MoH discovers 4th case of monkeypox
Another person was diagnosed with monkeypox on Tuesday, bringing to four the number of cases of the illness in Cambodia, the Ministry of Health announced. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501428689/moh-discovers-4th-case-of-monkeypox/
Construction sees revival with $5 billion approved projects
Cambodia has seen more than $5 billion approved construction projects in 2023, as per data with CBRE Cambodia. This is a 79 percent increase compared to the previous year. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501480023/construction-sees-revival-with-5-billion-approved-projects/
Blaze in Meanchey destroys 10 homes
Ten homes housing 16 families in the capital’s Meanchey district were destroyed early Monday by fire, which police said was caused by an electrical malfunction. The homeowners, however, believe the blaze was caused by arson. Kong Thou, deputy chief of the Municipal Fire Office, said ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/blaze-meanchey-destroys-10-homes
Crash payouts still in limbo
The families of victims killed or injured by a deadly road accident in Svay Rieng province in May are accusing the bus company involved of not paying out the court-ordered compensation in full.On May 20, a tourist bus from the 15 SH Bus Company tried ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/crash-payouts-still-limbo
Government encourages investment in sustainable timber plantations
The government yesterday asked companies to consider investing in timber plantations in the Kingdom that produce sustainable wood, arguing that these investments help protect the country’s natural resources. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50663340/government-encourages-investment-in-sustainable-timber-plantations/
Phnom Penh court reopens investigation on land case
A verdict in the land encroachment case against a prominent businesswoman was not delivered as expected yesterday, after a judge ordered the case be re-investigated due to a lack of evidence. Phnom Penh Municipal Court tried Chhin Sokountheary, director of Layimex Holdings Group, in absentia on ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/National/phnom-penh-court-reopens-investigation-on-land-case.html
Kep officials demolish illegal land grab fence
The Damnak Chang’aeur district Unified Command Committee on Tuesday demolished a concrete fence that was illegally built to encroach on flooded forest land in Angkorl commune’s Angkorl village in Kep province. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kep-officials-demolish-illegal-land-grab-fence
Vietnam ambassador questioned over border tents
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has questioned Vietnamese ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh over the setting up of tents by its soldiers in a disputed border area in Kandal province. .. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50729509/vietnam-ambassador-questioned-over-border-tents/
Unemployment rate in Cambodia at 0.3 percent
Some 99.7 percent of the total 10 million workforces in Cambodia have jobs, according to a message of Prime Minister Hun Sen on the 134th International Labour Day. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719240/unemployment-rate-in-cambodia-at-0-3-percent/
70 percent decline in Malaria cases
The Ministry of Health announced yesterday that in the first nine months of this year, there has been a 70 percent decrease in malaria cases when compared to the same period last year. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50779318/70-percent-decline-in-malaria-cases/
First half-year figures see rise in fish breeding
Fish production during the first half of this year reached close to one billion, marking a nearly one percent rise from figures recorded in the same period last year. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50749133/first-half-year-figures-see-rise-in-fish-breeding/
Recovered Covid patients ‘may relapse’
The Ministry of Health has claimed that as many as 10 to 15 per cent of recovered Covid-19 patients could potentially suffer a spontaneous relapse which would again render the virus communicable. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/recovered-covid-patients-may-relapse
Cambodia’s Thailand exports fall 41 percent in first four months
Cambodian exports to neighbouring Thailand were valued at $402 million in the first four months of this year, a 41 percent decrease compared with the same period last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50863906/cambodias-thailand-exports-fall-41-percent-in-first-four-months/
Cambodia, Australia discuss strengthening bilateral ties
Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening relations with Cambodia in the fight against Covid-19 as the Kingdom will chair ASEAN in 2022. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-australia-discuss-strengthening-bilateral-ties
Chilli exports up nearly 50%
Cambodia exported 67,547.34 tonnes of chillies in the first seven months of 2021, an increase of nearly 50 per cent year-on-year, according to the General Directorate of Agriculture. ...
Hin Pisei
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/chilli-exports-nearly-50
Phnom Penh most vaccinated capital in the world against COVID-19
Phnom Penh is the most vaccinated capital in the world with around 99 percent of adults fully vaccinated, according to Mekong Strategic Partners (MSP). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918185/phnom-penh-capital-of-cambodia-is-the-most-vaccinated-capital-in-the-world-against-covid-19/
Kuoy families in Preah Vihear worry over land issue
More than 250 indigenous Kuoy families in Preah Vihear province have refused to accept compensation from a gold mining company that has offered them just $500 per hectare of land. ...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50929763/kuoy-families-in-preah-vihear-worry-over-land-issue/
The government is purchasing 5 million doses of vaccines, says PM Hun Sen
Prime Minister Hun Sen said that the government is purchasing 5 million doses of Covid vaccines to expedite the booster shots campaigns across the country. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501004130/the-government-is-purchasing-5-million-doses-of-vaccines-says-pm-hun-sen/
More than 210,000 tourists nationwide last weekend
Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, has stated that there were more than 210,000 Tourists nationwide on the weekend from 29 To 30 January 2022. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501016225/more-than-210000-tourists-nationwide-last-weekend/
No major impact on rice exports from Ukraine war: CRF
The Russia-Ukraine war will have no significant influence on Cambodian milled-rice exports, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/no-major-impact-rice-exports-ukraine-war-crf