Number of children aged six to 12 who have been fully vacinated against COVID-19 in Cambodia increase to more than 530,000
With several different vaccination campaigns against COVID-19 progressing simultaneously, children aged six to 12 currently rank the highest in terms of total percentage vaccinated with 95.84 percent against an intended 1, 897,382. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50949992/number-of-children-aged-six-to-12-who-have-been-fully-vacinated-against-covid-19-in-cambodia-increase-to-more-than-530000/
Cambodia says 77 new factories open in Q1 amid COVID-19 pandemic with six closures
Some 77 new factories, including 34 garment, footwear, and travel goods factories, had opened in Cambodia in the first quarter of 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, a spokesman said, amid the closure of six factories, leaving more than 6,000 workers without a job. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50716659/cambodia-says-77-new-factories-open-in-q1-amid-covid-19-pandemic-with-six-closures/
UK researchers say 3rd ‘booster’ dose 85% effective against Omicron – but booster take up in Cambodia remains critically low
As Cambodia records it 2nd case of the Omicron variant, a report from researchers at Imperial College London says that a 3rd ‘booster’ dose could provide around 85% protection against severe effects of the Omicron variant. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50990843/uk-researchers-say-3rd-booster-dose-85-effective-against-omicron-but-3rd-booster-take-up-in-cambodia-remains-critically-low/
Residents have been in a land dispute with the sugar cane company Ly Yong Phat continues to seek justice while not yet get compensation
Hundreds of hectares of green plantations of Ly Yong Phat surrounded by mountains in Oral district, Kampong Speu province seem to reflect the prosperous lives of nearby villagers, but some people claim that they are living in a state of mental crisis due to the ...
Another 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Cambodia on May 11 and 500,000 more doses on May 15
The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen has announced that another 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines from China will arrive in Cambodia on the 11th and another 500,000 doses will arrive on May 15. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50851677/another-1-million-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine-will-arrive-in-cambodia-on-may-11-and-500000-more-doses-on-may-15/
UNICEF warns of $390 billion impact of COVID-19 on mental health of children/young people in Cambodia and globally
New analysis indicates lost contribution to economies due to mental disorders among young people is nearly $390 billion a year worldwide, stressed a UNICEF’s news release. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50947790/unicef-warns-of-390-billion-impact-of-covid-19-on-mental-health-of-children-young-people-in-cambodia-and-globally/
UNDP’s Chief Technical Advisor for the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance programme describes how a remote Cambodian village became a beacon for sustainable energy solutions in the Mekong
On a visit to Koh Kantheay in Cambodia’s north, I hear residents talk about their expectations from the new solar micro-grid being installed in the village. ...
Credit Suisse’s HAGL holdings drawing fire
Credit Suisse, a financial services firm based in Switzerland, has been accused of aiding land grabbing in Cambodia by becoming a major shareholder in Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group. In a statement released today, Global Witness (GW), an NGO based in England, ...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/credit-suisse%E2%80%99s-hagl-holdings-drawing-fire
NGO says legal action over land disputes on the rise
The number of people charged in land disputes across the country so far this year has already surpassed the number of charges in all of 2013 in what rights group Adhoc on Tuesday called an “alarming” increase in legal action against those wrapped up in ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-says-legal-action-over-land-disputes-on-the-rise-66873/
Mobile cash gaining traction
Digital cash services in Cambodia showed marked increases in users and cash flow in 2011, and still more growth is expected this year as operators launch new services and partnerships to capture a large but still-untapped rural market. The services, in which customers transfer money via ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030654867/Business/mobile-cash-gaining-traction.html
Brighton to buy Indonesia manganese, Cambodia gold projects
ASX-listed junior Brighton Mining Group on Wednesday announced that it would buy two unlisted companies to gain control of high-grade manganese project in Indonesia, and gold projects in Cambodia. Brighton Mining holds a 70% shareholding in Summer Gold Investments, which holds two mineral concession areas ...
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly News Staff
http://www.miningweekly.com/article/brighton-to-buy-indonesia-manganese-cambodia-gold-projects-2013-12-04
Cambodia’s Deportation of Uighurs to China Remembered
Four years after the forcible deportation of 20 Uighur asylum seekers from Cambodia to China, an advocacy group has said it remains “deeply concerned” about their fate and has called on China to lift a veil of secrecy surrounding their treatment. In a statement, the World ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodias-deportation-of-uighurs-to-china-remembered-49549/
Bavet prices flat
Land prices in Bavet town in Svay Rieng province have been “stable” despite a great deal of purchasing seen in early 2013, property experts said. Nuon Rithy, general manager at the Bonna Realty Group, said there have been lots of land trading in Bavet so ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030761788/Real-Estate/bavet-prices-flat.html
SEZ adds to tycoon’s growing portfolio
Okhna Try Pheap’s ballooning empire of exclusive natural resource licences and concessions has been expanded even further with the granting of a special economic zone (SEZ) in Ratanakkiri province. The May 27 issue of the Royal Gazette reveals Pheap was granted a 136-hectare SEZ in O’Yadav ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061266216/National/sez-adds-to-tycoon-s-growing-portfolio.html
Fear accompanies summons over land disputes
Less than a week after Prime Minister Hun Sen called for land to be returned to villagers embroiled in land disputes, a Pursat province villager has been summonsed by the court in a scenario many see as all too common in these disputes. Kuch Veng, a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062056901/National-news/fear-accompanies-summons.html
Rat meat on the menu at the Vietnamese border
Eating rat is a common phenomenon over the border in Vietnam, but increasing numbers of Cambodians in nearby villages are adopting rodent cuisine with relish. As many as three tonnes of rats are caught every day in Cambodia and exported to Vietnam to feed a ...
Toyota to Open Second Phnom Penh Outlet
Japanese automobile giant Toyota is set to increase its presence in Cambodia with a second sales showroom, according to a company manager. The move follows fellow Japanese automaker Mazda, which opened a new showroom in May. According to a report from newswire Bloomberg, Toyota executive vice president ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/toyota-to-open-second-phnom-penh-outlet-33328/
Recent Development and Economic Outlook
The UN’s assessment suggests that Cambodia is one of the top five countries that have made significant progress toward meeting its MDGs by 2015. The poverty rate has dropped dramatically from 47.50 percent in 1993 to 34.70 percent in 2004 and 23 percent in 2011, ...
Officials remain calm despite flood deaths
Four people have died in flooding that has affected nine provinces over the past week, officials said Sunday. Two people died in flooding in Kratie province, one in Stung Treng province and another in Kandal province. The flooding has risen above the emergency levels in Kratie ...
Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-remain-calm-despite-flood-deaths-65601/
After poll, confidence dips: study
Confidence in the Cambodian economy has plummeted roughly 50 per cent in the tense post-election period, according to a market research survey of foreign business leaders working in the country. The survey, conducted by Indochina Research and seen by the Post this week, found that 98 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/after-poll-confidence-dips-study