Vocational Boost: Cambodia’s NIB launched the “TVET 1.5M” push with 1,035 vocational scholarship slots across 10 majors, plus monthly stipends for eligible youth from poor and vulnerable families, with classes set to start in early August. STEM & Space Culture: The 7th Kibo Robot Programming Challenge opens for Cambodian students, using ISS robot simulators to build coding skills and teamwork, with female participation encouraged. Education Upgrade (India-Cambodia): India’s Embassy and SBKU signed an MoU for a Quick Impact Project to install a tele-conference facility and modernize the electrical engineering lab, aiming to expand digital learning and virtual academic exchanges. Language & Heritage: A new SOSORO Museum exhibition, “Angkêt de mots,” explores how French words entered everyday Khmer—turning borrowed vocabulary into a living record of Cambodia’s modern history. Health & Daily Life: A landmark study highlights that smoking among Cambodian men is strongly tied to poverty, limited education, manual work, and alcohol use—pointing to inequality-driven public health risk. Heritage Promotion: Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts joined a China-ASEAN initiative to jointly promote world cultural heritage, including shared online-offline promotion and youth dialogue. Scam Reality Check: Cambodia-linked online scam recruitment continues to draw international warnings, with reports of Filipinos lured via Facebook/Telegram and later repatriated after being trapped in scam operations.