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Ministry of Health warns of dengue fever as rainy season looms
The Ministry of Health has warned the public of the likely increase in dengue fever cases in the coming weeks due to the onset of the rainy season. ...
Seven more areas inscribed as natural heritage sites
Cambodia has listed seven more areas as natural heritage sites, according to separate sub-decrees. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728299/seven-more-areas-inscribed-as-natural-heritage-sites/
Local property market best described as ‘flat’
Cambodia’s local property sector has been described as “flat” while condominiums and boreys are tagged to be the hardest hit during the COVID-19 pandemic because the listings will eventually need to be put up for sale under current market prices in the coming months, according ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728836/local-property-market-best-described-as-flat/
Cambodia’s rice exports up by 42 percent in first five months
Cambodia has exported 356,097 tonnes of milled rice to foreign markets during the first five months of this year. The figure shows an increase by 105,925 tonnes or 42.34 percent compared to the same period in the previous year, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728658/cambodias-rice-exports-up-by-42-percent-in-first-five-months/
EU to assist tourism sector post COVID-19
Cambodia has requested the European Union assist the Kingdom’s hard-hit tourism sector once the COVID-19 pandemic has been resolved and international travel begins again. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728834/eu-to-assist-tourism-sector-post-covid-19/
Local vendors shun small US currency
Reports of local vendors refusing to accept small US currency banknotes has continued over the weekend, despite repeated calls from both the Kingdom’s central bank and Prime Minister Hun Sen that all US currency banknotes will still be considered “legal tender”. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728832/local-vendors-shun-small-us-currency/
Japanese to donate medical equipment
The Japanese government will provide $18 million worth of medical equipment and supplies to the Ministry of Health to help the Kingdom fight Covid-19. It will also offer nearly $23 million in financial grants to support education and health in Cambodia, according to an announcement from ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japanese-donate-medical-equipment
CSX index up 7.25 per cent, $1.25 million in shares traded
Following a bruising first quarter, the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) index has picked up over the last few days after Acleda Bank Plc’s (ABC’s) initial public offering (IPO). At Thursday’s close, the index ended 7.25 per cent higher at 793.59 points. Trading volume reached 280,791 ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/csx-index-725-cent-125-million-shares-traded
PM lauded in Covid-19 fight
World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sent a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen thanking him for following the WHO’s guidance and commending Cambodia’s efforts in the fight against Covid-19. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-lauded-covid-19-fight
PM marks Int’l Children Day with call for improvements in welfare
Prime Minister Hun Sen has issued a six-point message on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of International Children’s Day on June 1, Cambodian Children’s Day, also on June 1 and the 19th anniversary of the World Day Against Child Labour on June 12. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-marks-intl-children-day-call-improvements-welfare
Three investment projects worth $246 million approved, to create 1,500 jobs
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to three new investment projects with a total investment capital of $246.1 million. According to the council, the newly approved projects are expected to create some 1,547 jobs for the locals. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727869/three-investment-projects-worth-246-million-approved-to-create-1500-jobs/
More than 110,000 tonnes of wood strips exported from Koh Kong
Greenrich Group Co., Ltd. investing in Koh Kong province has exported over 110,000 tonnes of wood strips. The update was provided by the company’s representative Mr. Rattana to Veng Sakhon, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and Mrs. Mithona Phouthorng, Governor of Koh Kong province ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727880/more-than-110000-tonnes-of-wood-strips-exported-from-koh-kong/
Siamese crocodile eggs found in Pursat wetland
The 22 eggs of a wild Siamese crocodile, which is an endangered species, was discovered in the Cardamom Mountains of Pursat province. It was discovered by conservationists from the Cambodian Crocodile Conservation Programme (CCCP) together with the Forestry Administration and Fauna & Flora International staff, ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728079/siamese-crocodile-eggs-found-in-pursat-wetland/
Kandal aims for full clean water access by 2023
Kandal provincial governor Kong Sophorn yesterday promised to provide clean and safe water access for all by 2023. Currently, around 81 percent of households in the province have access. Speaking during a press conference held at the Council of Ministers, Mr Sophorn said people across ...
Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728075/kandal-aims-for-full-clean-water-access-by-2023/
Cambodia risks being left behind while other Asean members announce reopening of economy
As the number of unemployed climb day by day and with limited employment opportunities, mounting debts and lack of economic opportunities, Cambodia risks being left behind by its bigger Asean partners. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728252/cambodia-risks-being-left-behind-while-other-asean-members-announce-reopening-of-economy/
UXO explosion in Pailin province injures two men
Two men were seriously injured in an explosion of a 74 mm unexploded shell ordnance at Huy Tbong village in Pailin province. Lieutenant Colonel Kong Samnang, deputy police chief of Pailin city, said yesterday the explosion of the ordnance, which occurred at around 5pm on ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728071/uxo-explosion-in-pailin-province-injures-two-men/
Ministry signs MoU to boost agri-food sector
The Ministry of Commerce has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with KCCV Plantation Co Ltd to promote the development of a secure agri-food product value chain. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-signs-mou-boost-agri-food-sector
New MoU will make loans easier to decide and repay
Agriculture Rural Development Bank (ARDB) together with Wing (Cambodia) Ltd Specialized Bank and Cambodia Investors Corp (CIC) inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate loan repayments, encourage the use of digital banking and to provide information to borrowers to guarantee the credit deal. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727796/new-mou-will-make-loans-easier-to-decide-and-repay/
Hospitality industry shows signs of despair
The Cambodia Hotel Association (CHA) president claims that the hotel industry is seeking far and wide to secure financial assistance because of the Coronavirus pandemic, which hit hard the entire tourism sector. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727794/hospitality-industry-shows-signs-of-despair/
Cambodia’s lifting of entry ban will have minimal impact on tourism or economy
Cambodia lifted a ban on entry of visitors from Iran, Italy, Germany, Spain, France and the United States that had been put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus, the health ministry a week ago and the immediate result of this is the detection ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727375/cambodias-lifting-of-entry-ban-will-have-minimal-impact-on-tourism-or-economy/
Move to make smallholder markets bigger, better
The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) and local private company K.C.C.V Plantation Co Ltd have announced cooperation to develop a safety agricultural production chain and value in order to accelerate markets for smallholders. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727797/move-to-make-smallholder-markets-bigger-better/
Sanctuary head sued for not stopping forest occupations
Four Bunong and an Adhoc official filed a joint lawsuit against Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary head Prum Vibol Ratanak at the Mondulkiri Provincial Court for failing to stop illegal land occupation and the buying and selling of forest land. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sanctuary-head-sued-not-stopping-forest-occupations
Cambodia calls for help in drug battle
At a Wednesday meeting of the signatories to the Mekong Memorandum of Understanding on Drug Control, National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) secretary-general Meas Virith requested participating countries and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to seek a solution for the region’s burgeoning ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-calls-help-drug-battle
Most international flights from China
Around 25 international flights are entering and leaving Cambodia every week mostly from China, according to Cambodia’s State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA). ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727792/most-international-flights-from-china/