Ministry wants dolphin areas on UNESCO list
The Ministry of Environment has been tasked with compiling data on four areas that are home to Irrawaddy dolphins in Kratie and Preah Vihear provinces. The report is in preparation for possible inclusion on the UNESCO World Natural Heritage list. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-wants-dolphin-areas-unesco-list
CMAC and Apopo sign MoU on land mine detection rats
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and the Anti-Persoonsmijnen ontmijnende Product ontwikkeling (Apopo), known in English as the Anti-Personnel Landmines Removal Product Development, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on landmine detection rats in Cambodia. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50792640/cmac-and-apopo-sign-mou-on-land-mine-detection-rats/
Announcement on the first death of COVID-19 related-case
On 11 March 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement On the first case of a 50-year-old Cambodian man who died from COVID-19 at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. The man lived in Chak Angre Krom commune of Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district. He was Once ...
Ministry of Health
$350M Koh Kong airport on track
Pre-commissioning work on the $350 million Dara Sakor International Airport in Koh Kong province remains on schedule, with flight operations planned to start in mid-2021, State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) spokesman Sin Chansereyvutha told The Post on March 15. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/350m-koh-kong-airport-track
Announcement on the implementation policy to encourage Angkor archeological sites entrance ticket sales
On 10 March 2021, Angkor Enterprise released an announcement On the implementatiOn policy to encourage Angkor archeological sites entrance ticket sales to facilitate tourism services and ensure the attractiveness to tourists to Angkor archeological sites during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Angkor Enterprise
Joint press release on the twenty-year spatial plan for Mondulkiri province
On 18 February 2021, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) issued a joint press release On the twenty-year spatial plan for MOndulkiri province. This spatial plan is a process involving multilateral parties such as MOndulkiri provincial council, the United States Agency for InternatiOnal Development ...
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Cambodia)
Announcement on the request for extension the validity of foreigner’s work permits/books in 2021
On 26 March 2021, the Ministry of Labour and VocatiOnal Training issued an announcement On the request for extensiOn of the validity of foreigner’s work permits/books which has been postpOned until 31 May 2021, without requiring fines for foreigners who had foreigner’s work permits/books in ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Announcement on the geographical implementation of wearing masks and safety social distancing obligation
On 14 April 2021, the Ministry of Health released an announcement that the geographical locatiOn of Svay Rieng province is under the implementatiOn of wearing masks and safety social distancing obligatiOns, cOncerning the further infectiOn of COVID-19 since the community transmissiOn event On 20 February. ...
Ministry of Health
Announcement on the geographical implementation of wearing masks and safety social distancing obligations
On 24 March 2021, the Ministry of Health released an announcement On the geographical implementatiOn of wearing masks and safety social distancing obligatiOns, cOncerning the further infectiOn of COVID-19 since the community transmissiOn event On 20 February. Those geographical areas are Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville, Kandal, ...
Ministry of Health
Government suspends sports clubs, all sports activities except those broadcasted on TV
All sports activities and sports clubs have been asked to suspend their operations again in Phnom Penh, Kandam and Preah Sihanouk Provinces. ...
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Investment policy and regulation”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Investment policy and regulation ”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of investment policy and regulation in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as laws and sub-decrees as well as relevant ...
Cashew, pepper firms have shot to sell products on Alibaba.com
Growers and suppliers of cashew nuts and geographical indication- (GI) certified Kampot pepper will soon have a chance to sell their products to Chinese consumers through the e-commerce platform Alibaba.com, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s Entrepreneurship Development Fund (EDF) on August 3. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cashew-pepper-firms-have-shot-sell-products-alibabacom
Cambodia lifts travel ban on Indians and foreigners from India to Cambodia
The Ministry of Health has issued a decision to lift the ban on travel of all Indians and foreigners from India to Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50910419/cambodia-lifts-travel-ban-on-indians-and-foreigners-from-india-to-cambodia/
Progress on 5PC may let SAC attend summit: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to continue discussions with Myanmar leader General Min Aung Hlaing on January 26, with the former stating in advance that Myanmar would only be invited to send political representation to this year’s ASEAN summit if it has made progress ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/progress-5pc-may-let-sac-attend-summit-pm
Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan to arrive in Cambodia today on official visit
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan is scheduled to arrive in Phnom Penh today on an official visit until Thursday, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) press release issued on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501025282/singapores-foreign-minister-vivian-balakrishnan-to-arrive-in-cambodia-today-on-official-visit/
60% of state savings’ to be spent on Covid
The government is on track to spend more than $2.127 billion or about three-fifths of Cambodia’s state savings of $3.5 billion over the 2020-2022 period to manage the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on key sectors, according to Ministry of Economy and Finance secretary of ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/60-state-savings-be-spent-covid
Koh Kong governor Mithona Phuthong on her building boom and famous grandfather
Koh Kong provincial governor Mithona Phuthong was the first woman to ever have been appointed to the top job in any province back in 2017. She is the daughter of a veteran politician who fought to liberate the country and extinguish the flames of war ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-governor-mithona-phuthong-her-building-boom-and-famous-grandfather
Molnupiravir to be free for workers on frontline: PM
Prime Minster Hun Sen has granted approval for healthcare institutions to provide Covid-19 antiviral medicine Molnupiravir at no cost to medical and frontline workers who have tested positive and are exhibiting mild symptoms that can be treated at home. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/molnupiravir-be-free-workers-frontline-pm
NGOs call for gov’t support on child rights post-pandemic
A group of six independent NGOs has called on the government to commit to supporting child rights after the coronavirus pandemic, after their survey found out that nearly 80 per cent of children and youth respondents said their parents experience financial stress. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-call-govt-support-child-rights-post-pandemic
Kantha Bopha fundraiser nets $100K on first day
The “10,000 Riel 10,000 Donors” campaign to fund the quintet of Kantha Bopha’s Children’s Hospital raised around $100,000 in its first day, on June 1, according to the organiser. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kantha-bopha-fundraiser-nets-100k-first-day