គ្រោះមហន្តរាយ និងការឆ្លើយតបក្នុងគ្រាអាសន្ន

The government has announced plans for a landmark project to create a system for diverting and then stocking waste water, in a bid to prevent run-off into the streets of Phnom Penh and the Tonle Sap river. Moeung Sophan, a consultant to the Phnom Penh Department ...

The southwestern areas along the Vietnam – Cambodia border are now in their usual busy time of the year, with smuggled goods entering the country with near impunity. Most of the markets in the Mekong Delta are flooded with various contraband products, mostly brought from China ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday appealed to the private sector for the second time to invest in fire trucks instead of depending on the government’s fire departments. “Please try to do two jobs. The first is to get the fire sprinkler systems into the factory ...

Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines are the three Southeast Asian countries most heavily exposed to fiscal risks from disasters, the World Bank warned Wednesday. In its annual economic update on East Asia and the Pacific, the bank said the region was the most disaster-stricken in ...

The massive and highly controversial Lower Sesan 2 Dam project took a major step forward yesterday with the inking of government power purchase agreements and an investment deal between Royal Group and a Chinese company. But details about the contracts, their implementation or the fate of ...

Flooding  this year cost the government significantly less than expected due to better preparation and lower water levels than in previous years, first vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management Nhim Vanda announced yesterday. The NCDM could not yet report the precise amount spent on flood ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday accused unnamed individuals of attempting to grab land in Kompong Thom province by invoking his wife’s name and ordered one of his sons to investigate and give back any misappropriated land. According to Mr. Hun Sen, unscrupulous individuals were ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly castigated the Kampong Thom provincial governor in a speech on Saturday for allegedly claiming a large portion of land and saying it was needed for the local office of the Cambodian Red Cross, an agency lead by Hun Sen’s wife, Bun ...

About 70 families living in Pursat province’s Kandieng district have now been evacuated to higher ground after Pursat River burst its banks on Monday night because of heavy rain from Tropical Depression Gaemi, officials said. Mr Sokha [provincial governor] added that about 400 police officers ...

មានការ​រៀបចំ​ដើម្បី​ជម្លៀស​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ប្រមាណ​ ១៣០០០​ នាក់​ប្រសិនបើ​មាន​ទឹកជំនន់​ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ​នៅ​ខេត្ត​ ពោធិ៍សាត់​ បន្ទាប់​ពី​ទឹកទន្លេ​ពោធិ៍សាត់​បានជន់លិចខ្ពស់ជាងច្រាំង​កាលពី​យប់​ថ្ងៃ​ច័ន្ ទ​ដែល​នាំ​ឱ្យ​មានការ​ជម្លៀស​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ចំនួន​ ២៧​ គ្រួសារ​នៅ​ស្រុក​កណ្តៀង​។​ ​ អភិបាលខេត្ត​ពោធិ៍សាត់​ លោក​ខូ​យ ​សុខា​បាន ...

Authorities are preparing to evacuate more than 150 families from Banteay Meanchey province’s O’Chrou district, should flooding in the area get worse due to heavy rainfall and runoff from a dam that opened its gates in Thailand on Monday. The families’ homes are already affected by ...

ក្រសួង​ធនធានទឹក​និង​ឧតុនិយម​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​ព្រមាន​ថា ​ព្យុះ​ត្រូពិច​ដែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​ព្យាករណ៍​ថា​នឹង​វាយប្រហារ​ឆ្នេរសមុទ្រ​វៀតណាម​នា​ចុង​ស​ប្តា​ហ៍​នេះ​នឹង​ធ្វើ​ឱ្យ​ទឹកជំនន់​កាន់តែ​អាក្រក់​ទៅ​ ៗ​ នៅ​ទូ​ទាំង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​។​ ...

Due to rising water level in Thailand’s reservoirs caused by heavy rainfall, the Thai government announced the opening of a dam in Sa Kaeo province, located about 20 km from the Cambodian border. This decision will potentially affect 10,000 Cambodian families in Poipet, Serei Sophorn ...

Disputed figures surround the flood death toll in Banteay Meanchey province. Yesterday, Banteay Mean­chey city hall spokesman Keo Ratanak rejected reports that more than 10 people had drowned in the province as a result of the flooding, saying: “The exact number is seven.” But according to numbers ...

មនុស្ស​សរុប​ចំនួន​ ១១​ នាក់​បាន​ស្លាប់​ដោយសារ​ទឹកជំនន់​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ ចាប់តាំងពី​ពាក់កណ្តាល​ខែកញ្ញា​មក​ ខណៈ​តំបន់​ដែល​រង​ផល​ប៉ះពាល់​យ៉ាងធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ​នៅ​ខេត្តបន្ទាយមានជ័យ​បាន​បន្ត​ទទួល​រង​នូវ​ភ្លៀង​ធ្លាក់​ខ្លាំង​កាលពី​យប់​ថ្ងៃ​ព្រហស្បតិ៍​។​ ...

Cambodia’s Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh said foreign investors with production bases in Thailand ought to consider Cambodia for future expansion because of the Kingdom’s greater resistance to floods. Speaking at Phnom Penh Honda’s 20th anniversary yesterday, the Commerce minister said that while Cambodia faces floods each ...

More than 100 families were evacuated to higher ground in Banteay Meanchey province’s Serei Saophoan City yesterday, as Prime Minister Hun Sen urged people to be vigilant in the face of continued flooding. After heavy rain last night, 100 more people from Serei Saophan City ...

At least five people were killed and some 15,510 families have been affected by flash floods that have been hitting the country’s Banteay Meanchey province since earlier this month, the latest report of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) showed Tuesday Some 14,300 houses have ...

Serei Saophan City has become the latest area in Banteay Meanchey province to be hit by floods, with more than 300 families evacuated to higher ground yesterday, according to provincial officials. Banteay Meanchey provincial prison has also been affected by the flooding, with some parts ...

Floodwaters appeared to be receding in Banteay Meanchey province yesterday, after almost a week of heavy rains saw several communes inundated and over 4,000 families evacuated, provincial authorities said. “The situation is now under control,” said Ngor Mengchroun, governor of Poipet City-one of the worst hit ...

More than 400 families in Banteay Meanchey province have now been evacuated from their homes due to heavy flooding in towns and villages along the Thai border, provincial officials said yesterday. About 100 families were evacuated from Poipet City – the worst-hit area – yesterday alone, ...

More than 3,100 families have now been evacuated from their homes as flooding spreads in Banteay Meanchey province, the deputy head of the National Committee for Disaster Managment (NCDM) said yesterday. About 3,000 of those families have been evacuated from Poipet City alone, and another 148 ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is pushing forward with the US$67 million flood reconstruction project aimed at rebuilding roads,bridges and irrigation systems hit by the devastating high waters of 2011, improving the nation’s infrastructure and providing livelihoods to people in six severely affected provinces, according ...

Three people have drowned and more than 3,000 have been evacuated since flash flooding struck a trio of provinces late last week. Yesterday, the Cambodian Red Cross said it was mobilising aid and planned to have packages of rice, canned fish, noodles and other materials in ...