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More than 1.77 million people vaccinated against Covid-19 in Cambodia
A report released by the Ministry of National Defense revealed that from February 10 to May 9, a total of 1,773,994 people have been vaccinated throughout the country, including armed forces and their families. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50854036/more-than-1-77-million-people-vaccinated-against-covid-19-in-cambodia/
All Phnom Penh residents will be vaccinated against Covid-19
Khuong Sreng, Governor of Phnom Penh said yesterday that all people who are living in Phnom Penh will be vaccinated against Covid-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50854089/all-phnom-penh-residents-will-be-vaccinated-against-covid-19/
Labour ministry and GMAC clarify factory re-openings
Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Sam Heng released a notification pertaining to the payment of wages and reopening requirements for factories located in Yellow Zones in Phnom Penh and Takmao city, Kandal province. ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50854041/labour-ministry-and-gmac-clarify-factory-re-openings/
Kingdom expects 100,000 tonnes of fresh mango shipments to China
Cambodia has set an ambitious target of exporting up to 100,000 tonnes of fresh mangoes a year to China after the Kingdom made the first shipment of the fresh fruit directly to the world’s second largest economic nation on Friday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50854043/kingdom-expects-100000-tonnes-of-fresh-mango-shipments-to-china/
Cambodia’s exports to Vietnam up 443% in first three months
Cambodia exported $ 1.47 billion worth of products to Vietnam in the first quarter of 2021, a dramatic increase of 443% from the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50853469/cambodias-exports-to-vietnam-up-443-in-first-three-months/
Up to 20 Myanmar enterprises are reportedly relocating to Kampong Speu province
The crisis in Myanmar has proven beneficial for Kampong Speu as at least 20 entities have relocated to this province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50852986/up-to-20-myanmar-enterprises-are-reportedly-relocating-to-kampong-speu-province/
6 new COVID fatalities announced
The Ministry of Health has announced 6 more deaths as a result of COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50853853/6-new-covid-fatalities-announced/
Public hospitals must test all patients for C-19
The Ministry of Health has ordered public hospitals nationwide to test all patients for COVID-19 before they are admitted, according to a letter signed by Health Minister Mam Bun Heng. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50853950/public-hospitals-must-test-all-patients-for-c-19/
Cambodia ready to exit LDC status
Cambodia is well-prepared to minimise economic risks when it graduates from its Least Developed Countries status, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Commerce on May 7. Four LDCs – Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh and Nepal – met at a virtual workshop last week ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-ready-exit-ldc-status
Cambodia to spend more than $20.5 million on vaccination campaign over nine months
The Royal Government of Cambodia has planned to spend over 83.625 million KHR, or approximately $ 20.59 million, on the nine-month vaccination program from April to December 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50853472/cambodia-to-spend-more-than-20-5-million-on-vaccination-campaign-over-nine-months/
Siem Reap extends curfew for two more weeks
Siem Reap Provincial Administration announced today that it has decided to extend the curfew for another two weeks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the province. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50853604/siem-reap-extends-curfew-for-two-more-weeks/
Factories reopen with 50 percent of workers switching every two weeks
In a first phase of reopening factories in Yellow Zones, the government will allow 50 percent of workers to resume production with shifts changing every two weeks. ...
All markets in Phnom Penh to stay shut, including irregular markets from today to May 14
The Phnom Penh Capital Administration last night made known a decision on the temporary suspension of all state markets and irregular markets in Phnom Penh for midnight today to midnight 14 May. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50852926/all-markets-in-phnom-penh-to-stay-shut-including-irregular-markets-from-today-to-may-14/
Red zone vaccination campaign continues with one million more doses arriving this month
Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed the vaccination team from the Ministry of National Defence to accelerate its campaign and immunise the roughly 520,000 residents in the red zone and not to worry about a shortage as one million additional doses of vaccines are scheduled ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-zone-vaccination-campaign-continues-one-million-more-doses-arriving-month
Preah Sihanouk scraps quarantine requirement for airline passengers
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kouch Chamroeun has cancelled the quarantine requirement for inbound passengers from Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-scraps-quarantine-requirement-airline-passengers
Gov’t issues guidelines as lockdown nears end
The government has issued a five-page set of instructions to be enforced when the three-week lockdown of Phnom Penh and adjacent Takmao town in Kandal province ends on May 6. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-issues-guidelines-lockdown-nears-end
Phnom Penh unveils rules for post-lockdown transition
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration issued a set of detailed guidelines for the seven days to May 12 after the capital emerges from lockdown at the onset of May 6. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-unveils-rules-post-lockdown-transition
Firm accused of grabbing indigenous community’s land in Stung Treng
More than 30 families from the Kreung indigenous community in Talat commune’s Rumpat and Talat villages in Stung Treng province’s Sesan district claimed that a private company had cleared their plantations. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/firm-accused-grabbing-indigenous-communitys-land-stung-treng
Ministries discuss ‘3+1 reforms’
Ministry of Justice officials held a meeting with other ministries on May 4 to discuss four areas of government reform, including public finance, public administration, sub-national administration and justice. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-discuss-31-reforms
Wildlife increases and adapts in Angkor Archeological Park
Wildlife Alliance which works together with Apsara Authority and Forestry Administration in the “Bring Back Angkor” project has seen success in the last eight years in bringing wildlife back to the Angkor Archaeological Park. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50850705/wildlife-increases-and-adapts-in-angkor-archeological-park/
Media in Cambodia thriving despite challenges
Press freedom in Cambodia is steadily declining and is ranked 144 in the world, the director of Cambodia Journalist Alliance (CamboJA), Nop Vy said. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50850693/media-in-cambodia-thriving-despite-challenges/
Journalists prohibited from entering Red Zones to prevent C-19 spread
The Ministry of Information yesterday announced that all journalists are prohibited from entering Red Zones and prohibited areas for reporting, and called on media practitioners to stop assuming events without any concrete evidence in their reporting, leading to public confusion. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50851386/journalists-prohibited-from-entering-red-zones-to-prevent-c-19-spread/
Rubber exports approach $100 million January-April
Cambodia exported $99.87 million of natural rubber from January to April this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50850637/rubber-exports-approach-100-million-january-april/
Q1 garment exports valued at $2.4 billion
Cambodia’s garment product exports contracted in the first quarter financial period as hundreds of factories remained closed temporarily because of COVID-19 in Phnom Penh and Takmao city, Kandal province. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50850644/q1-garment-exports-valued-at-2-4-billion/