Preah Sihanouk sees factory suspensions and massive job losses
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun yesterday announced there were 20 suspended factories in the province, affecting more than 8,000 workers, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Government provides additional 700 million riels for quarantining of workers returning from Thailand
The government has decided to increase the budget allocated to four border provinces for the quarantine of Cambodian workers returning from Thailand by 700 million riels ($170,000). ...
$10M in cash subsidies benefit 170K pregnant women, infants
Over 170,000 pregnant women and children under the age of two have received social protection stipends totalling $10 million under a government cash transfer programme implemented since June 2019. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/10m-cash-subsidies-benefit-170k-pregnant-women-infants
NGO school calls for financial aid in these hard times
The Peoples Improvement Organization (PIO) has called for public donations to support more than 1,000 students studying full time from Kindergarten to Grade 12, amid the current financial crisis. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50922255/ngo-school-calls-for-financial-aid-in-these-hard-times/
Energy Ministry demands return of ‘stolen’ Cambodian oil
The Cambodian government says it is taking legal action against the owners or charterers and the managers of a tanker containing 300,000 barrels of oil, which it says belong to the Kingdom. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50928950/energy-ministry-demands-return-of-stolen-cambodian-oil/
Energy Ministry demands return of ‘stolen’ Cambodian oil
The Cambodian government says it is taking legal action against the owners or charterers and the managers of a tanker containing 300,000 barrels of oil, which it says belong to the Kingdom. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50928950/energy-ministry-demands-return-of-stolen-cambodian-oil/
Japan donates vehicles and office equipment to Cambodia
Japan has provided the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) with vehicles and office equipment, equivalent to 300 million Japanese Yen (about $2,780,000), for Cambodia’s Chairmanship of ASEAN 2022. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963288/japan-donates-vehicles-and-office-equipment-to-cambodia/
Australia-donated Pfizer vaccines arrive in Cambodia, to be dispatched to front line states with Thailand
Cambodia last evening received 783,000 out of the over 2.35 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine committed by the Government and people of Australia to the Government and people of the Kingdom of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50995548/australia-donated-pfizer-vaccines-arrive-in-cambodia-to-be-dispatched-to-front-line-states-with-thailand/
Mental health project launched
The Singapore International Foundation (SIF) and Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital has launched the Enhancing Mental Healthcare Services Project in Phnom Penh. It is expected to benefit about 30,000 people by 2024. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mental-health-project-launched
Rubber market bouncing back up
Cambodia exported more than 48,000 tonnes of rubber to international markets in the first two months of the year, an increase of six per cent compared to the same period last year, netting more than $76 million, according to data released by the Ministry of ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-market-bouncing-back
Roadmaps drawn up for auto, electronics sectors
The government has drafted official roadmaps for the development of the automotive and electronics sectors in Cambodia, to create more than 22,000 new jobs and raise exports past $2 billion over the next five years. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/roadmaps-drawn-auto-electronics-sectors
Royal Academy president Sok Touch on his Tonle Sap wetlands investigation
In 2021, at the behest of the government, Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) president Sok Touch studied and investigated the challenges facing the Tonle Sap Lake, which covers an area of 640,000ha. ...
Cambodia's rice exports to ASEAN increase by 9 per cent over last year
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Cambodia has exported over 25,000 tonnes of milled rice to ASEAN countries in the first five months of this year, an increase of 9 per cent compared to the same period last year. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-rice-exports-asean-increase-9-cent-over-last-year
Nearly one million hectares of protected conservation area now eligible for privatization
More than 930,000 hectares of state public land inside protected conservation areas are now eligible for privatization, according to a November 30 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
ICRC celebrates 30 years of physical rehabilitation programme in Cambodia
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) celebrated the 30th anniversary of its physical rehabilitation programme in Cambodia, having provided support to more than 166,000 people with disabilities in the country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501198833/icrc-celebrates-30-years-of-physical-rehabilitation-programme-in-cambodia/
Ministry official accused of $390K embezzlement
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has arrested Lay Samnang, former deputy director of the Finance and Supply Department under the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation, for allegedly embezzling nearly $390,000 of state funds. ...
Samban Chandara and Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-official-accused-390k-embezzlement
930K ha Cardamom park established
The government has announced the establishment of the Cardamom Mountain National Park, a sprawling natural reserve covering nearly 930,000ha across five provinces. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/930k-ha-cardamom-park-established
New protected landscapes created in four provinces
The government has established new protected landscape areas in four provinces – Preah Vihear, Ratanakkiri, Banteay Meanchey and Kampong Thom. The new areas total more than 4,000ha. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-protected-landscapes-created-four-provinces
Ministry plants 17K saplings in M’kiri natural protected area
The Ministry of Environment is planting 17,000 acacia and other kinds of saplings on a 6.5ha area in the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province to improve forest cover. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-plants-17k-saplings-mkiri-natural-protected-area
EU funds empower fishing communities
Action Education (formerly Aide et Action), a French organisation, is leading project CO-SAVED, which aims to aid nearly 400,000 citizens within fishing communities who are adapting to climate change. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-funds-empower-fishing-communities
