MoEYS asks landowners to favour educational institutions facing COVID-19 crisis

The Ministry of Education has requested landowners to favor educational institutions while COVID-19 continues to spread. This call for action has been made further to pressure from 113 private educational institutions who have claimed that their schools have been severely affected by the impact of COVID 19 and are facing bankruptcy. In their urgent meeting on 3 April 2020, the private education...

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Samdech Techo continues calling for private sector rental price reduction

Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia appealed for understanding from the private sector to reduce rental prices during the period of threat from the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 7 2020, at a special Press Conference briefing on the COVID-19 in Cambodia at the Peace Palace, Samdech Techo Hun Sen once again requested the private sector to soften some rental payment conditions. "Fin...

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CCA donates US$10,000 to the government to fight COVID-19

The Cambodia Constructors Association (CCA) has donated US$10,000 to the Royal Government of Cambodia to fight COVID-19 in accordance with Samdech Techo Hun Sen’s call for donations. This kindhearted and generous gesture by the Cambodia Constructors Association (CCA) under the leadership of Neak Oknha Pung Kheav Se, Chairman of the CCA will provide an additional contribution to Cambodian societ...

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Government calls on rental and commercial building businesses to lower or delay payments

Samdech Techo Hun Sen has called on all property owners of rental and commercial buildings business to lower or delay payments for their tenants whose businesses are affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The call was made at a press conference on Additional Measures to Prevent the COVID-19 Pandemic at the National Assembly on the morning of 30 March 2020. “Renters should lower or delay the ...

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Japan provides US$310m for social and economic development in Cambodia

Samdech Techo Hun Sen presided over an Exchange of Notes with Japan’s official development assistance worth US$310 million to Cambodia for economic and social development on the morning of 24 March 2020. The document was signed by H.E. Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and H.E. Mikami Masahiro, Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia, to i...

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Oknha Pung Kheav Se donates US$500,000 to the government to fight COVID-19

Oknha Pung Kheav Se and Lok Chum Teav have donated US$500,000 to the Royal Government of Cambodia to fight COVID-19. In response to this kind and generous gesture to the Cambodian people, on 20 March 2020, Samdech Techo Hun Sen sent a letter of appreciation to Oknha Pung Kheav Se and Lok Chum Teav for their contribution to fighting COVID-19. The Prime Minister stated in the letter that "I am...

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Government approves Great Duke Hotel as COVID-19 inpatient hospital

According to an announcement by the Cambodian Ministry of Health, the Great Duke Hotel, formally known as the Intercontinental Hotel, will be used as an emergency hospital for treating Covid-19 patients. The transformation of this central Phnom Penh hotel into a hospital was agreed by government ministries and the governor of Phnom Penh. The purpose of establishing this hospital for Covid-19...

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Japan provides US$ 890K grant aid for three major development projects in Cambodia

The Japanese Government has agreed to provide a total of US$890,471 in grant aid to develop and enhance three infrastructure projects in Preah Vihear and Pailin provinces. The agreement was made during the grant aid signing ceremony on 25 February, which was presided over H.E. Meikima Mashiro, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Kingdom of Cambodia. The first pro...

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Renovation of the Angkor Grand Circuit Road to be completed in March

The renovation of the Grand Circuit road by the Apsara Authority in Siem Reap province is scheduled to be completed in March, marking a key infrastructure improvement in the province. According to the Apsara Authority's report, the renovation project has a total length of 2,476 metres, which is divided into two sections. The first section is 1,076 metres long from Pre Rup to Srah Srang temple, ...

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59 Dead and Injured in Kep Building Collapse

After more a rescue mission lasting more than 43 hours, a total of 59 dead and injured were confirmed as a result of the building collapse in Kep, according to a press conference given by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen. According to Samdech Techo Hun Sen, the building collapse in Kep province on 03 January killed 36 people (14 women) and left 23 people injured (15 men and 8 wome...

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