Labour Ministry To Host Beauty Contest Among Garment Workers
AKP Phnom Penh, April 02, 2019 -- Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training will organise beauty contest among garment workers, according to its recent news release. To take place on May 1 this year, the event intends to promote friendly and inspiring environment among Cambodian workers in garment factories. The candidates ar...
Nearly US$36 Million Earned from Angkor Ticket Sale
AKP Phnom Penh, April 02, 2019 -- The government generated some US$35.95 million from the selling of Angkor Archaeological Park entry passes in the first quarter of 2019. The update was shared by the state-run Angkor Enterprise that manages the ticket sale, adding that the income suggests 9.3 percent decrease compared to the same period last...
Chroy Changvar Bridge Opened for Official Use from April 3
AKP Phnom Penh, April 02, 2019 -- Cambodia-Japan Friendship Bridge – locally known as Chroy Changvar Bridge I – will be re-opened for official use on April 3, after about one year and a half of rehabilitation. The inauguration ceremony will be presided over by Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen. The...
Free University Education for High School Graduates with Disabilities
AKP Phnom Penh, April 02, 2019 -- Royal Government of Cambodia has announced to offer free tertiary education for the students with disabilities who have finished their high school study. H.E. Em Chanmakara, Secretary General of Disability Action Council Secretariat General, was quoted by local media as saying that the scholarship for disable...
Cambodia, China Discuss Marine Cooperation
AKP Phnom Penh, April 02, 2019 -- Cambodia's Ministry of Environment and First Institute of Oceanography of China are discussing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on marine cooperation. The update was shared in the ministry's news release following a visit of Environment Secretary of State H.E. Eang Sophalleth to China at the in...
Water Supply System Expansion Project in Kampot Put Into Official Use
AKP Phnom Penh, April 02, 2019​ -- The Project for the Expansion of Water Supply System in Kampot funded by the Government of Japan's grant aid of more than US$26 million was officially inaugurated this morning. The inauguration ceremony, held in Sangkat Andong Khmer, Kampot provincial city, was presided over by Samdech Akka Moha Sena P...
His Majesty the King Speaks Highly of NA's and Government's Efforts
AKP Phnom Penh, April 01, 2019 -- His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, has lauded the efforts of the National Assembly (NA) and the Royal Government in leading the country towards peace and progress. The monarch made the appreciation in a royal letter for the inaugural ceremony of the second sessi...
PM Appeals for Collaboration between Ministry of Public Works and Royal Railway to Improve Railway Services
AKP Phnom Penh, April 01, 2019 -- The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is encouraged to work with the Royal Railway - one of the 20 companies listed and operated under Royal Group - to further upgrade the country's railway services. While presiding over here this morning the graduation ceremony of over 3,000 students of Vanda Inst...
PM Hun Sen Turns on Green Light for Former Royalist Politician
AKP Phnom Penh, April 01, 2019 -- Self-exiled Lu Lay Sreng, a former royalist politician, has got a green light from Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen. At the graduation ceremony of over 3,000 students of Vanda Institute in Phnom Penh this morning, Samdech Techo Hun Sen said senior politician and former royalist Lu Lay...
Airports in Cambodia Welcomes More Than Two Million Passengers in Two Months
AKP Phnom Penh, April 01, 2019 -- In the first two months of this year, Cambodia Airports has already welcomed upwards of two million passengers at its three airports. According to Cambodia Airports' news release, Phnom Penh remains Cambodia's most popular flight destination, as the Phnom Penh International Airport welcomed more tha...
PM Calls for Vigilance about Non-seasonal Rainfall
AKP Phnom Penh, April 01, 2019 -- Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen has appealed to all competent authorities and people to be more vigilant about non-seasonal rainfall. Non-seasonal rainfall has happened in some provinces, thus reducing heat wave and high temperature in the country, Samdech Techo Hun Sen said at the g...
Cambodia To Host UN Peacekeeping Training for 2022-2023
AKP Phnom Penh, March 29, 2019 -- Cambodia will host a trilateral heavy sized engineering training course for peacekeeping operations (PKO) in 2022-2023. The update was shared by H.E. Gen. Sem Sovanny, Director General of the National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces, Mines and Remnants of War Clearance (NPMEC), with the local media follow...
NBC Governor Updates IMF Delegation on Reality of Cambodia's Economic Performance
AKP Phnom Penh, March 29, 2019 -- Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has shared with visiting IMF delegation about reality of Cambodia's economic performance. The governor H.E. Chea Chanto presented update to the guests led by Mr. Jarkko Turunen, Mission Chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) when receiving them rec...