The National Society Protection Council (NSPC) requested that the government continue to delay the launch of its planned social security regime offering pensions for most Cambodian employees because more input regarding the collection of their contributions of wages or salaries to help fund the programme is needed.
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport is on a recruitment drive to select 1,100 Cambodian graduates to equip them with pedagogy certificates, enabling them to teach at high school and tertiary levels.
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Poor people verify there poor letter for cash support programs against Covid-19 in Chrey Seima Commune,Sampov Loun District, Battambang on May 23. Social Affairs Ministry
More than $320M distributed to poor families amid Covid outbreak
Wed, 26 May 2021
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation has spent more than $322 million on cash assistance programmes for the poor and vulnerable during the Covid-19 crisis since the end of June last year, helping nearly 700,000 families.
As of May 24, the ministry had provided cash aid to a total of 2,750,501 members of 693,933 families. The government has conducted 11 cash assistance disbursals and is currently in the process of providing the second portion of the fifth round of payments.
Prime Minister Hun Sen called on people to join together in maintaining peace in order to prevent genocide from reoccurring as part of his message on this year’s National Day of Remembrance.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) meets Prime Minister Hun Sen at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh in 2016. Chinese Embassy, Hong Menea
China’s Mars landing lauded
Thu, 20 May 2021
Prime Minister Hun Sen sent a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulating China on the successful landing of the Chinese spacecraft Zhurong on Mars.
In his letter dated May 18, Hun Sen said: “On behalf of the Royal Government and people of Cambodia, I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Your Excellency, the Chinese government and the people of China on the successful landing of the Zhurong spacecraft on Mars as part of the Tianwen-1 mission.”