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Opening ‘not ideal’ for investors to return

The business community has welcomed a government decision to ease restrictions for local and foreign investors who reside in the Kingdom, particularly the waiver of hotel quarantine and the option to isolate at home. ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/opening-not-ideal-investors-return

Referral hospitals to give free Covid jabs indefinitely

Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine has advised the governors of the capital and provinces to continue vaccinations for children and all unvaccinated people ages 6 and up at designated referral hospitals or health centres despite the first round of the official vaccination campaigns having ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/referral-hospitals-give-free-covid-jabs-indefinitely

Journalists in Cambodia have improved in truth and accuracy

With journalists in Cambodia adhering to the ethical provisions of their profession and improving day by day in their responsibilities and duties in ensuring accuracy in their work, there is no impunity for crimes against them. ...

Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963742/journalists-in-cambodia-have-improved-in-truth-and-accuracy/

Senate passes single nationality draft amendment unanimously

The Senate yesterday unanimously approved the draft constitutional amendment on single citizenship, citing that it is to ensure the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Cambodia. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963684/senate-passes-single-nationality-draft-amendment-unanimously/

New solar power plants of 495 MW to come online in 2023

Seven solar power plants of 495 megawatts will be online in 2023 pushing up the supply of such source to represent 20 percent of the total installed power capacity. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50964110/new-solar-power-plants-of-495-mw-to-come-online-in-2023/

Apsara Authority records more than 2 million trees planted

Apsara Authority, with the participation of monks and the private sector, on Monday planted 2,500 trees in the area of Preah Vihear Pram Pi Lveng Pagoda of Angkor Park to complement the beauty and environment of Angkor Wat. ...

Chhun Sun Ly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963801/apsara-authority-records-more-than-2-million-trees-planted/

Phnom Penh’s Governor calls for stricter measures to ensure high-risk businesses remain close

Amid clandestine operations by desperate club, karaoke, and other high-risk business owners, Phnom Penh’s Governor issued an order to authorities of the capital’s 14 districts to implement stricter crackdowns on those who defy administrative measures. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50964252/phnom-penhs-governor-calls-for-stricter-measures-to-ensure-high-risk-businesses-remain-close/

Angkor crowned as best place to visit in Southeast Asia

Angkor in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province came first among the 29 Best Places to Visit in Southeast Asia, according to a survey of Touropia Travel Guides. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50964217/angkor-crowned-as-best-place-to-visit-in-southeast-asia/

Japan donates vehicles and office equipment to Cambodia

Japan has provided the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) with vehicles and office equipment, equivalent to 300 million Japanese Yen (about $2,780,000), for Cambodia’s Chairmanship of ASEAN 2022. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963288/japan-donates-vehicles-and-office-equipment-to-cambodia/

COVAX provides refrigeration equipment to Cambodia

The COVAX Facility donated advanced refrigeration equipment to the Royal Government to boost the country’s vaccination storage capacity. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963410/covax-provides-refrigeration-equipment-to-cambodia/

Rice exports fall 14 percent even as overall agriculture shipments rise

Cambodia exported 460,169 tonnes of milled rice, worth $393 million, from January to October this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. That represents a 14 percent drop in volume from the same period last year. ...

Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963180/rice-exports-fall-14-percent-even-as-overall-agriculture-shipments-rise/

Cambodia’s agricultural exports up over 47 percent in first 10 months

Some 4,221,153 tonnes of agricultural products, besides milled rice and paddy rice, have been exported to foreign markets during the first ten months of this year, despite the global COVID-19 crisis. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963305/cambodias-agricultural-exports-up-over-47-percent-in-first-10-months/

Gov’t rolls out 10th round of relief measures

The government has rolled out the 10th round of economic relief measures to manage the impact on key sectors from Covid-19 and the ongoing recovery process, and bolster economic growth during and after the crisis. ...

Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-rolls-out-10th-round-relief-measures

Cambodia, Vietnam laud co-op, push for border demarcation

Cambodia and Vietnam hailed bilateral cooperation in national security and maintaining peace, stability and security and encouraged the two countries’ border affairs committees to continue working closely together to resolve the remaining 16 per cent of border that had not been officially demarcated. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-vietnam-laud-co-op-push-border-demarcation

Tonle Sap Lake plastics pick-up effort underway

The NGO2 Bamboo Shoot Foundation in cooperation with the Cambodian Association of Travel Agents (CATA) launched an environmental clean-up campaign to pick up plastic waste along the Tonle Sap Lake in Siem Reap province in order to improve the beauty of the area and increase ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tonle-sap-lake-plastics-pick-effort-underway

Cambodia to establish Sihanoukville multi-purpose Special Economic Zone

The Cambodian government is working to transform Sihanoukville province, also known as Preah Sihanouk province, into a multi-purpose special economic zone (SEZ) after the province received the designation earlier this year. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963361/cambodia-to-establish-sihanoukville-multi-purpose-special-economic-zone/

PM declares Cambodia fully reopen from Nov 1

Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that Cambodia is reopening the country fully across all sectors from November 1 on the basis of four factors: Full vaccination of much of the population, the availability of effective Covid-19 treatments and medicines, increased experience in dealing with ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-declares-cambodia-fully-reopen-nov-1

Stung Treng Fisheries head calls for dolphin revival plan

Stung Treng provincial Fisheries Administration officials warn that the Irrawady dolphins in the Ochheuteal dolphin pleasance in Borei O’Svay Sen Chey district’s Preah Rumkel commune are now faced with extinction as there is only one dolphin left remaining of the pod that was living there ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stung-treng-fisheries-head-calls-dolphin-revival-plan

30% of spot-billed pelicans in Cambodia

Cambodia has about 3,000 spot-billed pelicans, which account for around 30 per cent of the global population, Ministry of Environment spokesperson Neth Pheaktra said on October 29. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/30-spot-billed-pelicans-cambodia

Endangered monkey numbers improve

The Ministry of Environment issued a report highlighting three kinds of endangered monkeys which are present in large numbers in Cambodia, including the pig-tailed macaque, pileated gibbon and stump-tailed macaque. ...

Ry Sochan and Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/endangered-monkey-numbers-improve

PM: Grade 12 exam still on

Public and private educational institutions across Cambodia reopened their doors on November 1 after being closed since March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, while Prime Minister Hun Sen made it clear that high school diploma exams would be taking place this year and students will ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-grade-12-exam-still

Hun Sen: Cambodia officially reopens Nov 1 onwards

Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced the reopening of the country in all sectors starting November 1. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-cambodia-officially-reopens-nov-1-onwards

Koh Kong airport’s first test flight early 2022

The first trial flight is set to land in Koh Kong province’s Dara Sakor International Airport in late January or early in February, according to the company in charge of construction. ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/koh-kong-airports-first-test-flight-early-2022

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