The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC), the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) and the Cambodian Association of Finance and Technology (CAFT) have issued a statement strongly encouraging their customers, the public and business owners to both settle accounts and accept payments electronically via digital platforms. ...

Authorities in some provinces have restricted entry at their borders by setting up checkpoints and requiring travellers suspected of any exposure to persons or places linked to the February 20 community outbreak of Covid-19 to quarantine for 14 days. ...

Agriculture and Rural Development Bank of Cambodia (ARDB) expects to receive an additional $30 million from the government for special-purpose loans to keep the Kingdom’s smaller businesses afloat amid the ongoing economic duress of Covid-19, according to the state-owned bank’s director-general Kao Thach. ...

Logistics industry insiders in the Kingdom have not seen evidence of imports and exports growing noticeably in early 2021 but are hoping to see that change as the availability of COVID-19 vaccine inoculations widens in the country and region. ...

Xinglan Maritime Energy Co Ltd’s (XME) $200 million 100MW onshore wind power project in Mondulkiri province has passed its feasibility study, promising a fresh gust of wind to swell the sails of the Kingdom’s burgeoning industry, the local Maritime Group said in a press release. ...

The Ministry of Agriculture has unveiled a plan to make surprise crackdowns on illegal imports of fish varieties recently listed in a temporary ban to protect the local fish industry. The categories include catfish, giant snakehead fish and other fish that can be farmed locally. ...

According to the government’s release this week of the Kingdom’s 2019 census report, the manufacturing and service sectors have accounted for the largest rise in employment over the last decade, seeing millions of jobs created across the country. ...

Over one tonne of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and remnants of war were cleared from a sunken warship in the Mekong River in Kampong Cham province on Sunday, increasing the total amount recovered to more than six tonnes since its discovery on November 5, 2020.  ...

Three cooperate-bond-listed firms on February 15 reported solid business-performance recovery in the fourth quarter of last year resulting from proactive government measures that kept economic activities afloat despite the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

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 ...

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.   ...

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.   ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...