Khmer Times
Australia adds $8.7 mil bite to HIV fight
Australia is investing $8.7 million to increase the availability and uptake of HIV testing and prevention services amongst key populations in the Indo-Pacific. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894822/australia-adds-8-7-mil-bite-to-hiv-fight/
400 sacked CINTRI workers protest in Phnom Penh
400 CINTRI workers who were sacked by the company earlier – including cleaners, garbage collectors and drivers – protested at the company yesterday to demand payments. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894337/400-sacked-cintri-workers-protest-in-phnom-penh/
Proposed Tonle Sap ‘lake road’ to link Siem Reap and Battambang
Ministry of Public Works and Transport officials met this morning to discuss an ambitious proposal that will cross the Tonle Sap lake. The officials met via Zoom to to seek support from the Tonle Sap Authority – which manages the Tonle Sap Lake – for ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894526/proposed-road-across-tonle-sap-lake-to-link-siem-reap-and-battambang/
Droves of up to 2,000 migrant Cambodian workers flee Thailand
More than 2,000 Cambodian migrants have reportedly returned back to their home country at Chong Chom border crossing in Surin due to the closure of worker camps. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894041/droves-of-up-to-2000-migrant-cambodian-workers-flee-thailand/
Measuring Cambodia’s COVID situation in interactive graphs
A fascinating set of data visualisations from Our World in Data shows how Cambodia is faring in the COVID pandemic versus its 3 neighbors – Vietnam, Thailand and Laos. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893825/cambodias-covid-situation-in-interactive-graphs/
US commits to revitalise partnership with Asean
The United States has made a commitment to revitalise partnership and cooperation with Asean, in particular in the face of multi-faceted regional and global challenges. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893950/us-commits-to-revitalise-partnership-with-asean/
Cambodia’s Health Ministry – no directive from WHO on usage of mix and match Covid-19 vaccines
Dr Or Vandine, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Health and spokesperson said that the World Health Organization has not yet confirmed nor advice the usage mixing and administering two different types of Covid-19 vaccines. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894093/cambodias-health-ministry-no-directive-from-who-on-usage-of-mix-and-match-covid-19-vaccines/
CBC, Thai Subcon collaborate to promote business and investment
Bangkok-based Cambodian Business Council (CBC) and Thai Subcontracting Promotion Association (Thai Subcon) have agreed to work together to promote the private sector cooperation between Cambodia and Thailand. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894001/cbc-thai-subcon-collaborate-to-promote-business-and-investment/
Garment exports from SEZs valued at $357 million over first semester
Cambodia exported $357.8 million worth of garments, textiles, shoes and travel goods in the first six months of 2021, inching up 1.4 percent compared with the same period last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894153/garment-exports-from-sezs-valued-at-357-million-over-first-semester/
Cambodia Co-chairs 19th ASEAN-Japan STOM Leaders conference
Senior Transport Officials Meeting (STOM) Leaders of ASEAN and Japan gathered in their 19th Conference held on July 13 via Videoconference. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893994/cambodia-co-chairs-19th-asean-japan-stom-leaders-conference/
Cambodia, India discuss agricultural cooperation
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Indian Ambassador to Cambodia have discussed agricultural cooperation between Cambodia and India. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893981/cambodia-india-discuss-agricultural-cooperation/
Boost for fight against online child sexual exploitation
An action plan has been launched yesterday to comprehensively prevent and respond to the growing threat of online child sexual exploitation and better protect children through prevention, investigation and giving full assistance to victims. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893942/boost-for-fight-against-online-child-sexual-exploitation/
Foreign minister to attend Non-Aligned Movement and Asean-US meetings
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak Sokhonn is set to attend the mid-term Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Special ASEAN-US Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which will both be held by virtual videoconference. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893235/foreign-minister-to-attend-non-aligned-movement-and-asean-us-meetings/
Cambodia suspends entry-exit travel through Cambodian-Vietnamese border
The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to temporarily suspend entry and exit through the Cambodian-Vietnamese border of skilled workers, technicians, employees of Vietnamese companies for one month from July 18, 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893668/cambodia-suspends-entry-exit-travel-through-cambodian-vietnamese-border/
S Korea assists to build Digital Gov’t Co-op Centre
A digital government cooperation centre is in the works to help Cambodia reform its public service delivery as well as to revolutionise its administration system as a whole with assistance from the South Korean government. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893314/s-korea-assists-to-build-digital-govt-co-op-centre/
Poachers told: Stop hunting endangered species
The Wildlife Alliance Cambodia (WAC) has expressed concern that if poachers continue to hunt for Asian Leaf Turtle and Asian soft-shelled turtles, then these critically endangered species will become extinct. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893315/poachers-told-stop-hunting-endangered-species/
Support for landmine/ERW victims
United Nation Development Program (UNDP) Cambodia and Persons with Disabilities Foundation (PWDF) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve rehabilitation services for landmine/Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) victims and persons with disabilities at Battambang Physical Rehabilitation Centre (BPRC). ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893316/support-for-landmine-erw-victims/
Government allays concerns over compulsory vaccinations
The government’s Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) has dispelled the concerns made by United Nations human rights experts who urged the government to consider revoking the new Sub-Decree on Compulsory Covid-19 Vaccination. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893240/government-allays-concerns-over-compulsory-vaccinations/
Transport firms ‘face bankruptcy if pandemic worsens’
The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port saw revenue rise 14 percent in the first half of the year from the same period in 2020, to more than $44 million. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893244/transport-firms-face-bankruptcy-if-pandemic-worsens/
Cambodia calls for 21-day interval between first and second doses for Sinopharm and Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines
According to the instructions from the Ministry of Health to provincial capitals, the gap for the first dose and the second dose of Covid-19 vaccines for both the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines be not more than 21 days. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893148/cambodia-calls-for-21-day-interval-between-first-and-second-doses-for-sinopharm-and-sinovac-covid-19-vaccines/
Indigenous communities in Mondulkiri forced off land
About 1,000 Bunong ethnic minority families in Mondulkiri province are crying for justice after their shelters were demolished by environment officials, alleging they were living on state land, even though the families say they have been living there for generations. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893231/indigenous-communities-in-mondulkiri-forced-off-land/
Kingdom reaffirms neutrality
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn made statements regarding responses to global challenges and Cambodia’s stance on multilateralism at the mid-term Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held virtually on July 13-14 under the sponsorship of the Republic of Azerbaijan’s Baku ...
Voun Dara
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-reaffirms-neutrality
The second weekend of July sees nearly 70,000 tourists in the country
Despite the ongoing pandemic, a total of 69,937 tourists were recorded in the country. The figures were released by the Minister of Tourism, Thong Khon, on July 12. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893051/the-second-weekend-of-july-sees-nearly-70000-tourists-in-the-country/
Conference on ‘smart cities’ being created across nation
The government has been discussing plans to turn three of the Kingdom’s cities into “smart cities”, more environmentally friendly urban hubs that improve the standard of living for locals and make them more attractive to tourists. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50892662/conference-on-smart-cities-being-created-across-nation/