Day: December 9, 2022

Cambodia has named 11 beaches in three coastal provinces as the beautiful beaches for 2022.
The award ceremony took place in Sihanoukville, Preah Sihanouk province on Dec. 8 under the presidency of H.E. Tith Chantha, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Tourism, during a workshop on strengthening the tourism service quality toward the 9th Sea Festival.
According to the Ministry of Tourism, the 11 beaches have been selected from 27 candidates, of which 6 in Kep province, 5 in Koh Kong province, and 16 in Preah Sihanouk province.
Six of the 11 selected beaches – Kep and Koh Tonsay in Kep, and Sokha, O’ Chheu Teal, O’Tres and Thansur in Preah Sihanouk – were rated “very good” while 5 others – Koang Kang in Koh Kong, and Ekareach, Soksan, Rong and Prasat in Preah Sihanouk were classified as “intermediate”.
Cambodia is organising the Sea Festival and the 2022 World Congress of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club (World-Bays Club) in Sihanoukville from Dec. 8 to 14.
The Kingdom’s coastline stretches about 450 kilometres in four provinces – Preah Sihanouk, Koh Kong, Kampot and Kep. It became a member of the World-Bays Club in mid-2011.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

The Government of Japan will provide US$506,595 in total for two recipient organisations under the framework, the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (“KUSANONE” Grant).
The Grant Contracts were signed here yesterday afternoon between Mr. TANINAI Ichitomo, Minister / Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia, and the representatives of Takeo Physical Rehabilitation Centre and Kampong Cham Provincial Referral Hospital to carry out two projects.
According to the embassy, US$162,715 of the total amount will be for The Project for Procurement of Machine to Produce Prosthesis and Construction of Dormitory at Takeo Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Takeo province.
Under the grant, 15 kinds of prosthesis manufacturing and rehabilitation equipment will be installed and a dormitory for patients at Takeo Physical Rehabilitation Centre, which has been facing some challenges due to the deterioration of the current necessary equipment to produce prostheses and orthotics and aging of the dormitory for patients to stay at, will be constructed.
Through this project, it is expected that 700 patients annually visiting the Takeo Physical Rehabilitation Centre will benefit from the improved facility and service.
The rest, US$343,8802, will be used to construct Maternity and Neonate Building at Kampong Cham Provincial Referral Hospital in Kampong Cham province.
This grant is intended to construct a three-story building for maternity and neonatal care at Kampong Cham Provincial Referral Hospital. The hospital has been facing issues such as over capacity of mothers staying at the current maternity building, and the far distance to the neonatal care unit which takes time to transfer newborns under emergency cases. By constructing the new Maternity and Neonate Building, it is expected that the hospital can provide proper space for maternities to rest after delivery and operate necessary treatments promptly for infants in need.
Japan’s “KUSANONE” Projects started in Cambodia in 1991 in order to support Cambodia’s reconstruction and development at the grassroots level. The assistance aims to protect those who are vulnerable due to various factors such as poverty and/or misfortunes that directly threaten their lives, livelihood, and dignity, as well as to promote self-reliance of local communities. Since 1991, the Government of Japan has provided over US$65 million for mainly local authorities and non-governmental organisations to implement 669 KUSANONE projects throughout Cambodia.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

The 2022 National Cycling Championship will take place from Dec. 26 to 28 in Siem Reap province, Mr. Nou Chamroeun, Secretary General of Cambodian Cycling Federation said on Wednesday.
The upcoming tournament will be divided into two subjects – Road Bike and Mountain Bike, he added.
Road Bike includes Man Junior Road Bike, Man Elite Road Bike, and Man Master Road Bike; while Mountain Bike covers Man Junior Mountain Bike, Man Elite Mountain Bike, Women Mountain Bike and Man Master Mountain Bike.
Twelve Cambodian national athletes, 4 of them are female, will join the tournament to sharpen their capacity for the 32nd SEA Games to be hosted by Cambodia in 2023, said the secretary general.
Before the competition, the federation is planning to organise a training for technical officials by Thai experts to further improve their capacity.
There will be 60 national and international technical officials working for the event and 50 of them will be selected for the SEA Games 2023.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

Within the framework of the project “Promoting sustainable tourism and private sector engagement for inclusive community development in response to the COVID-19 crisis”, with the financial support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the UNESCO Phnom Penh office organised a series of online and in-situ capacity-building activities for artisan entrepreneurs and tourist guides.
According to UNESCO Cambodia’s press release this morning, designed to enhance their skills and to accelerate the economic recovery of the tourism and handicraft sectors after COVID-19, the UNESCO learning programme comprised a webinar, an online course, and an in-situ training in Siem Reap.
Throughout the programme, artisan entrepreneurs and tourist guides were encouraged to place sustainability at the heart of their activity and marketing strategies, while advocating for sustainable tourism to create memorable and unique experiences for visitors coming to Angkor.
At a time, when participants resumed their businesses, the training provided an opportunity for them to reflect on what could be done differently, to invest in sustainability for long-lasting and stronger businesses.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press