Disasters and emergency response

Japan and other Mekong countries have expressed support for Cambodia’s initiative to establish a joint working group on the Mekong-Japan Economic Recovery Scenarios, according to a press statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation following their latest meeting on August 6.​ ...

The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) has prepared a disaster relief plan to deal with flash floods which may occur during this year’s rainy season, especially in provinces along the Mekong River and mountainous areas. ...

At least 54 of 245 Cambodian migrant workers who returned to Cambodia from Thailand through the Boeung Trakoun border crossing between July 29 and August 4 tested positive for Covid-19, including the highly transmissible Delta variant. ...

415,000 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines donated by the UK Government to Cambodia landed at the Phnom Penh International Airport this afternoon. ...

The COVID-19 Law Enforcement Commission says that 1354 people were detained and 734 vehicles were confiscated in another night of widespread curfew breaking in Cambodia. ...

After United States Secretary of State Antony J Blinken announced the US pledge to donate $52 million to Mekong countries for development, NGOs have come forward asking the government to utilise the donation with transparency. ...

For those in the business of touch or hands-on service, such as that of a masseuse, the future looks bleak with their career on ice due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

The Education Ministry will be ready to reopen secondary schools nationwide starting in either September or October, after having been closed for several months to prevent the spread of Covid-19. ...

Strict lockdown measures in place nationwide, implemented on July 29 has again hampered the opening of Century Entertainment’s launch of new Cambodian casino in Koh Kong. ...

Applications for loans in the financial sector continued to drop in the second quarter of this year over concerns regarding the coronavirus outbreak and economic repercussions of the ensuing health crisis, according to a new report. ...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has reportedly detected more than 300 cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant, and is classified as a community infection. ...

Cambodia drastically downgraded its economic forecast for 2021 to 2.5 per cent from the 4.1 per cent projection announced at the beginning of the year, due to the deteriorating Covid-19 situation. ...

The body of a deceased Covid-19 patient was finally taken by his relatives to his hometown in Tbong Khmum province after hundreds of villagers in Prek Khsay Kor commune of Prey Veng province’s Peamro district refused to bury him in the cemetery behind their village ...

The Ministry of Health has renewed its Covid-19 prevention campaign efforts in light of the confirmed presence of the Delta variant in Cambodia as many locations across the country return to lockdown and curfew to stem its spread. ...

In a bid to ease the burden faced by eateries in the capital, Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday revoked its ban on dine-ins with certain conditions. ...

The Ministry of Tourism is set to reopen its doors for international tourists who are vaccinated to visit the Kingdom next year with some new criteria, including making sure that they are not infected with the disease. ...

Weather and climate conditions over the Indochina Peninsula, including Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), make it one of the most vulnerable regions on the planet. ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn called on ASEAN to help alleviate the plight of the poor, including Cambodians, who have been severely impacted economically by Covid-19. ...

Cambodia along with other Mekong nations will work together with the United States to strengthen connectivity, economic integration, good governance and narrowing the development gap in the sub-region. ...

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn has stressed the importance of ensuring sustainable economic recovery and growth for the region, including through the materialization of the ASEAN Travel Corridor Arrangement Framework and operationalisation of the ASEAN Centre ...

The COVID Research Subcommittee says that a search operation for suspected ‘Delta’ variant infection is currently underway in Deum Kor market, between Mao Tse Tong Boulevard (St. 245) and Monireth Boulevard (St. 217), in Khan Tuol Kork, Phnom Penh after after a Delta Kovid-19 virus-positive ...

The Cambodian government is considering reducing the number of approved public investment projects in a budgetary move to preserve funds for use fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

On Sunday, the Chinese Embassy announced that China is committed to be a solid backbone for  providing vaccines for the campaign drives in Cambodia and  firmly supports the Cambodian government in its  fight against Covid-19. ...

Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) director-general Heng Ratana told Khmer Times yesterday that three sniffer dogs were successfully trained to detect the Covid-19 virus. ...