Japan provides $2 million for flood victims through WFP
The Japanese government has provided $2 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to mitigate the impact of floods on food security in flood-affected households and communities in Cambodia. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50816842/japan-provides-2-million-for-flood-victims-through-wfp/
PM orders authorities to tighten Cambodia-Thai border crossings to curb COVID-19 transmission
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the Health Ministry and all governors of provinces bordering Thailand to prevent migrant workers from illegally crossing the border in a bid to curb COVID-19 community transmission. ...
All of Phnom Penh – starting with Red Zones – to be vaccinated
In a voice message last night, Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen ordered that all people in Phnom Penh and Kandal province – about 3 million people according to him – must be vaccinated. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50847131/all-of-phnom-penh-starting-with-red-zones-to-be-vaccinated/
Svay Rieng registers more than 300 COVID-19 patients
At least 314 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Svay Rieng province so far and tied to the February 20 community event, a health official said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50846055/svay-rieng-registers-more-than-300-covid-19-patients/
Media in Cambodia thriving despite challenges
Press freedom in Cambodia is steadily declining and is ranked 144 in the world, the director of Cambodia Journalist Alliance (CamboJA), Nop Vy said. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50850693/media-in-cambodia-thriving-despite-challenges/
January-April rice exports down 36%
Cambodia’s milled rice exports from January to April of 2021 were down 36 percent from the same period in 2020, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF). ...
Sok Samnang
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50849539/january-april-rice-exports-down-36/
PM’s help to be sought to allocate reserved land for 167 families
Banteay Meanchey deputy governor Ly Sary has embarked on a mission to identify 200 hectares of land in Roneam Daun Sam Malai Wildlife Sanctuary to be allocated for 167 families to legally reside and cultivate their respective lands. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50849980/pms-help-to-be-sought-to-allocate-reserved-land-for-167-families/
Cambodia-South Korea trade reaches $377 Million January-May
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea reached $377 million for the first five months of 2021. This represents a 6.2 percent increase compared to the same period last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50879943/cambodia-south-korea-trade-reaches-377-million-january-may/
Kingdom will have a say in the global tax reform process
A major global tax overhaul that will set a tax floor of 15 percent has the ability to level the playing field when attracting international investments from technology companies and increase the Kingdom’s coffers. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50913195/kingdom-will-have-a-say-in-the-global-tax-reform-process/
Commune chiefs back-pedal on state land signatures
Authorities in several provinces have issued letters annulling their previously signed orders regarding land occupied in protected areas and biodiversity corridors after the Ministry of Environment issued a letter in May calling their actions illegal. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-chiefs-back-pedal-state-land-signatures
Senate approves draft laws on RCEP, bilateral FTA with China
The senate on September 20 unanimously passed (38-0) two draft laws authorising the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement and the bilateral Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA). ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/senate-approves-draft-laws-rcep-bilateral-fta-china
Agricultural exports up 46 percent in first nine months
Some 3,894,485 tonnes of agricultural products, besides milled rice and paddy rice, have been exported to foreign markets during the first nine months of this year, despite the global COVID-19 crisis. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50945748/agricultural-exports-up-46-percent-in-first-nine-months/
Preah Vihear warns of flash floods
Citing the provincial Department of Water Resources and Meteorology, they said that on the morning of September 25, the water level in Stung Sen had reached 11.38m, approaching the emergency point of 11.50m. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-warns-flash-floods
Cambodia’s success in vaccine rollout provides an important opportunity to learn for future pandemic preparedness, says WHO
Cambodia’s success and experience in its vaccine rollout provides an important opportunity to learn for future pandemic preparedness, said Dr Li Ailan, representative of the World Health Organization in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50938644/cambodias-success-in-vaccine-rollout-provides-an-important-opportunity-to-learn-for-future-pandemic-preparedness-says-who/
Port operator, Pestech book decent business performance
Two locally-listed firms on October 8 reported recoveries in business performance this year thanks to improvements across regional and global economies as they emerge from the Covid-19 health crisis. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/port-operator-pestech-book-decent-business-performance
Ministry plans mobile jabs
Senior Ministry of Health officials have urged provincial administrations to dispatch mobile vaccination teams to remote households and the homes of those with difficulties travelling in order to administer Covid-19 jabs to them. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-plans-mobile-jabs
Kingdom delivers assistance to Covid-stricken Myanmar
Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng on August 19 donated relief funds and medical supplies to Myanmar to assist the country in its fight against Covid-19. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-delivers-assistance-covid-stricken-myanmar
Cambodian commerce minister attends virtual ministerial meeting of LDCs
Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce of Cambodia, attended the virtual Ministerial Meeting of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to examine and approve the Statement of LDCs for the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference to be held from Nov. 30 to Dec. 03, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50955949/cambodian-commerce-minister-attends-virtual-ministerial-meeting-of-ldcs/
Cambodia’s agricultural exports up over 47 percent in first 10 months
Some 4,221,153 tonnes of agricultural products, besides milled rice and paddy rice, have been exported to foreign markets during the first ten months of this year, despite the global COVID-19 crisis. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963305/cambodias-agricultural-exports-up-over-47-percent-in-first-10-months/
GDT head warns breweries over tax compliance
Cambodia’s tax chief ordered brewery and beverage plant owners to comply with tax good governance principles, including transparency, firmly suggesting that they install modern flow meter systems. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-head-warns-breweries-over-tax-compliance
