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ASEAN envoy: Myanmar aid delivery forges ahead
Foreign minister and ASEAN Special Envoy on Myanmar Prak Sokhonn has said that progress is being made on work to deliver humanitarian assistance to Myanmar, but conceded that “many obstacles” remain. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-envoy-myanmar-aid-delivery-forges-ahead
Agriculture cooperation deal with Czech Republic brewing
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Czech Republic plan to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on “Cooperation in the Agricultural Sector” soon following a May 5 meeting at the ministry’s headquarters. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agriculture-cooperation-deal-czech-republic-brewing
PM hails Covid fight after zero cases May 7 in 14-month first
Prime Minister Hun Sen lauded the Kingdom’s achievement in the fight against Covid-19, after the country recorded zero coronavirus cases on May 7, the first such instance since the community outbreak on February 20 last year. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-hails-covid-fight-after-zero-cases-may-7-14-month-first
Australia gives 25 Aussie NGOs $6.8 million for projects
Australia has announced a $6.8 million contribution to fund 25 Australian NGOs to deliver more than 50 projects across the capital and several provinces this year. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501071313/australia-gives-25-aussie-ngos-6-8-million-for-projects/
ASEAN Special Envoy to pay second visit to Myanmar soon
Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia as the ASEAN Chair’s Special Envoy on Myanmar will pay another visit to Myanmar. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501070914/asean-special-envoy-to-pay-second-visit-to-myanmar-soon/
UNFPA, Japanese government launch $1.17m project to support Cambodia health
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Japanese government yesterday jointly launched a project to support the Royal Government of Cambodia in building a resilient and responsive healthcare system during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Cambodia rice exports rise to $516 million in four months
Cambodia exported 221,138 tonnes of milled rice and 1,648,474 tonnes of un-milled rice, with a total value of $516.21 million in the first four months of 2022, according to a release from the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501071306/cambodia-rice-exports-rise-to-516-million-in-four-months/
More than 600 families in Battambang receive Cambodian Red Cross donations
Volunteers and officials from the Cambodian Red Cross distributed donations to 610 needy families in Kamrieng, Samlot and Rattanak Mondul districts of Battambang. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501070987/more-than-600-families-in-battambang-receive-cambodian-red-cross-donations/
93.58 percent of Cambodians vaccinated with first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Cambodia is close to reaching the 15 million people vaccinated mark, those with the first dose at least but is still struggling to reach that mark with slow take up of the vaccine by the unvaccinated. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501071088/93-58-percent-of-cambodians-vaccinated-with-first-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine/
NEC prepares nearly 13 million ballot papers for Commune Election
The National Election Committee (NEC) announced on Friday that over 11.6 million ballot papers have been printed to add to an existing 1.2 ballots for the upcoming Commune Council Election on June 5. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501070704/nec-prepares-nearly-13-million-ballot-papers-for-commune-election/
NEC warns of strict action for violation of election laws
The National Election Committee (NEC) has warned that strict action will be taken for violation of laws during the campaign for commune elections next month. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501070024/nec-warns-of-strict-action-for-violation-of-election-laws/
One Tonne aerial bomb found in river near Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel
Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) found an unexploded aerial bomb form the civil war era in the 1970s. The explosive device was uncovered by an excavator removing sediment from the river in Tonle Boun Muk near the Sokha Hotel in Phnom Penh and in front ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501070584/one-tonne-aerial-bomb-found-in-river-near-sokha-phnom-penh-hotel/
O’Smach border checkpoint reopens
The O’Smach International Border Checkpoint was officially reopened on Friday after it was closed in 2019 at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501070616/osmach-border-checkpoint-reopens/
Kampong Speu residents blast Kampong Speu Provincial Department of Public Works and Transport Director
Criticisms have been levied against the Director of the Department of Public Works and Transport of Kampong Speu for the inaction despite roads in the province being heavily damaged. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501070632/kampong-speu-residents-blast-kampong-speu-provincial-department-of-public-works-and-transport-director/
NEC explains procedures for voters without national ID card
The National Election Committee (NEC) has requested citizens who do not have a national ID card to apply for an election identification document at the Commune Election Commission in their locality. They should apply within the 30 day period of May 5 to June 3. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-explains-procedures-voters-without-national-id-card
Key ASEAN meet on Myanmar aid slated for May 6
A high-level consultative meeting on ASEAN humanitarian assistance to Myanmar will be chaired by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and ASEAN secretary-general Lim Jock Hoi on May 6. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/key-asean-meet-myanmar-aid-slated-may-6
PM meets with US business giants
Prime Minister Hun Sen has met with a number of major US companies who have expressed interest in investing in Cambodia, in a meeting convened by the US-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC). ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-meets-us-business-giants
NagaWorld’s dispute meetings in stalemate after ninth round talks
The ninth meeting between NagaWorld and worker representatives has ended in a stalemate, with both sides failing to reach a compromise, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nagaworlds-dispute-meetings-stalemate-after-ninth-round-talks
Construction begins on $1.5B Kampot seaport
The International Multi-Purpose Logistics and Port Centre, principally invested by Kampot Logistics and Port Co Ltd and projected to cost $1.5 billion, has officially broken ground in Bokor town, Kampot province. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-begins-15b-kampot-seaport
Ministry marks Environment Day with park clean-up effort
The Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the Battambang Provincial Administration, is to celebrate National and World Environment Day on May 5 to raise public awareness of environmental issues and preserve the environment for sustainable use of natural resources. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-marks-environment-day-park-clean-effort
EU hands over seven maritime patrol vessels
Under the CAPFISH-Capture programme, the EU in Cambodia provided seven maritime patrol vessels to the Fisheries Administration (FiA) cantonments in the Kingdom’s four coastal provinces to meet their operational needs in the suppression and prosecution of fisheries crimes. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-hands-over-seven-maritime-patrol-vessels
S Reap officials seize contraband charcoal
The Siem Reap provincial Forestry Administration’s (FA) mobile team and local officials in Chi Kraeng district seized four charcoal trailers at the intersection of National Road 6 in Kok Thloak Krom commune on May 3 for transporting it across the provincial border. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/s-reap-officials-seize-contraband-charcoal
Court: Postponement of Sokha’s trial not biased
Phnom Penh Municipal Court Presiding Judge Koy Sao on May 4 postponed the hearing of former opposition leader Kem Sokha, who stands accused of conspiring with a foreign power to topple the government. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-postponement-sokhas-trial-not-biased
Bun Rany, health minister laud efforts of midwives in Kingdom
Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng raised the shortage of skilled midwives in Cambodia, which currently has more than 6,000 midwives, and urged stakeholders to consider the development of human resources in this sector in response to population growth. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bun-rany-health-minister-laud-efforts-midwives-kingdom