โReceding water levelsโ behind collapse of forty houses into Bassac river
Kandal provincial authorities have explained that 40 homes collapsed into the Bassac River on April 24 due to receding water levels. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/receding-water-levels-behind-collapse-forty-houses-bassac-river
Four million international tourists expected by Cambodia this year after Chinaโs pandemic strategy optimization
Cambodia is projected to receive 4 million international tourists in 2023 after China’s optimization of its COVID-19 strategy early this month, a tourism official said on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501221530/four-million-international-tourists-expected-by-cambodia-this-year-after-chinas-pandemic-strategy-optimization/
Southern Vietnam put on bird flu alert after Cambodia outbreak
The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City has sounded a bird flu alert to southern localities after more than 10 human cases were reported in Cambodia, including two deaths. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501245455/southern-vietnam-put-on-bird-flu-alert-after-cambodia-outbreak/
Cambodia promotes tourism at worldโs leading travel trade show
BERLIN, GERMANY: A delegation from Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism is at one of the world’s largest travel trade shows, ITB Berlin, To drive business from Europe inTo the country. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-promotes-tourism-at-worlds-leading-travel-trade-show
Cambodia earns $331 mln from bicycle export in first half of year, down 30.5 pct
Cambodia exported bicycles worth $331 million to foreign markets in the first half of 2023, a year-on-year drop of 30.5 percent, said a Ministry of Commerce’s report on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501324107/cambodia-earns-331-mln-from-bicycle-export-in-first-half-of-year-down-30-5-pct/
Hun Sen: Despite challenges, ASEAN stronger
Senate president Hun Sen has described the ASEAN bloc as getting stronger without “backing down”. He acknowledged that although it has faced many problems, many countries still seek to become ASEAN partners. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/politics/hun-sen-despite-challenges-asean-stronger-
Fire leaves 48 families homeless
The Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF) said on Tuesday that 48 families have been made homeless after a fire swept through their homes in Phnom Penh on Sunday afternoon. No one was injured in the blaze, which happened in the Sambok Chab area of Meanchey district’s ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fire-leaves-48-families-homeless
Tourism not hurt by outbreak
Cambodia’s tourism sector has emerged from a “mystery disease” scare unscathed, industry insiders said yesterday, although some regional health authorities noted what the World Health Organisation called an outbreak of Enterovirus-71 (EV-71), which has killed at least 52 children in the Kingdom. “The disease has only ...
Battambang Provincial Administration builds two new Covid-19 center
The Deputy Governor of Battambang, Soeum Bunrith, announced on June 7, that the recent influx of Cambodian migrant workers has increased. This fact has caused the number of Covid-19 cases within the province to climb steeply. ...
Korea welcomes back Cambodian workers
Cambodia is now one of six major countries sending workers under the Employment Permit System (EPS) policy to work in Korea which is now welcoming back migrant workers from abroad after the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50912793/korea-welcomes-back-cambodian-workers/
NSSF provides $2,500 funeral grant
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) on September 16 provided a funeral grant of 10 million riel ($2,500) to the bereaved family of an unnamed civil servant who died in a tragic work accident. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nssf-provides-2500-funeral-grant
Low-cost homes โready 2022โ
Construction of the $70 million two-phased Arakawa Residence affordable housing development in western Phnom Penh remains on track to be completed by mid-2022, developer Arakawa Co Ltd co-founder Ieng Sotheara told The Post on October 20. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/low-cost-homes-ready-2022
Over nine million people registered on voter list
Cambodia has in total 9,205,675 eligible voters, of them some 4,904,825 are women, according to the preliminary voter list of 2021, released yesterday by the National Election Committee (NEC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501000578/over-nine-million-people-registered-on-voter-list/
Kampong Thom One Window Services Office sees โsignificant progressโ
In 2021, the One Window Service Office (OWSO) of the Kampong Thom Provincial Administration provided 61,471 public services totalling 2,167 million riel ($540,000). This included processing 120 complaints from residents, according to an official report. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-thom-one-window-services-office-sees-significant-progress
Cambodia-Oz trade rises 52% in 2021
Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to furthering business dealings with Cambodia, as data from the commerce ministry revealed that bilateral trade volume between the two countries reached $324.492 million in 2021 – a 52 per cent surge year-on-year despite the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-oz-trade-rises-52-2021
โNEC makeup follows the lawโ
National Election Committee chairman Prach Chan defended the current composition of the election body when United Nations’ rights envoy to Cambodia Vitit Muntarbhorn discussed opposition parties’ insistence on reforms before next year’s National Election. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501137493/nec-makeup-follows-the-law/
Detained ex-opposition leader Kem Sokha blocked from meeting with his lawyers
Former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s lawyers said in a Tuesday statement that they were denied access to their client in violation of his rights, preventing them from discussing a planned appeal against his treason conviction. ...
Sorn Sarath and Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/detained-ex-opposition-leader-kem-sokha-denied-meeting-with-his-lawyers/
Kampong Speu needs factory workers, unemployed told
Kampong Speu Provincial Governor Vei Samnang yesterday called on workers who have lost their jobs to work in factories in Kampong Speu province, which are short of manpower. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501251049/kampong-speu-needs-factory-workers-unemployed-told/
King issues decree ratifying newly amended election law
King Norodom Sihamoni issued a Royal Decree on Tuesday enabling the newly amended election law to come into force ahead of the upcoming July 23 National Election. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501319530/king-issues-decree-ratifying-newly-amended-election-law/
Spike in dengue fever cases
Cambodia recorded a record number of dengue fever cases in the first nine months of 2023, reaching 21,568. This marks a huge 184 percent hike from the same period last year, with the population urged to take precautions. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/spike-in-dengue-fever-cases