Announcement on the death of COVID-19 on a 61-year-old Cambodian woman
On 12 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of a 61-year-old Cambodian woman who died from COVID-19 at Laung Mey Hospital. Notably, this case of the death woman is the 30th case, and lived in Prek Pnov commune, Prek ...
Ministry of Health
Announcement on the requirements to apply “entry-exit permit” for factories, enterprises, and handicrafts
On 15 April 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training released an announcement on the requirements for documents and places to apply for “entry-exit permit” for factories, enterprises, and handicrafts that are allowed to operate during the implementation of the temporary lockdown measures in ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Announcement on the death of COVID-19 on a 35-year-old Cambodian man
On 14 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of a 35-year-old Cambodian man who died from COVID-19 at Prey Veng Provincial Hospital. Notably, this is the 36th case of a man who lived in Boeung Preah commune, Ba Phnom ...
Ministry of Health
Announcement on the death of COVID-19 on a 67-year-old Cambodian man
On 17 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of a 67-year-old Cambodian man who died from COVID-19 at Preah Sihanouk Provincial Referral Hospital. Notably, this is the 39th death case of a man who lived in Preah Sihanouk province. ...
Ministry of Health
Agrifirm bags MoU for Siem Reap produce
Agro-industrial firm LY LY Food Industry Co Ltd on January 22 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Siem Reap-based wholesaler Food and Agriculture Market (FAM) to supply it with fruits and vegetables. The signing ceremony was presided over by Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agrifirm-bags-mou-siem-reap-produce
National Road 10 project construction on track
National Road 10, which will link Battambang to Koh Kong province, is now 43.75 percent complete and scheduled to open for traffic in 2023. This was announced by the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport Bong Bun Hourn following an ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807538/national-road-10-project-construction-on-track/
ASEAN digital ministers hear Kingdom’s infrastructure priorities
Cambodia prioritised the development of its telecommunications infrastructure as a commitment at the first ASEAN Digital Ministers’ Meeting. ASEAN, already the most-connected region in the world, has set a goal for transitioning to a digital economy under the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807773/asean-digital-ministers-hear-kingdoms-infrastructure-priorities/
Sihanoukville wastewater facility nearly complete
The Ministry of Public Works said on Saturday that the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Sihanoukville is 93 percent complete. Minister of Public Works Sun Chanthol said during an inspection visit that the wastewater treatment plant will enhance the image of the coastal ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50811473/sihanoukville-wastewater-facility-nearly-complete/
Livelihood recovery project to help 10,000
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on February 16 signed an agreement to begin a project that will directly support 10,000 of the most vulnerable people affected by the economic fall-out from Covid-19 in Siem Reap ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/livelihood-recovery-project-help-10000
Kampong Speu warns of legal action against loggers at national park
Kampong Speu provincial authorities have warned against logging and forest land clearing in Suramarit-Kossamak National Park “Kirirom”. Authorities have also said they would enforce the law, but the clearing of the forest has continued even though authorities have issued a series of letters revoking land ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-warns-legal-action-against-loggers-national-park
Indebted oil company reports lower-than-expected oil at Cambodian block
KrisEnergy has warned that its current production rate at Cambodia’s Apsara offshore oil block has yielded only around half the company’s projected peak rate, and it has extended debt repayment deadlines and brought in an engineering firm to assess the situation amid “material uncertainty ...
Danielle Keeton-Olsen
https://vodenglish.news/indebted-oil-company-reports-lower-than-expected-oil-at-cambodian-block/
WorldBridge’s SME cluster zone delayed
Construction of WorldBridge Industrial Developments Co Ltd’s $30 million WorldBridge i4.0 SME Cluster zone will be delayed by one or two months due to the recent lockdown in Phnom Penh and Kandal province’s Takmao town, chairman Sear Rithy told The Post. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/worldbridges-sme-cluster-zone-delayed
Up to 20 Myanmar enterprises are reportedly relocating to Kampong Speu province
The crisis in Myanmar has proven beneficial for Kampong Speu as at least 20 entities have relocated to this province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50852986/up-to-20-myanmar-enterprises-are-reportedly-relocating-to-kampong-speu-province/
Phnom Penh authority imposes new regulation on businesses
The Phnom Penh authority has instructed business owners to provide information on employees who request leave under suspicion of COVID-19 infection. These businesses include restaurants, hotels, and companies. This was the latest move made by the authorities to contain the spread of the pandemic in ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50866941/phnom-penh-authority-imposes-new-regulation-on-businesses/
MRC gets $13M for management of Mekong River
Australia, Germany, and Switzerland have pledged nearly $13 million in funding for the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to assist member countries including Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam with their responses to pressing challenges while safeguarding the ecological functioning of the Mekong River and improving people’s ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mrc-gets-13m-management-mekong-river
Phnom Penh officials rehabilitates drainage canals to combat flooding
On June 22, a team from the Phnom Penh Capital Administration began the rehabilitation of 5 drainage canals with s combined length of 1 km in Sangkat Stung Meanchey 3, Khan Meanchey. The rehabilitation was done with the purpose of preventing the canals from overflowing ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50879174/phnom-penh-officials-rehabilitates-drainage-canals-to-combat-flooding/
Circular economy strategy, plan launched
The government, with support from development partners, on June 28 launched the National Circular Economy Strategy and Action Plan, as well as an affiliated platform to engage the private sector in the Kingdom’s transition towards a circular economy. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/circular-economy-strategy-plan-launched
Gov’t yields $11 million from carbon credit sales
More than $11 million in carbon credits from Cambodian forests have been sold since 2016, the Ministry of Environment announced at its annual year-end conference. The carbon credits were exchanged under the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (Redd+) framework, which allows forested developing countries to ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-yields-11-million-carbon-credit-sales
Cambodia set to reaffirm commitment at Non-aligned Movement conference
Ouch Borith – minister attached to the prime minister and permanent secretary of state for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – is slated to personally attend the High-Level Meeting to Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the First Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement ...
Deminers warn public on post-flood explosives risks
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) instructed the capital and provincial mine action committees to take any measures necessary to prevent any danger to the public from unexploded ordnance (UXO) in areas where flooding has occurred following reports by authorities of loose ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deminers-warn-public-post-flood-explosives-risks