Disasters and emergency response
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China helps Cambodia bring COVID under control
Cambodia’s cooperation with China has been vital for the Southeast Asian country in achieving its COVID-free status, officials and experts said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501094400/china-helps-cambodia-bring-covid-under-control/
PM: Covid-19 boosters will continue to be free for the public
Cambodia will continue administering Covid-19 vaccine to the public free of charge until the coronavirus is eradicated, said Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501093436/pm-covid-19-boosters-will-continue-to-be-free-for-the-public/
Spirits raised: PM announces salary hikes after two-year freeze
After enduring the trials and tribulations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, civil servants in the Kingdom have something to rejoice at last. Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday they would all be given a pay rise after a two-year freeze due to the pandemic. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501093428/spirits-raised-pm-announces-salary-hikes-after-two-year-freeze/
Crops, homes casualties of storms in Cambodia
Many houses and crops were damaged by heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and strong winds, as the country goes through its rainy season. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501093213/crops-homes-casualties-of-storms-in-cambodia/
Cambodia rolls out 5th dose of COVID-19 vaccination even as second dose has not kept pace with first dose
Cambodia started providing the fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccines to priority groups across the country on Thursday, health ministry’s secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501091815/cambodia-rolls-out-5th-dose-of-covid-19-vaccination-even-as-second-dose-has-not-kept-pace-with-first-dose/
Cambodia announces COVID-free state
Cambodia has become COVID-19-free as the last patient has recovered, the country’s Ministry of Health has announced in a statement. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501091004/cambodia-announces-covid-free-state/
Dengue fever cases surge in 2022
In the first five months of this year, Cambodia detected more than 1,100 cases of dengue fever, an increase of over 600 cases compared to the same period last year, including two deaths. ...
Nang Veasna
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089983/dengue-fever-cases-surge-in-2022/
80% children under psychological stress: Report
About 80% of Cambodian children aged between 12 and 16 are living under psychological stress because of their parents’ debt, according to a report released on the sidelines of International Children’s Day, which falls on every June 1. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501086962/80-children-under-psychological-stress-report/
Phnom Penh officials praised for COVID-19 prevention efforts
Khuong Sreng, Governor of Phnom Penh, praised the officials of Phnom Penh Capital Administration for their hard work in preventing Covid-19 and pointed out that for more than 20 consecutive days there has been no Covid-19 cases in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501087315/phnom-penh-officials-praised-for-covid-19-prevention-efforts/
MoU on cooperation for filling and packaging COVID-19 Inactivated vaccines signed
The Ministry of Health signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation for filling and packaging COVID-19 Inactivated Vaccines with China’s Sinovac Life Sciences and Cambodian Pharmaceutical Enterprise, a move that will enable Cambodia to package vaccines. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501086524/mou-on-cooperation-for-filling-and-packaging-covid-19-inactivated-vaccines-signed/
Oz, ministry launch quality infrastructure initiative P4I
The Australian embassy in Phnom Penh – in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Works and Transport – launched the “Partnership for Infrastructure (P4I)” initiative to accelerate the development of quality infrastructure to drive inclusive and resilient development in Cambodia. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oz-ministry-launch-quality-infrastructure-initiative-p4i
Flooding not keeping Banteay Meanchey farmers from producing rice
Farmers in Banteay Meanchey province have stepped up efforts to plant and sow rice, despite their rice being damaged by floods at the beginning of the rainy season. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flooding-not-keeping-banteay-meanchey-farmers-producing-rice
Monkeypox deadly with lack of care, says Vandine
Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine said monkeypox could be deadly because the lesions can progress to cover a patient completely, leading to complications affecting the organs in the human body. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monkeypox-deadly-lack-care-says-vandine
Disaster prevention, risk reduction, critical to sustainable future: UN deputy chief
The world will experience 1.5 medium to large-scale disasters every day through the end of the decade, unless countries ramp up action on prevention and risk reduction, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said in Bali, Indonesia, on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082711/disaster-prevention-risk-reduction-critical-to-sustainable-future-un-deputy-chief/
Covid jab making delayed on lack of gov’t purchasing deal, Hun Sen says
Prime Minister Hun Sen said the “sluggishness” of the establishment of a Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing facility in Cambodia was due to the government not yet signing an agreement to purchase vaccines produced by the factory. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-jab-making-delayed-lack-govt-purchasing-deal-hun-sen-says
Cambodia poised for fifth Covid jabs as vaccines face expiration
Cambodia is pushing its vaccination drive as millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines are set to expire soon and the government hopes it will help achieve herd immunity. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501080090/cambodia-poised-for-fifth-covid-jabs-as-vaccines-face-expiration/
Boom in high-end residential projects in Phnom Penh, despite pandemic
Despite the pandemic, there has been a boom in the development of high-end residential projects in Phnom Penh. The construction sector is one of the country’s main economic engines. ...
Sorn Sarath and Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/boom-in-high-end-residential-projects-in-phnom-penh-despite-pandemic/
Weddings, festivals and other ceremonies banned on streets during election campaign
People hoping to hold weddings or other celebration and events on the streets of Daun Penh District will have to postpone them after the authorities banned any from taking place during election campaigns. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501079052/weddings-festivals-and-other-ceremonies-banned-on-streets-during-election-campaign/
Hallmark of friendship
The world is facing challenges due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting all countries’ social and economic aspects over more than two years. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501077441/hallmark-of-friendship/
BRI projects provide tangible benefits in Cambodia during pandemic
Cooperation projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have provided tangible benefits to Cambodia and the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, a scholar in Cambodia said on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501077395/bri-projects-provide-tangible-benefits-in-cambodia-during-pandemic/
Garment Exports Up, But Workers Worried About Factory Closures
Phon Touch and Teang Sreytouch have been working for years in Cambodia’s garment industry, but now the two women are worried they could join the thousands of others in the sector who’ve been laid off without proper compensation. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/garment-exports-up-but-workers-worried-about-factory-closures/
Migrant workers in Thailand urged to renew documents
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training said that from May 9 onward, they will begin renewing Overseas Cambodian Worker Cards (OCWC) and Cambodian Travel documents for working overseas (TD) for Cambodians who are living and working in Thailand. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrant-workers-thailand-urged-renew-documents
93.58 percent of Cambodians vaccinated with first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Cambodia is close to reaching the 15 million people vaccinated mark, those with the first dose at least but is still struggling to reach that mark with slow take up of the vaccine by the unvaccinated. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501071088/93-58-percent-of-cambodians-vaccinated-with-first-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine/
Vandine: Covid vaccines ‘harmless’, protect health
A senior health ministry official reiterated that getting a combination of different Covid-19 vaccines approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for emergency use is harmless. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vandine-covid-vaccines-harmless-protect-health