Japan helps strengthen community healthcare in Kampong Cham province
The Government of Japan has agreed to provide $182,035 to People’s Hope Japan (PHJ) under the framework, The Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects. ...
Feb 20 event further weighs on transport, logistics
The February 20 community transmission has compounded the woes of the transport and logistics sectors still reeling from the Covid-19 health crisis. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/feb-20-event-further-weighs-transport-logistics
Japan funds project to end violence against children amid C-19
The Government of Japan has provided more than $3 million to UNICEF Cambodia to launch a new project aimed at ending violence against children in the Kingdom. ...
Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50828171/japan-funds-project-to-end-violence-against-children-amid-c-19/
Vietnam renews duty-free tobacco quota for 2021
Vietnam extended its 3,000-tonne duty-free quota for Cambodian dried tobacco leaves for 2021 to meet market demand, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Seang Thay confirmed to The Post on March 23. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnam-renews-duty-free-tobacco-quota-2021
230kg bomb found in Phnom Penh lake
A 230 kilogramme bomb was discovered in Tamouk Lake at the outskirts of Phnom Penh on Friday, believed to have been buried there for about 50 years. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://khmertimeskh.com/50819097/230kg-bomb-found-in-phnom-penh-lake/
Profits flow in for PPWSA in 2020
Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA), in its annual disclosure document released on Tuesday, reported a pre-tax profit of approximately $29.68 million for 2020. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50820070/profits-flow-in-for-ppwsa-in-2020/
About 100K locations registered for QR Code “Stop COVID”
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications said that 99,224 locations have registered for QR Code “Stop COVID”, calling for other establishments, restaurants, and hotels to do so. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50822075/about-100k-locations-registered-for-qr-code-stop-covid/
Live pigs with African Swine Flu culled
A total of 102 live pigs imported from neigbouring countries were culled yesterday, after they were found infected with African Swine Flu (ASF). ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50833184/live-pigs-with-african-swine-flu-culled/
Kampot tourism sees increase from 2019
Domestic tourism in Kampot province increased last year compared to 2019, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the director of the provincial council said yesterday. ...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50808342/kampot-tourism-sees-increase-from-2019/
Ouch Leng, four other forestry activists released
After three days of questioning by Kratie Provincial Court and the provincial Environment Department, Ouch Leng and four other forestry activists were released yesterday. ...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50811875/ouch-leng-four-other-forestry-activists-released/
Cambodia’s rangers risk lives protecting environment
The 20 or so very fit men gathered deep in the forests of northeast Cambodia at the Tropaing Tear Base in the Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Malis Tum
https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/cambodias-rangers-risk-lives-protecting-environment
Only 1.31 million foreign tourists visited Cambodia in 2020
During COVID-19 crisis in 2020, Cambodia received only 1.31 million foreign tourists, showing a fall of 80 percent compared to 2019. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50808696/only-1-31-million-foreign-tourists-visited-cambodia-in-2020/
Cashless Cambodia boosted by pandemic
The COVID pandemic is intensifying the Kingdom’s push towards becoming a cashless society as consumers increasingly opt to conduct digital payments instead of physical transactions. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50817836/cashless-cambodia-boosted-by-pandemic/
Rental sector businesses share positive outlook for market in 2021
Despite the mass exodus of expats and foreigners causing a blip in Cambodia’s otherwise strong rental sector, realty businesses are forecasting a positive bounce back in 2021. ...
Tom Starkey
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50814018/rental-sector-businesses-share-positive-outlook-for-market-in-2021/
More Covid-19 treatment sites set up as cases soar
Hun Manet, deputy commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, has been leading a working group to set up another Covid-19 treatment site for minor cases. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-covid-19-treatment-sites-set-cases-soar
Four charged over land grab in Preah Vihear
Four men were charged in the Preah Vihear Provincial Court for impersonating as environment officers, clearing 10 hectares of state land, and claiming it belongs to them. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50828141/four-charged-over-land-grab-in-preah-vihear/
C-19 patients with mild symptoms allowed to be treated at home
Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed the Ministry of Health and relevant authorities to prepare health officials to provide treatment for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms at home. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50835022/c-19-patients-with-mild-symptoms-allowed-to-be-treated-at-home/
Cambodia to spend more than $20.5 million on vaccination campaign over nine months
The Royal Government of Cambodia has planned to spend over 83.625 million KHR, or approximately $ 20.59 million, on the nine-month vaccination program from April to December 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50853472/cambodia-to-spend-more-than-20-5-million-on-vaccination-campaign-over-nine-months/
Siem Reap extends curfew for two more weeks
Siem Reap Provincial Administration announced today that it has decided to extend the curfew for another two weeks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the province. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50853604/siem-reap-extends-curfew-for-two-more-weeks/
All state markets to re-open in Phnom Penh from May 24th
The Governor of Phnom Penh, Khuong Sreng, has announced that all state markets in Phnom Penh will be permitted to reopen from May 24, 2021 onwards. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50859855/all-state-markets-to-re-open-in-phnom-penh-from-may-24th/
