US Embassy aims to strengthen aid efforts
The US Embassy is taking a targeted approach to strengthen and showcase the American-Cambodian partnership this year through its AmCam 2021 initiative. ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807774/us-embassy-aims-to-strengthen-aid-efforts/
Three more COVID-19 patients succumb to the virus in Cambodia, death toll now 29
The Ministry of Health on the morning of April 11, 2021 issued a press release confirming the death of a 36-year-old Cambodian due to COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50837099/three-more-covid-19-patients-succumb-to-the-virus-in-cambodia-death-toll-now-29/
Cambodia to spend more than $20.5 million on vaccination campaign over nine months
The Royal Government of Cambodia has planned to spend over 83.625 million KHR, or approximately $ 20.59 million, on the nine-month vaccination program from April to December 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50853472/cambodia-to-spend-more-than-20-5-million-on-vaccination-campaign-over-nine-months/
All state markets to re-open in Phnom Penh from May 24th
The Governor of Phnom Penh, Khuong Sreng, has announced that all state markets in Phnom Penh will be permitted to reopen from May 24, 2021 onwards. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50859855/all-state-markets-to-re-open-in-phnom-penh-from-may-24th/
Water supplies to be temporarily suspended in some districts of Phnom Penh
The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority will temporarily suspend the supply of water in some areas on the nights of 11, 16-17 and 25 June 2021 due to pipeline works. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50869792/water-supplies-to-be-temporarily-suspended-in-some-districts-of-phnom-penh/
Chhouk market in Kampot shuttered for a week after 15 vendors tested positive for Covid-19
Chhouk District Administration has decided to temporarily suspend sales in Chhouk Market for one week from June 29 to July 5, 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50883097/chhouk-market-in-kampot-shuttered-for-a-week-after-15-vendors-tested-positive-for-covid-19/
Building back better with access to information
UNESCO and the Ministry of Information, and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, the Department of Media and Communication at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, and civil society organisations, are commemorating the 2021 International Day of Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) in Cambodia, on ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50942865/building-back-better-with-access-to-information/
Trade with UK dips 10.5% to $785M
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the UK reached more than $785 million in 2021, down by more than 10.48 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-uk-dips-105-785m
Trade with UK dips 10.5% to $785M
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the UK reached more than $785 million in 2021, down by more than 10.48 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-uk-dips-105-785m
MoC earns $15m in 2022
The Ministry of Commerce has earned more than $15 million to bolster the national budget, an increase of more than six percent over 2021, according to a report. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-moc-earns-15m-in-2022
25% jump in ‘newly poor’ in 10 months during Covid-19
The number of people classified as poor has gone up by 25 percent in the 10 months from June 2020 to April 2021 in Cambodia due to income decline and job losses following the spread of Covid-19, said a survey by the Asia Foundation. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501146871/25-jump-in-newly-poor-in-10-months-during-covid-19/
Malaria cases in Cambodia decline by six percent in 2022
Cambodia recorded 4,042 cases of malaria in 2022, a decrease of 6 percent from 4,318 cases in 2021, a health official said on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501214470/malaria-cases-in-cambodia-decline-by-six-percent-in-2022/
Cambodia’s remittances rise to $1.25B
Remittances from Cambodian migrant workers increased from $1.15 billion in 2021 to $1.25 billion in 2022 and are the third highest in the Asean as a share of national GDP after those of the Philippines and Vietnam, according to a new report. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501317625/cambodias-remittances-rise-to-1-25b/
Cassava price up as harvest starts
As the 2020-2021 harvest season kicks off, cassava prices in the powerhouse provinces of Preah Vihear and Tbong Khmum register a slight uptick compared to the same period last year. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cassava-price-harvest-starts
Youth group claims illegal loggers have raided Roka
A senior Ministry of Environment official has rejected the Cambodian Youth Network (CYN) report detailing 100 illegal logging incidents they claim took place in early 2021 in Prey Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-group-claims-illegal-loggers-have-raided-roka
Areas in Phnom Penh re-designated as “Orange Zones” as COVID cases continue
The Governor of Phnom Penh has designated some areas in Phnom Penh as “Orange Zones” for 2 weeks from June 10 to June 23, 2021 to prevent COVID 19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50871153/areas-in-phnom-penh-re-designated-as-orange-zones-as-covid-cases-continue/
Kandal Province to start large-scale vaccination program
Kandal province is set to begin a wide spread vaccination drive that will encompass 11 towns, tomorrow, June 10, 2021. The vaccination will be for the general public and workers. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50871083/kandal-province-to-start-large-scale-vaccination-program/
Pepper exports increase 200% in first five months
Some 7,461 tonnes of Cambodian pepper were exported to foreign markets from January to May 2021, according to Veng Sakhon, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50867270/pepper-exports-increase-200-in-first-five-months/
Chilli exports up nearly 50%
Cambodia exported 67,547.34 tonnes of chillies in the first seven months of 2021, an increase of nearly 50 per cent year-on-year, according to the General Directorate of Agriculture. ...
Hin Pisei
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/chilli-exports-nearly-50
Property tax payment postponed to late October
The collection of property tax revenue for 2021, which closed today (September 30), will be postponed until the end of October. This is according to the announcement of the General Department of Taxation. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.postkhmer.com/post-property/2021-09-30-1119-224447.html
