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Japan Provides US$227,736 for Improving Firefighting Capability of Phnom Penh Administration

AKP Phnom Penh, January 18, 2021 -- The Government of Japan has agreed to provide US$227,736 for Phnom Penh Capital Administration to improve its firefighting capability, under the framework, the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (the“KUSANONE” Grant). According to a press release of the Embassy of Japan in Phnom Penh is...

Sarus Crane Still Exist but Number Seeming Drop

AKP Phnom Penh, January 18, 2021 -- By the morning of Jan. 18, 2021, a total of 59 sarus crane arrived Anlung Pring Protected Landscape in Kampong Trach, Kampot, according to BirdLife International Cambodia Programme. BirdLife International Cambodia Programme and partners are conducting a census on this endangered giant bird species. The surv...

Economic Diplomacy Strategy 2021-2023 Launched

AKP Phnom Penh, January 18, 2021 -- Cambodia launched here this morning the Economic Diplomacy Strategy 2021-2023 which will contribute to diversifying the sources of economic growth and trade partners . Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation H.E. Prak Sokhonn presided over the launching...

Cambodian PM Receives Courtesy Call from New Indian Ambassador

AKP Phnom Penh, January 18, 2021 -- Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, this morning received newly appointed Indian Ambassador H.E. Ms. Devyani Uttam Khobragade. H.E. Eang Sophalleth, Assistant to the Premier told reporters after the meeting held here at the Peace Palace that Samdech Techo...

Foreign Exchange Rates in Cambodia

AKP Phnom Penh, January 18, 2021 – The following are the foreign exchange rates against the Riel (Cambodian Currency) released by the National Bank, on January 18, 2021.

COVID-19: Another Patient Recovered

AKP Phnom Penh, January 18, 2021 -- Another case recovered from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been recorded; bringing the total cured patients in Cambodia to 386. According to the Ministry of Health’s press release issued this morning, the new cured case is a 28-year-old Cambodian female migrant worker coming back from Thailand on Jan....

Cambodia’s Mekong River Believed to be a Healthiest Habitat of Endangered Giant Freshwater Stingray

AKP Phnom Penh, January 17, 2021 -- Cambodia's Mekong River from Stung Treng to Kratie and Prey Veng is believed to be the healthiest habitat of the endangered giant freshwater stingray. The notice was shared recently with AKP by Dr. Zeb Hogan, an American biologist and a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) fellow who is leading a new National Geogr...

PM Hun Sen to Be the First Volunteer for Chinese Vaccine

AKP Phnom Penh, January 17, 2020 -- Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has announced that he will be the first volunteer to receive the China-made vaccine against COVID-19 to show confidence in the vaccine. "Two days ago, I informed our dear compatriots that we had received from the People's...

COVID-19: Three Recovered; Three Infected

AKP Phnom Penh, January 17, 2021 -- Three more patients of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have recovered; bringing the total cured cases in Cambodia to 385. According to a press release of the Ministry of Health made public this morning, the new recovered cases are Cambodian female migrant workers coming back from Thailand on Jan. 5. They l...

About 4,000 Banteng Living in Cambodia

AKP Phnom Penh, January 16, 2021 -- Some 4,000 individuals of Banteng, listed as a globally Endangered species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, are inhabiting Cambodia. “Bantengs prefer to roam the open and dry deciduous forests where grassy vegetation is found in abundance. They are found scattered across Cambodia, especially in t...

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