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Officials examine timber company for irregularities
After winning the rights to transfer large shipments of timber from Mondulkiri province to the rest of Cambodia, Try Pheap Import Export Co Ltd is being examined by 10 officials to ensure there are no irregularities in its operation, Mondulkiri provincial forestry administration director Um ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-examine-timber-company-irregularities
King orders new appeal court staff appointments
King Norodom Sihamoni has issued a royal decree ordering the appointment of 18 judges across the three newly established regional Appeal Courts. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-orders-new-appeal-court-staff-appointments
Public services get $7.67 million boost through World Bank grant
The World Bank has approved two complementary grants totalling $7.67 million to support social accountability in key public services such as health centres, primary schools, and local administrations in 10 provinces in Cambodia. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/public-services-get-767-million-boost-through-world-bank-grant
Cross-border deal inked to maintain trade amid Covid-19
Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed to allow cargo trailers to enter the common Bavet-Moc Bai border, located in Cambodia’ Svay Rieng province (Bavet) and Vietnam’s Tay Ninh province (Moc Bai) after movement restrictions were enforced to prevent a Covid-19 outbreak. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cross-border-deal-inked-maintain-trade-amid-covid-19
Trade to continue as normal
Although controls have been tightened due to the new coronavirus, trade between Cambodia and Vietnam continues, with the countries aiming to achieve $5 billion in trade by the end of the year, a Vietnamese official has confirmed. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trade-continue-normal
Aviation sector calls for government aid
The country’s main airport company, Cambodia Airports, has called for a “global and comprehensive plan” to aid the ailing aviation industry. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50703133/aviation-sector-calls-for-government-aid/
Japanese firm to conduct study on investment in aquaculture industry in Cambodia
A Japanese firm has been conducting a study on investment possibility in raising Tilapia – a freshwater fish species in Cambodia, according to JICA. ...
Electronic settlements encouraged
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) is encouraging the use of electronic methods for settlements rather than using cash to prevent the possible spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50704646/electronic-settlements-encouraged/
Casino workers protest unpaid wages
Nearly a hundred employees of Sihanoukville’s Yaduoli Casino yesterday staged a protest over outstanding wages after the company failed to pay them. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50704577/casino-workers-protest-unpaid-wages/
Virus cases soar to 84, latest patients quarantined in Preah Sihanouk hotel
Twenty-nine French tourists and two Cambodians being quarantined at a hotel in Preah Sihanouk province’s Sihanoukville have tested positive for the virus after coming into contact with two COVID-19 patients, raising the tally to 84, according to a Health Ministry’s statement. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50704525/virus-cases-soar-to-84-latest-patients-quarantined-in-preah-sihanouk-hotel/
Preah Ang Duong hospital starts building $8 million ENT wing
Preah Ang Duong hospital in the capital on Saturday held a ground breaking ceremony for a new building costing $8million, funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency, to provide specialised treatment for people with ear, nose and throat problems. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50704588/preah-ang-duong-hospital-starts-building-8-million-ent-wing/
Boeng Tamouk lake residents in development crossfire
Boeng Tamouk is one of the last remaining lakes in Phnom Penh. The lake has stood the test of time and brought harmony to many villagers living around the body of water. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50704591/boeng-tamouk-lake-residents-in-development-crossfire/
Interior Minister establishes Covid-19 Committee
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has established a committee for the prevention and control of COVID-19, which he will chair. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50704307/interior-minister-establishes-covid-19-committee/
Japan funds construction of clean water system and school buildings in Cambodia
Japanese government has provided grant assistance of nearly US$400,000 to Cambodia, under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (KUSANONE Grant). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50703909/japan-funds-construction-of-clean-water-system-and-school-buildings-in-cambodia/
Seven Chinese experts on COVID-19 to arrive in Kingdom
Seven Chinese medical experts will arrive in Cambodia this morning to help the Kingdom in its fight against the coronavirus. The Chinese Embassy to Cambodia yesterday confirmed their scheduled arrival. ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50704524/seven-chinese-experts-on-covid-19-to-arrive-in-kingdom/
Zuckerberg, Gates to help Kingdom in Covid-19 fight
Mark Zuckerberg’s Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and the Bill Gates Foundation (BGF) are helping a group of small research institutions in Cambodia to fight against Covid-19, Business Insider report. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/zuckerberg-gates-help-kingdom-covid-19-fight
Authorities threaten legal action against bootleggers
Local authority yesterday warned businesses and individuals against distributing and selling counterfeit alcohol-based sanitisers or risk facing serious legal actions. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50703679/authorities-threaten-legal-action-against-bootleggers/
Kingdom closes border with Vietnam over outbreak
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday shut down the border with Vietnam amid COVID-19 fears. “We will be closing down the border [today],” Mr Hun Sen said. “This is not a response to Vietnam’s closure of its border with us.” ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50703485/kingdom-closes-border-with-vietnam-over-outbreak/
Wildlife Alliance and rangers seize wild meat, snares
Thanks to support from Wildlife Alliance, forest rangers who have been patrolling Pursat province’s Rovieng area have seized wildlife meat and illegal hunting, trapping and snaring equipment. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wildlife-alliance-and-rangers-seize-wild-meat-snares
Coronavirus impacts national development plan
The Ministry of Planning said yesterday COVID-19 will hinder a national development plan from upgrading the Kingdom to become a higher middle income country. ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50703579/coronavirus-impacts-national-development-plan/
Japan provides aid for schools, water facility in rural areas
Four provinces yesterday received nearly $400,000 in aid from the Japanese government to construct schools and infrastructure, according to the Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh. ...
Srey Kumneth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50703678/japan-provides-aid-for-schools-water-facility-in-rural-areas/
Telecommunication measure responding to COVID-19 established in Cambodia
Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia has issued a directive to ensure smooth communication contributing to the control of COVID-19 in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50703880/telecommunication-measure-responding-to-covid-19-established-in-cambodia/
Lake area allocated for garden, national park
The government has decided to allocate 83ha surrounding Tamok Lake (Kob Srov lake) to the Phnom Penh municipal administration and the National Police to establish a garden and national park and construct the Central Security Department buildings and infrastructures. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lake-area-allocated-garden-national-park
Vietnamese-owned rubber plantations looking to hire
Vietnamese-owned rubber plantations in the Kingdom’s northeast are short on workers and are looking to recruit as many as 105,000 of them from now until the end of 2021. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnamese-owned-rubber-plantations-looking-hire