Khmer Times
Public warning issued as UV index peaks
Residents in the Kingdom have been warned to protect themselves from unusually high Ultraviolet (UV) index levels lasting through next week. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918846/public-warning-issued-as-uv-index-peaks/
Australia supports Cambodia through Mekong-Australia Partnership
Yesterday, Australia’s Ambassador to Cambodia, Pablo Kang briefed Aun Pornmoniroth, Minister of Economy on various new Australian programmes commencing in Cambodia under the Mekong-Australia Partnership (MAP). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918848/australia-supports-cambodia-through-mekong-australia-partnership/
Asean and MRC hold dialogue on water security
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and the Mekong River Commission (MRC) are holding their first ever Water Security Dialogue today to garner innovative solutions to address emerging challenges on water security across the region. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918847/asean-and-mrc-hold-dialogue-on-water-security/
City Hall plans to extend Phnom Penh curfew
Phnom Penh City Hall will extend the curfew with additional measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19, especially the Delta variant, following a series of community-based infections. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918766/city-hall-plans-to-extend-curfew/
ASEAN and Mekong River Commission to hold water security dialogue
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Mekong River Commission (MRC) are set to hold a two-day water security dialogue from Today. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918995/asean-and-mekong-river-commission-to-hold-water-security-dialogue/
Economic growth projected at 4.8 percent in 2022
Cambodia’s economic growth is projected to see robust growth next year because of economic recovery resulting from the government’s Covid-19 vaccination programmme. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918131/economic-growth-projected-at-4-8-percent-in-2022-deputy-pm/
Lower Sesan II Hydropower Plant protects the environment and provides clean energy in Cambodia
In July, the Fisheries Administration of Cambodia issued a certificate to the Lower Sesan II Hydropower plant in recognition of the company’s achievements in fish protection. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918128/lower-sesan-ii-hydropower-plant-protects-the-environment-and-provides-clean-energy-in-cambodia/
Cambodia added to list of ‘High Risk’ countries by Hong Kong
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) has announced that Cambodia is to be added to it’s ‘High Risk’ or ‘Group A’ list, effective from 0.00am on 20 August 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917939/cambodia-added-to-list-of-high-risk-countries-by-hong-kong/
Warning of harmful level of UV radiation for Cambodia in next 7 days
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM) has warned the public of dangerous levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation forecast to reach level 10, an alert level of UV Index. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918616/warning-of-harmful-level-of-uv-radiation-for-cambodia-in-next-7-days/
Phnom Penh most vaccinated capital in the world against COVID-19
Phnom Penh is the most vaccinated capital in the world with around 99 percent of adults fully vaccinated, according to Mekong Strategic Partners (MSP). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918185/phnom-penh-capital-of-cambodia-is-the-most-vaccinated-capital-in-the-world-against-covid-19/
Cambodian border provinces facing Thailand unite to combat Delta Variant
Faced with the daunting tasks of receiving thousands of returning Cambodian migrant workers from Thailand, provinces bordering Thailand are uniting to share resources, facilities and information to tackle the inflow of migrants seamlessly and efficiently. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918260/cambodian-border-provinces-facing-thailand-unite-to-combat-delta-variant/
The Lizard King: Truck stopped with almost 1000 smuggled reptiles aboard
The scale of wildlife trafficking in Cambodia was graphically illustrated again today when a Virak Buntham Company truck was stopped in Siem Reap province with 984 lizards inside. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918433/the-lizard-king-truck-stopped-with-almost-1000-smuggled-reptiles-aboard/
PP court sentences union leader Rong Chhun to two years in jail over the border comments
Phnom Penh Municipal Court today sentenced union leader Rong Chhun and two others to between two years and 20 months in prison for inciting people against the government over a claim the government had ceded land to Vietnam along their shared border in Tboung Khmum ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918491/pp-court-sentences-union-leader-rong-chhun-to-two-years-in-jail-over-the-border-comments/
Samphan’s Lawyers want ECCC to overturn his life sentence
The Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) resumed its second day hearing of the Case 002/02 appeal by former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan yesterday, with his lawyers arguing that his life sentence should be overturn. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918081/samphans-lawyers-want-eccc-to-overturn-his-life-sentence/
World Vision mission benefits 18,890 villagers
Some 18,890 people in Kampong Chhnang province’s Cholkiri district have benefited immensely from the World Vision Cambodia’s 18-year mission to provide development and improvement in the areas of health, nutrition, poverty, education, and child protection. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918076/world-vision-mission-benefits-18890-villagers/
Prime Minister to the rescue of longan farmers
The government has come up with a subsidy scheme to help longan farmers in Battambang and Palin provinces to overcome their inability to export their fruits to Thailand following China placing an indefinite ban on Thai longan over contamination with mealybugs. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918075/prime-minister-to-the-rescue-of-longan-farmers/
‘Hasten longan export to China’
Longan plantation owners in Pailin province have called on the government to expedite the proposed agreement with China on the direct export of the fruit to the country. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917990/hasten-longan-export-to-china/
MOE recognises forest rangers for hard work and dedication
The Ministry of Environment has yesterday gave recognition to five forest rangers for their outstanding work in environmental protection, natural resource management, and biodiversity conservation where they work at two wildlife sanctuaries in Kratie. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917986/moe-recognises-forest-rangers-for-hard-work-and-dedication/
Cambodia to help donate cash to Myanmar to fight Covid-19
The Cambodian government will donate $200,000 in cash and medical equipment to Myanmar a second time to support the latter’s efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917930/cambodia-to-help-donate-cash-to-myanmar-to-fight-covid-19/
Economic growth projected at 4.8 percent in 2022: Deputy PM
Cambodia’s economic growth is projected to see robust growth next year because of economic recovery resulting from the government’s Covid-19 vaccination programmme. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918131/economic-growth-projected-at-4-8-percent-in-2022-deputy-pm/
Cambodia-Japan trade surges in first half of 2021 to $1.1 billion
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Japan increased in the first half of this year, recovering from last year, which was hit hard by the pandemic. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917490/cambodia-japan-trade-surges-in-first-half-of-2021-to-1-1-billion/
$5.5 Mn of investments in new apparel projects ‘will create 1,200 jobs’
Two new investment projects worth a combined $5.5 million have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917469/5-5-mn-of-investments-in-new-apparel-projects-will-create-1200-jobs/
Technical team to study land use in planned Sihanoukville economic zone
The government has set up a working group to develop land management and policy in Sihanoukville as part of a plan to turn the province into a multi-purpose special economic zone (SEZ). ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917450/technical-team-to-study-land-use-in-planned-sihanoukville-economic-zone/
HRW politicises human rights with a biased report attacking Cambodian dam project
Human rights are for humanity, not for Human Rights Watch (HRW). Human rights must be understood and approached based on the context and the stage of nation building and state building. ...
