World Bank approves $20M to fight virus in Kingdom
The World Bank has approved $20 million for Cambodia’s Covid-19 response and its strategic plan to combat the virus. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-bank-approves-20m-fight-virus-kingdom
Exports through Svay Rieng increase by $237 million
Cambodia’s exports through three special Economic Zones in svay Rieng province, which shares a border with Vietnam, have recorded a $237 million rise in the first quarter of 2020. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50713731/exports-through-svay-rieng-increase-by-237-million/
Most international flights from China
Around 25 international flights are entering and leaving Cambodia every week mostly from China, according to Cambodia’s state secretariat of Civil Aviation (ssCA). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727792/most-international-flights-from-china/
New ambassadors told to promote bilateral ties with host countries
National Assembly President Heng samrin yesterday advised nine newly appointed ambassadors to protect the country’s sovereignty, strengthen ties and promote trade and investment with their host countries. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50729182/new-ambassadors-told-to-promote-bilateral-ties-with-host-countries/
World Bank raps dam study firm
The World Bank has blacklisted an arm of the company that carried out a much-criticised study into the Xayaburi hydro dam project, it has confirmed. According to the bank’s website, Pöyry Management Consulting Oy Finland has been banned from conducting business with the bank for three ss='cambodia-color'>...
Masterplan Lays out Future Developments of Airport in Sihanoukville
Cambodia Airports, the longstanding concessionaire of Cambodia’s network of 3 international airports unveiled a 20-year development and investment program for the international airport in sihanoukville. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry holds consultations on draft tech crime law with US experts
The Ministry of Interior on Monday held an online consultation with representatives from the Us Embassy and Us technology companies regarding Cambodia’s draft cybercrime law. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734633/ministry-holds-consultations-on-draft-tech-crime-law-with-us-experts/
Oddar Meanchey farmer steps on landmine
A farmer in his 40s was seriously injured after stepping on a mine on his property in O’smach commune, in Oddar Meanchey province’s samrong town on November 21. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oddar-meanchey-farmer-steps-landmine
Australia gives $57M for vaccine programme to reopen economy
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs granted $57 million yesterday for Cambodia and the region to have improved access to safe, effective and affordable COVID-19 vaccines. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50757288/australia-gives-57m-for-vaccine-programme-to-reopen-economy/
New high-tech move in farming
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is promoting the use of an information technology and digital suite designed to establish the country’s Agricultural Big Data Platform (ABDP). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50757473/new-high-tech-move-in-farming/
Koh Pich-Koh Norea bridge construction to start in late October
The construction of a bridge connecting Koh Pich satellite city in Phnom Penh to the Koh Norea development area in the capital’s Khan Chbar Ampov will begin on 26 October 2020. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50771586/koh-pich-koh-norea-bridge-construction-to-start-in-late-october-2/
Backlash on public order draft law
The Ministry of Interior’s new public order draft law which aims to strengthen peace and security by regulating public behaviour, including imposing a dress code, has drawn mixed reactions. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Srey Lux Sok
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50751388/backlash-on-public-order-draft-law/
Lower Sesan II Hydropower Station, powering agricultural development in Stung Treng
Lower SeSan II Hydropower Station, which iS operated and managed by the firm China Huaneng Group, iS located on the mainStream of the Sanhe River in Cambodia&rSquo;S northeaStern Stung Treng province. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Rice exports ‘unaffected by rain’
Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) has claimed that the floods, which have had the biggest impact on the agriculture sector, will not hurt the country’s rice exports this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50775239/rice-exports-unaffected-by-rain/
Police detain K Speu land grabbers
Military Police personnel, in cooperation with environmental rangers in Kampong speu province, have cracked down on natural resource crimes and illegal encroachment of state land in Oral district’s Ta sal commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-detain-k-speu-land-grabbers
157 Cambodian workers test positive for COVID-19 in Thailand
The Thai Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Disease Control has reported on its website that 157 Cambodians working in Thailand have tested positive for COVID-19. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50802175/157-cambodian-workers-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-thailand/
Two power plants in Kandal start their engines
The heavy fuel oil-fired power plants in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district have started their engines and are generating power to the national grid, according to the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50803643/two-power-plants-in-kandal-start-their-engines/
National Internet Gateway gets PM stamp of approval
Cambodia has approved the establishment of a “national internet gateway” (NIG) through which all of the Kingdom’s online traffic will be routed. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/national-internet-gateway-gets-pm-stamp-approval
Cash relief for poor people enters fifth round
The government’s emergency cash transfer programme for COVID-19 hit-hard people has entered its fifth rounds; some 700,000 households have so far received the support funds. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50846080/cash-relief-for-poor-people-enters-fifth-round/
More lockdown violators arrested
Police in Phnom Penh on Tuesday arrested a Cambodian man and 13 Chinese nationals for violating the government’s curfew and lockdown measures by travelling without permission. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50847674/more-lockdown-violators-arrested/