PM asks Senate to approve draft law on measures to prevent COVID-19 spread soonest
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the Senate to conduct an online meeting to review and approve the draft law on measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other deadly infectious diseases so that it can come into force as soon as possible. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50822291/pm-asks-senate-to-approve-draft-law-on-measures-to-prevent-covid-19-spread-soonest/
Business councils talk Thai trade
Two Bangkok-based business councils have demonstrated their commitment to join forces and ensure frictionless cross-border trade between Cambodia and Thailand amid tightened border controls imposed in the harsh times of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/business-councils-talk-thai-trade
Emergency aid to be given to poor people under lockdown areas
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has announced to repeal mechanism and procedure for providing social assistance to support people who have been severely affected by the COVID-19 community outbreak during the lockdown, but they are given emergency aid in the “Red Zone” areas. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50841445/emergency-aid-to-be-given-to-poor-people-under-lockdown-areas/
Hun Sen: Lakes filled in for national developments
Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced continued operations to fill some lakes in Phnom Penh to create land for developments, though he is against the unrelated practice of damming rivers or blocking waterways. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50806569/tamouk-lake-slated-for-development-reservoir-to-get-retaining-wall/
SCG reports healthy annual revenue despite 2020’s trials
The Siam Cement Group in Cambodia (SCG) reported sales revenue of $252 million in the Kingdom last year, according to the company’s annual report. SCG is the largest and oldest cement and building material company in Thailand and Southeast Asia. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810439/scg-reports-healthy-annual-revenue-despite-2020s-trials/
Cambodia generates over $30 million from milled rice exports in January
Cambodia’s gross revenue from rice exports in the first month of this year declined by 32.07 percent compared to the same period in 2019. Figures from the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) show that the Kingdom earned in total US$30.76 million from milled rice exports. ...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809992/cambodia-generates-over-30-million-from-milled-rice-exports-in-january/
Pricing talks on wind energy project underway
State-run Electricité du Cambodge (EDC) and Singapore-based The Blue Circle are in preliminary talks on the price of wind generated power, as senior officials place high hopes for having the renewable energy factor into the nation’s energy mix soon. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50832275/pricing-talks-on-wind-energy-project-underway/
Hunt for suspects continues after Preah Sihanouk sea restored
Stung Hav district authorities in Preah Sihanouk province have removed soil that was dumped into the sea along the coast to create new land in an area without authorisation and are working to determine the identity of the responsible parties. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hunt-suspects-continues-after-preah-sihanouk-sea-restored
SINET, Philippine firm team up for telecoms solutions
The Philippines’ PLDT Global Corp (PGC) unveiled a new partnership with Cambodia’s SINET, a registered trademark of SI Group Co Ltd, to broaden its regional footprint and supply technology solutions that help the local telecoms service provider’s customers stream more seamlessly. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sinet-philippine-firm-team-telecoms-solutions
Red Zone residents gather en masse for Covid test
Residents in designated red zones in the capital are flocking to get their samples taken for Covid-19 testing, after the Phnom Penh Municipal Hall issued a directive mandating that each and every single one of them does so or face legal action. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-zone-residents-gather-en-masse-covid-test
Kampong Speu governor orders intruders off state forest land
Kampong Speu provincial governor Vei Samnang has issued an order prohibiting clearing and settling on more than 281ha of state forest land in two locations after some residents illegally occupied and farm the land. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-governor-orders-intruders-state-forest-land
Over 50 homes ready for veterans in Pursat
The Pursat Provincial Administration said 58 of 164 houses for Cambodian veterans have been built on social land concessions in Prangil commune’s Say village in Phnom Kravanh district. The homes are ready for veterans and their families to move in. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-50-homes-ready-veterans-pursat
Gov’t Covid stimulus and relief spending tops $335Mn
With Cambodia’s relief measures up for renewal later this month, it has come to light that the Government’s Covid-related assistance spending topped $335 million since the introduction of payments to the financially vulnerable last June. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50867851/govt-covid-stimulus-and-relief-spending-tops-335mn/
Mekong-U.S. Partnership Senior Meeting held to discuss Covid-19 response
The first annual Mekong-U.S. Partnership Senior Meeting was held on June 29. The meeting’s main focus was the progress of a secure, prosperous, and open Mekong sub-region, among other things. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50885537/mekong-u-s-partnership-senior-meeting-held-to-discuss-covid-19-response/
Gov’t gives financial aid to lockdown-affected workers
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has provided financial assistance to 59,012 workers from 175 factories in the garment, footwear and bag industry located in lockdown areas in Phnom Penh, Kandal province’s Takhmao town and Sihanoukville (Phase 2, 3 and 4). ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-gives-financial-aid-lockdown-affected-workers
PM lays out overarching 2022 ASEAN approaches
Prime Minister Hun Sen said even though ASEAN is facing enormous challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the geo-political rivalry between China and the US, Cambodia is ready to take the chair of the ASEAN community in less than five months from now. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-lays-out-overarching-2022-asean-approaches
ADB’s $4.4 mil boost for health systems amid C-19
A six-year, pioneering regional technical assistance initiative, being undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and worth $4.4 million, is boosting the capacity of health systems in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to respond to climate-induced health threats amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the ADB said. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898170/adbs-4-4-mil-boost-for-health-systems-amid-c-19/
Sole-citizenship edits fast-tracked
The National Assembly’s (NA) Standing Committee is set to send the draft amendments to articles of the Constitution aiming to mandate single-citizenship for the nation’s top office holders to the expert committee for review. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sole-citizenship-edits-fast-tracked
Ministry onboards Cambodia Post to e-marketplace
The Ministry of Commerce plans to integrate state-owned Cambodia Post’s transportation system into Cambodiatrade.com, looking to make the distribution and delivery process easier, faster and safer for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and consumers that buy merchandise on the e-marketplace. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-onboards-cambodia-post-e-marketplace
Kep’s $2M White Horse Port set to break ground mid-Sept
The Kep Provincial Administration is set to break ground on the long-awaited $1.95 million Ses Sar quay, or “White Horse Port”, on September 15 in the northwestern reaches of the coastal province, in a bid to prop up the local transportation and tourism sectors. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/keps-2m-white-horse-port-set-break-ground-mid-sept