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Cambodia-U.S. trade reaches over $6 billion in first ten months
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the United Sates was valued at about $6.35 billion in the first ten months of 2021, a year-on-year increase of 40 percent. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50997852/cambodia-u-s-trade-reaches-over-6-billion-in-first-ten-months/
National Assembly approved 20 draft laws
National Assembly president Heng Samrin has said that the sixth session of sixth legislature of the National Assembly from June 24 until December 29 have been completed successfully and lawmakers approved 20 draft laws proposed by the government. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50997459/national-assembly-approved-20-draft-laws/
WHO warns of ‘very high’ Omicron risk as Covid surges worldwide
Omicron still poses “very high” risk and could overwhelm healthcare systems, the WHO warned on Wednesday, as the highly transmissible coronavirus variant fuelled record outbreaks in many countries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50997551/who-warns-of-very-high-omicron-risk-as-covid-surges-worldwide/
Border provinces tightening up as Omicron hits Thailand
Amid fears of large-scale transmission of the new Covid-19 variant Omicron, border province authorities are looking at the possibility of implementing strict measures for crossing migrant workers, including implementing mandatory quarantines and PCR testing. These measures are the result of what was learnt dealing with ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50997363/border-provinces-tightening-up-as-omicron-hits-thailand/
Hun Sen to propose age limit of 72 for prime minister after retirement
Prime Minister Hun Sen said he will propose a law requiring the head of the government to retire at age 72 once he leaves office. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-propose-age-limit-72-prime-minister-after-retirement
Sar Kheng proposes additional job search help for all new graduates
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has requested that the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport conduct a study on establishing education centres along the lines of the One Window, One Service offices to assist students with finding employment after they finish their studies. ...
Sar Kheng: Synthetic drugs pose big danger
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said a specific mechanism will be established by the NATIONAL Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD), relevant institutions and police to closely monitor the import of certain chemicals from abroad into Cambodia after the police seized more than 2,300kg of drugs ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-synthetic-drugs-pose-big-danger
Rough gemstone import-export down 45%
Cambodia has issued 36 certificates for the import and export of a total of $24 million worth of precious and industrial-grade rough gemstones in 2021, down by 45 per cent from $43.7 million in 2020, covered by 45 permits, according to Ministry of Commerce data. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rough-gemstone-import-export-down-45
PM asks EDC to waive some part of the unpaid electricity bill owed by the Defence Ministry
Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked the Electricity of Cambodia to waive some part of over $2 million electricity bills the Ministry of Defense has not yet paid. ...
December 29 should be listed in the calendar to mark the government’s win-win policy
Prime Minister Hun Sen said that December 29 should be listed in a Cambodian calendar in a bid to celebrate the government’s win-win policy when years of armed conflicts came to an end. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50997072/december-29-should-be-listed-in-the-calendar-to-mark-the-governments-win-win-policy/
‘We must protect the throne,’ says PM Hun Sen
Prime Minister Hun Sen has vowed to safeguard the monarchy from being attacked. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50997115/we-must-protect-the-throne-says-pm-hun-sen/
Forestry Administration issues wrap-up on 2021 enforcement
There were over 4,000 cases total of fisheries and wildlife crimes in 2021 nationwide, with nearly 200 suspects referred to court, according to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forestry-administration-issues-wrap-2021-enforcement
Vietnam confirms flight resumption on five international routes, including Cambodia
The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) says regular international flights will resume next month to Cambodia, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and the U.S. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50996931/vietnam-confirms-flight-resumption-on-five-international-routes-including-cambodia/
China-funded medical building in Cambodia’s capital passes completion inspection
A China-aided medical building at the Cambodia-China Friendship Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, successfully passed the completion inspection on Tuesday, the contractor, China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd., said in a news release. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50996882/china-funded-medical-building-in-cambodias-capital-passes-completion-inspection/
WHO warns of Omicron overload as Cambodia’s cases increase to 33 since December 14
The WHO warned Tuesday that the Omicron coronavirus variant could lead to overwhelmed healthcare systems even though early studies suggest it leads to milder disease, as China and Germany brought back tough restrictions to stamp out new infection surges and Cambodia’s Omicron infections jumped to ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50996924/who-warns-of-omicron-overload-as-cambodias-cases-increase-to-33-since-december-14/
All-out effort led to Cambodia peace conference in Tokyo in 1990 – a look back at history
For the first time after the end of World War II, Japan took the spotlight on the international stage as a mediator by hosting talks for a third country in 1990. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50996917/all-out-effort-led-to-cambodia-peace-conference-in-tokyo-in-1990-a-look-back-at-history/
Three more species of birds and pileated gibbons released to Angkor Archaeological Park
Three more species of 18 birds and two Pileated Gibbons have been released to the Angkor Archaeological Park. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50996848/three-more-species-of-birds-and-pileated-gibbons-released-to-angkor-archaeological-park/
COVID-19: Cambodian Union of Youth Federations presents medical supplies to Vietnam
The Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia has presented Vietnam with medical supplies to support the country in the COVID-19 fight. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50996870/covid-19-cambodian-union-of-youth-federations-presents-medical-supplies-to-vietnam/
High school diploma exams go ‘smoothly’
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport said the first day of the high school diploma exams, which kicked off on December 27, went smoothly although over 4,000 registered candidates were absent and automatically failed the test. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/high-school-diploma-exams-go-smoothly
Encroachers vacate state land in Oddar Meanchey
With potential action by law enforcement officers and the possibility of court cases looming, a family in Pongro commune of Oddar Meanchey province’s Chongkal district has returned more than 16ha of land they had illegally occupied to the state. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/encroachers-vacate-state-land-oddar-meanchey
Koh Kong forest station begins official operation
Koh Kong provincial authorities on December 27 officially inaugurated the Chi Khor Leu Forest Research Station in Sre Ambel district’s Chi Khor Leu commune, which was funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through the Greater Mekong Sub-region Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Project in Cambodia. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-forest-station-begins-official-operation
Cambodia logs two new Omicron cases
The Ministry of Health on December 28 reported five new Covid-19 cases, two of which were imported and confirmed to be the Omicron variant. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-logs-two-new-omicron-cases
EU trade safeguards on rice expire January 18
Cambodia is set to enjoy a considerable boost in milled-rice exports to the EU next year after safeguard measures imposed by the European Commission (EC) expire at the onset of January 18. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-trade-safeguards-rice-expire-january-18
Labour ministry to mediate in dispute over casino layoffs
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesman Heng Sour said the ministry would continue to mediate disputes between local integrated resort operator NagaWorld Ltd and its laid-off employees to find a solution, though the two parties can choose to settle it through the courts if ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-ministry-mediate-dispute-over-casino-layoffs