Khmer Times

There are plans underway to include “Boeng Prek Lpov” as a protected area with Ramsar, a wetland, designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention to be organised by the Ministry of Environment and Birdlife International Cambodia Programme.​ ...

Cambodian Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva has delivered a total of 17 statements, highlighting the Kingdom’s progress in the field of human rights during the four-week interactions at the Human Rights Council (HRC). ...

Australia is investing $8.7 million to increase the availability and uptake of HIV testing and prevention services amongst key populations in the Indo-Pacific. ...

400 CINTRI workers who were sacked by the company earlier – including cleaners, garbage collectors and drivers – protested at the company yesterday to demand payments. ...

Ministry of Public Works and Transport officials met this morning to discuss an ambitious proposal that will cross the Tonle Sap lake. The officials met via Zoom to to seek support from the Tonle Sap Authority – which manages the Tonle Sap Lake – for ...

More than 2,000 Cambodian migrants have reportedly returned back to their home country at Chong Chom border crossing in Surin due to the closure of worker camps. ...

A fascinating set of data visualisations from Our World in Data shows how Cambodia is faring in the COVID pandemic versus its 3 neighbors – Vietnam, Thailand and Laos. ...

The United States has made a commitment to revitalise partnership and cooperation with Asean, in particular in the face of multi-faceted regional and global challenges. ...

Dr Or Vandine, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Health and spokesperson said that the World Health Organization has not yet confirmed nor advice the usage mixing and administering two different types of Covid-19 vaccines. ...

Bangkok-based Cambodian Business Council (CBC) and Thai Subcontracting Promotion Association (Thai Subcon) have agreed to work together to promote the private sector cooperation between Cambodia and Thailand. ...

Cambodia exported $357.8 million worth of  garments, textiles, shoes and travel goods in the first six months of  2021, inching up 1.4 percent compared with the same period last year. ...

Senior Transport Officials Meeting (STOM) Leaders of ASEAN and Japan gathered in their 19th Conference held on July 13 via Videoconference. ...

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Indian Ambassador to Cambodia have discussed agricultural cooperation between Cambodia and India. ...

An action plan has been launched yesterday to comprehensively prevent and respond to the growing threat of online child sexual exploitation and better protect children through prevention, investigation and giving full assistance to victims. ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak Sokhonn is set to attend the mid-term Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Special ASEAN-US Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which will both be held by virtual videoconference. ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to temporarily suspend entry and exit through the Cambodian-Vietnamese border of skilled workers, technicians, employees of Vietnamese companies for one month from July 18, 2021. ...

A digital government cooperation centre is in the works to help Cambodia reform its public service delivery as well as to revolutionise its administration system as a whole with assistance from the South Korean government. ...

The Wildlife Alliance Cambodia (WAC) has expressed concern that if poachers continue to hunt for Asian Leaf Turtle and Asian soft-shelled turtles, then these critically endangered species will become extinct.​ ...

United Nation Development Program (UNDP) Cambodia and Persons with Disabilities Foundation (PWDF) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve rehabilitation services for landmine/Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) victims and persons with disabilities at Battambang Physical Rehabilitation Centre (BPRC).​   ...

The government’s Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) has dispelled the concerns made by United Nations human rights experts who urged the government to consider revoking the new Sub-Decree on Compulsory Covid-19 Vaccination. ...

The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port saw revenue rise 14 percent in the first half of the year from the same period in 2020, to more than $44 million. ...

According to the instructions from the Ministry of Health to provincial capitals, the gap for the first dose and the second dose of Covid-19 vaccines for both the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines be not more than 21 days. ...

About 1,000 Bunong ethnic minority families in Mondulkiri province are crying for justice after their shelters were demolished by environment officials, alleging they were living on state land, even though the families say they have been living there for generations. ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn made statements regarding responses to global challenges and Cambodia’s stance on multilateralism at the mid-term Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held virtually on July 13-14 under the sponsorship of the Republic of Azerbaijan’s Baku ...