Social development

Cambodia is among 40 over countries who are set to receive the initial shipment of vital testing equipment to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, which some countries have classified as an epidemic. ...

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ABA has launched a dedicated COVID-19 fund for people to donate easily using their ABA Mobile application aiming to raise $5,000 after which ABA will double the funds to $10,000 and transfer the raised sum to the Ministry of Health for medical supplies to mitigate ...

The Health Ministry yesterday reported two COVID-19 patients have recovered, raising the national recovery figure to 25. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen today announced he will donate seven months’ of his salary to the National Committee for Combating COVID-19.​ ...

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) will provide $10 million to the Ministry of Education to implement a five-year Home Grown School Feeding project, which will benefit approximately 65,000 students and about 750 farming families. ...

Two embassies are urging foreign nationals to leave the Kingdom via commercial flights amid COVID-19 fears, prompting Australians and others grounded here to express frustration against their government on social media. ...

Cambodia’s telecommunications provider Smart Axiata yesterday announced a $1 million COVID-19 Relief Fund in a demonstration of support as the Kingdom deals with the Coronavirus pandemic. ...

According to the Tourism Ministry, tourism declined 52 percent earlier this year.The government in February responded by offering promotional Angkor Archaeological Park fare tickets. ...

A new player joined the Kingdom’s hospital market yesterday in a bid to boost confidence in the country’s medical capabilities and change the mindset of Cambodians who prefer to go overseas when seeking medical checkups and treatment. ...

This morning, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the closure of the casino, which will be implemented from April 1. He also announced that a meeting will be held on Tuesday to review the law that put the country in emergency state. ...

UNICEF has scaled up support in 145 countries, including Cambodia, to help children continue their studies after school closures around the world due to Covid-19. ...

Cellcard has today announced Cambodia’s first 5G use case – a telemedicine service at four locations across Phnom Penh to help the nation’s most critically ill during the Covid-19 crisis. ...

The Tourism Ministry yesterday issued a directive for the indefinite closure of beer gardens across the Kingdom in a bid to quell rising COVID-19 figures. ...

A 27 year old female passenger, Chen Moumou, of Zhanjiang, Guangdong,  was tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Guangdong on 25th March, 2020. ...

The Health Ministry has confirmed two new cases of Coronavirus in Siem Reap province, bringing the Kingdom’s total  to 98. ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration today temporarily closed public city bus and water-taxi service linking the northern part of Phnom Penh to Takhmao city in Kandal province via the Mekong River amid the COVID-19 outbreak. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said the government has reserved more than 3,000 rooms in anticipation to treat coronavirus patients across the Kingdom.​ ...

PRIME Minister Hun Sen announced that the government had received nearly $9 million from Cambodian donors for the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. There are 96 who tested positive in the Kingdom as of Wednesday. ...

“I am looking at the possibility in Article 22 of the Constitution to request the King to declare a state of emergency. I don’t want to use it, but if my appeal [to the people] is ineffective, Article 22 of the Constitution will be used. ...