ADB approves loans worth $70 million for Cambodia’s agriculture
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $70 million in loan to improve the capacity of agribusinesses in six provinces across Cambodia to process key agricultural products. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50789891/adb-approves-loans-worth-70-million-for-cambodias-agricultur/
Unions call for minimum wage to be raised by over $11
Unions are set to demand that workers minimum wage is raised by $11.59 at the National Council on Minimum Wage due to be held at the Ministry of Labour today. ...
Huon Dina
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50760085/unions-call-for-minimum-wage-to-be-raised-by-over-11/
Easing strained ties: US and Cambodia discuss military cooperation
In a move to mend strained ties with the Kingdom, United States Ambassador Patrick Murphy met with Minister of Defence General Tea Banh yesterday to find a way to expand military cooperation. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50765105/easing-strained-ties-us-and-cambodia-discuss-military-cooperation/
Australia gives $57M for vaccine programme to reopen economy
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs granted $57 million yesterday for Cambodia and the region to have improved access to safe, effective and affordable COVID-19 vaccines. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50757288/australia-gives-57m-for-vaccine-programme-to-reopen-economy/
Floods kill at least 10 and wreak havoc in Kingdom
Flash floods continue to cause chaos in several parts of the Kingdom, especially in Pursat and Battambang provinces, taking at least 10 lives nationwide. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50772055/floods-kill-at-least-10-and-wreak-havoc-in-kingdom/
Koh Kong warns against unlawful land transactions
Koh Kong provincial authorities said they would not approve the sale and purchase of land in protected areas without proper paperwork. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-warns-against-unlawful-land-transactions
Backlash on public order draft law
The Ministry of Interior’s new public order draft law which aims to strengthen peace and security by regulating public behaviour, including imposing a dress code, has drawn mixed reactions. ...
Srey Lux Sok
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50751388/backlash-on-public-order-draft-law/
Lower Sesan II Hydropower Station, powering agricultural development in Stung Treng
Lower Sesan II Hydropower Station, which is operated and managed by the firm China Huaneng Group, is located on the mainstream of the Sanhe River in Cambodia’s northeastern Stung Treng province. ...
More than $23M handed out to poor
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation said on Saturday that it completed transferring more than $23 million to poor people, covering more than 530,000 households. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-23m-handed-out-poor
First half-year figures see rise in fish breeding
Fish production during the first half of this year reached close to one billion, marking a nearly one percent rise from figures recorded in the same period last year. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50749133/first-half-year-figures-see-rise-in-fish-breeding/
More than 40 huts demolished and four arrested over land grabs
Preah Sihanouk authorities and park rangers yesterday dismantled more than 40 illegally-built huts and arrested four people suspected of clearing forestland in a national park. ...
Three-day Water Festival cancelled
The government has said it will cancel the three-day Water Festival scheduled to take place in late October in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50754872/three-day-water-festival-cancelled/
Ministry issues flood safety guidelines for factories
The Ministry of Labour issued guidelines for factory owners yesterday to help prepare them for floods as Phnom Penh and other provinces have been hit hard by heavy rainfall. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50773794/ministry-issues-flood-safety-guidelines-for-factories/
Pagodas fail to take health measures to curb COVID-19
Some pagodas along with worshippers have failed to comply with health measures to stem the spread of COVID-19 during the Pchum Ben festival, according to the Health Ministry. ...
Khann Chan Virak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50761593/pagodas-fail-to-take-health-measures-to-curb-covid-19/
New manufacturing firms provide much-needed jobs
More foreign investment is being injected into Cambodia after a manufacturing company announced a new production line and an opening of more than 1,000 new jobs in Kampong Speu province. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50764902/new-manufacturing-firms-provide-much-needed-jobs/
Police detain K Speu land grabbers
Military Police personnel, in cooperation with environmental rangers in Kampong Speu province, have cracked down on natural resource crimes and illegal encroachment of state land in Oral district’s Ta Sal commune. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-detain-k-speu-land-grabbers
PM says Grade 12 exams cancelled, all students pass
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered the Minister of Education to allow all Grade 12 students to pass their exam automatically without sitting it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50793598/pm-says-grade-12-exams-cancelled-all-students-pass/
Pursat builds central public services
The Pursat Provincial Administration will construct ‘collective administration’ facilities in the two newly arranged districts of Talou Sen Chey and Phnom Kravanh. The policy to centralise local public services will better enable their effective provision. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-builds-central-public-services
US funds Preah Vihear, Bakheng temple repairs
The US has provided $420,000 in grants for the repair and preservation of temples in Preah Vihear province and Phnom Bakheng temple in Siem Reap. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-funds-preah-vihear-bakheng-temple-repairs
CDC grants investment licenses to two private companies
Two private companies – Ocean Apparel Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and Glamor Glass Co., Ltd., have just received green light from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) for their investment projects. ...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50819597/cdc-grants-investment-licenses-to-two-private-companies/