New president for Cambodian Women Entrepreneurs Association
Keo Mom, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Lyly Food Industry, has been elected as the new president of the Cambodian Women Entrepreneurs Association (CWEA) for its fourth mandate. Her term will last from 2021-2024. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50834182/new-president-for-cambodian-women-entrepreneurs-association/
Announcement on the temporary travel ban on all Indian nationalities and foreigners traveling from India
On 29 April 2021, the Ministry of Tourism released an announcement on the temporary travel ban on all Indian nationalities and foreigners traveling from India aims to prevent the new variants of COVID-19 virus, B1617. ...
Ministry of Tourism
Red zone vaccination campaign continues with one million more doses arriving this month
Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed the vaccination team from the Ministry of National Defence to accelerate its campaign and immunise the roughly 520,000 residents in the red zone and not to worry about a shortage as one million additional doses of vaccines are scheduled ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-zone-vaccination-campaign-continues-one-million-more-doses-arriving-month
Cambodia “Preparing To Welcome Back Foreign Tourists In Q4”
A new video released by the Ministry of Tourism seems to indicate that Cambodia is preparing to welcome back tourists in the 4th quarter of 2021, in a move designed to “revive Cambodia’s tourism industry hit hard by the global COVID-18 crisis” ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50860697/cambodia-preparing-to-welcome-back-foreign-tourists-in-q4/
Phnom Penh unveils rules for post-lockdown transition
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration issued a set of detailed guidelines for the seven days to May 12 after the capital emerges from lockdown at the onset of May 6. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-unveils-rules-post-lockdown-transition
UNDP, Australia pledge continued support for social welfare scheme
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) hosted a high-level online discussion for the benefit of other institutions and development partners in the region regarding key lessons learned from Cambodia’s use of Covid-19 social protection measures to support the poor and revitalise the economy. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/undp-australia-pledge-continued-support-social-welfare-scheme
Vultures return to sanctuary after five-year absence
Brown and white-rumped vultures have returned to nests in Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province after an absence of more than five years due to poisoning from human activity, a joint statement from the Ministry of Environment and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vultures-return-sanctuary-after-five-year-absence
EU and UNIDO to support fisheries sector
With support of the European Union (EU), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture’s Fisheries Administration (FiA) launched a Value Chain Investment Support (VCIS) programme yesterday aiming to support Cambodia’s small, medium and large enterprises in post-harvest fisheries. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908108/eu-and-unido-to-support-fisheries-sector/
Priority groups on Thai border get third Covid booster doses
The seven Cambodian provinces bordering Thailand have begun vaccinating frontline workers including medical staff and military personnel with third booster doses, as the Kingdom’s vaccination drive reaches over 50 per cent of its total population of 16 million. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/priority-groups-thai-border-get-third-covid-booster-doses
Appeal Court upholds convictions over Sihanoukville building collapse in which 28 died
Phnom Penh Appeal Court yesterday upheld the convictions of four Chinese nationals and a Vietnamese man who were jailed from two to three years each last year in connection with the deadly collapse of a seven-storey building in Sihanoukville on June 23 2019. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50912604/appeal-court-upholds-convictions-over-sihanoukville-building-collapse/
Sokhonn welcomes Brunei minister’s appointment as Asean envoy to Myanmar
Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn yesterday lauded the appointment of Brunei Darussalam’s second Foreign Minister Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof as the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar to ensure peace, stability and the country’s return aseato normalcy. ...
COVID-19 leads to $3.6 billion financing flow losses for Cambodia last year
COVID-19 has led to financing flow losses of $3.6 billion for Cambodia, accounting for 19.8 percent of the country’s total financing flows in 2020, said a new report by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) released on Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50895602/covid-19-leads-to-3-6-billion-financing-flow-losses-for-cambodia-last-year/
New digital push for MSMEs
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) on August 18 launched an open joint effort to build an inclusive digital ecosystem aimed at sparking the development of a robust post-Covid-19 economy. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-digital-push-msmes
Cambodian PM presides over 2021 Interfaith Forum against human trafficking and COVID-19 pandemic
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, presided over the 2021 Cambodia National Interfaith Forum Against Human Trafficking and COVID-19 Pandemic held via Videoconference. ...
Chaom Chao interchange near airport 80% complete
The construction of the Chaom Chao overpass and underpass in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district, just east of Phnom Penh International Airport, has been 80 per cent complete and is expected to be ready as planned by next March. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chaom-chao-interchange-near-airport-80-complete
Students fed despite school closure
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has pitched in to help with Covid-19 relief efforts by distributing rice to over 13,000 students in six provinces as part of the government’s efforts to implement social protection policies. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-fed-despite-school-closure
Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos meet on boosting ties
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) have agreed to further strengthen their cooperation in all domains including expanding the effectiveness of the existing mechanisms. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50942794/cambodia-vietnam-and-laos-meet-on-boosting-ties/
K Thom village participates in REDD+ project
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has registered 1,359ha of land as the O’Bosleav Forest Community Land in Kampong Thom province in an effort to implement a REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) project to preserve forests for carbon forest sales. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/k-thom-village-participates-redd-project
Mystery over Stung Treng cleared forest land to be solved
Sesan district governor said he will solve the mystery surrounding illegally cleared forest land after more than 50 families appealed to the Stung Treng provincial authorities for an investigation into the clearing of hundreds of hectares in Kbal Romeas commune’s Krabei Chrom village. ...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50949090/mystery-over-stung-treng-cleared-forest-land-to-be-solved/
Eight-year dispute on stall owner status over
Thirty-two vendors from Samaki market in Kampot province and the owner of stalls there have agreed to accept a four-point solution to end a long-running dispute over the ownership of market stalls. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eight-year-dispute-stall-owner-status-over