The Phnom Penh Post

Ministry plans mobile jabs

Senior Ministry of Health officials have urged provincial administrations to dispatch mobile vaccination teams to remote households and the homes of those with difficulties travelling in order to administer Covid-19 jabs to them. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-plans-mobile-jabs

Covid jab drive for 6-11 age group to begin Sept 17

Prime Minister Hun Sen has permitted Covid-19 vaccinations for over 1.8 million children aged 6-11 across the country from September 17 in order for them to return to school after a long hiatus. ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-jab-drive-6-11-age-group-begin-sept-17

Preah Vihear, Stung Treng rivers nearing emergency levels

Heavy rains over the past several days have flooded and damaged some national and rural road systems in Preah Vihear province while swelling the waters of the Stung Sen River to near-emergency levels. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-stung-treng-rivers-nearing-emergency-levels

Tripartite talks over minimum wage start

Tripartite discussions on the 2022 minimum wage for workers in the garment, textile and footwear sectors were set to begin on September 14. According to industry observers, the employers are planning to offer $183.40, as opposed to $214.20 requested by trade unions. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tripartite-talks-over-minimum-wage-start

Prime Minister advises victims to sue Gold FX if no compromise

Prime Minister Hun Sen tells customers affected by investing in Gold FX (GOLDFX INVESTMENT CO., LTD) to file a complaint to the court to seek justice in case the two parties do not reach compromise. ...

Nov Sivutha
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2021-09-15-1952-223655.html

Some national roads and trails in Preah Vihear province flooded whereas Stung Treng water level near emergency

Some national and rural roads in Preah Vihear province were flooded and damaged as the Stung Sen river flooded. Emergency declared due to heavy rain in the last 4-5 days. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2021-09-15-1051-223624.html

Telecoms ministry to host e-shopping fair

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, in collaboration with The Idea Consultancy Co Ltd and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Cambodia, is set to host “The Grand Online Shopping Fest” from September 17-19. ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/telecoms-ministry-host-e-shopping-fair

Tax revenue surpasses $1.9B

The Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected $1.90927 billion in taxes in the first eight months of 2021, down by $151.3 million or 10.60 per cent from the same period last year. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenue-surpasses-19b

World Bank praises jab, booster campaigns

The rapid pace of Cambodia’s coronavirus vaccination campaigns and subsequent booster shot drives will be key to a faster economic reopening, according to a senior World Bank official on September 13. ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/world-bank-praises-jab-booster-campaigns

Kingdom, China make inroads on agriculture export controls

Negotiations on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) commitments for a number of potential Cambodian agricultural exports to China have made remarkable progress at a brisk pace, according to the Kingdom’s top agriculture official on September 13. ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-china-make-inroads-agriculture-export-controls

Over 900 ancient sites spotted across B Meanchey since 2019

At least 911 ancient historical sites have been discovered across Banteay Meanchey province since 2019, including ancient temples, graveyards, man-made ponds and roads, according to the provincial department of culture and fine arts. ...

Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-900-ancient-sites-spotted-across-b-meanchey-2019

Nine face charges in Kandal land dispute

Kandal provincial police arrested at least 30 people after a clash with protesters on September 12 over a land dispute at the new Phnom Penh International Airport construction site in Kandal Stung district’s Boeung Khyang commune. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nine-face-charges-kandal-land-dispute

Man lands in court over sexual assault at quarantine site

A suspected in an alleged sexual assault against a minor at a quarantine centre in Banteay Meanchey province’s O’Chrou district has been sent to court, while a similar case against an adult woman at the same centre was dropped after the accused negotiated compensation with ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/man-lands-court-over-sexual-assault-quarantine-site

NGO, partners pushing for students’ return to school

Plan International Cambodia (PIC) and its partners are working with provincial departments of education, youth and sport across the country to initiate campaigns to encourage children, particularly girls, to return to school this month. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-partners-pushing-students-return-school

Families locked in Kandal land row seek compromise

Most of the 329 families from seven villages with crops planted on state land in the Chamkar Barang area of Tuol Prich commune in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district have refused to accept the inter-ministerial settlement policy that seeks to relocate them to make way ...

Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-locked-kandal-land-row-seek-compromise

US announces more Covid aid

US ambassador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy said the Kingdom’s Ministry of Health has proven itself to be remarkably well-prepared for its mission to prevent the spread of Covid-19 since the earliest days of the pandemic, making it one of the leading countries in the region ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-announces-more-covid-aid

Tripartite talks over minimum wage start

Tripartite discussions on the 2022 minimum wage for workers in the garment, textile and footwear sectors were set to begin on September 14. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tripartite-talks-over-minimum-wage-start

30 arrested amid clash at new airport construction site

Kandal provincial police have arrested 30 people after a clash with protesters on September 12 over a land dispute at the new Phnom Penh International Airport construction site in Kandal Stung district’s Boeung Khyang commune. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/30-arrested-amid-clash-new-airport-construction-site

$1.37B worth of imports, exports pass through SSEZ

The value of imports and exports passing through the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) reached $1.373 billion in the first eight months of 2021, an increase of 44.37 per cent year-on-year, the operator reported.   ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/137b-worth-imports-exports-pass-through-ssez

China keen to forge ‘stronger than steel’ ties with Kingdom

China is committed to expanding relations with Cambodia and forging them to be “stronger than steel” by continuing to help the Kingdom’s economy to grow, Chinese State Councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi affirmed as he wrapped up his two-day visit.   ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/china-keen-forge-stronger-steel-ties-kingdom

Phnom Penh authorities do not allow the school to reopen if the school does not follow the correct principles

Phnom Penh Governor Khuong Sreng confirmed that the Capital Administration will not allow any educational institution that does not properly comply with the Code of Conduct in reopening of schools in the context of Covid-19 of the Ministry of Education, while public and private schools ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2021-09-14-0855-223541.html

Wartime ammunition unearthed in Pursat

Two villagers in Pursat province on September 10 found 51 unexploded ammunition left from wartime in Brahal village of Talor Senchey district’s Talor commune.​ ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wartime-ammunition-unearthed-pursat

Schools prepared to reopen throughout Kingdom on September 15

Public and private educational institutions throughout the country that meet conditions related to hygiene, environment and health measures and can implement the standard operating procedures (SOP) will reopen from September 15. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/schools-prepared-reopen-throughout-kingdom-september-15

Kingdom hops on BRI digital taxation wagon

Cambodia is committed to harnessing digitalisation for better coordination in tax administration, as a jurisdiction that subscribes to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to a General Department of Taxation (GDT) press release issued on September 12.   ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-hops-bri-digital-taxation-wagon

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