Covid can survive on some surfaces for ‘up to 72 hours’
Research has shown that Covid-19 can survive for a period of time on frozen food but it cannot replicate in chilled products, the Ministry of Health said on July 24. In light of this, the ministry has requested health protection measures regarding fresh and frozen ...
Mom Kunthear
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-can-survive-some-surfaces-72-hours
Kingdom reaffirms neutrality
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn made statements regarding responses to global challenges and Cambodia’s stance on multilateralism at the mid-term Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held virtually on July 13-14 under the sponsorship of the Republic of Azerbaijan’s Baku ...
Voun Dara
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-reaffirms-neutrality
Rough gemstone import-export down 45%
Cambodia has issued 36 certificates for the import and export of a total of $24 million worth of precious and industrial-grade rough gemstones in 2021, down by 45 per cent from $43.7 million in 2020, covered by 45 permits, according to Ministry of Commerce data. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rough-gemstone-import-export-down-45
PM set to provide lawyers to women in ‘entertainment services’ industry
Prime Minister Hun Sen instructed Ky Tech, the head of his pro bono legal aid team, to provide legal advice and representation to women working in the entertainment sector across the country in order to protect the rights of women in an industry where they ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-set-provide-lawyers-women-entertainment-services-industry
CCF on mission to tackle counterfeits
Each year, more than 1,000 tonnes of counterfeit products are discovered and seized by officials of the General Department of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF). The counterfeit products are usually consumer goods, including food and beverage products that can affect the health of ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-post-depth/ccf-mission-tackle-counterfeits
Khmer Enterprise to double startup and SME investment to $10m
At yesterday’s luncheon discussing Cambodia’s startup and SME ecosystem, Vongsey Vissoth, permanent secretary of state of Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), said Khmer Enterprise (KE) will increase its investment portion from $5 million to $10 million as part of the nation’s Covid-19 recovery plans ...
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-khmer-enterprise-to-double-startup-sme-investment
Cambodia, France promote bilateral collaboration in all fields
Cambodia and France have agreed to promote bilateral cooperation in all fields. The agreement was made during the meeting between Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia and Bertrand Lortholary, Director for Asia and Oceania of the Ministry ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501236354/cambodia-france-promote-bilateral-collaboration-in-all-fields/
CDC approves $2.9 billion Japanese investment projects
The Council of the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved 150 investment projects worth approximately $2.9 billion proposed by Japanese investors in the country as of the end of January this year, according to the figures released in a press release issued yesterday by CDC ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243067/cdc-approves-2-9-billion-japanese-investment-projects/
Cambodia’s GFT exports surge 23% in 8 months
Cambodia’s exports of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFT) surged by 23.33 percent in the first eight months of this year, compared to the same period last year, earning the country $9.08 billion, according to the latest trade data of the General Department of Customs ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501560375/cambodias-gft-exports-surge-23-in-8-months/
Ms. THOL Syvane
Ms. THOL Syvane is a recent graduate of Master of International Business from The University of Melbourne, Australia. She also holds a Bachelor of Finance and Banking at Royal University of Law and Economics, and a Bachelor of Education in Teaching English as a Foreign ...
Cambodia faces turning point on foreign aid
Despite failing to meet many of the expectations of its foreign donors over the past two decades, Cambodia’s government has never struggled to secure aid from abroad. ...
Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-faces-turning-point-on-foreign-aid-100205/
Work begins on new Cambodian circus location
Work was underway on Friday to erect the big top of Phare, The Cambodian Circus, at its new location on the outskirts of Siem Reap City. ...
Michelle Vachon
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/work-begins-on-new-cambodian-circus-location-104891/
Olympic bid ends with Sorn Seavmey loss
Hopes of Cambodia’s first-ever Olympic medal crumbled on Saturday evening as taekwondo star Sorn Seavmey was comfortably beaten by Reshmie Oogink of the Netherlands. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/olympic-bid-ends-sorn-seavmey-loss-116980/
Disease-carrying bats to be tracked
Scientists are attaching tracking devices to a colony of flying foxes near Phnom Penh in a bid to prevent a possible outbreak of a deadly virus. ...
Brent Crane
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disease-carrying-bats-be-tracked
Film interview high on PM’s UN visit
Prime Minister Hun Sen arrived in New York yesterday for a series of meetings, with making demining a key UN development goal at the top of his agenda. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16145/film-interview-high-on-pm---s-un-visit/
Young garment worker faints on shift, dies later
The Ministry of Labour is investigating the death of a 19-year-old female garment worker who fainted at a factory in Prey Veng on Thursday. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/young-garment-worker-faints-shift-dies-later
Advisers to Sokha out after ouster
More than 20 parliamentary staffers are out of a job after the removal of opposition deputy leader Kem Sokha as the parliament’s first vice president. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/advisers-sokha-out-after-ouster
Cambodia approves legislation to attract MSAR investors
The government of the Southeast Asian kingdom wants to increase the number of Chinese tourists, with Macau investors perceived as a major catch. ...
João Santos Filipe
http://macaubusinessdaily.com/Gaming/Cambodia-approves-legislation-to%C2%A0attract-MSAR-investors
Opportune time to tap growing Chinese market in Sihanoukville
Following the steady rise of tourism in Sihanoukville, property development in the coastal town is heavily targeting the nonstop influx of Chinese flocking to the area. ...
Vandy Muong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/opportune-time-tap-growing-chinese-market-sihanoukville
Farmer unearths 28 bombs
A farmer in Oddar Meanchey province discovered a cache of unexploded bombs on Saturday while excavating part of his land to create a pond for irrigation. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39894/farmer-unearths-28-bombs/