The Phnom Penh Post

Cashew exports increase 345% in January-July 2021

The Kingdom exported 866,207.77 tonnes of cashew nuts in the first seven months of 2021, a 345.29 per cent year-on-year surge, with Vietnam as the main buyer, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reported. ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cashew-exports-increase-345-january-july-2021

International tourists plunge 91% in first six months: NBC

Cambodia welcomed 108,000 international tourists in the first half of 2021, down 90.8 per cent from 1.18 million in the same period of 2020, according to the central bank. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/international-tourists-plunge-91-first-six-months-nbc

Ministry to transport drivers: final warning on overloaded trucks

Officers at nearly 30 weigh stations across the country carried out an educational campaign for truckers to introduce the articles 26 and 60 of the road traffic law which prescribe stricter penalties for overloaded trucks.   ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-transport-drivers-final-warning-overloaded-trucks-0

New communes planned for ‘22 council election inclusion

The Ministry of Interior plans to establish new communes before the 2022 commune council elections to make it easier for local people to access public services.   ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/new-communes-planned-22-council-election-inclusion

Delta in check, extension of capital curfew unlikely: Chhe

The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration has no plans to extend its nighttime curfew as the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 – the pathogen that causes Covid-19 – is now largely under control and new infections are low in number, a senior official said.   ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/delta-check-extension-capital-curfew-unlikely-chhe

Poipet building collapse injures one

Poipet town authorities have ordered a halt to construction and will conduct a site inspection after a partially built six-storey building collapsed during the construction of the first floor. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poipet-building-collapse-injures-one

NCAC trade disputes reach 27: official

Investors have submitted 27 complaints regarding trade disputes to the National Commercial Arbitration Centre (NCAC), according to Ministry of Commerce secretary of state Cham Nimul. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ncac-trade-disputes-reach-27-official

Residents urged not to sell land in Angkor Park

The Apsara National Authority (ANA), a state body tasked with managing the Angkor Archaeological Park, told local residents not to sell land in the park as doing so is illegal. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/residents-urged-not-sell-land-angkor-park

Kingdom-US trade surges 33% in six months

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the US remained resilient in the first half of 2021, clocking in at $3.8402 billion, or a 32.8 per cent surge from the $2.8917 billion booked in the same period last year, despite the profound implications of the Covid-19 pandemic ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-us-trade-surges-33-six-months

GDP reports 73 per cent of inmates now vaccinated

The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons (GDP) has vaccinated over 73 per cent of the 37,000 inmates throughout the country as of August 5 and is continuing to vaccinate prisoners in seven remaining provinces with the US-donated Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 jabs. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gdp-reports-73-cent-inmates-now-vaccinated

Priority groups on Thai border get third Covid booster doses

The seven Cambodian provinces bordering Thailand have begun vaccinating frontline workers including medical staff and military personnel with third booster doses, as the Kingdom’s vaccination drive reaches over 50 per cent of its total population of 16 million. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/priority-groups-thai-border-get-third-covid-booster-doses

PM lays out overarching 2022 ASEAN approaches

Prime Minister Hun Sen said even though ASEAN is facing enormous challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the geo-political rivalry between China and the US, Cambodia is ready to take the chair of the ASEAN community in less than five months from now. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-lays-out-overarching-2022-asean-approaches

Kingdom’s exports of organic foods to Oz set to gain boost

Cambodian organic exports to Australia are expected to gain more momentum after the government inked a deal with Lexmin Pty Ltd’s branch in the Kingdom, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-exports-organic-foods-oz-set-gain-boost

SERC joins forces with World Bank, ADB on financial sector

The Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) is joining forces with international multilateral development banks to scale up sustainable finance in the Kingdom’s securities market, and to coordinate training and capacity building initiatives, according to SERC director-general Sou Socheat. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/serc-joins-forces-world-bank-adb-financial-sector

Military moving over 10,000 migrants

The military on August 8 started transferring over 10,000 Cambodian migrant workers who have returned from Thailand to quarantine centres in their home provinces in order to free up space in the seven Thai-border provinces for additional returning migrants due to the strain on available ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/military-moving-over-10000-migrants

Cambodia puts emphasis on stability for S China Sea talks

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn said Cambodia welcomes the resumption of the South China Sea Code of Conduct (COC) negotiations as it reflects the commitment of ASEAN and China to maintain regional stability by managing differences as per international law.​ ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-puts-emphasis-stability-s-china-sea-talks

Japan, Mekong nations stand by Cambodia on Covid-19 recovery plan

Japan and other Mekong countries have expressed support for Cambodia’s initiative to establish a joint working group on the Mekong-Japan Economic Recovery Scenarios, according to a press statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation following their latest meeting on August 6.​ ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-mekong-nations-stand-cambodia-covid-19-recovery-plan

Kampot inaugurates Bokor town

The Kampot Provincial Administration has set August 12 for the inauguration of the newly established Bokor town hall and launch of administrative services. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampot-inaugurates-bokor-town

Environment ministry doing survey on land reliance issue

The cadastral survey working group is compiling a list of people who use and rely on land in protected areas and biodiversity conservation corridors under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Environment to prepare a report on land distribution and ownership. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-doing-survey-land-reliance-issue

Cambodia puts emphasis on stability for South China Sea talks

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn said Cambodia welcomes the resumption of the South China Sea Code of Conduct (COC) negotiations as it reflects the commitment of ASEAN and China to maintain regional stability by managing differences as per international law.   ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cambodia-puts-emphasis-stability-south-china-sea-talks

General Department of Prisons reports 73 percent of inmates now vaccinated

The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons (GDP) has vaccinated over 73 per cent of the 37,000 inmates throughout the country as of August 5 and is continuing to vaccinate prisoners in seven remaining provinces with the US-donated Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 jabs.   ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gdp-reports-73-cent-inmates-now-vaccinated

Kingdom-US trade surges 33% in six months

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the US remained resilient in the first half of 2021, clocking in at $3.8402 billion, or a 32.8 per cent surge from the $2.8917 billion booked in the same period last year, despite the profound implications of the Covid-19 pandemic ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-us-trade-surges-33-six-months

Research: Underwater tourism overflowing with opportunities

An ocean of exciting blue investment opportunities is just waiting to be uncovered along the Kingdom’s costal areas, a brief study conducted by the Ministry of Tourism’s General Department of Tourism Industry indicated.​ ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/research-underwater-tourism-overflowing-opportunities

Peppercorn exports soar over 558% in January-July

Cambodia exported more than 22,580.68 tonnes of peppercorn – both geographical indication- (GI) branded Kampot pepper and non-GI cultivars – in the first seven months of 2021, up 558.19 per cent year-on-year, with Vietnam as the top buyer, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/peppercorn-exports-soar-over-558-january-july

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