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Not out of the woods yet: Kingdom spends more to help citizens
The pandemic has cost Cambodia $2.3 billion in expenses since it began, Prime Minister Hun Sen was quoted as saying last month. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/special-reports/not-out-woods-yet-kingdom-spends-more-help-citizens
Ministry, WHO: Be prepared for Omicron variant
The Ministry of Health called on the public to be vigilant and prepared for the arrival of the Omicron variant in Cambodia so that they will not have any regrets when it gets here. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-who-be-prepared-omicron-variant
CSOs appeal for more space to air grievances, solutions to disputes
A group of 30 civil society organisations including labour unions, NGOs, community networks, indigenous peoples, youth groups and professional associations have requested that the government be more responsive to the concerns of its citizenry and allow people the freedom, opportunity and space to express their ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/csos-appeal-more-space-air-grievances-solutions-disputes
Health ministry, WHO Cambodia all set for Omicron variant Q&A
The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia will hold a joint press conference on December 9 to update the Kingdom on the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus variant Omicron. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-who-cambodia-all-set-omicron-variant-qa
Tax breaks to be extended beyond reopening
The government has decided to extend tax exemptions to sectors ravaged by the Covid-19 outbreak, to allow businesses breathing space for recovery and boost economic growth amid a lingering uncertainty over the convergence of crises brought on by the pandemic. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-breaks-be-extended-beyond-reopening
Firms seek to resume high rise construction in Sihanoukville
The Covid-19 pandemic brought high-rise building construction in Preah Sihanouk province to a halt when it began, resulting in several business disputes that four real estate companies are now working together to solve, according to provincial governor Kuch Chamroeun. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/firms-seek-resume-high-rise-construction-sihanoukville
New SOPs clarify entry rules for visitors to the Kingdom
The Ministry of Health yesterday issued Standard Operating Procedures to clarify entry requirements for passengers arriving at Cambodian International Airports in the context of the ‘new normal’ during the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50983657/new-sops-clarify-entry-rules-for-visitors-to-the-kingdom/
Bun Rany praises CRC volunteers on Covid-19 outreach
The Kingdom on December 5 marked the International Day of Volunteers, this year held under the theme “volunteering for our future”. The day was officially observed by the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC), whose volunteers have had to overcome many obstacles this year while conducting educational ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bun-rany-praises-crc-volunteers-covid-19-outreach
China to help set up jab factory
China pledged to provide more vaccine assistance to Cambodia and to establish a production facility in the Kingdom as the Covid-19 situation remains uncertain with the emergence of new variants and no clear end in sight. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-help-set-jab-factory
Japan suspends entry of interns over Omicron concerns
Japan suspended the allowance of Cambodian interns or workers to enter to the country due to Covid-19 Omicron as major fears have been raised over this new variant, which is reported to be highly transmissible, has a higher reinfection rate and has spread to 38 ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50982929/japan-suspends-entry-of-interns-over-omicron-concerns/
Travel ban lifted on passengers from 10 African countries
Following the suggestion made by Prime Minister Hun Sen last week, the Health Ministry yesterday has lifted the ban on travellers from 10 African countries or who have a history of travelling to those countries, which had been put in place over concerns after the ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50982926/travel-ban-lifted-on-passengers-from-10-african-countries/
WHO representative in Cambodia endorses country’s action against COVID-19 new variant, omicron
Cambodia is doing everything according to established procedures and therefore has nothing to change in its approach in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and the new variant, Omicron,which has emerged recently and any other new variants. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50982658/who-representative-in-cambodia-endorses-countrys-action-against-covid-19-new-variant-omicron/
Japan set to sign $180M Covid-19 crisis loan agreement in December
Japan is expected to sign a concessional loan agreement worth 20 billion yen ($180 million) with the Kingdom this month for Covid-19 Crisis Response Emergency Support Loan Phase 2, the Cambodian Ministry of Economy and Finance said on November 30. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-set-sign-180m-covid-19-crisis-loan-agreement-december
Indonesian foreign minister pays official visit to Kingdom
Cambodia and Indonesia vowed to strengthen their diplomatic relations and declared mutual support for each other in multilateral forums on the international stage. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/indonesian-foreign-minister-pays-official-visit-kingdom
AirAsia CEO ‘bullish’ on beating Omicron as airline announces resumption of Phnom Penh flights
AirAsia Group chief executive Tony Fernandes has urged governments to stop “overreacting” to the emergence of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 and focus on reducing the cost of PCR testing instead. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50981824/airasia-ceo-bullish-on-beating-omicron-as-airline-announces-resumption-of-phnom-penh-flights/
Ministry of Education approves reopening of public and private kindergartens and childcare services for children aged 5 and over
After the opening of most primary, secondary and higher education institutions, both public and private with no significant incidents related to the health of staff and students, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has decided to allow kindergartens and child care services for children ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50981000/ministry-of-education-approves-reopening-of-public-and-private-kindergartens-and-childcare-services-for-children-aged-5-and-over/
Cambodia bans travellers from 10 African countries
Cambodia has issued a decision banning travellers from 10 countries in Africa or who have a history of traveling to these 10 countries in the last 3 three weeks. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50979335/cambodia-bans-travellers-from-10-african-countries/
Cambodia donates $13 million and 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Laos
Cambodia has donated $13 million, 500,000 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine and two refrigerated vaccine transport vehicles to Laos. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50979635/cambodia-donates-13-million-and-500000-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines-to-laos/
Ministry, WHO warn of Omicron variant
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia warned that the two newly-flagged variants of SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 – formally known as B.1.640 and B.1.1.529 (Omicron) could possibly reach Cambodia soon. The Ministry of Health has also urged public vigilance ahead of ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-who-warn-omicron-variant
PM asks VN to resume flights
Phnom Penh has asked Hanoi to resume direct flights between Cambodia and Vietnam to boost tourism between the two countries now that the Covid-19 outbreak appears to be waning. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-asks-vn-resume-flights
Indonesians invited to get slice of local agri markets
With agricultural production on a steady growth trajectory, even in the face of Covid-19, Phnom Penh welcomes Indonesian businessmen to invest in the Cambodian agricultural market, in hopes of bolstering capacity in response to an ongoing surge in domestic and international demand. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/indonesians-invited-get-slice-local-agri-markets
WHO urges Cambodia to be ready for possible surge of new COVID-19 strain, Omicron
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia has reminded the Kingdom to be ready for a possible surge of the emerging COVID-19 variant of concern Omicron. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50978392/who-urges-cambodia-to-be-ready-for-possible-surge-of-new-covod-19-strain-omicron/
Real estate ‘still boasts potential’
Although economic risks from the Covid-19 crisis linger, Cambodian real estate still offers a wealth of potential, as well as reasonably low prices for investments, especially in a handful of key localities marked by burgeoning interest and a gradual pickup in investment activity, according to ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/real-estate-still-boasts-potential
Water Festival holidays inflamed mild C-19 symptoms among some revellers
With almost one million people out during the recent Water Festival holidays, a few hundred of them were found with mild symptoms of the Covid-19, thanks to the majority of them being double vaccinated. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50977501/water-festival-holidays-inflamed-mild-c-19-symptoms-among-some-revellers/