Phnom Penh is Cambodia’s capital and a municipality that serves as the country’s central administrative, legislative, and economic hub, with concentrated public institutions, urban infrastructure, and regulatory activity. This page provides a structured overview of Phnom Penh alongside an aggregated record of government policy updates, helping users monitor regulation, governance decisions, development planning, and institutional actions relevant to the province.
The Ministry of Planning officially launched the IDPoor Portal on Cambodia’s social protection digital platform on 24 March 2026 in Phnom Penh. The launch concerns the digital administration of the poor household identification mechanism used within the national social protection system.
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport held a working meeting with Senate Commission 7 on progress in education, youth and sport sector reforms, within the Senate’s oversight of law implementation, institutional performance, and budget use. The discussion covered reform progress, achievements, challenges, inter-institutional cooperation, and monitoring of transparency and effectiveness in the sector.
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training convened a technical working group meeting to review a draft evaluation report on implementation of Cambodia’s 2017–2025 National Policy on Technical and Vocational Education and Training and to discuss preparation of a Cambodia skills inventory. The draft report is intended to support development of the 2026–2035 national policy on technical and vocational skills development and to be submitted through the relevant national review and reporting mechanisms.
The National Assembly of Cambodia shared an analysis by Dr. Cheang Vannarith, Deputy Secretary-General and head of the Assembly's advisory team, on a fragmented global order, geopolitical competition, and related economic and security risks. The analysis also addressed strategic considerations for small and medium-sized states such as Cambodia in protecting national interests amid international uncertainty.
The Ministry of Health convened a meeting at Calmette Hospital to prepare the 2026 annual workshop on Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR), review maternal delivery-related cases in Kampot, Kampong Thom, and Battambang, and discuss progress in the MPDSR system. The meeting also reviewed UNFPA’s Phase 1 2025 EmONC Light Assessment covering 76 health facilities in eight provinces and issued directions on continued CEmONC and BEmONC training and stronger coordination between national hospitals and provincial counterparts.
The General Department of Identification reported a 10-year cooperation milestone involving the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Planning, and Vital Strategies on improving and modernizing Cambodia’s civil registration, vital statistics, and identification systems. Officials also referenced continued inter-ministerial cooperation to increase civil registration coverage in support of the national vision that every person is identified and each person has a single identity.
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport officially launched the 2024–2030 action plan for implementing Cambodia’s school feeding policy at a ceremony in Phnom Penh on 23 March 2026. The action plan is aligned with the government’s School Feeding Policy 2024–2035 and involves cooperation with development partners including the World Food Programme.
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and KAPE convened a national consultation workshop in Phnom Penh on the AI Ready ASEAN project, with participation from the ASEAN Foundation and development partners. The workshop focused on project updates in Cambodia, AI literacy curriculum implementation, and stakeholder discussion on digital and artificial intelligence readiness in the education sector.
The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore held their 12th high-level meeting to review bilateral cooperation on intellectual property system development, including patent re-registration, capacity building, and a joint seminar on IP registration processes and digital tools. The discussions focused on improving access to intellectual property systems for businesses and innovators in Cambodia and Singapore.
The National Police of Cambodia reported nationwide anti-drug enforcement results for 23 March 2026, covering 13 cases and 24 arrests across multiple provinces. The report recorded case types including trafficking, transport and storage, and drug use, and listed seized narcotics and precursor chemicals by participating police units.
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