Around 400 journalists receive travel permits during lockdown
The Ministry of Information has issued permits to some 400 journalists to travel during the lockdown period, ministry spokesman Meas Sophorn confirmed on April 21. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/around-400-journalists-receive-travel-permits-during-lockdown
IMF highlights divergent global recovery levels
THE International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook prediction that the globe will recover at vastly uneven levels has been brought into sharp focus in light of recent lockdowns in Cambodia. ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50842469/imf-highlights-divergent-global-recovery-levels/
Takeo province villagers protest reservoir construction
Residents from seven villages in Takeo province protested against authorities who they said were digging a new reservoir on 200ha of land they have depended upon for years. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/takeo-province-villagers-protest-reservoir-construction
Gov’t allocates $613,000 to 22 provinces for C-19
With coronavirus still rearing its ugly head in the community, the government has allocated about $613,000 to 22 provinces, to implement measures to stop the spread of the virus. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50858710/govt-allocates-613000-to-22-provinces-for-c-19/
Gov’t looks into vaccines for children
A study into administering Covid-19 vaccinations to children will begin after the initial drive for vaccinating people 18 and over is complete, a senior Ministry of Health official said. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-looks-vaccines-children
Masks a must in 15 provinces
Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng issued a public health notice requiring people in 15 provinces to wear masks and socially distance from now until further notice. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/masks-must-15-provinces
Secondary schools set to reopen
The Education Ministry will be ready to reopen secondary schools nationwide starting in either September or October, after having been closed for several months to prevent the spread of Covid-19. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908820/secondary-schools-set-to-reopen/
Cambodia sets 2021 growth forecast at 2.5%
Cambodia drastically downgraded its economic forecast for 2021 to 2.5 per cent from the 4.1 per cent projection announced at the beginning of the year, due to the deteriorating Covid-19 situation. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-sets-2021-growth-forecast-25
Multi-purpose port for Kep province
A multi-purpose port is in the pipeline to be built in Kep province that will serve the tourism sector as well as a maritime seaport that will boost the economy and development sector of the province. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908847/multi-purpose-port-for-kep-province/
ACU complaint against officials for land-grabbing
A group of families who tried to file a community property land title have filed a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit against Kampot provincial officials for conspiring to illegally sell their land. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50903660/acu-complaint-against-officials-for-land-grabbing/
PM makes major speech on Cambodia’s current and future COVID situation and strategy
Prime Minister Hun Sen made a major speech this morning at opening ceremony of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children and young people from 12 to 17 years old. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50906142/pm-makes-major-speech-on-cambodias-current-and-future-covid-situation-and-strategy/
Cambodia commits to enhancing the CLV Development Triangle Area
Cambodia has committed to develop the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA) in order to contribute to enhancing cross border trade activities and improving the livelihoods of the region’s peoples. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50904613/cambodia-commits-to-enhancing-the-clv-development-triangle-area/
China’s Thailand ban puts longan in pickle
An indefinite Chinese ban on Thai longan imposed on August 13 over contamination with mealybugs has thrown a wrench into Cambodian exports of the fruit to the neighbouring country, according to a senior Cambodian government official. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinas-thailand-ban-puts-longan-pickle
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port discloses significant profit Jan-June
The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, listed on the Cambodia Stock Exchange (CSX) under the ticker PAS, has posted a substantial increase in net profit for the first six months of 2021 over the preceding semester period. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50915641/sihanoukville-autonomous-port-discloses-significant-profit-jan-june/
Technical team to study land use in planned Sihanoukville economic zone
The government has set up a working group to develop land management and policy in Sihanoukville as part of a plan to turn the province into a multi-purpose special economic zone (SEZ). ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917450/technical-team-to-study-land-use-in-planned-sihanoukville-economic-zone/
Five Mekong giant catfish to be released into the rivers
The Wonders of the Mekong Project along with fisheries officials have received five Mekong giant catfish from a local farmer and that they will be released into the river. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50899478/five-mekong-giant-catfish-to-be-released-into-the-rivers/
Commune chiefs in Kampot issue land annulments
Three commune chiefs in Kampot province’s Teuk Chhou district have now separately issued letters annulling their previous signatures on land deals in the protected area of Preah Monivong Bokor National Park. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-chiefs-kampot-issue-land-annulments
Cambodia ranks top in women workforce
The UNDP in Cambodia published a statement yesterday on its Facebook page stating that the rate of women workers in the Kingdom is higher than others in the region. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50902846/cambodia-ranks-top-in-women-workforce/
Focus shifts to onshore oil and gold mining as offshore exploration stumbles
The Kingdom has a golden future in spite of the crude reality that there may be no more oil extracted from its waters in the near term, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907152/focus-shifts-to-onshore-oil-and-gold-mining-as-offshore-exploration-stumbles/
Banteay Meanchey, northwest provinces brace for flash floods
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology issued a warning that Cambodia will be affected by the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone, a low-pressure system, from September 22-26 along the Dangrek mountains. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/banteay-meanchey-northwest-provinces-brace-flash-floods