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Cambodia has ordered 200,000 doses Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) vaccines from Africa to inoculate cattle across the Kingdom and will order another 100,000 doses to contain the LSD outbreak which has reached nearly 7,000 cases nationwide. ...

The Ministry of Health has instructed municipal and provincial referral hospitals and other state health facilities not to charge any fees to citizens who come to take Covid-19 antigen rapid tests.   ...

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. ...

A unique 12-hectare landfill surrounded by mountains and forest in Kampong Chhnang province is scheduled for completion by end of this year. ...

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. ...

Asean foreign ministers, including Cambodia’s, have approved the inclusion of the United Kingdom as one of the grouping’s dialogue partners. ...

The Ministry of Environment is discussing the first draft of their green building guidelines and certification in Cambodia. ...

Preah Vihear authorities yesterday started work on building a  Visitor Centre for tourists to the region’s famous Preah Vihear temple.​ ...

Small and medium-sized Cambodian companies are to receive government training on how to make the most of the digital economy. ...

Cambodia’s new investment draft law is set to introduce new incentives for people to invest in the country. ...

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. ...

Four priority areas of cooperation, namely public health security, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) capacity building, climate-change resilient agricultural production, and sustainable energy have been emphasised by Cambodia’s top diplomat.​ ...

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. ...

Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has emphasised the importance of Japan’s generous support to regional integration and socio-economic development through bilateral and regional frameworks, including the Mekong-Japan cooperation. ...

Cambodia has voiced its support for the enhancement of the ASEAN-China ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. ...

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has urged for more cooperation in three main areas, at the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) with the Republic of Korea. ...

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. ...

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security To Lam and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng co-chaired a virtual talk on issues related to trans boundary crime. ...

The Government-Private Sector Working Group D (GPSWG-D) on Law, Tax and Governance held a meeting via videoconference to discuss challenges the private sector is facing in this hard time of COID-19 pandemic. ...

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 Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) on August 3 said it is not involved in a fraud dispute concerning derivatives broker GoldFX Investment Co Ltd. ...

Best Inc, a Chinese smart supply chain solutions and logistics services provider, on August 2 rolled out a “full-chain, direct logistics service” to send packages from China to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, it said in a press release. ...

The General Department of Taxation at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Japanese Embassy to Cambodia held a virtual discussion Monday in conjunction with the Japanese embassy on tax considerations for Japanese investors. ...