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Informal economy may lose over 6M jobs by Covid’s end
Minister of Planning Chhay Than said more than six million workers in the informal economy have either lost or are expected to lose their jobs due to Covid-19, despite the government’s efforts to counter the pandemic. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/informal-economy-may-lose-over-6m-jobs-covids-end
Siem Reap plastic waste campaign nets nearly 2,000 bags, NGO says
More than 300 families from fishing communities in Siem Reap province’s Puok district have joined a campaign to collect plastic waste from areas around the Tonle Sap Lake and their houses. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-plastic-waste-campaign-nets-nearly-2000-bags-ngo-says
Alert system warns people of pending disasters nationwide
People living in lowland areas bordering the Tonle Sap Lake, along the Mekong River, and northeastern provinces should register with the government’s early warning system, first vice-president of National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) Kun Kim said. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/alert-system-warns-people-pending-disasters-nationwide
Families affected by land dispute with Defense Ministry still wait for compensation
Hundreds of families affected by a land dispute with the Ministry of Defense in Kandal province, are still waiting for compensation and a resolution six weeks after violence broke out. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/families-affected-by-land-dispute-with-defense-ministry-still-wait-for-compensation/
Building climate-resilient health systems in Cambodia
The impacts of climate change in Cambodia are increasingly posing risks to people’s health, while straining the country’s health system. Since 2019, the country has been piloting a project to help increase the resilience and capacity of its health systems to respond to these climate-sensitive ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898868/building-climate-resilient-health-systems-in-cambodia/
Cambodia may gain from Vietnam investing in better infrastructure
A plan to improve transport infrastructure in Vietnam’s Long An province may help the country achieve its stated goal of increasing trade with Cambodia. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898290/cambodia-may-gain-from-vietnam-investing-in-better-infrastructure/
China gives $2.5M grant to CMAC
China has provided a grant of $2.5 million to support the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) ordnance clearance operations. The funds will cover operations for the 12 months of 2022, according to CMAC director general Heng Ratana. ...
Voun Dara
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/china-gives-25m-grant-cmac
ADB climate scheme benefits Kingdom
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced that their six-year pioneering regional technical assistance initiative has helped reduce the threat posed by climate change to public health in Cambodia. ...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/adb-climate-scheme-benefits-kingdom
New UK trade rules to profit exporters
The UK government on July 19 launched a consultation on new trading rules designed to stimulate commercial transactions with lower-income nations, including Cambodia. ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/new-uk-trade-rules-profit-exporters
One million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to touch down in Cambodia today
An additional one million doses of Chinese Sinopharm vaccine will arrive in Cambodia this morning. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898901/one-million-doses-of-sinopharm-vaccine-to-touch-down-in-cambodia-today/
Four regional airports on shelf courtesy of pandemic
Plans to build new international airports have been put on hold as the Coronavirus pandemic continues to keep tourists and business travelers from visiting the Kingdom. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898872/four-regional-airports-on-shelf-courtesy-of-pandemic/
Air passengers drop by 92 percent in first half
Air passengers handled through the three international airports in Cambodia dropped by 92 percent to 136,680 in the first semester of this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898857/air-passengers-drop-by-92-percent-in-first-half/
Cambodia’s economic growth forecast downgraded as COVID-19 cases rise
The UK-based Fitch Ratings credit rating agency has downgraded Cambodia’s economic outlook below the World Bank’s baseline forecast of 4 percent GDP growth for 2021 as the country continues to struggle with the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/cambodias-economic-growth-forecast-downgraded-as-covid-19-cases-rise/
Only 377 NagaWorld Workers Still Holding Out Against Layoffs: Union
In a move a labor group said was unprecedented, NagaWorld is calling on governmental labor inspectors to authorize the dismissal of a group of union leaders as part of the casino’s mass layoffs, overriding the legal protections unionists enjoy unless they have committed serious offenses, ...
Tran Techseng
https://vodenglish.news/only-377-nagaworld-workers-still-holding-out-against-layoffs-union/
Over $1.5 billion collected in tax revenue in First Semester
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected more than 1.5 billion in tax revenue in the first semester of this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898476/over-1-5-billion-collected-in-tax-revenue-in-first-semester/
Unions Demand Global Brands Help Workers Losing Income during Lockdown
Workers’ unions and civil society groups called on well-known fashion brands to do more to help Cambodian workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This came after a new report stated that Cambodian garment sector workers had lost millions in wages during the lockdown from April ...
Lay Sopheavotey
https://cambodianess.com/article/unions-demand-global-brands-help-workers-losing-income-during-lockdown
Rare dolphin found dead in Preah Sihanouk
A rare Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin was found dead on Monday along the shores of the Poy Chumteav Mao area in Preah Sihanouk. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898217/rare-dolphin-found-dead-in-preah-sihanouk/
New trading scheme may help the Kingdom’s exporters, Britain says
Cambodians are being encouraged to take part in the UK government’s public consultation on new trading rules that it says will help countries fight poverty. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50897552/new-trading-scheme-may-help-the-kingdoms-exporters-britain-says/
EU’s $112.4 billion fund awaits project proposals from Asean
A virtual matchmaking event for the €95.5 billion ($112.4 billion) research programme called “Horizon Europe” was held yesterday. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898172/eus-112-4-billion-fund-awaits-project-proposals-from-asean/
Pig imports fall to 15 percent of demand as more turn to farming
Cambodia is importing less pork as local farmers breed more pigs in order to take advantage of stable and higher prices for the commodity. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50897550/pig-imports-fall-to-15-percent-of-demand-as-more-turn-to-farming/
Cambodia home to 849 species of moth
Cambodia is home to 849 species of moth, pointed out the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in a Facebook post today on the occasion of the National Moth Week which started on July 17. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898002/cambodia-home-to-849-species-of-moth/
China to continue demining aid grant
China will continue providing $2.5 million in grant aid to Cambodia to support mine clearance for the whole of next year. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898024/china-to-continue-demining-aid-grant/
ADB’s $4.4 mil boost for health systems amid C-19
A six-year, pioneering regional technical assistance initiative, being undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and worth $4.4 million, is boosting the capacity of health systems in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to respond to climate-induced health threats amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the ADB said. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898170/adbs-4-4-mil-boost-for-health-systems-amid-c-19/
Floating home owners urged to come ashore
The Boribor district authorities in Kampong Chhnang province have dismantled more than 100 fish farming cages that were floating in the portion of the river running through his district before relocating the owners to land for the rest of this year’s rainy season. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/floating-home-owners-urged-come-ashore