KOICA $7m grant plans to boost ICT knowledge
A grant of $7 million has been provided by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport for promoting Information and Communications Technology (ICT) use in lower secondary education and enhancing the skills of teachers. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koica-7m-grant-plans-boost-ict-knowledge
Activist hit with $10K defamation fine
Environmental activist Kroeung Tola plans to appeal the Mondulkiri Provincial Court decision ordering him to pay 40 million riel ($10,000) in compensation to O’Raing district governor Siek Mony and four million riel to the state for public defamation. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-hit-10k-defamation-fine
ACLEDA bank to continue its SME support across 2021
President and Group Managing Director of ACLEDA Bank Plc In Channy has announced that the bank has reserved nearly $600 million for lending to the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector in Cambodia in 2021. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809009/acleda-bank-to-continue-its-sme-support-across-2021/
Dry season rice crops have bumper Q1, exports decrease by 33 per cent
Yields for this year’s dry-season crops, especially rice, increased significantly in the first quarter of 2021, though exports decreased compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, forestry and Fisheries. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dry-season-rice-crops-have-bumper-q1-exports-decrease-33-cent
Kampong Chhnang to benefit from National Road 5 construction
Once the southern sectiOn of the NatiOnal Road 5 Improvement Project is officially launched, KampOng Chhnang province governor Sun Sovannarith expects that it will assist the area in becoming a destinatiOn for natiOnal and internatiOnal tourists. ...
Lay Samean
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-chhnang-benefit-national-road-5-construction
Cambodia’s economic growth forecast downgraded as COVID-19 cases rise
The UK-based Fitch Ratings credit rating agency has downgraded Cambodia’s economic outlook below the World Bank’s baseline forecast of 4 percent GDP growth for 2021 as the country continues to struggle with the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/cambodias-economic-growth-forecast-downgraded-as-covid-19-cases-rise/
Floating home owners urged to come ashore
The Boribor district authorities in Kampong Chhnang province have dismantled more than 100 fish farming cages that were floating in the portion of the river running through his district before relocating the owners to land for the rest of this year’s rainy season. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/floating-home-owners-urged-come-ashore
Nat’l Road 4 to be widened
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is in the final stages of project planning for the widening of National Road 4 from 7m to 10m. The project is scheduled to last 24 months from 2022 to 2023. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/natl-road-4-be-widened
Modernised government services goal of digital plan
The Ministry of Interior’s “digital government” working group has been discussing a draft master plan for information and communication technology (ICT) in accordance with the master plan of the national government – called e-government – to modernise public services. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/modernised-government-services-goal-digital-plan
Hun Sen: No triple-shot of AstraZeneca Covid jab
Prime Minister Hun has reminded civil servants and government officials as well as the general public who have already received first and second doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines that they should not use that vaccine again for their third, booster shot. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-no-triple-shot-astrazeneca-covid-jab
Kandal province to designate landfill area to improve the management of waste
Kandal Provincial Administration plans to designate the Prek Reang Meteorological Area in Prek Reang Village, Teuk Vil Commune, Saang District, Kandal Province for a landfill site and to improve the management of waste and plastic under the World Bank financing project. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50920070/kandal-province-to-designate-landfill-area-to-improve-the-management-of-waste/
PM: Join hands to lift post-Covid economy
Leaders in the region and beyond must advance various forms of bilateral and multilateral cooperative relations, and join hands to create meaningful traction in economic recoveries for when the spread of the novel coronavirus eases to a significant enough degree, according to Prime Minister Hun ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-join-hands-lift-post-covid-economy
Gov’t seeks loan from China to build Tonle Sap bridge and road
The Cambodian government has reached out to China for a loan to construct a road and bridge that crosses the Tonle Sap River and connects Kampong Chhnang to Kampong Thom provinces. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-seeks-loan-china-build-tonle-sap-bridge-and-road
Nat’l Police chief shakes up land dispute working group
National police chief Neth Savoeun has changed the composition of the working group for land dispute investigation and prevention of illegal encroachment of state land nationwide, including the appointment of deputy National Police chief Dy Vichea as chairman of the group. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natl-police-chief-shakes-land-dispute-working-group
Preah Sihanouk building a dozen beachside coastguard towers
Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities are inspecting and selecting locations for the construction of 12 additional coastguard towers from Ochheuteal to Chum Teav Mao beaches in Sihanoukville to rescue people involved in any incidents in the water. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-building-dozen-beachside-coastguard-towers
Families petition City Hall over road project
About 30 people representing 10 families who are concerned about a road construction project have petitioned the Phnom Penh Municipal Administration for a solution. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-petition-city-hall-over-road-project
Thailand and Cambodia to discuss reopening borders along Sa Kaeo
Thai officials plan to hold talks with their counterparts in Cambodia to discuss reopening the land borders between the two countries. The governor of the border province Sa Kaeo held a meeting yesterday to discuss plans for reopening entry checkpoints. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50990203/thailand-and-cambodia-to-discuss-reopening-borders-along-sa-kaeo/
Textiles, garments, footwear and travel products and bags are the key pillars of Cambodia’s exports
The Minister of Labor and Vocational Training, Dr. Ith Sam Heng, said that the export of textiles, garment, footwear and travel products and bags sectors are the key sector for the Cambodian economy and remain as the country’s most important export sector, with annual growth ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501007751/textiles-garments-footwear-and-travel-products-and-bags-are-the-key-pillars-of-cambodias-exports/
Plan lifts Preah Sihanouk tourism hopes
The Preah Sihanouk provincial tourism scene is set to get an image makeover as authorities and the private sector work together to roll out a series of development plans that complement and promote effective implementation of the forthcoming Preah Sihanouk Provincial Tourism Development Plan for ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/plan-lifts-preah-sihanouk-tourism-hopes
Siem Reap bird flu case ‘isolated’
Specialists from the Ministry of Health have collected samples from the area where a child contracted the influenza A/H9 “bird flu” for further testing while advising individuals to avoid all non-essential contact with poultry. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-bird-flu-case-isolated