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2022-06-19 07:53:10 #National

No new Covid cases in Cambodia

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The Ministry of Health on June 19 reported zero new Covid-19 cases and no new deaths.

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2022-06-19 06:10:03 #Business

Jan-May footwear exports run past $700M

Cambodian exports of footwear and related items topped $700 million in the first five months of 2022, representing gains of more than a third from the same period last year, in an upswing expected to continue as international tourism flows return to pre-Covid-19 levels.

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2022-06-19 05:59:57 #National

Exhibition of contemporary Apsara paintings now open

Nineteen pieces of contemporary paintings by talented local artist Teang Borin, who focuses on the hand and foot movements of traditional Khmer Apsara dancers, are to be exhibited at the gallery of the Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hotel.

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2022-06-19 05:00:19 #National

King set to mark first post-Covid Arbor Day on July 9

A major event on July 9 commemorating Arbor Day, or Royal Tree Planting Day, will be held this year after being cancelled for two years due to Covid-19 at a venue southwest of Battambang town with King Norodom Sihamoni in attendance.

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2022-06-19 03:59:57 #National

Late Princess’ Khmer cookbook honoured

The recipe book Culinary Art of Cambodia was granted a special jury award at the 27th World Cookbook Fair held by Gourmand International on June 3 in Umea, Sweden.

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2022-06-18 14:00:40 #National

Excavation seeks to understand pre-industrial life in northeast Battambang

The culture ministry announced that it is working with two US universities on an excavation at Baset temple in Battambang province’s northeast, as part of an initiative that seeks to gain insight into pre-industrial era settlements in the Kingdom.

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2022-06-18 13:15:37 #National

Zero snaring campaign launched in Kratie

The Zero-Snaring in Cambodia’s Protected Areas campaign has arrived in Kratie, and the environment ministry and wildlife conservationists are calling on local communities to take an active role in safeguarding the province’s forests against the scourge of snaring.

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2022-06-18 12:24:13 #National

Cambodia products, fruit, vegetable trade fair kicks off

The Ministry of Commerce on June 16 kicked off the seventh season of its “Buy Cambodian Campaign” with a four-day trade fair, “The 15th Cambodian Products, Fruits and Vegetables Exhibition”, in Siem Reap town.

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2022-06-18 11:35:17 #National

NCDM: Lightning strikes kill 22 in first five months

Lightning strikes have killed 22 people and injured 17 others in the first five months of this year, in 46 recorded incidents, according to a new National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) report.

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2022-06-18 11:02:28 #National

Third vulture count of 2022 underway

A team of wildlife conservationists on June 17 started the third of five annual vulture counts, to collect data and prepare conservation plans for the three critically-endangered species found in Cambodia.

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