Disasters and emergency response

Prime Minister Hun Sen has permitted Covid-19 vaccinations for over 1.8 million children aged 6-11 across the country from September 17 in order for them to return to school after a long hiatus. ...

Heavy rains over the past several days have flooded and damaged some national and rural road systems in Preah Vihear province while swelling the waters of the Stung Sen River to near-emergency levels. ...

Battambang’s Provincial Administration announced that schools will be reopened next week. Only students of select grades from the secondary to high school levels will be allowed to resume in-person classes as part of the pilot reopening. ...

Cambodia has asked the World Bank (WB) to help mobilise more grant aid to support the country’s projects promoting skills, education and health, particularly in the context of COVID-19. ...

Some national and rural roads in Preah Vihear province were flooded and damaged as the Stung Sen river flooded. Emergency declared due to heavy rain in the last 4-5 days. ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected $1.90927 billion in taxes in the first eight months of 2021, down by $151.3 million or 10.60 per cent from the same period last year. ...

The rapid pace of Cambodia’s coronavirus vaccination campaigns and subsequent booster shot drives will be key to a faster economic reopening, according to a senior World Bank official on September 13. ...

A suspected in an alleged sexual assault against a minor at a quarantine centre in Banteay Meanchey province’s O’Chrou district has been sent to court, while a similar case against an adult woman at the same centre was dropped after the accused negotiated compensation with ...

Plan International Cambodia (PIC) and its partners are working with provincial departments of education, youth and sport across the country to initiate campaigns to encourage children, particularly girls, to return to school this month. ...

US ambassador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy said the Kingdom’s Ministry of Health has proven itself to be remarkably well-prepared for its mission to prevent the spread of Covid-19 since the earliest days of the pandemic, making it one of the leading countries in the region ...

The United States has promised to provide $4 million to Cambodia through WHO and UNICEF to implement projects to combat Covid-19 and the COVAX Facility for vaccines. ...

Cambodia and Australia have discussed the priorities on bilateral development cooperation and the progress of the Cambodia COVID-19 Development Response Plan (CDRP 2020-2022) as well as the future development initiative programmes for Cambodia. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen and his spouse, Bun Rany Hun Sen yesterday morning received the 3rd jab against the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

In the morning of September 13, Mang Sineth, Deputy Governor of Preah Sihanouk Province, inspected the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to prevent the spread of Covid-19 at the Hun Sen Secondary School  located in Sangkat 4, Sihanoukville, which is reopened to test the ...

As part of the preparation to reopen secondary and high and schools, the Phnom Penh Administration has cleaned and disinfected 68 public schools yesterday while the private educational institutions were disinfected two days ago. ...

Public and private educational institutions throughout the country that meet conditions related to hygiene, environment and health measures and can implement the standard operating procedures (SOP) will reopen from September 15. ...

Cambodia has organised for 18 companies to take part in the 18th China-ASEAN Expo, held in Nanning city of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according to the Ministry of Commerce. ...

Cambodia generated $1.520 billion in customs revenue in the first eight months of this year, equivalent to 64.2 per cent of the target set by the Law on Financial Management for 2021, despite the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. ...

The Phnom Penh Capital Administration has decided to continue administrative measures and suspend ‘high-risk’ activities for another 14 days. ...

After more than seven months, students in the capital who have been pining to resume physical classes can finally get their wish from next week. ...

‘Delta’ cases in Cambodia increased yet again today with 408 new cases bringing the total up to 3,731. ​ ...

Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and Chair of the 7th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit urged for the deepening of solidarity so as to ensure robust socioeconomic recovery after the COVID-19 crisis. ...

With the Pchum Ben festival fast approaching, the Ministry of Health has advised people to take extra precautions to prevent Covid-19 and also to protect themselves from food poisoning by complying with food safety measures during the holiday season. ...

Nearly 100 people died and more than 150 were injured in natural disasters in the first eight months of this year, with some provinces currently at risk of flooding, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). ...