The Phnom Penh Post
Clean water supplied to 20,000 in Kampong Chhnang, says NGO
World Vision Cambodia has spent more than $3 million over 18 years to educate people in the use of clean water and nutrition for children in Kampong Chhnang province’s Cholkiri district, benefitting nearly 20,000 local people. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/clean-water-supplied-20000-kampong-chhnang-says-ngo
200 families dispute 4,000ha of land in Siem Reap
The Siem Reap provincial administration said it was investigating a land dispute between more than 200 families and a group of eight people concerning 4,000ha of land in the Varin district. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/200-families-dispute-4000ha-land-siem-reap
Bakong-powered transactions soar
Digital payments are becoming crucial to the management of daily expenses, especially during Covid-19 when social distancing is the norm, according to National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) director-general Chea Serey. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bakong-powered-transactions-soar
Four firms pushing to fatten pig imports to meet demand
Four live pig importers submitted a joint letter to the ministries of Economy and Finance, and Commerce requesting a tender in principle to bring in hogs from abroad to better cover domestic market demand. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/four-firms-pushing-fatten-pig-imports-meet-demand
Capital’s south an ‘improving foundation to build on’: CBRE
Interest in “Southern Phnom Penh” has gained substantial traction over the past five years since plans for Hun Sen Boulevard were unveiled, triggering a frenzy of real estate speculation, CBRE Cambodia reported on August 12. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/capitals-south-improving-foundation-build-cbre
Hiring freeze for ministries
The government has suspended the recruitment of new officials for all ministries and institutions for 2022, reversing the government’s previous plans to recruit some 6,000 new officials to replace those lost to retirement or other factors. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hiring-freeze-ministries
Train track squatters told to clear out
More than 60 families living in Boeung Kak I commune of Phnom Penh’s Toul Kork district were ordered by local authorities to remove fences and crops lining railway tracks by August 19. However, the people have protested and refused to follow the order. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/train-track-squatters-told-clear-out
PM to deliver opening speech at interfaith anti-trafficking forum
On August 20, Prime Minister Hun Sen will deliver the opening speech at the 2021 National Interfaith Forum on Combating Human Trafficking. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-deliver-opening-speech-interfaith-anti-trafficking-forum
Six listed firms post Q2 recovery
Six companies with securities listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) reported a recovery in business performance in the second quarter of this year over the early days of the health crisis, on the back of the rapid pace of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/six-listed-firms-post-q2-recovery-0
Ministry seeks feedback on UK trade rules
The Ministry of Commerce seeks to engage the involvement of all exporters in the consultation process of drafting a mechanism that will serve as a benchmark for Cambodian commercial exports to the UK. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-seeks-feedback-uk-trade-rules
PM orders purchase of longan
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the purchase of longans – an edible fruit similar to lychee, also of the soapberry family – from farmers in all provinces along the Cambodian-Thai border who have been unable to export their produce due to Covid-19 restrictions. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-orders-purchase-longan
Workshop to raise awareness regarding child abuse online
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport will hold a five-day workshop on the topic of “online sexual exploitation of children in Cambodia” next week to raise awareness of the risks the internet poses to children. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workshop-raise-awareness-regarding-child-abuse-online
Ministries, 2 provinces talk waste management
The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Administration co-chaired a two-day online meeting from August 16-17 with two provincial administrations on identifying locations for landfills, while the Ministry of Environment continues to assist sub-national administrations in procedures to manage urban solid waste. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-2-provinces-talk-waste-management
Bird species number drops in sanctuary
Bird International said the number of bird species detected in the Veal Kambor Community Protected Area in Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary in Ratanakkiri province has decreased compared to last year, as only 35 species were recorded this year. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bird-species-number-drops-sanctuary
K Speu villagers seek solution to land row
A group of families have demanded Kampong Speu provincial authorities expedite the distribution of 54ha of land in Daun Ath village in the province’s Samrong district’s Skuh commune after they claimed rich and powerful individuals conspired with commune authorities to change ownership by altering the ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/k-speu-villagers-seek-solution-land-row
Rice sector gets $50M boost for summer-autumn season
Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) members have received about $50 million in loans for working capital to buy paddy from farmers during the ongoing early-rice, or summer-autumn harvest season, which is expected to yield nearly three million tonnes, according to a senior CRF official. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-sector-gets-50m-boost-summer-autumn-season
Cambodia-Japan trade tops $1.1B in first half
Trade between Cambodia and Japan reached $1.10977 billion in the first half of 2021, up 9.57 per cent year-on-year from $1.01281 billion, according to data from the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-japan-trade-tops-11b-first-half
Masks a must in 15 provinces
Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng issued a public health notice requiring people in 15 provinces to wear masks and socially distance from now until further notice. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/masks-must-15-provinces
Nat’l Covid-19 campaign kicks off
World Health Organisation (WHO) representative to Cambodia Li Ailan said Cambodia has had one of the most successful campaigns to vaccinate its people against Covid-19 in the WHO’s entire western-pacific region. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natl-covid-19-campaign-kicks
S Korea funds road testing lab
The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology – through South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport – has granted funds for the construction of a laboratory project at the Techo Sen Institute of Public Works and Transport for the development of road ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/s-korea-funds-road-testing-lab
Vaccinations for prisoners may finish by August’s end
The vaccination of prisoners against Covid-19 is likely to be completed by the end of the month as only 5,000 inmates still need to get vaccinated, according to General Department of Prisons (GDP) spokesman Nouth Savna. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vaccinations-prisoners-may-finish-augusts-end
Major Mondulkiri tourism plan given the nod
The government approved the draft Mondulkiri Tourism Development Master Plan 2021-2035, amid a wider initiative to attract about three million domestic and international tourists annually to the regional verdant biodiverse powerhouse in northeastern Cambodia by 2035. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/major-mondulkiri-tourism-plan-given-nod
Thai border reopened for workers – many with Covid
In the two days following the government’s reopening of border crossings with Thailand, more than 2,300 migrant workers have returned through checkpoints in four provinces and hundreds of them have tested positive for Covid-19, according to authorities. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-border-reopened-workers-many-covid
Private sector assists gov’t tech plan
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is cooperating with a private company to develop a technology master plan for the public works and transport sectors to improve the ministry’s efficiency. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/private-sector-assists-govt-tech-plan