Khmer Times

Eight new community areas to be protected

Cambodia is to register eight new Community Protected Areas (CPAs) in order to protect and conserve natural resources in the country, according to the Ministry of Environment. ...

Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50829160/eight-new-community-areas-to-be-protected/

130 storks die due to suspected pesticides

Around 130 storks in Boeng Sne Tuol Porntaley, Prey Veng province, in Ba Phnom district’s Theay commune, have died between March 17 and Sunday, due to suspected poisoning by pesticides. ...

Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50828740/130-storks-die-due-to-suspected-pesticides/

Elderly to receive AstraZeneca vaccinations in Phnom Penh tomorrow

The Ministry of Health has announced that AstraZeneca vaccinations will be given to people aged over 60 across Phnom Penh’s 14 districts tomorrow. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50828536/elderly-to-receive-astrazeneca-vaccinations-in-phnom-penh-tomorrow/

Government preparing for garment workers’ vaccination

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MoLVT) has called for preparation for vaccination of garment workers, as the government prioritised them in the list of people to be vaccinated against the COVID-19. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50829140/government-preparing-for-garment-workers-vaccination/

Garlic becoming potential cash crop in Mondulkiri

Garlic is becoming another potential cash crop for Cambodia’s north-eastern province of Mondulkiri – thanks to the remarkable success of a pioneer farmer. The good news was shared recently in a Facebook post by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50827814/garlic-becoming-potential-cash-crop-in-mondulkiri/

Mondulkiri province enforces 14 days’ quarantine for external visitors and travellers

The Governor of Mondulkiri Province, Svay Sam Eang, said that people from other capitals and provinces and those who are suspected to have health problems related to the February 20 community event must be quarantines for 14 days before they are allowed entry into the ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50828153/mondulkiri-province-enforces-14-days-quarantine-for-external-visitors-and-travellers/

Japan funds project to end violence against children amid C-19

The Government of Japan has provided more than $3 million to UNICEF Cambodia to launch a new project aimed at ending violence against children in the Kingdom. ...

Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50828171/japan-funds-project-to-end-violence-against-children-amid-c-19/

Four charged over land grab in Preah Vihear

Four men were charged in the Preah Vihear Provincial Court for impersonating as environment officers, clearing 10 hectares of state land, and claiming it belongs to them. ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50828141/four-charged-over-land-grab-in-preah-vihear/

Thailand donates $100,000 for Cambodian migrant workers

The Thai government has contributed $100,000 in assistance to Cambodia to help improve the well-being of Cambodian migrant workers in different quarantine centres along the border. ...

Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50828069/thailand-donates-100000-for-cambodian-migrant-workers/

All public and private educational institutions in Cambodia suspended

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has issued a proclamation announcing the temporary suspension of public and private educational institutions at all levels throughout the country. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50827832/all-public-and-private-educational-institutions-in-cambodia-suspended/

Ministry calls on the stop of ill-willed advocacy under the name of environmental protection

The Ministry of Environment has reiterated the government’s solid commitment in natural resource conservation, and called on the stop of any ill-willed campaign under the name of “environmental protection”. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50827084/ministry-calls-on-the-stop-of-ill-willed-advocacy-under-the-name-of-environmental-protection/

‘Pandemic fuels demand for management of property’

The pandemic has increased pressure on building operators, resulting in an all-time high in demand for property management, US-based commercial real estate and service and investment firm CBRE – the largest in the world – said yesterday. ...

Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50826486/pandemic-fuels-demand-for-management-of-property/

‘Pandemic fuels demand for management of property’

The pandemic has increased pressure on building operators, resulting in an all-time high in demand for property management, US-based commercial real estate and service and investment firm CBRE – the largest in the world – said yesterday. ...

Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50826486/pandemic-fuels-demand-for-management-of-property/

Teachers in Phnom Penh and four provinces to get jabs

The government has extended its vaccination drive to teachers in Phnom Penh and four provinces amid the February 20 community event. ...

Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50826223/teachers-in-phnom-penh-and-four-provinces-to-get-jabs/

Japan provides additional $483,000 to support projects in Cambodia

The Japanese Government has agreed to provide $483,204 in total to supports some projects in five provinces, under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (KUSANONE Grant). ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50826505/japan-provides-additional-483000-to-support-projects-in-cambodia/

A military personnel infected with COVID-19 despite his second dose

Ministry of Defence General Tea Banh announced tonight a military officer has been infected with  COVID-19 despite receiving his second dose. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50826363/a-military-personnel-infected-with-covid-19-despite-his-second-dose/

US Embassy in Cambodia issues alert on restrictions on travel between provinces

According to media reports, the Cambodian government has given provincial administrations authority to implement restrictions on travel between provinces in response to the current COVID-19 outbreak. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50826538/us-embassy-in-cambodia-issues-alert-on-restrictions-on-travel-between-provinces/

UNDP provides 60 ambulances to Cambodia

The United Nations Development Programme yesterday announced that it has donated ambulances and other medical equipment to help the Kingdom combat COVID-19, which so far has seen 121 million people infected worldwide and 2.67 million deaths. ...

Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50826374/undp-provides-60-ambulances-to-cambodia/

Exports to South Korea increase for two consecutive months

Data from the Korean International Trade Association showed that during January and February Cambodia exported about $64 million of products to the east Asian country, an increase of over 2.9 percent compared with the same period last year. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50826608/exports-to-south-korea-increase-for-two-consecutive-months/

Water authority asks for responsible consumption this ongoing dry season

The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has called on residents in the city centre to use water responsibly in order to enable clean water to reach citizens living on the outskirts of the city who are plagued by low water pressure issues that can ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50826609/water-authority-asks-for-responsible-consumption-this-ongoing-dry-season/

MPTC, Microsoft agree to promote digitalisation in Cambodia

Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) and Microsoft in Asia Pacific have agreed to enhance the digital usage in Cambodia, as the Royal Government is transforming itself into e-government. ...

C. Nika/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50826497/mptc-microsoft-agree-to-promote-digitalisation-in-cambodia/

Cambodia’s exports to Vietnam increase

Cambodia’s exports to Vietnam rose in 2020 despite both nations imposing strict cross-border movement control to fight the pandemic. Data from the Ministry of Commerce showed Cambodia’s exports to Vietnam rising by 14.8 percent in 2020 to $385 million. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50825872/cambodias-exports-to-vietnam-increase/

NBC’s director-general: Promoting financial inclusion

During an interview with CoinDesk’s online web show, “Money Re-imagined”, the Director-General and Assistant Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) Chea Serey explained how the central bank is working towards financial inclusion by encouraging the opening of formal savings accounts. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50825873/nbcs-director-general-promoting-financial-inclusion/

Economic forecast for 2021 projects 3.5 percent GDP growth

The Kingdom is forecast to register gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 3.5 percent, a sharp reversal of 2020’s contraction of 3.1 percent, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has said in its macroeconomic situation report. ...

Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50825871/economic-forecast-for-2021-projects-3-5-percent-gdp-growth/

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