Covid rattles Phnom Penh’s retail landscape through H1
The Covid-19 pandemic has rocked the retail landscape in Phnom Penh, with anxiety around infection risk keeping the masses away from shopping malls and driving retail consumption down by nearly five per cent in the first half of this year, compared to July-December 2020, according ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/covid-rattles-phnom-penhs-retail-landscape-through-h1
Cambodia’s children 46th most vulnerable to climate change
UNICEF warns that children in Cambodia are at high risk of being negatively impacted by the ongoing climate change crisis, which poses a threat to their health, education and economic prospects. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodias-children-46th-most-vulnerable-climate-change
Cambodia’s economy forecasted to grow by 5.5 percent in 2022 despite gloom this year
Cambodia’s economy is forecast to experience a rebound of 5.5 percent in 2022 despite a modest reduced 1.9 percent growth is forecasted this year amid the prolonged coronavirus pandemic, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50939987/cambodias-economy-forecasted-to-grow-by-5-5-percent-in-2022-despite-gloom-this-year/
More than 40 percent of Cambodia’s stock of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines administered
A total of 548,670 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, leaving slightly more than 866,000 doses left for those who are eligible for booster shots or for elderly who qualify for this vaccine. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50923336/more-than-40-percent-of-cambodias-stock-of-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccines-administered/
DBD becomes Growth Board’s first listing
DBD Engineering Plc, a local multi-purpose engineering and construction firm, went public via initial public offering (IPO) on the Cambodia securities Exchange’s (CsX) Growth Board on september 6. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/dbd-becomes-growth-boards-first-listing
Work underway to clean out Por Sen Chey’s main canal
Authorities in Phnom Penh’s Por sen Chey district have started rehabilitation work on the main canal next to the railway line in Kakab I commune’s Paprak Khang Cheung village after about 20 families agreed to demolish and clear structures blocking the canal. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/work-underway-clean-out-por-sen-cheys-main-canal
King Sihamoni to address UNESCO’s General Assembly
King Norodom Sihamoni will attend the 41St General ASSembly of UNESCO on the occaSion of itS 75th anniverSary, which iS Scheduled for November 10-14 in the French capital PariS. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-sihamoni-address-unescos-general-assembly
Koh Kong aims to develop province’s coastal islands
Koh Kong provincial authorities are compiling detailed data on the 23 islands in the province to facilitate the development of them as the number of tourists is on the increase and businesses continue to show interest in investing heavily in the islands. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-aims-develop-provinces-coastal-islands
Briefing on Cambodia’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2022
On 30 December 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the briefing on Cambodia’s AsEAN Chairmanship in 2022 on 29 December 2021. H.E. PRAK sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, led the briefing ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Ministry duties grow, will now manage access to nation’s PID
The government has issued a sub-decree on the control, use and security of “personally identifiable data” or PID in order to guard the public’s interests and improve the provision of services and their quality and efficiency to facilitate national development. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-duties-grow-will-now-manage-access-nations-pid
S’ville port handles over $2.2B in imports, exports
The value of imports and exports handled at the sihanoukville special Economic Zone (ssEZ) reached $2.234 billion in 2021, marking a 42.75 per cent rise from $1.565 billion a year earlier, according to a statement released by the operator on January 10. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sville-port-handles-over-22b-imports-exports
Textiles, garments, footwear and travel products and bags are the key pillars of Cambodia’s exports
The Minister of Labor and Vocational Training, Dr. Ith sam Heng, said that the export of textiles, garment, footwear and travel products and bags sectors are the key sector for the Cambodian economy and remain as the country’s most important export sector, with annual growth ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501007751/textiles-garments-footwear-and-travel-products-and-bags-are-the-key-pillars-of-cambodias-exports/
Cambodia’s economy forecast to grow over 5 pct in 2022
Cambodia’s economy is expected to grow over 5 percent in 2022 after the southeast Asian nation has fully reopened since November, buoyed by its high vaccination rates, Prime Minister Hun sen said here on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501015969/cambodias-economy-forecast-to-grow-over-5-pct-in-2022/
Baby dolphin born in Mekong’s Koh Phdao
The team researching the Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphins has spotted a newborn baby in Kratie province’s sambor district, according to the Fisheries Administration’s Department of Fisheries Conservation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/baby-dolphin-born-mekongs-koh-phdao
Discovery of sea turtle’s nest lifts hope of conservationists
Researchers from the Fisheries Administration (FiA) – and the Coastal and Marine Conservation team at Fauna & Flora International Cambodia Programme (FFI-Cambodia) – expressed joy and pride after they recently discovered a nest of endangered sea turtles on one of the Kingdom’s islands. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/discovery-sea-turtles-nest-lifts-hope-conservationists
Cambodia’s famed Angkor sees more than 45,000 international tourists in first 5 months
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park had attracted 45,779 foreign tourists in the first five months of 2022, up 859 percent compared to the same period last year, said a press statement on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501090252/cambodias-famed-angkor-sees-more-than-45000-international-tourists-in-first-5-months/
WHO: Kingdom’s jab drive deserves study
World Health Organisation (WHO) representative to Cambodia Li Ailan said countries around the world should study how Cambodia overcame the challenges of Covid-19 and follow its success, particularly its overarching vaccination programme. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/who-kingdoms-jab-drive-deserves-study
Thai-Cambodian relations ‘unaffected’ by Thaksin’s visit
A surprising appearance by former Thai prime ministers Thaksin shinawatra and his sister Yingluck in Cambodia on August 5 has sparked much chatter. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-cambodian-relations-unaffected-thaksins-visit
NEC releases preliminary election results: CPP’s dominates, Funcinpec in distant second
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won a sweeping victory, while Funcinpec and the Khmer National United Party received the second and third most votes, according to preliminary election results announced by the National Election Committee (NEC) on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Seoung Nimol and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/nec-releases-preliminary-election-results-cpps-dominates-funcinpec-in-distant-second/
Wife mourns Ratanakiri environmentalist’s imprisonment
Chhorn Phalla became one of Cambodia’s prominent forest defenders, fronting a press conference two years ago about local authorities’ alleged complicity in illegal deforestation, violence against him at a public forum, and having a shelter burned down on his plantation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meng Kroypunlok
https://vodenglish.news/wife-mourns-ratanakiri-environmentalists-imprisonment/