National News

Romantic Fiction Novel Makes Cambodia’s Troubled History An Easy Read

AKP Phnom Penh, January 13, 2021 -- Launched in a new edition on Jan. 7, 2021, Ek Tha’s Find The Enemy, Find Love, is on its surface, a charming story of unlikely love and trust in a time of war. It has a deeper purpose – to explain, in an accessible way, a painful part of Cambodia’s history that is fading from popular consciousness as those who...

Japan Helps Strengthen Community Healthcare in Kampong Cham Province

AKP Phnom Penh, January 13, 2021 -- The Government of Japan has agreed to provide US$182,035 to People’s Hope Japan (PHJ) under the framework, The Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects. The grant contract was signed today between Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia H.E. Mikami Masahiro, and Ms. Ishiyama Kanako, Country Director of PHJ...

Stenin Contest 2021 Opens for Applications

AKP Phnom Penh, January 13, 2021 -- The seventh Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest kicks off in Moscow. All young photographers, including Cambodians, are welcome to join the competition. “As per tradition, the submission of young photographers’ entries opens on the birthday of Rossiya Segodnya’s special photo corresponden...

MoUs on Trade Promotion Signed

AKP Phnom Penh, January 13, 2021 -- Ministry of Commerce has signed two separate MoUs with two private companies to strengthen cooperation on trade promotion. The signing ceremony took place early this week under the witness of H.E. Reach Ra, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Commerce and representatives of the two companies. The firs...

Cambodia Consumes Some 1 Million Tonnes of Veggies in 2020

AKP Phnom Penh, January 13, 2021 -- Amount of vegetable consumption in Cambodia is at a high record as the government has urged for the increase of chemical-free vegetable production to supply domestic demand and reduce imports. Figures from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries show that Cambodia consumes 1,045,725 tonnes of v...

EU Consults Development Priorities with the Government

AKP Phnom Penh, January 13, 2021 -- The drafts of European Development Cooperation Strategy for Cambodia, and the EU Multiannual Indicative Programme 2021-2027 have been discussed to align with the government's development priorities. The discussion took place here in Phnom Penh early this week between H.E. Chhieng Yanara, Minister Attached t...

COVID-19: Six New Infections Reported

AKP Phnom Penh, January 13, 2021 -- The total confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Cambodia increased to 398 with six new positive cases, announced the Ministry of Health in a press release issued this morning. According to the source, the new cases are all Cambodian migrant workers returning from Thailand. The six women age...

A Bird Flu Outbreak Zone in Battambang Province Designated by Agriculture Ministry

AKP Phnom Penh, January 12, 2021 -- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) today classified a village in Prek Norin commune, Ek Phnom district, Battambang province as a bird flu outbreak zone, a move to stop the spread of the disease. The decision was made in a Prakas issued on Jan. 12 after more than a thousand of chicken in...

Senior Minister Sun Chanthol Gives Online Lecture to Students of Royal School of Administration

AKP Phnom Penh, January 12, 2021 -- H.E. Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister and Minister of Public Works and Transport shared experience and in-depth reforms of the ministry while giving here yesterday online lecture to the 11th Batch students of the Royal School of Administration (RSA). H.E. Sun Chanthol recalled the background of physical infras...

Cambodia Records Long Lost Eel Species

AKP Phnom Penh, January 12, 2021 -- Cambodia has discovered and recorded a species of long lost eel since 2007 in a river of Prey Veng province. The endangered animal was spotted by a group of researchers at the Fisheries Administration led by Mr. Thach Phanara, Head of the Laboratory Division at the Inland Fisheries Research and Development...

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