Phnom Penh: Mr. Tep Asnarith, Undersecretary of State and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Information, urged the website managers of the 25 capital and provincial information departments to strengthen their role as the main potential portals for providing official information in order to improve the effectiveness of public opinion management and ensure the provision of true information to the public.
This encouragement was made on the occasion of his invitation to lead a meeting on “Managing the Websites of the Capital and Provincial Information Departments” on the afternoon of July 29, 2026 at the Ministry of Information, in person and via Zoom, with the participation of technical officers of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, as well as leaders and all relevant officials from the 25 capital and provincial information departments.
Mr. Tep Asnarith instructed the officials of all capital and provincial information departments to make official announcements to inform To the leaders of the capital and provinces and journalists about the progress of the website of the Information Department, which has been operational for two months. This is done so that they can receive clear sources of information and official news on the activities of provincial leaders, local work, as well as responses to citizens’ needs and solving various problems for citizens in their respective local communities. In just the last two weeks, the websites of all capital and provincial information departments have published information that covers the above content and aspects, a total of more than 7,000 articles.
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Information stated that the website of the information department is an official source that stores data, news articles, images or videos that have been published with high efficiency, easy to find when needed, without being difficult to find or at risk of loss like other social networks.
He added that in order for the websites of the capital and provincial information departments to receive more support from all circles, information officers must organize plans and meetings every week to identify topics related to the needs and solve citizens’ concerns on various issues without letting some issues flare up. and cause negative phenomena in the local area, that is, information content must be produced and disseminated in a proactive manner to make information and public opinion management work effective and contribute to maintaining peace and stability in the national society.
At the same time, the Information Department must produce more personal information and focus on quality by interviewing provincial experts on priority topics related to agriculture, agricultural product prices, health, tourism, access to employment for workers, and land issues, etc. In addition, it is necessary to increase the dissemination of accurate information on a regular basis about the efforts of the Royal Government and each provincial administration on local development as well as security and public order work.
All information content must be published on the official website of the department and shared on social media such as Facebook, Telegram, TikTok, while also strengthening broadcasting on traditional media such as radio and television of the Information Department to promote the efficiency of information management and dissemination more widely.
In this meeting, experts presented the progress of editing the information website of the Information Department for the participants to be aware of and to implement successfully. In addition, the meeting held a lively discussion and question/answer session with the aim of promoting better information dissemination on this website to become an official information gateway for each capital and province.
Please note that on June 22, 2026, His Excellency Neth Pheaktra, Minister of Information, decided to establish the “Capital and Provincial Information Department Website Management Working Group” headed by Mr. Tep Asnarith, Undersecretary of State and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Information.
The establishment of this working group aims to improve the quality and standards of information dissemination through digital systems to become an official information gateway to reflect achievements and development activities at the local level, as well as contribute to the dissemination of national information.
This working group is responsible for planning And the direction of developing the websites of all capital and provincial information departments to be orderly and consistent in accordance with the rules and standards set for information management.
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