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2022-06-04 05:59:58 #Business

Crude palm oil exports down 6.07% in first five months ‘as trees get old’

Cambodia exported 20,492 tonnes of crude palm oil (CPO) in the first five months of 2022, registering a decrease of 6.07 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

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2022-06-04 04:59:58 #National

Kantha Bopha hospitals help over 60K kids in May

In May, Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital treated over 50,000 outpatients and more than 9,000 seriously-ill children at its facilities in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap province.

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2022-06-04 04:29:57 #National

Damage by weather in first five months just half of last year’s

In the first five months of the year, natural disasters caused by strong winds and lightning were just half of the amount recorded in the same period in 2021, according to a new report on the effects of climate change, released on June 1 by the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM).

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2022-06-04 03:59:58 #National

Committee unveils plans for Queen Mother’s 87th birthday

The National Committee for Organising National and International Festivals has advised all relevant ministries and municipal and provincial administrations to prepare to celebrate Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk’s 87th birthday.

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2022-06-03 15:59:58 #Business

Foreign air arrivals soar 244% in Jan-Apr

A total of 131,864 foreign visitors entered Cambodia by air in the first four months of this year, through the Kingdom’s three international airports, marking an increase of 243.9 per cent from the 38,346 recorded in the same period in 2021, tourism ministry figures show.

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2022-06-03 15:32:58 #Business

Cambodia, Germany sign $32M rural energy loan deal

The Cambodian and German governments have signed a €30 million ($32 million) cooperation financing agreement for the Energy Efficiency in Rural Power Supply II Project, which aims to increase access to electricity in rural parts of Siem Reap province.

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2022-06-03 15:09:57 #Sport

Kingdom’s five biggest Volleyball clubs excluded from the 2022 Sar Kheng Cup

The five biggest volleyball clubs in Cambodia – Visakha, Ministry of Interior, Phnom Penh Municipal Administration Bodyguard Command, and the Intervention Division 3 Club – will not be permitted to field their first teams in the 2022 Sar Kheng Cup.

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2022-06-03 14:29:58 #Business

CCC office in Japan by end-2022, vice-president says

The Kingdom’s apex trade body is forging ahead to open its second representative office abroad, in Japan this year to build on growing investment inflows from the East Asian economic powerhouse, according to its second-in-command.

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2022-06-03 13:59:58 #Sport

TVK and Chinese collaborate to take Kun Khmer global

The National Television of Cambodia (TVK) and China-based LoongHai Fight Club have signed a formal agreement and will collaborate on the organisation of events to boost and promote traditional Khmer boxing.

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2022-06-03 13:43:58 #National

Germany’s hand in decentralisation, deconcentration reforms to boost longer-term development

The outgoing German ambassador on June 2 said Berlin’s “rich” experience with decentralisation and deconcentration reforms and collaboration with Cambodia will be a significant driver of medium- and long-term development in the Kingdom, according to a statement.

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