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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
China reiterates firm support for Kingdom
Amid strained ties with the United States over some issues, China has reiterated its support for the Kingdom to “safeguard independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity”. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50871405/china-reiterates-firm-support-for-kingdom/
Cambodia, U.S. praise bilateral cooperation against human trafficking
The Kingdom of Cambodia and the United States of America have lauded the fruitful outcomes of their bilateral cooperation in countering human trafficking. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50870772/cambodia-u-s-praise-bilateral-cooperation-against-human-trafficking/
Kandal Province to start large-scale vaccination program
Kandal province is set to begin a wide spread vaccination drive that will encompass 11 towns, tomorrow, June 10, 2021. The vaccination will be for the general public and workers. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50871083/kandal-province-to-start-large-scale-vaccination-program/
CDC new travel recommendations list Cambodia as ‘moderate’ destination
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new risk assessment levels for travel during the Covid-19 pandemic listing Cambodia as Level 2 which means “moderate” risk. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50871214/cdc-new-travel-recommendations-list-cambodia-as-moderate-destination/
Areas in Phnom Penh re-designated as “Orange Zones” as COVID cases continue
The Governor of Phnom Penh has designated some areas in Phnom Penh as “Orange Zones” for 2 weeks from June 10 to June 23, 2021 to prevent COVID 19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50871153/areas-in-phnom-penh-re-designated-as-orange-zones-as-covid-cases-continue/
Phnom Penh markets to be “extended”
Khuong Sreng, Governor of Phnom Penh, has confirmed that the Phnom Penh Municipal Authority plans to expand the scope of sales in all 25 state markets after the COVID situation in Phnom Penh seems to be stabilising. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50871262/phnom-penh-markets-to-be-extended/
Siem Reap authorities start imposing fining those who do not wear masks
The Deputy Governor of Siem Reap Province, yesterday led a joint force of the provincial police, military police and health officials to fine traders who do not wear masks as well as improper wearing of the masks at the Central Market in Siem Reap. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50871578/siem-reap-authorities-start-imposing-fining-those-who-do-not-wear-masks/
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
Gov’t disburses support of $322.81 million for poor families
Despite the shrinking economy and having to deal with the daily fluctuation of the Covid-19 cases, the government still supported those heavily impacted badly by the pandemic by disbursing more than $300 million since June 25 last year. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50869305/govt-disburses-support-of-322-81-million-for-poor-families/
Almost 80,000 tourists registered in first weekend of June
A total of 76,698 domestic visitors toured the country, especially ecotourism areas, during first weekend of this month, according to Thong Khon, Cambodian Minister of Tourism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50869919/almost-80000-tourists-registered-in-first-weekend-of-june/
Water supplies to be temporarily suspended in some districts of Phnom Penh
The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority will temporarily suspend the supply of water in some areas on the nights of 11, 16-17 and 25 June 2021 due to pipeline works. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50869792/water-supplies-to-be-temporarily-suspended-in-some-districts-of-phnom-penh/
Government provides about $813,000 to 24 provinces for one-week quarantine expenses
Prime Minister Hun Sen has provided about $813,000 to 24 provinces for one-week quarantine from today until June 13. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50870285/government-provides-about-813000-to-24-provinces-for-one-week-quarantine-expenses/
Battambang Provincial Administration builds two new Covid-19 center
The Deputy Governor of Battambang, Soeum Bunrith, announced on June 7, that the recent influx of Cambodian migrant workers has increased. This fact has caused the number of Covid-19 cases within the province to climb steeply. ...
Khmer Times Staff
http://អង្គហេតុនេះបានធ្វើឱ្យចំនួន Covid-19 ករណីនៅក្នុងខេត្តមានការកើនឡើងយ៉ាងខ្លាំង។
Mine clearance reaches halfway mark, 2025 target in sight
Mine clearance experts have said that Cambodia has reached the halfway mark of clearing mines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) and the goal of clearing the entire country by 2025 is within reach. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50870014/mine-clearance-reaches-halfway-mark-2025-target-in-sight/
Another 500,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine to arrive in Cambodia
The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Mr Youk Sambath, has stated that the country is slated to receive 500,000 Sinovac vaccines. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50869425/another-500000-doses-of-sinovac-vaccine-to-arrive-in-cambodia/