Announcement on the death of COVID-19 on a 48-year-old Cambodian man
On 11 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of a 48-year-old Cambodian man who died from COVID-19 at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. This case of the death man is the 27th case, and lived in Prek Reang village, Kampong Somnanh ...
Ministry of Health
Table: Statistic of private health providers by type of services from 2009 to 2015
Source: The Health Sector Program Report 2015 (MOH) , revived from HSP 2016-2020. ...
Mainland China largest merchandise trading partner of Cambodia in 2022
Mainland China was Cambodia’s largest merchandise trading partner last year, with a volume of $11.686 billion—up by 4.39 per cent over the 2021 figure. The former’s exports to the latter accounted for 89.38 per cent share—up by 2.87 percentage points on a yearly basis, according ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501219676/mainland-china-largest-merchandise-trading-partner-of-cambodia-in-2022/
Cambodia’s garments and agricultural products continue to drive export growth
Cambodia’s export sector has demonstrated resilience, with a slight increase of 1.2 percent in exports during the first 11 months of 2023. According to a report released by the General Department of Customs and Excise, the country exported goods worth $20.5 billion, compared to $20.24 ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501406845/cambodias-garments-and-agricultural-products-continue-to-drive-export-growth/
One Year After Journalist’s Slaying, Still No Justice in Sight
One year ago today, Hang Serei Odom, a journalist in Ratanakkiri province, received a fateful phone call. After telling his wife he was going to meet a military police officer, he bid her goodnight. He left his house in Banlung City at about 7 p.m. ...
Aun Pheap and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-year-after-journalists-slaying-still-no-justice-in%E2%80%88sight-41907/
Hun Sen Offers ‘Back Pay’ to Ousted Opposition Lawmakers
Prime Minister Hun Sen has offered to pay back the lost salaries of opposition lawmakers who were stripped of their parliamentary posts in June by the then CPP-led National Assembly, a CNRP official said. The offer to back-pay the 27 lawmakers from the Sam Rainsy Party ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/hun-sen-offers-back-pay-to-ousted-opposition-lawmakers-42679/
Petition Rally for Prisoners’ Release Ends Peacefully
A week after they began their campaign, activists and rights groups handed out the last of their petitions to embassies across Phnom Penh on Wednesday, hoping to solicit the help of foreign governments in securing the release of 23 men arrested earlier this month at ...
Mech Dara and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/petition-rally-for-prisoners-release-ends-peacefully-51135/
Laos hydro dam upsets Mekong River neighbors
Laos began construction last week on a multi-billion dollar hydro dam project that is opposed by other countries along the Mekong River, and activists who say the project will significantly impact the environment and the economies of four countries that rely on the river for ...
Green Sprouts three-day distribution event in full swing
The Ministry of Environment, partner organisations and the private sector are distributing over 40,000 saplings over a period of three days during the “Green Sprouts” exhibition and distribution event, held in concert with the 4th National Orchid Forum. ...
Phak Seangly
https://m.phnompenhpost.com/national/green-sprouts-three-day-distribution-event-in-full-swing
PPMM #22: Highwater Risk Analysis & [Forest Cover] Change Detection
PPMM #22: Highwater Risk Analysis & [Forest Cover] Change DetectionPlease consider yourself invited!In honor of the recent Water Festival, let’s re-celebrate it in our own geeky way – via mapping. WaterSHED Cambodia and 1001 Fountaines took a raincheck but expressed an interest in giving a ...
SRP calls to suspend Prey Long rubber firm
Opposition party lawmaker Son Chhay has sent a letter to Deputy Prime Minister Sok An asking for the immediate suspension of a Vietnamese rubber plantation in the endangered Prey Long forest, accusing the firm of illegal deforestation. In the letter dated Wednesday, Mr Chhay also asked ...
Plans Name Developer of Sisowath Quay Site
Architectural plans of a property development that is blamed for causing structural damage to French colonial-era buildings on Phnom Penh’s Sisowath Quay show drawings of a five-story residential building, complete with underground car parking. According to the plans, dated July 11, the mysterious company behind ...
U.S.-Cambodia Looking for Investment Possibilities to Boost Economic Ties
Phnom Penh– A group of U.S. investors from the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council on Thursday visited Cambodia to observe investment opportunities and to boost trade and investment ties between U.S. and ASEAN member countries. The group consisted of 11 U.S. firms led by Frances Zwenig, the Counselor ...
Nine Companies Barred From State Projects for Not Paying Tax
The Ministry of Finanace in August barred nine local companies from working on government infrastructure projects for allegedly failing to pay tax owed on several projects funded by foreign money, government and company officials said yesterday. The move by Finance Minister Keat Chhon to freeze ...
Rights group urges halt to Boeng Kak evictions
Amnesty International has called on the government to halt forced evictions at Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake, and urged the authorities to punish the police officials responsible for the beating of an opposition Sam Rainsy Party member and Boeng Kak residents during a protest at ...
Tourism turmoil continues
Cambodia Association of Travel Agents president Ang Kim Eang yesterday released a statement denying all allegations of wrongdoing against him by some members of the association’s board who have called for his resignation. Last Wednesday, 11 of CATA’s 15 board members signed and thumb-printed a petition ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011122753627/Business/tourism-turmoil-continues.html
Press release on Flooding Situation in Preah Sihanouk Province
On 09 August 2019, the Sihanoukville provincial government issued a press release informing the public of the flood situation in Sihanoukville, which has been affected by the southwest monsoon and low pressure systems (ITCZ) causing unusually heavy rainfall. At 2 pm on 09 August, the floodwater ...
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration
Union Leader Called to Court for Inciting Garment Workers
The Kandal Provincial Court has summoned outspoken labor activist Rong Chhun to be questioned over accusations that he incited garment workers to strike illegally, a court official said yesterday. Deputy provincial prosecutor Tep Monin said that he called Mr. Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of ...
Questions over bonuses
Unions and labour groups fear a solitary sick day could cost garment workers their entire month’s attendance bonuses – about 15 per cent of their base wage – under a new scheme meant to make life easier. The Kingdom’s 600,000 garment and footwear workers will receive ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090558510/National-news/questions-over-bonuses.html
Cambodia to Buy Power From Laos’ Xayaburi Dam
Laos’ energy minister announced last week that the country will sell energy supplied by the controversial Xayaburi Dam to Cambodia. It is already planning to sell power to Thailand, where last month a lawsuit was lodged to stop the country from buying electricity produced at ...
http://www.ooskanews.com/daily-water-topic/cambodia-buy-power-laos-xayaburi-dam_24348