye to infringement on their traditional burial grounds. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bunong-seek-burial-grounds-justice
Residence, family books free of charge, district police say
The seven commune police stations in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district have been instructed to pay more attention to the issuance of residence and family books to people changing their residence or moving from one village or commune to another. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/residence-family-books-free-charge-district-police-say
Kingdom’s Covid vaccinations surpass 90%: ministry
The Ministry of Health has announced that Covid-19 vaccinations have now surpassed 90 per cent of the total population, while the campaign to inoculate children aged 3 to 4 began on February 23. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdoms-covid-vaccinations-surpass-90-ministry
Medical myths put pressure on pangolins
A senior Ministry of Environment official said pangolins were the most traded species of mammal in the world due to their use in traditional Chinese medicine while in Cambodia the species is widely threatened by illegal hunting and trapping carried out to supply that industry. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/medical-myths-put-pressure-pangolins
Plans for Preah Sihanouk’s Techo Westerdam Park gain traction
The government is making headway on plans to create the Techo Westerdam Park in Preah Sihanouk province, as a new attraction for national and international tourists who may be looking for some time away from the beaches and islands, a decision issued by the National ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/plans-preah-sihanouks-techo-westerdam-park-gain-traction
Iran invited to oil, gas scene
Cambodia has invited Iran to examine the feasibility of developing the Kingdom’s existing oil blocks and requested that the republic conduct further oil and gas exploration studies. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/iran-invited-oil-gas-scene
Electric rates static amid Covid shocks
Cambodia was one of only nine countries and territories that saw no significant changes in electricity tariffs between 2019 and 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic began to sweep across the globe. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/electric-rates-static-amid-covid-shocks
Wastewater plant breaks ground
Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over the groundbreaking ceremony of the Choeung Ek Wastewater Treatment Facility – to be built using more than $20 million in aid from Japan – in Chak Angre Leu commune’s Prek Ta Kong I village of Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wastewater-plant-breaks-ground