Disasters and emergency response

Japan is expected to sign a concessional loan agreement worth 20 billion yen ($180 million) with the Kingdom this month for Covid-19 Crisis Response Emergency Support Loan Phase 2, the Cambodian Ministry of Economy and Finance said on November 30. ...

Cambodia and Indonesia vowed to strengthen their diplomatic relations and declared mutual support for each other in multilateral forums on the international stage. ...

AirAsia Group chief executive Tony Fernandes has urged governments to stop “overreacting” to the emergence of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 and focus on reducing the cost of PCR testing instead. ...

Cambodia is considering to reverse the banned entry of travellers who have been or transited through 10 African countries and instead requiring PCR tests, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. ...

After the opening of most primary, secondary and higher education institutions, both public and private with no significant incidents related to the health of staff and students, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has decided to allow kindergartens and child care services for children ...

Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed to promote mutual safe COVID-19 vaccination tourism between the two countries. ...

Cambodia has issued a decision banning travellers from 10 countries in Africa or who have a history of traveling to these 10 countries in the last 3 three weeks.  ...

Cambodia has donated $13 million, 500,000 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine and two refrigerated vaccine transport vehicles to Laos. ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia warned that the two newly-flagged variants of SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 – formally known as B.1.640 and B.1.1.529 (Omicron) could possibly reach Cambodia soon. The Ministry of Health has also urged public vigilance ahead of ...

Phnom Penh has asked Hanoi to resume direct flights between Cambodia and Vietnam to boost tourism between the two countries now that the Covid-19 outbreak appears to be waning. ...

With agricultural production on a steady growth trajectory, even in the face of Covid-19, Phnom Penh welcomes Indonesian businessmen to invest in the Cambodian agricultural market, in hopes of bolstering capacity in response to an ongoing surge in domestic and international demand. ...

The 13th virtual Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit concluded on Friday under the chairmanship of Cambodia, adopting three outcome documents, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said. ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia has reminded the Kingdom to be ready for a possible surge of the emerging COVID-19 variant of concern Omicron. ...

With almost one million people out during the recent Water Festival holidays, a few hundred of them were found with mild symptoms of the Covid-19, thanks to the majority of them being double vaccinated. ...

The government revenues and expenditures were under control in the light of Covid-19 through a range of reforms on revenue collections. ...

China’s Ministry of Defence yesterday handed medical equipment and traditional medicines to its counterpart in Cambodia to further accelerate the fight against the Covid-19, which currently is very much under control in the Kingdom with more than 88% of the population double vaccinated. ...

Cambodia’s state-owned news agency, Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP), has emphasised the key and active role of media in this unprecedented health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Flash floods in Battambang province are finished but the water inundated land and homes from Rokha Kiri district to Mong Russei district affecting nearly 500 houses and damaging about 600 hectares of rice fields. ...

Cambodia is ready to welcome international visitors fully vaccinated against COVID-19 based on the good tourist movement management during the Water Festival holiday in the past three days. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen made a formal request through Chinese Ambassador Wang Wentian to obtain authorisation to produce China-made Covid-19 vaccines in Cambodia. ...

World Health Organization representative (WHO) to Cambodia, Dr Li Ailan urged people to continue exercising caution although they have been fully vaccinated. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea in the first 10 months of 2021 was worth $791.59 million, down by 10.6 per cent from $885.32 million in the same period in 2020, as the prolonged Covid-19 community transmission continues to take its toll. ...

The event industry has risen from the ashes, with wedding organisers springing into action as venues reopen at full capacity and chefs ease back into the swing of cooking, reflecting a recovery in macroeconomic activity. ...

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced that China will continue to provide Covid-19 vaccines as well as other medical assistance and trained medical personnel such as doctors to Cambodia for as long as the pandemic situation requires. ...