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Dolphin found dead in Stung Treng pleasance
A 180kg Irrawady dolphin in the Ochheuteal dolphin pleasance in Preah Rumkel commune of Stung Treng province’s Borei O’Svay Sen Chey district was found dead on June 14, most likely from natural age-related causes. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dolphin-found-dead-stung-treng-pleasance
Wildlife-friendly IBIS Rice project growing
The wildlife-friendly rice project implemented by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS Cambodia), which was started in 2008 in Preah Vihear province, has expanded to three more provinces as of this month – Stung Treng, Ratanakkiri and Mondulkiri. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wildlife-friendly-ibis-rice-project-growing
Roluos Lake in Battambang developing into tourist resort
The Battambang Provincial Administration has announced that it has a project to develop Roluos Lake in Peam Ek commune’s Takorm village of Ek Phnom district with the goal of protecting the lake as a sustainable tourist resort and preventing encroachment. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/roluos-lake-battambang-developing-tourist-resort
State markets allowed to fully reopen
All kinds of business in state markets are permitted to resume from the onset of June 15, according to a new decision issued by Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng late on June 14. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/state-markets-allowed-fully-reopen
Swiss gov’t pledges $58M development grant over 2022-25
The Swiss government on June 3 pledged up to 52 million francs ($58 million) in grants for the Kingdom’s development over the next four years, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said in a statement. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/swiss-govt-pledges-58m-development-grant-over-2022-25
Habitat loss threatens critically endangered bird: WCS
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia has voiced concern about the rapid decline of the Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) population fuelled largely by habitat loss, rice farming and poaching, with a 2018 tally counting just over 100 territorial displaying males in the Kingdom. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/habitat-loss-threatens-critically-endangered-bird-wcs
Siem Reap fishery officials pumping water to save protected fish species
Siem Reap provincial Fisheries Administration officials are rehabilitating and pumping water into streams, canals and reservoirs in the Boeung Pearaing breeder conservation area to save fish species. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-fishery-officials-pumping-water-save-protected-fish-species
Remittances fall 17% to $1.2B in 2020: NBC data
Cambodia received $1.2 billion in remittances from migrant workers abroad last year, marking a sharp 17 per cent drop from $1.5 billion in 2019, the National Bank of Cambodia reported. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/remittances-fall-17-12b-2020-nbc-data
Trade with Vietnam jumps 22% in Q1 to record $3.9B
Cambodia-Vietnam trade sharply increased by 22 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 on a yearly basis, reaching a record high of $3.892 billion, despite tightened border controls over fears of spreading the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-vietnam-jumps-22-q1-record-39b
Digital policy framework launched
The government has launched a 15-year policy framework for the Kingdom’s evolving digital socioeconomic environment to pave the way for a thriving digital economy, as a new engine of economic growth. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/digital-policy-framework-launched
Inmates to get AstraZeneca jabs
The General Department of Prisons (GDP) is preparing to vaccinate prisoners with the AstraZeneca vaccine, marketed as Covishield, on June 7 in Preah Sihanouk province, followed by Kampong Speu and Kandal provinces. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/inmates-get-astrazeneca-jabs
Man to face court over Koh Kong land
The Koh Kong Provincial Administration is building a case against a man who allegedly forged documents claiming to represent nearly 1,000 families making requests to clear land in conservation and nature reserve areas in Koh Kong and Botum Sakor districts. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/man-face-court-over-koh-kong-land
Kingdom’s oil dreams live on even after driller files for liquidation
KrisEnergy Ltd, the operator of the Apsara oil field development offshore Cambodia, has confirmed that all operations of its subsidiary in Cambodia, KrisEnergy (Cambodia) Ltd, will continue as normal, despite its parent company filing for liquidation on June 4, according to a senior official of ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-oil-dreams-live-even-after-driller-files-liquidation
Fast payments in tourism to get leg-up
The Ministry of Tourism plans to spearhead a bigger push for digital technologies, particularly in rapid-payment systems, and harness next-level innovations to guide the ailing tourism sector out of its Covid nightmare and chart a prosperous post-pandemic path. ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/fast-payments-tourism-get-leg
Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville expressway 51% complete
The construction of the nearly $2 billion Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway is 51.35 per cent complete and is expected to be finished in 2023, according to Ministry of Public Works and Transport secretary of state Vasim Sorya. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-sihanoukville-expressway-51-complete
FDI inflows drop 1% to $3.5B
The value of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Kingdom registered a slight fall in 2020 amid a much sharper contraction among non-banking sectors and uncertainty over the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic, but inflows into the financial sector remained strong. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fdi-inflows-drop-1-35b
UNDP, Australia pledge continued support for social welfare scheme
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) hosted a high-level online discussion for the benefit of other institutions and development partners in the region regarding key lessons learned from Cambodia’s use of Covid-19 social protection measures to support the poor and revitalise the economy. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/undp-australia-pledge-continued-support-social-welfare-scheme
Cash benefits paid out to over 5,000 women who gave birth in May
In the first five months of this year, the government provided 10 billion riel ($2.46 million) through the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to 25,867 low-income female workers who gave birth to 26,057 babies. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cash-benefits-paid-out-over-5000-women-who-gave-birth-may
CCC, Japan to organise more trade meets
The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) has renewed its support for the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) in organising trade meetings between Cambodian and Japanese businesses to promote better trade cooperation between the two countries. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ccc-japan-organise-more-trade-meets
Investment in construction crumbles under pandemic
The global health crisis caused by the Covid-19 outbreak has dragged down investment in the Cambodian construction sector, which had shown positive signs for several years in a row. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/investment-construction-crumbles-under-pandemic
Local authorities told to verify voter lists as elections approach
The National Election Committee (NEC) and the Ministry of Interior have advised capital and provincial authorities to review their voter lists and voting registrations. ...
Floating-house owners, river fish farmers told to relocate
Owners of floating houses and other unofficial structures on the rivers bordering the capital were ordered by the Phnom Penh Municipal Administration to remove or relocate the structures from June 2. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/floating-house-owners-river-fish-farmers-told-relocate
Restrictions extended in provinces as Covid bites
The Koh Kong Provincial Administration decided to place 14 private residences in lockdown for a two-week period, while Kampot province has extended administrative measures in the entire province for another week to bring the Covid-19 outbreak under control. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/restrictions-extended-provinces-covid-bites
Encroachment on Tonle Sap flooded forest land persists
Battambang provincial officials said land encroachment still occurred on thousands of hectares of flooded forest land bordering Tonle Sap Lake, and authorities lacked the resources to protect these areas. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/encroachment-tonle-sap-flooded-forest-land-persists