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Battambang Teachers Use Makeshift Classrooms to Tutor Students

Samlout teachers noticed that students were unable to keep up with these educational videos or lacked access to smartphones and devices needed to access the content.

Prey Veng Rice Farmers Switch to Fish Despite Uncertainty Over Export Potential

The shift to fish farming comes amid the novel coronavirus-induced global economic slowdown, which has hit the Cambodian tourism, manufacturing, and construction sectors.

Rubber Concessions Drop ‘Zero Profit’ Commodity for China-bound Bananas

According to the Agriculture Ministry and Chinese Embassy statistics, there are 21 banana packaging plants in Cambodia, servicing roughly 8,000 hectares of plantations.

Battambang Teachers Use Makeshift Classrooms to Tutor Students

The teachers are using their homes, empty market stalls, or public buildings to conduct around four-hour-long teaching sessions with students, limiting each interaction to less than 10 students.

Cambodian Artists and Art Groups Are Facing Their Own Virus Crisis

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, performers and art groups began to feel the pinch because the government prohibited all public gatherings

Battambang Malaria Cases May be Linked to Rare, but Treatable, Parasite

Government institutions and health experts are investigative the possibility of a rare parasite, called Plasmodium knowlesi, causing cases of malaria in Battambang province this year.

Cambodian Artists, Art Groups Are Facing Their Own Virus Crisis

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, performers and art groups began to feel the pinch because the government prohibited all public gatherings, even closing theaters and other performance venues. VOA Khmer spoke to contortionists, puppet masters and performers in Battambang and Phnom Penh.

Amid Pandemic, Cambodian Language Education Needed More Than Ever

Being a professional sign language translator, in Cambodia, Sorn Sreynuch tries to empower deaf people by giving them important information to protect themselves and live a decent life.

Amid Pandemic, Cambodian Sign Language Education Needed More than Ever

Scared of Coronavirus, Cambodian Pregnant Women Avoid Hospitals

Respiratory disease COVID-19 has claimed more than 70,000 lives worldwide and infected more than 1 million people. In Cambodia, there are 122 official cases as of Thursday. Meanwhile, scared of coronavirus, many Cambodian pregnant women avoid hospitals.

Scared of Coronavirus, Pregnant Women Avoid Hospitals

WHO recommends prioritizing pregnant women who appear to have symptoms of COVID-19 for testing as they might need specialized care.

Cambodians Concerned Over Democracy’s Fate After Opposition Leader’s Arrest

Many Cambodians who spoke to VOA Khmer said they were disappointed with the arrest and did not believe the charges against Kem Sokha.

Photo Gallery: The Cambodia Daily Bids Farewell to Cambodia

After 24 years, The Cambodia Daily announces today in a statement that it ceases operation in Cambodia on Monday, September 4th, 2017.

Experts Call on Gov’t to Encourage Garment Workers to Vote

Election observers and labor rights campaigners said without clear guidance many could be excluded from the results.

Information Minister Condemned for ‘Intimidation’ of Journalists Covering Election

The Overseas Press Club of Cambodia said in a statement that the move was “potentially dangerous and defamatory” and urged a retraction.

Q&A: Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director of the International Trade Center

The forum covered entrepreneurship, the ‘digital revolution’, cross-border trade, and governance for greater collaboration between industry, government and civil society

Disabilities Group Urges Politicians to Consider Their Needs in Local Elections

According to the National Election Committee (NEC), some 8,000 disabled people have registered to vote.

Q&A: Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director of the International Trade Center

VOA Khmer spoke to Arancha Gonzalez, executive director of the International Trade Center, about the future of Cambodian trade.

China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Policy Benefits Cambodia, Analysts Say

The Asian Development Bank figures that some $26 billion in investment will be needed by 2030 to meet regional infrastructure demands.

At World Economic Forum, Hun Sen Promotes ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’

Hun Sen claimed Cambodia would be at the forefront of developing technology skills to rival its Asean neighbors.