CSX continues executing trades under lockdown
Bowed but unbeaten, the spritely Cambodia securities Exchange (CsX) is churning away under lockdowns that have affected nearly every aspect of the Kingdom’s economy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50842455/csx-continues-executing-trades-under-lockdown/
Some 1.2 million of workers bear the brunt of Covid-19
An estimated 1.2 million factory workers have been affected by the government’s lockdown of Phnom Penh and adjacent Takmao town in Kandal province, which will now be extended to May 5, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesperson Heng sour. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/some-12-million-workers-bear-brunt-covid-19
Kingdom expects 100,000 tonnes of fresh mango shipments to China
Cambodia has set an ambitious target of exporting up to 100,000 tonnes of fresh mangoes a year to China after the Kingdom made the first shipment of the fresh fruit directly to the world’s second largest economic nation on Friday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50854043/kingdom-expects-100000-tonnes-of-fresh-mango-shipments-to-china/
Cambodia “Preparing To Welcome Back Foreign Tourists In Q4”
A new video released by the Ministry of Tourism seems to indicate that Cambodia is preparing to welcome back tourists in the 4th quarter of 2021, in a move designed to “revive Cambodia’s tourism industry hit hard by the global COVID-18 crisis” ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50860697/cambodia-preparing-to-welcome-back-foreign-tourists-in-q4/
Zhen Tai garment factory workers claim non-payment of April wages
Garment factory workers have demanded that their employer, Zhen Tai garment factory, pay them a portion of their monthly wages and their Khmer New Year holiday bonus for the period when Phnom Penh and Kandal province’s Takmao town had been in lockdown. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/zhen-tai-garment-factory-workers-claim-non-payment-april-wages
UNDP, Australia pledge continued support for social welfare scheme
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) hosted a high-level online discussion for the benefit of other institutions and development partners in the region regarding key lessons learned from Cambodia’s use of Covid-19 social protection measures to support the poor and revitalise the economy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/undp-australia-pledge-continued-support-social-welfare-scheme
Call for protection of resources on 19th National Fish Day
To celebrate today’s 19th National Fish Day, Minister of Agriculture Veng sakhon has called on all fisherman to implement the seven recommendations of Prime Minister Hun sen to protect and conserve fishery resources. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50884603/call-for-protection-of-resources-on-19th-national-fish-day/
Ministry of Tourism doubles down on reminders of safety measures for adventure tourists
The potential adventure tourism in Cambodia has been observed to be rising. The country’s mostly virgin landscapes are a honeypot for the more adventurous of tourists who long to strip off city routine for the crisp fresh air of the wild forests, mountains, and plains ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50899225/ministry-of-tourism-doubles-down-on-reminders-of-safety-measures-for-adventure-tourists/
Priority groups on Thai border get third Covid booster doses
The seven Cambodian provinces bordering Thailand have begun vaccinating frontline workers including medical staff and military personnel with third booster doses, as the Kingdom’s vaccination drive reaches over 50 per cent of its total population of 16 million. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/priority-groups-thai-border-get-third-covid-booster-doses
Train track squatters told to clear out
More than 60 families living in Boeung Kak I commune of Phnom Penh’s Toul Kork district were ordered by local authorities to remove fences and crops lining railway tracks by August 19. However, the people have protested and refused to follow the order. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/train-track-squatters-told-clear-out
Dangkor district getting tough on waste littering
Heang Nhor, deputy head of Dangkor district’s Office of Public Works, Transport, sanitation, Environment and Public Order, said the district hall had stopped 12 trailers in the first six months of the year and another four in July. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dangkor-district-getting-tough-waste-littering
COVID-19 leads to $3.6 billion financing flow losses for Cambodia last year
COVID-19 has led to financing flow losses of $3.6 billion for Cambodia, accounting for 19.8 percent of the country’s total financing flows in 2020, said a new report by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) released on Friday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50895602/covid-19-leads-to-3-6-billion-financing-flow-losses-for-cambodia-last-year/
Ministries, 2 provinces talk waste management
The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Administration co-chaired a two-day online meeting from August 16-17 with two provincial administrations on identifying locations for landfills, while the Ministry of Environment continues to assist sub-national administrations in procedures to manage urban solid waste. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-2-provinces-talk-waste-management
Kep plans prison intended to be a ‘place of education’
The Kep Provincial Administration, through the General Department of Prisons (GDP), has requested that 5ha of land be designated as state private property to be used for the construction of a new provincial prison in Andong sar village of Damnak Changaur district’s Poang Teuk commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kep-plans-prison-intended-be-place-education
Phnom Penh to kick off Covid booster shot campaign Oct 11
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration calls on residents in the capital’s 14 districts who have received their second dose of Covid-19 vaccine to get their booster shot after a four-month interval. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-kick-covid-booster-shot-campaign-oct-11
Students fed despite school closure
The Ministry of Education, Youth and sport has pitched in to help with Covid-19 relief efforts by distributing rice to over 13,000 students in six provinces as part of the government’s efforts to implement social protection policies. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-fed-despite-school-closure
World Bank to address concern about proposed Kandal landfill
The World Bank said they will address concerns raised by 292 families regarding a landfill project in Kandal province’s sa’ang district through meetings with all stakeholders. The families have requested that the landfill project in the Prek Raing reservoir area be relocated. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-bank-address-concern-about-proposed-kandal-landfill
Over 80% of Cambodia's population get Covid jabs
More than 80 per cent of the Kingdom’s total population of 16 million have been vaccinated against Covid-19, at least with their first doses, according to the Ministry of Health. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-80-cambodias-population-get-covid-jabs
Mystery over Stung Treng cleared forest land to be solved
SeSan diStrict governor Said he will Solve the myStery Surrounding illegally cleared foreSt land after more than 50 familieS appealed to the Stung Treng provincial authoritieS for an inveStigation into the clearing of hundredS of hectareS in Kbal RomeaS commune&rSquo;S Krabei Chrom village. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50949090/mystery-over-stung-treng-cleared-forest-land-to-be-solved/
Study set to pinpoint trade flow bottlenecks at ports
The results of a crucial ongoing study will enable Cambodia to set out a framework of strategies to enhance the efficiency of the trade facilitation environment and the Kingdom’s competitiveness on the international stage, according to General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) director-general Kun ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/study-set-pinpoint-trade-flow-bottlenecks-ports