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Cambodia to host 6th Asian Youth Para Games in 2029
Cambodia will host the 6th Asian Youth Para Games, following the 5th Asian Youth Games in 2029, according to a press release of the National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501422596/cambodia-to-host-6th-asian-youth-para-games-in-2029/
Tourism sector ‘needs 200K new workers’
A Ministry of Tourism official announced yesterday that the country would need an additional 200,000 trained tourism professionals if it was to fulfill its target of receiving 7 million international tourists a year by 2020. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-sector-needs-200k-new-workers
Ministry screening Rio athletes for Zika virus
Cambodian athletes are being screened for Zika after returning from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and health officials will monitor their health for two weeks in order to minimise any possible transmission, an official with the Ministry of Health said yesterday. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-screening-rio-athletes-zika-virus
Cambodia looks to ignite female sports culture
Ahead of hosting the SEA Games the country’s Olympic Committee leader is trying to develop more elite female athletes. This means vaulting a culture barrier that currently keeps many parents from allowing their daughters to play sports. ...
Kristi Eaton
http://womensenews.org/story/athleticssports/150213/cambodia-looks-ignite-female-sports-culture
As PM ‘brags’, scammers try to strike gold
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday sang the praises of Cambodia’s first gold medallist in 44 years – suggesting Sorn Seavmey’s achievement was the “only thing Cambodia can brag about” – as the Kingdom’s Olympic Committee warned of bogus Facebook accounts in her name soliciting money. After ...
Taing Vida
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-%E2%80%98brags%E2%80%99-scammers-try-strike-gold
