Social development
Gov’t urged to pass access to information law
Cambodia on Friday commemorated International Day of Universal Access to Information with a conference that gathered over 150 representatives from the government, civil society, indigenous communities, youth groups, organisations of persons with disabilities and political parties. ...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501161228/govt-urged-to-pass-access-to-information-law/
PM grants 10-year Tier-1 IDPoor cards to Run Ta Ek
The government will issue Tier-1 ID poor equity cards to every family who has resettled in the newly-created Run Ta Ek village in Siem Reap. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501161046/pm-grants-10-year-tier-1-idpoor-cards-to-run-ta-ek/
Pension scheme appeals to workers
A 90-day campaign promoting the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) pension scheme for workers when they retire has successfully reached out to1.8 million people. ...
So Cheata
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501160683/pension-scheme-appeals-to-workers/
Hun Sen: CPP properly implements racial and religious harmony policy
Hun Sen, Prime Minister and President of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), reaffirmed on Thursday that CPP has carried out well the policy of racial and religious harmony, which allows all religions to coexist. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501160016/hun-sen-cpp-properly-implements-racial-and-religious-harmony-policy/
PM: Religion plays key role in building mental peace and social security
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, said on Thursday that religion plays a key role in building mental peace, social security, and religious harmony in Cambodia and around the world. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501160023/pm-religion-plays-key-role-in-building-mental-peace-and-social-security/
Civil society groups call on government to add more inputs on access to information law to reduce corruption
Civil society organizations and indigenous peoples’ representatives call on the government to disclose information to the public and include additional elements in the “Right to Information Law” to reduce corruption while they still face some challenges in obtaining sensitive information from government. ...
Nat Sopheap
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/09/28/civil-society-to-add-elements-to-information-law-to-reduce-corruption/
Vietnam, Cambodia boost cooperation in culture, art
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong and secretary of state and spokesman of Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts Long Ponnasirivath signed a cultural and artistic cooperation programme for the 2023 – 2027 period at a meeting in Ho ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501159301/vietnam-cambodia-boost-cooperation-in-culture-art/
Over 10 Phnom Penh condos, hotels raided over trafficking, online ‘services’
Hundreds of foreign nationals have been removed from Phnom Penh compounds as police acknowledged detention, torture, extortion and human trafficking in several arrests. ...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/over-10-phnom-penh-condos-hotels-raided-over-trafficking-online-services/
Phnom Penh declared mine-free within municipality
The threats posed by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) are more complex than they might appear at first glance, as they leave people with crippling injuries, suffering, trauma and in mourning while also disrupting development of the land they infest, said a senior ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-declared-mine-free-within-municipality
Teacher’s association seeks permission for march with petitions
The Cambodian Independent Teacher’s Association (CITA) plans to celebrate this year’s Teachers’ Day on October 5 with a public display, with Phnom Penh authorities saying that permission may be granted depending on the circumstances. ...
Eng Reachny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-association-seeks-permission-march-petitions
Skills for future economy project to be okayed by 2023: ADB
ADB will support the Skills for Future Economy Sector Development Program in Cambodia, said a top official of the bank. The bank is the leading development partner in the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501156974/skills-for-future-economy-project-to-be-okayed-by-2023-adb/
NCDM holds training seminar on IT tech in disaster management
The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) and the World Food Programme (WFP) – in collaboration with the Department of Geography and Land Management at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) – launched a three-day basic training course on use of remote sensing (RS) ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ncdm-holds-training-seminar-it-tech-disaster-management
43% of children under 14 physically disciplined at home, study says
Nearly half of Cambodian children aged 1 to 14 years old are disciplined in their homes using physical violence, a new government study says, with social norms remaining a key factor in why adults hit their kids. ...
Ngay Nai
https://cambojanews.com/43-of-children-under-14-physically-disciplined-at-home-study-says/
Garment sector minimum wage to Rise to $200 a month in 2023
The minimum wage for workers in Cambodia’s billion-dollar garment sector will rise to $200 a month next year, a $6 raise that unions said was insufficient while employers raised concerns about profits and regional competitiveness. ...
Khuon Narim and Matt Surrusco
https://cambojanews.com/garment-sector-minimum-wage-to-rise-to-200-a-month-in-2023/
Press freedom groups, donors tout benefits of a national press council
Press freedom groups and foreign donors on Friday discussed the potential benefits and goals of establishing a national press council, including developing a standardized code of ethics for journalists nationwide and promoting public trust and self-regulation in the industry. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/press-freedom-groups-donors-tout-benefits-of-a-national-press-council/
Kbal Romeas Community requests authorities to provide 3,000 hectares of communal land
The Kbal Romeas community requests the authorities to help protect their forests from the Chinese company Sivgex and expedite the establishment of another 3,000 hectares of their communal land. ...
Meng Kroypunlok
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/09/19/kbal-romeas-community-requests-authorities-to-create-3000-hectares-of-collective-land/
MoU signed to push financial literacy
Associations of Banks and Microfinance Institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday with a FinTech federation to promote financial literacy and inclusion as part of a move towards greater digital adoption. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/mou-signed-to-push-financial-literacy
Accredited lab to boost food safety nationwide
The Laboratory of Environment and Food Safety (LEFS) at Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC), is now accredited for food microbiology testing, enabling it to further assist food processing businesses to identify potential food safety hazards and improve the safety and quality of food products. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/accredited-lab-to-boost-food-safety-nationwide
Mondulkiri officials probe Bunong logging allegations
Mondulkiri provincial environment officials are working to identify loggers who a Bunong indigenous community accused of clearing nearly 100ha of community forest in Koh Nhek district’s Rayum commune. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-officials-probe-bunong-logging-allegations
Health ministry signs cataract MoU with China’s GX Foundation
The Cambodian Ministry of Health and the GX Foundation of China signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on September 19 on a project to help eliminate cataract blindness in Cambodia by providing treatment to people in Prey Veng province. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-signs-cataract-mou-chinas-gx-foundation
Liger School students to launch Cambodian economy book
Students from Liger Leadership Academy are gearing up to launch a book on Cambodia’s economy after two years of research. ...
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/liger-school-students-to-launch-cambodian-economy-book-volume-2
Cambodia highly values CLMV Action Plan in 2023-2024
Cambodia, the ASEAN Chair in 2022, applauded important discussions related to economic cooperation and development orientations among CLMV countries at the 14th Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam Economic Ministers’ Meeting (CLMV-EMM 14) in Cambodia, including the approval of the CLMV Action Plan for the 2023-2024 ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501152800/cambodia-highly-values-clmv-action-plan-in-2023-2024/
Countries, including Cambodia, growing 70% of world’s food face ‘extreme’ heat risk by 2045
Blistering crop-withering temperatures that also risk the health of agricultural workers could threaten swathes of global food production by 2045 as the world warms, an industry analysis warned Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501152829/countries-including-cambodia-growing-70-of-worlds-food-face-extreme-heat-risk-by-2045/
PATHMAZING to lead management and fundraising For SEA Games 2023
PATHMAZING Inc, a Cambodian company-led consortium, has been given full rights to provide Games Management system “GMS” and act as a one window service to raise funds for the Southeast East Asian Games 2023, which Cambodia is gearing up to host for the first time. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/pathmazing-to-lead-management-and-fundraising-for-sea-games-2023