UNFPA, Japan help build resilient health care system in Cambodia
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Japanese Government jointly launched here last weekend a new project to support the Royal Government of Cambodia in building resilient and responsive health care systems in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501072226/unfpa-japan-help-build-resilient-health-care-system-in-cambodia/
Government spends $30 million per month on Social Assistance programs
The Royal Government of Cambodia spends more than $30 million per month to implement social assistance programs, especially the development of strong, sustainable and inclusive social protection system for the benefit of all target groups. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501026045/government-spends-30-million-per-month-on-social-assistance-programs/
Thailand’s Songkran to be celebrated for entire April in 2024 under govt’s soft power plan
A Thai government committee plans to hold Songkran Festival celebrations during the entire month of April 2024, instead of the traditional three days, in a bid to entrench Thailand’s standing among the top 10 global destinations for festivals.Songkran, the Thai traditional new year, falls on ...
Algae bloom was natural, says ministry
The Environment Ministry on Friday released its final study on the algal bloom that forced swimmers out of the water in Kep province in early April, stating no chemical substances were found in the bloom that would have negatively affected human or animal health. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25239/algae-bloom-was-natural--says-ministry/
PM to deliver opening speech at interfaith anti-trafficking forum
On August 20, Prime Minister Hun Sen will deliver the opening speech at the 2021 NatiOnal Interfaith Forum On Combating Human Trafficking. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-deliver-opening-speech-interfaith-anti-trafficking-forum
Australia, EU assists Laos to bolster primary education
Australia’s Foreign Affairs Department and the European Union have provided more than US$1 million to World Vision Laos to help educationally disadvantaged children complete quality basic education. Basic Education Quality and Access in Laos is a 10 year programme led by the Lao government and ...
Educating a new breed of skilled personnel
Two new educational projects are being kicked off this year at a combined budgeted cost of Bt14 billion to feed the demand for skilled workers for the 10 “new engines of growth” or “S-curve industries” as Thailand aspires for an economic transformation.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Medics assess developments in internal medicine
Development partners along with the line Health Departments of each province under the Ministry of Health met on February 9 in Vientiane to discuss the provision of better healthcare in the field of internal medicine. The 14th Lao Internal Medicine Conference was chaired by the President ...
Joint statement: Drop all charges against arrested union leader Rong Chhun
On 03 August 2020, 141 undersigned civil society groups issued a joint statement to strOngly cOndemn the nighttime arrest of ROng Chhun and call On the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to immediately drop all charges against the uniOn leader ...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
PNG frees Myanmar and Cambodia ‘slaves’ from fishing boat
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill yesterday pledged his nation’s support in tackling human trafficking as he confirmed the seizure of a boat carrying alleged slaves from Myanmar and Cambodia. Mr O’Neill said the eight people were rescued from the fishing boat Blissful Reefer. Keep reading ...
Info access draft law all set for final review
Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith said access to knowledge is indispensable in a democratic society and expressed hope that people will soon be able to have more confidence when choosing their leaders once the new draft law on information access is passed. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/info-access-draft-law-all-set-final-review
After rights review, groups press gov’t to act
Nearly a month after Cambodia’s second universal periodic review (UPR) of its human rights situation at the U.N. in Geneva, rights groups met in Phnom Penh on Thursday to discuss how they can work with the government to ensure that the 163 recommendations it accepted ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-rights-review-groups-press-govt-to-act-64438/
Free Covid-19 vaccinations may be available in 2021
Free Covid-19 vaccinations will be available for Lao people next year to provide protection against the potent virus while the threat of infection persists.According to the National Centre for Laboratory and Epidemiology, the Ministry of Health last week, the vaccine is being made available by ...
Phetphoxay sengpaseuth
GMS cross-border pact on hold
Though all countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) had signed a cross-border trade agreement (CBTA) 14 years ago to enhance the sub-region’s economic connectivity, the CBTA, however, is yet to be ratified in individual Mekong nations for its full implementation. This was revealed last ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28140/gms-cross-border-pact-on-hold/
Gov’t, military staff to receive holiday allowance
Civil servants and armed force personnel are set to receive a 50,000 riel allowance for both the Khmer New Year and Pchum Ben Festival period this year, with a government spokesperson calling it a “morale booster”. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-military-staff-receive-holiday-allowance
Thousands drop out from national exams
After last year’s crackdown on high school exit-exam cheats, the number of students who have registered to take the exam this August has dipped, but with new monitoring initiatives in place, education officials said they are optimistic the pass rate will increase. The 88,488 candidates planning ...
Sen David and Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thousands-drop-out-national-exams
Veng Sakhon pushes for more diversity in agriculture
Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon on Saturday pushed for more diversification in production to ensure food security in the Kingdom in line with the National Strategy for Food Security and Nutrition 2019-2023. Speaking during an event to mark World Food Day 2019 in Pursat province, he called ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50652762/veng-sakhon-pushes-for-more-diversity-in-agriculture/
Interior Minister says Preah Sihanouk boom could hit sea’s health
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Wednesday claimed the recent influx of Chinese visitors to Preah Sihanouk province was raising concerns over the condition of ecosystems on the Kingdom’s coast. Speaking during a ceremony to appoint leaders to posts at both the National Authority for Combating ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-minister-says-preah-sihanouk-boom-could-hit-seas-health
Malaysia frees 105 foreign maids 'held against will'
Malaysian authorities have freed 105 mostly Indonesian maids who were forced to work without pay by day and held against their will at night, local media reported on Monday. The women were freed Saturday in a raid on a building near the capital Kuala Lumpur where ...
Brace for storm next week
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said that some areas in the Kingdom would be hit by a storm next week, especially the coastal provinces. Water Resources Minister Lim Kean Hor said that a high pressure system would have a weak influence on Cambodia and ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32426/brace-for-storm-next-week/