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MOWRAM Reviews 2025 Work Results and Sets 2026 Water Infrastructure Direction
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology held a closing meeting to review its 2025 work results and outline implementation directions for 2026, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea. The report highlighted progress on major water resource infrastructure projects and enhancements to meteorological forecasting capacity, with guidance provided for more effective and sustainable water resource management in 2026 and beyond.
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Ministry of Women’s Affairs Chairs ASEAN Meeting on Women, Peace and Security Agenda
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs, through Secretary of State Kuong Sorita, chaired an ASEAN meeting in Jakarta on advancing the Women, Peace and Security agenda and implementing the ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace and Security. The event focused on sharing evidence, lessons learned and good practices to support sustainable implementation at regional, national and community levels.
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Ministry of Commerce Plans Implementation of Cassava Trading Guidelines
The Ministry of Commerce chaired an inter-ministerial meeting to prepare an action plan for implementing the Guidelines on the Purchase and Sale of Fresh Cassava and Dried Cassava Chips. The meeting aimed to ensure broad dissemination and effective, detailed application of the newly and officially launched guidelines.
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General Department of Immigration Promotes Prakas on Procedures for Registering Foreign Migrant Children
The General Department of Immigration and Ratanakiri provincial authorities convened a meeting to disseminate Prakas No. 12644 on procedures for entering newly born foreign migrant children in the annex table and requesting recognition for foreign migrant children aged 18 and above. The session gathered 134 participants from provincial and local police and administration structures concerned with immigration, residency and identification work.
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Ministry of Environment Backs Hosting 3rd Global Conference on Fossil Fuel Phase-Out
The Ministry of Environment reaffirmed Cambodia’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2035 under its NDC 3.0 and to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, highlighting its current ASEAN ranking in renewable energy and plans to raise the share of renewable energy to 72% by 2035. During a meeting with Tzeporah Berman, founder and chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty initiative, Cambodia was invited in principle to host the 3rd international conference on fossil fuel phase-out in 2027 or 2028, and the ministry also noted preparations to inaugurate a model carbon-neutral island.
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National Assembly Seminar Highlights Economic Security as Basis for National Resilience
The National Assembly reported that English-language newspaper Khmer Times featured its recent seminar on enhancing national resilience through economic security as a front-page lead. The seminar addressed Cambodia’s strategy on governance of science, technology, innovation, industry and trade, emphasizing industrial transformation, digital sovereignty, cybersecurity and STEM human capital development. National Assembly President Khuon Sudary’s message underlined that national resilience is inseparable from a strong domestic economy and reduced external dependence.
