Provinces of Cambodia

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Cambodia is divided into 25 provinces (Khmer: ខេត្ត, khaet, singular and plural). The capital Phnom Penh is not a province but a special administrative area and is included as the 25th province since it is administered at the same level as the other 24 provinces.
Phnom Penh has both the highest population and the highest population density, but is the second smallest in land area. The largest province by area is Mondulkiri and the smallest is Kep which is also the least populated province. Mondulkiri has the lowest population density despite being the largest province.
Each province is administered by a governor, who is appointed by the Ministry of Interior.
Cambodia is subdivided into 163 districts (srok, ស្រុក). The 12 districts of Phnom Penh are called khan (ខណ្ឌ), but even in official documents they are sometimes misidentified as srok. The number of districts in each province varies, from two in the smallest provinces to 14 in Battambang, Prey Veng, and Siem Reap. Further subdivision levels are khum (ឃុំ)(subdistricts), sangkat (សង្កាត់)(quarters) and finally, phum (ភូមិ) (villages). In Phnom Penh there are no khum. 

Vietnam: Why Hanoi plans to ban motorbikes by 2030

The city had the second worst air pollution in the region in 2016. 

Authorities in Vietnam are taking major steps to improve the air quality in one of the most polluted cities in Southeast Asia, including an ambitious plan to ban motorbikes by 2030. 

In 2016, Hanoi had the second worst air pollution in the region, only beaten by Saraburi, in Thailand's industrial heartland. And in 2017, only 38 days had air quality that was considered good by the World Health Organization.

The city, home to 7.7 million people, is famous for the thousands of motorbikes that descend on its streets every day.

These bikes, together with coal-fired power plants, heavy industry, a surge in construction projects and the seasonal agricultural burning, are largely blamed for the pollution.
The pollution peaks from December to February, during the drier months of the year. This is also the time when winds draw dirty air from southern China across the region. Studies have shown that the pollution largely originates from the vast cities of Chengdu and Chongqing.
To combat the air quality problem, Hanoi city council took the drastic measure earlier this month of banning motorcycles by 2030, hoping to boost public transport.
It has also planted more than 80 percent of a target of a million trees, is pushing people to switch to cleaner-burning heaters from the polluting honeycomb charcoal stoves and trying to encourage people to replace petrol with cleaner biofuel.
It is hoped that these changes will bring a definite and visible improvement to the quality of the air in Vietnam's capital, and therefore an improvement in the quality of the life of the locals.