Kingdom may drop quarantine for vaccinated tourists in Q4
The Ministry of Tourism will work with the Ministry of Health to evaluate the feasibility of international tourists from low-risk countries and territories who have been fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus to enter the Kingdom with little or no quarantine stay. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-may-drop-quarantine-vaccinated-tourists-q4
Migrant workers stranded on Thai side of border as closure continues
At least 54 of 245 Cambodian migrant workers who returned to Cambodia from Thailand through the Boeung Trakoun border crossing between July 29 and August 4 tested positive for Covid-19, including the highly transmissible Delta variant. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrant-workers-stranded-thai-side-border-closure-continues
Covid can survive on some surfaces for ‘up to 72 hours’
Research has shown that Covid-19 can survive for a period of time on frozen food but it cannot replicate in chilled products, the Ministry of Health said on July 24. In light of this, the ministry has requested health protection measures regarding fresh and frozen ...
Mom Kunthear
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-can-survive-some-surfaces-72-hours
Search for suspected ‘Delta’ variant at Phnom Penh market
The COVID Research Subcommittee says that a search operation for suspected ‘Delta’ variant infection is currently underway in Deum Kor market, between Mao Tse Tong Boulevard (St. 245) and Monireth Boulevard (St. 217), in Khan Tuol Kork, Phnom Penh after after a Delta Kovid-19 virus-positive ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907691/search-for-suspected-delta-variant-at-phnom-penh-market/
PM says fight against C-19 should not involve politics
Prime Minister Hun Sen said all nations should work together to fight Covid-19, but this should not involve politics, according to his written address for the virtual Global Covid-19 Summit themed “Ending the Pandemic and Building Back Better” hosted by US President Joe Biden. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50940157/pm-says-fight-against-c-19-should-not-involve-politics/
Becoming volunteer lawyers for the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia
On 5 February 2021, the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia issued an appeal on becoming volunteer lawyers of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia. In order to contribute to a better social justice, the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia ...
Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Researchers discover rare, endangered southern serow
Researchers from the Ministry of Environment have detected the Southern Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) in protected areas by capturing it image on automatic cameras. The animal is a rare species and is listed on the IUCN Red List as globally endangered. ...
Voun Dara
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/researchers-discover-rare-endangered-southern-serow
New 30,000-riel bill to mark 1991 Paris Peace Agreements
Cambodia is set to release a new 30,000-riel banknote to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements, signed on October 23, and the return of the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk to the Kingdom after spending most of the two decades prior ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-30000-riel-bill-mark-1991-paris-peace-agreements
Cash handout for poor enters seventh round
The government on October 24 completed the third phase of the sixth round of funding to assist 670,000 poor and vulnerable people. The cash assistance is to help needy people hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, with the government handing out more than 120 billion ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cash-handout-poor-enters-seventh-round
Ministry, WHO warn of Omicron variant
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia warned that the two newly-flagged variants of SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 – formally known as B.1.640 and B.1.1.529 (Omicron) could possibly reach Cambodia soon. The Ministry of Health has also urged public vigilance ahead of ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-who-warn-omicron-variant
NEC selects members ahead of upcoming commune elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) has selected 175 members of the municipal and provincial electoral commissions to serve in the upcoming commune council elections. According to a press release issued by the NEC on January 30, the 175 candidates all passed an exam which tested ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-selects-members-ahead-upcoming-commune-elections
28 delegations at UN speak out in favour of Kingdom’s civic space
Of the 36 delegations present at the Oral Update of the UN Human Rights Council held on March 29, only eight were critical of the Kingdom’s civic and personal space while the 28 spoke in favour of the situation in the country, according to the ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/28-delegations-un-speak-out-favour-kingdoms-civic-space
Bringing Cambodia-Australia ties to a higher level, 70 years on
This year, Cambodia and Australia celebrated the 70th anniversary of their diplomatic relations. Ties were first established in 1952, a year before Cambodia attained its independence from the French. Over the decades, the two countries in the Indo-Pacific have proven to be great cooperative partners ...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501035548/bringing-cambodia-australia-ties-to-a-higher-level-70-years-on/
Cambodian PM leaves for Europe tour
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Chair of ASEAN 2022, is leading a high-level delegation to attend and co-chair the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit to celebrate the 45th Anniversary of ASEAN-EU Dialogue Relations with Charles Michel, President of the European Council, in Brussels, ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501200916/cambodian-pm-leaves-for-europe-tour/
Three more projects worth $18 million approved
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved three new investment projects with a total capital of $18 million. The new projects belong to New Target Footwear (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., Golden Island Garments (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., and Jin Long Quan (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501227974/three-more-projects-worth-18-million-approved/
PM set to provide lawyers to women in ‘entertainment services’ industry
Prime Minister Hun Sen instructed Ky Tech, the head of his pro bono legal aid team, to provide legal advice and representation to women working in the entertainment sector across the country in order to protect the rights of women in an industry where they ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-set-provide-lawyers-women-entertainment-services-industry
NEC confirms CPP’s 120 parliament seats as FUNCINPEC clinches 5
The National Election Committee (NEC) on August 1 released its official preliminary results of the July 23 general election, confirming that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) garnered 6,398,311 of the total 8,214,430 votes cast and secured 120 out of the National Assembly’s 125 seats. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/nec-confirms-cpps-120-parliament-seats-funcinpec-clinches-5
Health ministry signs cataract MoU with China’s GX Foundation
The Cambodian Ministry of Health and the GX Foundation of China signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on September 19 on a project to help eliminate cataract blindness in Cambodia by providing treatment to people in Prey Veng province. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-signs-cataract-mou-chinas-gx-foundation
Conservationists celebrate new greater adjutant hatchlings
The Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap welcomed the birth of two new greater adjutants. They told national news that the two new greater adjutant hatchlings were bred in captivity. The first hatchling hatched on December 24 and the second hatchling ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501224939/conservationists-celebrate-new-greater-adjutant-hatchlings/
GDT collects $1.34 billion in Q1 amid challenges
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has collected more than $1.34 billion of tax revenue in the first three months of 2023, an increase of 6.39 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, while ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501280694/gdt-collects-1-34-billion-in-q1-amid-challenges/