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Ministry set May 10 as World Migratory Bird Day
The Ministry of Environment has designated May 10 as the date to observe World Migratory Bird Day each year to raise awareness about the conservation of migratory birds and their habitats. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-set-may-10-world-migratory-bird-day
WorldBridge’s SME cluster zone delayed
Construction of WorldBridge Industrial Developments Co Ltd’s $30 million WorldBridge i4.0 SME Cluster zone will be delayed by one or two months due to the recent lockdown in Phnom Penh and Kandal province’s Takmao town, chairman Sear Rithy told The Post. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/worldbridges-sme-cluster-zone-delayed
Oddar Meanchey coal power plant set for next year
A 265MW coal-fired power plant in Oddar Meanchey province is scheduled to begin operations early next year as construction of the plant’s infrastructure and transmission line connecting to East Siem Reap Substation nears completion, according to deputy provincial governor Di Rado. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/oddar-meanchey-coal-power-plant-set-next-year
Cambodia ready to exit LDC status
Cambodia is well-prepared to minimise economic risks when it graduates from its Least Developed Countries status, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Commerce on May 7. Four LDCs – Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh and Nepal – met at a virtual workshop last week ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-ready-exit-ldc-status
Red zone vaccination campaign continues with one million more doses arriving this month
Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed the vaccination team from the Ministry of National Defence to accelerate its campaign and immunise the roughly 520,000 residents in the red zone and not to worry about a shortage as one million additional doses of vaccines are scheduled ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-zone-vaccination-campaign-continues-one-million-more-doses-arriving-month
Preah Sihanouk scraps quarantine requirement for airline passengers
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kouch Chamroeun has cancelled the quarantine requirement for inbound passengers from Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-scraps-quarantine-requirement-airline-passengers
Gov’t issues guidelines as lockdown nears end
The government has issued a five-page set of instructions to be enforced when the three-week lockdown of Phnom Penh and adjacent Takmao town in Kandal province ends on May 6. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-issues-guidelines-lockdown-nears-end
Phnom Penh unveils rules for post-lockdown transition
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration issued a set of detailed guidelines for the seven days to May 12 after the capital emerges from lockdown at the onset of May 6. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-unveils-rules-post-lockdown-transition
Firm accused of grabbing indigenous community’s land in Stung Treng
More than 30 families from the Kreung indigenous community in Talat commune’s Rumpat and Talat villages in Stung Treng province’s Sesan district claimed that a private company had cleared their plantations. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/firm-accused-grabbing-indigenous-communitys-land-stung-treng
Ministries discuss ‘3+1 reforms’
Ministry of Justice officials held a meeting with other ministries on May 4 to discuss four areas of government reform, including public finance, public administration, sub-national administration and justice. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-discuss-31-reforms
Over 100 UXO units discovered in Battambang
More than 100 units of unexploded ordnances (UXO) were found by villagers in two districts and handed over to the Battambang provincial authorities for further action. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-100-uxo-units-discovered-battambang
Five Bunong members to testify over land dispute
Five Bunong indigenous people were summoned by Mondulkiri provincial police to testify on May 3 about a minor criminal complaint filed by a citizen who claimed the accused had built illegal structures on private property ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/five-bunong-members-testify-over-land-dispute
Takeo province villagers protest reservoir construction
Residents from seven villages in Takeo province protested against authorities who they said were digging a new reservoir on 200ha of land they have depended upon for years. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/takeo-province-villagers-protest-reservoir-construction
Sihanoukville port terminal construction delayed
Construction of a new container terminal of Sihanoukville Autonomous Port has been delayed to early next year due to slower-than-planned layout design, according to the management. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sihanoukville-port-terminal-construction-delayed
Stung Treng officials find illegal timber stockpile, owner escapes
A large amount of illegal luxury timber was impounded by Stung Treng provincial Forestry Administration officials on April 26 after it was discovered in a forest in the province’s Sen Chey district. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stung-treng-officials-find-illegal-timber-stockpile-owner-escapes
AFD lends a hand in energy-transition
Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) has granted €300,000 to the Kingdom of Cambodia to draw up a model of energy-transition scenarios to 2050, the French development agency revealed in a statement published on April 1. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/afd-lends-hand-energy-transition
Over 200 factories suspended, 1,673 workers test positive
A total of 206 factories have now been temporarily closed due to the ongoing Covid-19 community outbreak, with 1,673 workers known to have contracted the virus and over 17,000 additional workers currently isolated in quarantine, according to Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesperson Heng ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-200-factories-suspended-1673-workers-test-positive
Tourist resorts expected to start back up
At least 200 tourist resorts are expected to resume operations after the end of an inter-provincial travel ban and tourist-resort closures across the country. On April 25, the government lifted the travel ban and ended the closures of tourist destinations across the country, except for ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourist-resorts-expected-start-back
400K doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine arrive in Kingdom
Another 400,000 doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine donated by China touched down at the Phnom Penh International Airport at 9:30pm on April 28, marking the third such donation the Kingdom has received from the Chinese government. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/400k-doses-chinas-sinopharm-vaccine-arrive-kingdom
Ministry defends private-vendor move
The Ministry of Commerce on April 27 responded to criticism that allowing private vendors to sell essential goods at designated locations would run contrary to government preventive health measures – which prohibit gatherings – to stem the spread Covid-19. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-defends-private-vendor-move
Illegal imports sinking local aquaculture
While local aquaculture has started to grow significantly in recent years, the business community is increasingly facing competition from illegal imports, according to the Cambodian Aquaculturist Association (CAA). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/illegal-imports-sinking-local-aquaculture
Microfinance body calls for more lending
Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) on April 27 urged its members to release more credit to customers as the spread of Covid-19, exacerbated by the February 20 community transmission is having a huge impact on all businesses, especially in Phnom Penh and Takmao town. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/microfinance-body-calls-more-lending
Smart installs 68 Siem Reap base stations
Smart Axiata Co Ltd has installed 68 new base stations in Siem Reap province as part of its $90 million investment plan to expand and improve its network across the country in 2021, the telecoms operator said in an April 27 press release. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/smart-installs-68-siem-reap-base-stations
ADB forecast: 4% economic growth in 2021
Cambodia’s economy is forecast to grow 4.0 per cent this year and 5.5 per cent in 2022, as economic recoveries in major trading partners boosts demand for the Kingdom’s exports, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on April 28. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-forecast-4-economic-growth-2021