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Five farmers under investigation for encroachment
Kampong Chhang provincial police have been investigating five people who are alleged to have secretly cleared and encroached on flooded forest land in separate locations covering nearly 10ha in Chhnok Trou commune’s Ses Slap village of Boribor district. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/five-farmers-under-investigation-encroachment
Road traffic law amendments await approval
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport’s working group plans to submit a draft law on road traffic after holding 19 debates on the amendment and revising many articles found in the existing law. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/road-traffic-law-amendments-await-approval
Hospital given rights to import vaccines
The Royal Phnom Penh Hospital has been given the rights by the government to import and control the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines from the United States. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50909617/hospital-given-rights-to-import-vaccines/
Cambodian foreign minister underlines importance of strengthening EAS process
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation highlighted the importance of strengthening the EAS process to better serve common causes and stressed on the need to remain focused on delivering concrete outcomes on the nine priority areas under the ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50909762/cambodian-foreign-minister-underlines-importance-of-strengthening-eas-process/
Cambodia emphasises opportunity for ASEAN-India cooperation on COVID-19 vaccine development
Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia, has laid stress on the opportunity for ASEAN-India cooperation on vaccine development against the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50909770/cambodia-emphasises-opportunity-for-asean-india-cooperation-on-covid-19-vaccine-development/
Cambodia becomes country coordinator for ASEAN-Russia dialogue relations 2021-2024
Cambodia has taken over from Indonesia as the ASEAN Country Coordinator for ASEAN-Russia Dialogue Relations 2021-2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50909815/cambodia-becomes-country-coordinator-for-asean-russia-dialogue-relations-2021-2024/
Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines arrive from UK
A shipment of 415,000 AstraZeneca vaccines donated by the United Kingdom that arrived yesterday afternoon will be used for a third dose to fight against Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50909621/oxford-astrazeneca-vaccines-arrive-from-uk/
Cambodia to use AstraZeneca vaccines from UK as booster third dose in the vaccination campaign
Prime Minister Hun Sen said that Cambodia will use the UK-donated AstraZeneca vaccines in the third dose or booster dose vaccination campaign in the country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50909783/cambodia-to-use-astrazeneca-vaccines-from-uk-as-booster-third-dose-in-the-vaccination-campaign/
Landfill for K Chhnang town nears completion
The construction of a new landfill on more than 12ha in Kampong Chhnang province will be completed by the end of this year, while the provincial governor expected that the landfill will promote beauty and the environment in the town. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/landfill-k-chhnang-town-nears-completion
Migrant workers stranded on Thai side of border as closure continues
At least 54 of 245 Cambodian migrant workers who returned to Cambodia from Thailand through the Boeung Trakoun border crossing between July 29 and August 4 tested positive for Covid-19, including the highly transmissible Delta variant. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrant-workers-stranded-thai-side-border-closure-continues
Cashew, pepper firms have shot to sell products on Alibaba.com
Growers and suppliers of cashew nuts and geographical indication- (GI) certified Kampot pepper will soon have a chance to sell their products to Chinese consumers through the e-commerce platform Alibaba.com, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s Entrepreneurship Development Fund (EDF) on August 3. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cashew-pepper-firms-have-shot-sell-products-alibabacom
UK-donated Covid-19 vaccines touch down in Phnom Penh
415,000 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines donated by the UK Government to Cambodia landed at the Phnom Penh International Airport this afternoon. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50909430/uk-donated-covid-19-vaccines-touch-down-in-phnom-penh/
1354 people busted for curfew violation in Cambodia last night
The COVID-19 Law Enforcement Commission says that 1354 people were detained and 734 vehicles were confiscated in another night of widespread curfew breaking in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50909134/1354-people-busted-for-curfew-violation-in-cambodia-last-night/
Multi-purpose port for Kep province
A multi-purpose port is in the pipeline to be built in Kep province that will serve the tourism sector as well as a maritime seaport that will boost the economy and development sector of the province. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908847/multi-purpose-port-for-kep-province/
Lumpy Skin Disease jabs for cattle ordered to contain outbreak
Cambodia has ordered 200,000 doses Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) vaccines from Africa to inoculate cattle across the Kingdom and will order another 100,000 doses to contain the LSD outbreak which has reached nearly 7,000 cases nationwide. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908842/lumpy-skin-disease-jabs-for-cattle-ordered-to-contain-outbreak/
Minister: No fees for Covid rapid tests throughout Kingdom
The Ministry of Health has instructed municipal and provincial referral hospitals and other state health facilities not to charge any fees to citizens who come to take Covid-19 antigen rapid tests. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-no-fees-covid-rapid-tests-throughout-kingdom
NGOs urge transparency for $52 mil US donation for Mekong region
After United States Secretary of State Antony J Blinken announced the US pledge to donate $52 million to Mekong countries for development, NGOs have come forward asking the government to utilise the donation with transparency. ...
Unique landfill in Kampong Chhnang province
A unique 12-hectare landfill surrounded by mountains and forest in Kampong Chhnang province is scheduled for completion by end of this year. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908822/unique-landfill-in-kampong-chhnang-province/
PM: Learn new skills and change career
For those in the business of touch or hands-on service, such as that of a masseuse, the future looks bleak with their career on ice due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908738/pm-learn-new-skills-and-change-career/
Asean ministers grant UK dialogue partner status
Asean foreign ministers, including Cambodia’s, have approved the inclusion of the United Kingdom as one of the grouping’s dialogue partners. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908748/asean-ministers-grant-uk-dialogue-partner-status/
Environment ministry talks green building certifications
The Ministry of Environment is discussing the first draft of their green building guidelines and certification in Cambodia. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-talks-green-building-certifications
Preah Vihear temple to get visitor’s centre
Preah Vihear authorities yesterday started work on building a Visitor Centre for tourists to the region’s famous Preah Vihear temple. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908740/preah-vihear-temple-to-get-visitors-centre/
Small and medium-sized companies in line for e-commerce training
Small and medium-sized Cambodian companies are to receive government training on how to make the most of the digital economy. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908914/small-and-medium-sized-companies-in-line-for-e-commerce-training/
New investment draft law intended to incentivise broadening of the economy
Cambodia’s new investment draft law is set to introduce new incentives for people to invest in the country. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908840/new-investment-draft-law-intended-to-incentivise-broadening-of-the-economy/