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ADB approves 95 million loan to Cambodia for COVID-19 vaccine purchase
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $95 million in loan for the Cambodian government to purchase COVID-19 vaccines from 2022 to 2023, it said in a press statement on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501025671/adb-approves-95-million-loan-to-cambodia-for-covid-19-vaccine-purchase/
Government puts controversial internet gateway on hold
The Telecom Ministry confirmed this afternoon the controversial National Internet Gateway, expected to come online Wednesday, has been postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic and potential disruptions to online traffic. ...
Seng Thai
https://vodenglish.news/government-puts-controversial-internet-gateway-on-hold/
AMM Retreat to demonstrate Cambodia’s ability to Host physical meetings in COVID-19 context
The ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) this week will show that Cambodia is capable of organising in-person meetings in the COVID-19 context. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501025326/amm-retreat-to-demonstrate-cambodias-ability-to-host-physical-meetings-in-covid-19-context/
HIV prevention highlighted by NAA on Valentine’s Day
The National AIDS Authority (NAA) took Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to educate the general public about HIV/AIDS prevention, especially among young people and those with same-sex partners. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hiv-prevention-highlighted-naa-valentines-day
Fully vaccinated patients can go free after recovery: ministry
Fully vaccinated Covid-19 patients who have been treated at home and test negative are allowed to return to daily activities, while those without the primary course of jabs are required to complete an additional seven days of quarantine, the Ministry of Health has announced. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fully-vaccinated-patients-can-go-free-after-recovery-ministry
Ministry of Education issues new directive on strengthening Standard Operating Principles for Health and Safety in Educational Establishments
In response to the growing wave of Omicron cases in Cambodia, the Ministry of Education has issued a new directive on strengthening Standard Operating Principles for Health and Safety in Educational Establishments ...
Siphan: Access to Information law will oblige spokespersons to face press
The Government Spokesperson Unit recently held its annual press conference offering journalists an opportunity to query the challenges and achievements of government ministries and institutions, in line with the Access to Information law. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siphan-access-information-law-will-oblige-spokespersons-face-press
Capital’s airport records 28% cargo rise
Phnom Penh International Airport handled 55,000 tonnes of air freight in 2021, surging by about 28 per cent from a year earlier, according to a State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) report. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/capitals-airport-records-28-cargo-rise
Community cases surge as Cambodia records highest ever Omicron daily total
Cambodia recorded it’s 5th consecutive day of triple digit daily new Omicron cases with the highest ever daily Omicron total and the highest all variant total since October 17th 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501021963/community-cases-surge-as-cambodia-records-highest-ever-omicron-daily-total/
Cambodia extends tax breaks for tourism-related businesses for 6 more months
The Cambodian government on Wednesday extended tax holidays for tourism-related establishments for another six months from January to June 2022 in a bid to boost business activity in the COVID-hit tourism industry. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501022398/cambodia-extends-tax-breaks-for-tourism-related-businesses-for-6-more-months/
Economy may expand 5.6% in 2022: minister
Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth has pegged Cambodia’s economic growth at 5.6 per cent for 2022, reflecting national progress towards herd immunity against Covid-19, underpinned by vaccination rates that rank among the best globally and that have motivated the government to allow the ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/economy-may-expand-56-2022-minister
Number of factories ticks up
Although economic hangovers persisted from 2020 – widely regarded as the worst year for Cambodia’s economic growth in more than two decades – the number of large-scale factories in operation managed to avoid slipping into a downtrend throughout 2021, according to Minister of Industry, Science, ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/number-factories-ticks
PM clinches Sunhak Peace Prize: foundation
Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a delegation to South Korea to co-host the World Summit 2022 under the theme “Towards Peace on the Korean Peninsula” and to receive the Peace Award presented by the Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-clinches-sunhak-peace-prize-foundation
New Year held in 2022: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that the Khmer New Year celebration and holidays – which falls in mid-April – will be celebrated this year, following two years of cancellations of public celebrations due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-year-held-2022-pm
Plan lifts Preah Sihanouk tourism hopes
The Preah Sihanouk provincial tourism scene is set to get an image makeover as authorities and the private sector work together to roll out a series of development plans that complement and promote effective implementation of the forthcoming Preah Sihanouk Provincial Tourism Development Plan for ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/plan-lifts-preah-sihanouk-tourism-hopes
LNY makes up 23% of 2022 domestic trips
A total of 4,106,034 domestic trips were recorded in the first 34 days of this year, from January 1 to February 3 – 23.08 per cent in just the first three days of this month alone – statistics that observers are regarding as positive signs ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/lny-makes-23-2022-domestic-trips
As community infections of Omicron rises, the government reinforces right to punish those who don’t declare positive cases
Since the Government announced that those who are infected with Omicron can be treated at home on January 20, many have resorted to self-testing by using rapid test kits and are staying at home. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501020227/as-community-infections-of-omicron-rises-the-government-reinforces-right-to-punish-those-who-dont-declare-positive-cases/
Capital's Covid authority orders end to NagaWorld rallies
The Phnom Penh Commission to Combat Covid-19, led by the capital’s municipal administration, issued a directive telling former workers of NagaWorld integrated resort to immediately halt protests, and ordering them to practice coronavirus health measures to prevent the pathogen from spreading among them and their ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capitals-covid-authority-orders-end-nagaworld-rallies
Phnom Penh Governor appeals for more Japanese investments in Cambodia
Phnom Penh Governor Khuong Sreng requested Japanese investors, through the Japan-Cambodia Association (JCA), to consider investing in the agriculture sector and other sectors. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501019076/phnom-penh-governor-appeals-for-more-japanese-investments-in-cambodia/
Phnom Penh Capital Hall announces further guidelines for treatment of COVID patients at home – including mandatory ‘contracts’ for mild and asymptomatic cases
The Phnom Penh Capital Administration has issued an additional notification on strengthening the effective management, care and treatment of COVID patients at home in Phnom Penh. ...
Cambodia Omicron cases pass 1,000 total
Cambodia recorded another jump in Omicron cases today. Todays official daily new COVID case total (diagnosed by PCR test) was 46 – all the Omicron variant – bringing the COVID case total to 121,484 cases. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501018496/cambodia-omicron-cases-pass-1000-total/
First group of Cambodian workers under labor MoU enter Thailand
Thailand has reopened its border with Cambodia to migrant workers to address labor shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501018277/first-group-of-cambodian-workers-under-labor-mou-enter-thailand/
Diversification key to economic growth: World Bank
Cambodia was among the Greater East Asian countries hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. However meaningful steps to spur domestic investment, greater productivity among businesses and workers, and a more diversified export portfolio will be key to regain sustained economic growth, according to the World ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/diversification-key-economic-growth-world-bank
Hiding Covid infection a crime
Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng has warned that people who test positive for Covid-19 must inform the authorities and not try to hide their condition, or they will face legal action. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hiding-covid-infection-crime