PHNOM PENH (XINHUA) – Irrigation systems have covered some 61 per cent of the total farmland in Cambodia, secretary of state for the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MWRM) Bun Hean said yesterday. “So far, the MWRM has developed irrigation systems that are capable of irrigating 1,889,112 hectares, or 61.37 per cent of the […]
THE PHNOM PENH POST/ANN – Cambodia Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport extended the 2021-2022 academic year, originally scheduled to end on October 31, an additional month to November 30, citing disruptions in learning in the first half of the year due largely to the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. In a letter dated […]
ANN/THE PHNOM PENH POST – Cambodian Interior Minister Sar Kheng advised the inter-ministerial working group and institutions which are members of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking of Cambodia (NCCT) monitor the dissemination of all information regarding human trafficking so that they can take timely precautionary measures. The remarks came as he chaired an inter-ministerial […]
PHNOM PENH (AFP) – Dozens of Vietnamese workers allegedly forced to toil without pay in Cambodia have fled back to their homeland by swimming across a river, authorities in Phnom Penh said yesterday. About 40 staff with the Golden Phoenix Entertainment establishment in Kandal province – which neighbours Vietnam – fought off security guards to […]
PHNOM PENH (XINHUA) – Cambodia’s manufacturing output hit USD7.57 billion in the first half (H1) of 2022, a remarkable increase of 75 per cent year-on-year, an industry ministry spokesperson said yesterday. Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation Secretary of State and Spokesperson Heng Sokkung said that during the January-June period of this year, products […]