Quarantine Period to be Extended For One Week For Delta Variant
Quarantine period has been extended to 21 days for Delta and Delta Plus variants, stressed Prime Minister Hun Sen in his statement on the current COVID-19 situation in Cambodia this morning. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50884967/quarantine-period-to-be-extended-for-one-week-for-delta-variant/
Cambodia eyes Alibaba SME accord
Cambodia is looking to work with Alibaba Group to bring local products to markets in China and countries in Asia, Europe and Africa through the Lazada app, and increase exports by domestic small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME). ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-eyes-alibaba-sme-accord
Kingdom donates extra vaccination trucks to help neighbouring Laos
Cambodia will donate 10 vaccination vehicles to Laos in a handover ceremony slated to take place on March 12 at the Trapeang Kriel international Border checkpoint in Stung Treng province, bordering Laos’ Champasak province. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-donates-extra-vaccination-trucks-help-neighbouring-laos
Restaurants, air routes allowed to reopen from Sep 1, curfew eased
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Friday eased restrictions covering restaurants, curfew and air travel in 29 Dark Red provinces including Bangkok.From September 1 (Wednesday), air-conditioned restaurants will be permitted to open at 50-per-cent capacity while outdoor-dining restaurants can open at 75-per-cent capacity.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Weaponizing Cyber Law
Having watched popular protests, from the color revolutions in the former Soviet Union to the Arab Spring, challenge their counterparts’ power, the world’s autocrats have been adopting legal measures aimed at incapacitating civic groups, including pro-democracy movements and human-rights NGOs. Among the most sweeping measures are those enabling officials to ...
Cambodian bourse signs deals with Vietnamese, Laotian stock markets
Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) has reached Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Vietnamese and Laotian stock markets, aimed to open ways for better channels of communication between them, said a CSX’s statement on Monday. ...
Shanghai daily's team
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=321551
Development fears at Cambodia's most beautiful beach
Dozens of independent bungalows at one of Cambodia’s most unspoiled beaches are to be bulldozed with weeks, raising fears that a “soulless” mega-resort will replace them. ...
Nathan Thompson
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/cambodia/articles/otres-beach-cambodia-threatened-by-development/
Laos to Resume Domestic Flights, Schools, Other Restrictions Eased
Laos has announced it will resume domestic flights, begin to reopen schools, and ease other lockdown restrictions starting 18 May. the National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control announced at a press conference held today nine measures that will be eased, and four restrictions that will ...
Francis Savankham
Cambodia, China closer to FTA signing deal
Cambodia and China say they are now planning to sign a free-trade deal some time later this year. the move came after the duo wrapped up their first-round negotiations, which were held last month in Beijing, China. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50691647/cambodia-china-closer-to-fta-signing-deal
CMAC removes landmines used as home decorations
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and The Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities on Wednesday collected 30 mines and UXOs from a 48-year-old man who used Them to decorate his home in O’Chrov district’s O’Beichoan commune. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-removes-landmines-used-home-decorations
Wind power on horizon
An 80MW wind power investment project in Kampot province will be ready to deliver electricity as soon as the developer completes negotiating a power purchase agreement with state-run electricity supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EdC). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/wind-power-horizon
Mr Hun Sen urges MFIs to sympathise with debtors’ difficulties
Prime Minister Hun Sen has reiterated his appeal to all financial institutions not to take tough actions against debtors as they (debtors) faced difficulties in repaying loans amid the COVID-19 pandemicwhich is wrecking havoc on the economy. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50755539/mr-hun-sen-urges-mfis-to-sympathise-with-debtors-difficulties/
Minimum wage to be decided
The National Council on Minimum Wage will decide on a wage increase for workers in The garment, footwear, textile and travel product sectors at a meeting on Thursday after a figure could not be reached at a tripartite meeting on Wednesday. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minimum-wage-be-decided
France gives $91 million for agriculture, climate fight
The French government, through The French Development Agency (AFD), has provided two credit agreements worth €75 million ($91 million) to Cambodia to support sustainable agricultural and rural development, as well as climate change fight in Cambodia. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/france-gives-91-million-agriculture-climate-fight
Developing recruitment processes key amid digital adoption: Experts
Recruitment has come a long way since its humble beginnings as printed box adverts in the local newspaper. According to global niche technology staffing company Next Venture, technology has and will continue to have the biggest impact on recruitment. ...
Tom Starkey
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809632/developing-recruitment-processes-key-amid-digital-adoption-experts/
Kingdom seeks buyers for crude amid discouraging production
The government and Singaporean oil exploration firm KrisEnergy Ltd are actively working togeTher to find markets for The crude oil produced offshore Cambodia and to plan for furTher steps in resource development for Block A, according to a senior government official. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-seeks-buyers-crude-amid-discouraging-production
CHRC seeks input on draft law to make it more independent
The Cambodia Human Rights Committee (CHRC) is inviting all embassies in Cambodia, local and international NGOs, Parliamentarians, international stakeholders and Supreme Consultative Council members to give input over The draft law on proposal to make it more independent. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930398/chrc-seeks-input-on-draft-law-to-make-it-more-independent/
First vehicle assembly plant next year: RMA
Local publicly-listed firm RMA (Cambodia) Plc is planning to set up the Kingdom’s first motor vehicle assembly plant, to capitalise on the rising consumer demand for brand-new personal vehicles seen in recent years. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/first-vehicle-assembly-plant-next-year-rma
Kingdom to have ‘at least 10’ EV stations by December
Cambodia aims to have “at least 10” operational electric vehicle (EV) charging stations nationwide by end-2022, in the capital and “key provinces”, according to the public works minister on March 22. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-have-least-10-ev-stations-december