Dam damaged due to heavy rainfall
The sluice gate at Chamkar Te Dam in Kampong Speu province’s Kirirom mountains, which holds 5 million cubic metres of water, has collapsed due to heavy rains. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50773322/dam-damaged-due-to-heavy-rainfall/
Unions propose $12.35 minimum wage increase
Unions’ workers will propose a new minimum wage for 2021 of $203.35 per month in the next National Council on Minimum Wage’s (NCMW) meeting. ...
Huon DIna
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50761572/unions-propose-12-35-minimum-wage-increase/
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/
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/
Pandemic offers challenges and opportunities to air ambulance industry
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic presents both challenges and opportunities to medical consultancies and air ambulance businesses in Cambodia and oTher parts of SouTheast Asia. ...
Jose Rodriguez T. Senase
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807535/pandemic-offers-challenges-and-opportunities-to-air-ambulance-industry/
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/
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/
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/
WFP and Ministry provide food aid to 200,000 people
World Food Program in collaboration with the Ministry of Education yesterday provided food to 200,000 people in Siem Reap, Oddar Meanchey, Kampong Thom, Kampong Chhnang and Pursat provinces. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50883939/wfp-and-ministry-provide-food-aid-to-200000-people/
PM orders temporary ban on imported frozen meat
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered a temporary ban on imported meat, although details are still forthcoming, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50904325/pm-orders-temporary-ban-on-imported-frozen-meat/
Families in protected areas get livestock aid
The Ministry of Environment has donated 1,000 domestic animals to residents and troops living in natural protected areas to provide livelihoods and encourage people to protect and conserve natural resources. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-protected-areas-get-livestock-aid
Cambodia sends first gold ore shipment abroad for purification
Renaissance Minerals Cambodia Limited has begun shipping gold ore from its industrial gold mine exploration in the Okvau region of Keo Seima district in Mondulkiri province abroad for additional refining. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918936/cambodia-sends-first-gold-ore-shipment-abroad-for-purification/
PM: Int’l ‘tricks’ a barrier to peace
Prime Minister Hun Sen said “some superpowers” and their allies had continued to interfere in Cambodia’s internal affairs through the implementation of double standards regarding democracy and respect for human rights. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-intl-tricks-barrier-peace
Regional fishing migrant workers’ labour rights to be protected
The first National Consultative Dialogue of “Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia”, a four-year (2020-2024) programme, was held on Friday in Phnom Penh. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50929679/regional-fishing-migrant-workers-labour-rights-to-be-protected/
Angkor crowned as best place to visit in Southeast Asia
Angkor in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province came first among the 29 Best Places to Visit in Southeast Asia, according to a survey of Touropia Travel Guides. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50964217/angkor-crowned-as-best-place-to-visit-in-southeast-asia/
70,000 refused jabs for health condition are all vaccinated
More than 70,000 people who were previously refused vaccination for Covid-19 due to their pre-existing health conditions have already largely been vaccinated in the interim by returning for a follow-up visit to get their jabs, according to Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/70000-refused-jabs-health-condition-are-all-vaccinated
