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Clean Water Plays a Crucial Role in the fight against COVID-19

Ongoing crisis is reminder of a significant portion of the world population currently lacking adequate access to basic hand-washing facilities.​ ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50720987/clean-water-plays-a-crucial-role-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/

Factory furloughs nearly 2,000 workers amid coronavirus

Nearly 2,000 garment workers are now in limbo after their employer You Li International Garment Co Ltd in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet city announced a suspension of operations as clothing orders dry up amid the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50720608/factory-furloughs-nearly-2000-workers-amid-coronavirus/

Thai company donates COVID-19 aid to the Kingdom

Thai Fermentation Industry Co Ltd which produces Rachachuros Genuine MSG, donated $155,000 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a bid to support the Cambodia government to combat the COVID-19. ...

Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50720140/thai-company-donates-covid-19-aid-to-the-kingdom/

COVID-19: no new cases in Cambodia for over 2 weeks

Cambodia has found no new case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for 24 days in a row, according to the Ministry of Health’s press release issued this morning. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50720458/covid-19-no-new-cases-in-cambodia-for-over-2-weeks/

No plan to reopen entertainment venues now, health minister says

The Ministry of Health is still not clear about a plan to reopen some business, particularly KTVs, which were closed because of Covid-19. Even though the situation appears to be under control, the ministry is asking citizens to be patient a little longer. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-plan-reopen-entertainment-venues-now-health-minister-says

GMAC demands all payment from buyers

The Garment Manufacturers Association (GMAC) in Cambodia has reiterated an appeal to buyers to source their goods from Cambodia as the economic situation becomes worse with nearly 200 factories suspending their operations because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719909/gmac-demands-all-payment-from-buyers/

India aids Kingdom’s fight against Covid-19

In a bid to assist the Cambodian government in the fight against Covid-19, the Indian embassy in Phnom Penh on Monday donated protective supplies to the Chey Chumneas Referral Hospital in Kandal province. ...

Phuon Chansereivuth
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/india-aids-kingdoms-fight-against-covid-19

Cambodia’s bilateral trade drops with Vietnam, yet Thailand steady

The two-way trade of Cambodia with Vietnam experienced a decrease during the first quarter of the year caused by the global pandemic. However, the trade volume with Thailand remained steady. ...

Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719618/cambodias-bilateral-trade-drops-with-vietnam-yet-thailand-steady/

French agency donates €2 million towards virus laboratories in Cambodia and the region

The French Development Agency (AFD) has provided an additional €2 million ($2.19 million) to the ECOMORE II project, to assist Cambodia and the regions direct response to the COVID-19 epidemic. ...

Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719351/french-agency-donates-e2-million-towards-virus-laboratories-in-cambodia-and-the-region/

All is not well in the garment sector as exports drop by 50 percent in second trimester

Cambodia’s exports of garment and footwear products are expected to drop from 50 to 60 percent due to the impact of COVID-19 crisis during the second trimester of 2020. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718827/all-is-not-well-in-the-garment-sector-as-exports-drop-by-50-percent-in-second-trimester/

Coronavirus brings trouble to Cambodia’s garment industry

Hundreds of garment factories in Cambodia and elsewhere in Asia are facing serious financial problems because clothing brands have either canceled their orders or stopped placing new ones over the past several weeks.  ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718817/coronavirus-brings-trouble-to-cambodias-garment-industry/

US, Australia funding flows for Cambodia’s COVID-19 response

The United States, through the US Agency for International Development, yesterday committed a $1.5 million aid to the Ministry of Health to help in the Kingdom’s efforts to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. The donation is the latest COVID-19 assistance from the US, with its ...

Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718117/us-australia-funding-flows-for-cambodias-covid-19-response/

Chinese and Cambodian Armed Forces Joined Hands in Fighting COVID-19

On April 25, 2020, the Chinese Air Force transport plane, loaded with anti-pandemic materials, landed at Phnom Penh Airport again, bringing deep affection and good wishes from the 1.4 billion Chinese people and 2 million Chinese People’s Liberation Army officers and soldiers. ...

Li Jingfeng
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718168/chinese-and-cambodian-armed-forces-joined-hands-in-fighting-covid-19/

10,000 workers fail to return to Phnom Penh after KNY

About 10,000 garment workers who visited their home provinces during the Khmer New Year failed to return to Phnom Penh for fear of being quarantined, with some of them resorting to farming, an official said. ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50717706/10000-workers-fail-to-return-to-phnom-penh-after-kny/

Sharp drop in wages sent back to Kingdom

Cambodia is to join the ranks of declining overseas worker remittances this year after the World Bank projected global remittances will decline sharply by about 20 percent in 2020 because of the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent business shutdowns ...

Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50717705/sharp-drop-in-wages-sent-back-to-kingdom/

US training for rangers postponed

The Ministry of Environment said a standardised training programme for Cambodian rangers in collaboration with the US Department of State, US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US Forest Service (USFS) has been postponed amid the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-training-rangers-postponed

China delivers plane-load of aid

China’s Ministry of Defence on Saturday donated 16 tonnes of medical supplies to Cambodia’s Ministry of Defence, consisting of 11 types of items worth some $1 million. ...

Niem Chheng
https://bit.ly/2VIXFhb

Over 5,000 test negative

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has wrapped up health examination for workers who took time off and left for their hometowns during Khmer New Year despite the holidays being postponed to prevent Covid-19 spreading in communities. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-5000-test-negative

New NBC guidelines on financial institutions

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has requested financial institutions to reduce credit-related fees and lift fines until the end of December 2020, according to a letter it wrote. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50717330/new-nbc-guidelines-on-financial-institutions/

Kingdom’s neighbours may start to ease restrictions

Cambodia’s bellwether neighbours – Thailand and Vietnam – have started to propose easing extreme COVID-19 restrictions that have devastated local economies and greatly affected civil society because of ultra-low rates of new infections and no new deaths last week. ...

Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50717221/kingdoms-neighbours-may-start-to-ease-restrictions/

Cambodia says 77 new factories open in Q1 amid COVID-19 pandemic with six closures

Some 77 new factories, including 34 garment, footwear, and travel goods factories, had opened in Cambodia in the first quarter of 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, a spokesman said, amid the closure of six factories, leaving more than 6,000 workers without a job. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50716659/cambodia-says-77-new-factories-open-in-q1-amid-covid-19-pandemic-with-six-closures/

Travel and factory downturn a silver lining for the Kingdom’s environment

A sharp reduction in travel and production output, because of COVID-19 along with several government measures has seen Phnom Penh record a “good” level of the pollutant PM2.5 in its atmosphere, according to independent data sourced by IQ Air.​ ...

Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50715987/travel-and-factory-downturn-a-silver-lining-for-the-kingdoms-environment/

Covid-19: A global approach to protecting garment workers in supply chains as Cambodia faces up to 500,000 job losses

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has stated approximately 60 percent of its factories have been severely affected by cancelled orders of ready-made garment exports, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50716165/covid-19-a-global-approach-to-protecting-garment-workers-in-supply-chains-as-cambodia-faces-up-to-500000-job-losses/

China donates anti-epidemic supplies to Kingdom

The city hall yesterday received anti-epidemic medical supplies from China to assist the Kingdom in its fight against the coronavirus. ...

Srey Kumneth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50715584/china-donates-anti-epidemic-supplies-to-kingdom/

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