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The South Korea-based Universal Peace Federation (UPF) said Prime Minister Hun Sen should be a role model for world leaders because of Cambodia’s successful Covid-19 vaccination drive which has seen over 90 per cent of the target population aged 6 and older vaccinated. ...

Construction of the $70 million two-phased Arakawa Residence affordable housing development in western Phnom Penh remains on track to be completed by mid-2022, developer Arakawa Co Ltd co-founder Ieng Sotheara told The Post on October 20. ...

The Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) is set to be signed on October 26, ushering in a new chapter that will open up fresh avenues in trade and investment between the two Asian nations, according to a senior Ministry of Commerce official. ...

Cambodia has set a minimum capital requirement for new and existing casinos. ...

The Ministry of Health has issued the standard operating procedure for foreign travelers who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 ...

A revitalised and aggressive “spruce up” campaign has been embarked upon in Preah Sihanouk province to provide  a clean city with proper waste management to give it an aesthetically good-looking environment to attract tourists. ...

The Ministry of Social Affairs has reiterated its commitment to meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of eliminating violence against children globally by 2030. ...

More than 30 media leaders from Cambodia and China have come together to participate in the three-day high-level web seminar held under the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation framework which started yesterday hosted by Cambodian-Chinese Journalists Association (CJC) in collaboration with the China Foundation for Peace and Development. ...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) took one step forward yesterday to deploy more than 4,300 party agents to observe voter list verification and registration amid some minor parties  struggling to find any. ...

More than 360 families in Ratanakiri province have been evacuated to higher grounds due to flooding, an official said. ...

The Cambodian government will continue providing cash assistance to about 700,000 families hit by COVID-19 for another three months from October to December, according to a decision released on Wednesday. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport will continue to conduct the high school diploma examination or “baccalaureate” in accordance with the principles of equity and transparency.   ...

Cambodian government has encouraged U.S. companies to join biding on infrastructure projects and build quality physical infrastructure in Cambodia. ...

Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce of Cambodia, attended the virtual Ministerial Meeting of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to examine and approve the Statement of LDCs for the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference to be held from Nov. 30 to Dec. 03, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. ...

The Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of Korea will sign a draft free trade agreement (FTA) next week, as the two countries witness their bilateral trade amount on the rise. ...

GIZ fabric – a project of the German international development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to promote sustainability in the textile and garment industry in Asia – on October 18 launched the “Climate Action Training for the Fashion Industry” to support the industry’s ...

Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities are inspecting and selecting locations for the construction of 12 additional coastguard towers from Ochheuteal to Chum Teav Mao beaches in Sihanoukville to rescue people involved in any incidents in the water. ...

The World Food Program supported by the Government of Germany and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) allocated $1.32 million to be given to 11,000 families or about 55,000 people who were badly affected by floodwaters and the Covid outbreak in Banteay Meanchey ...

Cambodia’s exports to Vietnam nearly quadrupled to $3.7 billion in the first nine months of this year, according to statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs. ...

In the first nine months of 2021, Cambodia exported 343,812 tons of fresh bananas, an increase of 46 percent compared to 2020. ...

U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (U.S.-ABC) is interested to invest in Cambodia in the fields of energy, industry, health, technology, finance and import-export. ...

Cambodia is almost 100 percent ready to host the 13th Asia-Europe Summit (ASEM13) in late November this year. ...

Vaccine is the strong foundation to protect people’s lives from COVID-19, reiterated Prime Minister Hun Sen in a special voice message. ...

Newly-appointed Battambang provincial governor Sok Lou instructed law enforcement officers along the border to increase their vigilance and work to prevent illegal border crossing into Thailand. ...