Kingdom at risk from 56 missing C-19 positive people
Phnom Penh authorities are searching for 56 missing people who have tested positive for COVID-19. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50837346/kingdom-at-risk-from-56-missing-c-19-positive-people/
South Korea offers further assistance in Covid-19 battle
The South Korean government has provided further assistance worth $350,000 to help the Cambodian Ministry of Health in the ongoing fight against Covid-19. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/south-korea-offers-further-assistance-covid-19-battle
Police announce tightened security for KNY
National Police Chief General Neth Savoeun has instructed officers to tighten security and public order for the upcoming Khmer New Year from April 14 to 16. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50835019/police-announce-tightened-security-for-kny/
Garment workers get their second dose of C-19 vaccine
The second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination for all workers and staff of garment factories in Phnom Penh kick-started on Sunday amid the two-week lockdown and curfew with them either confined to their houses or rented rooms. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50845937/garment-workers-get-their-second-dose-of-c-19-vaccine/
Cash-strapped workers seek reduction in monthly rates for rental units
Some 200 garment workers gathered on May 10 on Veng Sreng Street in Stung Meanchey III commune’s Damnak Thum Pir village in the capital’s Meanchey district to demand that the Phnom Penh municipal authorities help facilitate a 50 per cent reduction in monthly rates for ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cash-strapped-workers-seek-reduction-monthly-rates-rental-units
Factories reopen with 50 percent of workers switching every two weeks
In a first phase of reopening factories in Yellow Zones, the government will allow 50 percent of workers to resume production with shifts changing every two weeks. ...
More than 200,000 garment workers in Phnom Penh get jabs
More than 200,000 garment workers in the red zones in Phnom Penh have been vaccinated during a vaccination campaign. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50858647/more-than-200000-garment-workers-in-phnom-penh-get-jabs/
Alcohol ban till June 2 in Kandal province
The Kandal Provincial Administration has extended its temporary ban on all types of alcohol sale until June 2 to avert a spread of the coronavirus. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50864108/alcohol-ban-till-june-2-in-kandal-province/
ADB forecast: 4% economic growth in 2021
Cambodia’s economy is forecast to grow 4.0 per cent this year and 5.5 per cent in 2022, as economic recoveries in major trading partners boosts demand for the Kingdom’s exports, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on April 28. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-forecast-4-economic-growth-2021
Svay Rieng suspends all alcohol sales from today until July 11
Svay Rieng Provincial Administration has joined Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville and Siem Reap in issuing a ban on alcohol sales in the province effective today to July 12. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50882422/svay-rieng-suspends-all-alcohol-sales-from-today-until-july-11/
Chhouk market in Kampot shuttered for a week after 15 vendors tested positive for Covid-19
Chhouk District Administration has decided to temporarily suspend sales in Chhouk Market for one week from June 29 to July 5, 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50883097/chhouk-market-in-kampot-shuttered-for-a-week-after-15-vendors-tested-positive-for-covid-19/
Cambodia, China renew pledge for $10B in trade value by 2023
Cambodia and China are committed to increasing bilateral trade to $10 billion by 2023, from $8 billion last year, according to a senior official at the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-china-renew-pledge-10b-trade-value-2023
Military moving over 10,000 migrants
The military on August 8 started transferring over 10,000 Cambodian migrant workers who have returned from Thailand to quarantine centres in their home provinces in order to free up space in the seven Thai-border provinces for additional returning migrants due to the strain on available ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/military-moving-over-10000-migrants
IMF approves $240M grant for pandemic recovery fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $240 million grant to Cambodia to rehabilitate its economy and recover from the affects of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/imf-approves-240m-grant-pandemic-recovery-fund
Cambodia added to list of ‘High Risk’ countries by Hong Kong
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) has announced that Cambodia is to be added to it’s ‘High Risk’ or ‘Group A’ list, effective from 0.00am on 20 August 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917939/cambodia-added-to-list-of-high-risk-countries-by-hong-kong/
New lockdown-affected households eligible for cash assistance identified
The Ministry of Planning has identified new lockdown-affected 59,000 households totaling over 190,000 people who are eligible for cash assistance from the government. They also include those whose members have either died or contracted the virus. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/new-lockdown-affected-households-eligible-cash-assistance-identified
Gov’t donates Covid aid to Vietnam
The government has provided medical equipment and financial aid to neighboring Vietnam to help curb the spread of Covid-19, which is currently running rampant there. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-donates-covid-aid-vietnam
New testing laboratory in built in Siem Reap
A new laboratory was added to Siem Reap’s Covid-19 testing facilities. The laboratory is capable of running tests for 900 to 1000 samples per day, according the Minister of Health, Mam Bun Heng. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50921300/new-testing-laboratory-in-built-in-siem-reap/
Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville expressway construction 65 percent completed
The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville expressway construction project has been now 65 percent complete. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50920581/phnom-penh-sihanoukville-expressway-construction-65-percent-completed/
Hun Sen marks national day for older people
Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed local authorities to encourage the establishment of more Older People’s Associations (OPA) in local communities throughout the country and called on non-governmental organisations to support this development. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-marks-national-day-older-people