MAY PRESS REVIEW
This press review is a compilation of recent articles released in May divided by date & sectors:
31/05/21
- Growth & Business - Kingdom’s healthcare sector prime for digitalisation and investment – Khmer Times
- Trade - Far deeper regional integration on the way – Khmer Times
- Covid-19 - Health Ministry prepares to go full steam in vaccination drive – Khmer Times
30/05/21
- Growth & Business - Cambodian economy can grow by four percent this year – Khmer Times
28/05/21
- Growth & Business - E-firms told to get permits – Phnom Penh Post
- Tourism - GMS countries mull welcoming vaccinated visitors – Phnom Penh Post
27/05/21
- Real Estate & Construction - Government incentives offered to build more affordable housing – Khmer Times
- Growth & Business - Penalties for trademark violations to be enforced – Khmer Times
- Agriculture - Domestic husbandry reduces reliance on imports – Khmer Times
- Growth & Business - Draft Law on SMEs finished, en route to industry minister – Phnom Penh Post
26/05/21
- Growth & Business - All public Markets set to reopen except disorganised ones – Khmer Times
- Tourism - Package-tour meet set for May 27 – Phnom Penh Post
25/05/21
- Growth & Business - Business confidence down in 2020: EuroCham member survey – Khmer Times
- Banking & Finance - NBC extends loan restructures to end of year – Khmer Times
24/05/21
- Transportation & Infrastructure - New Phnom Penh International Airport construction now 40 percent complete – Khmer Times
- Banking & Finance - Central bank inaugurates digital campaign – Phnom Penh Post
- Covid-19 - Kampong Speu puts lid on alcohol ads – Phnom Penh Post
21/05/21
- Tourism - Tourism ministry eyes return of int’l tourists – Khmer Times
- Growth & Business - Women entrepreneurs to get capacity boost – Phnom Penh Post
18/05/21
- Covid-19 - Red zones in capital set to be classified on household basis – Phnom Penh Post
17/05/21
- Covid-19 - Kingdom receives more air quality gauges from China – Phnom Penh Post
15/05/21
- Growth & Business - MEF teams with UNDP to improve e-commerce – Khmer Times
14/05/21
- Tourism - Foreign visitors to Cambodia decrease by 94 pct in Q1 – Khmer Times
- Trade - Talks on possible free trade agreement with India start – Khmer Times
- Transportation & Infrastructure - New Siem Reap international airport 42 per cent complete – Khmer Times
12/05/21
- Covid-19 - MAP: Phnom Penh Red, Orange and Yellow Zones extended for 1 week – Khmer Times
- Covid-19 - Government decides to subsidise cost of food, clean water and electricity to families in Red Zones – Khmer Times
- ICT - Three ways Cambodia is using technology for the greater good – Khmer Times
- Energy - Energy ministry offers updates on power plants – Khmer Times
11/05/21
- Coivd-19 - People hit hard by lockdown to receive cash – Phnom Penh Post
10/05/21
- Trade - Cambodia, Vietnam vow to lift trade, industry ties – Phnom Penh Post▪Covid-19 - All Phnom Penh residents will be vaccinated against Covid-19 – Khmer Times▪Covid-19 - Public hospitals must test all patients for C-19 – Khmer Times▪Transportation & Infrastructure - Ministry set to resume vehicle checks across country – Phnom Penh Post
9/05/21
- Covid-19 - Red Zones in Phnom Penh to be reduced – Khmer Times
- Growth & Business - Alcohol sales banned in Phnom Penh for another 2 weeks – Khmer Times
- Covid-19 - Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority waives water supply fee for 3 months from workers and students living in rented houses in red zones – Khmer Times
- Growth & Business - Cambodia ready to exit LDC status – Phnom Penh Post
- Growth & Business - Over 400 Thai firms mulling Cambodia entry: Ambassador – Phnom Penh Post
- Covid-19 - Ministry wants rapid antigen tests put into wider use nationwide – Phnom Penh Post
7/05/21
- Manufacturing - Ministries detail eleven measures for reopened factories to follow – Khmer Times
6/05/21
- Growth & Business - Ministries’ ‘unnecessary’ expenditures reduced – Khmer Times
5/05/21
- Real Estate & Construction - Current oversupply of office space predicted to abate – Khmer Times
- Manufacturing - Nearly 100 factories reopen in Yellow Zones but virus remains – Khmer Times
- Trade - Garments, footwear, travel goods exports slip 6.48% in Q1 – Phnom Penh Post
- Growth & Business - Ministry invites businesses to China import expo – Phnom Penh Post
- Growth & Business - Pandemic boosted e-commerce in 2020: UNCTAD – Phnom Penh Post
3/05/21
- Agriculture - Ban on meat imported from crisis-hit India – Khmer Times
- Trade - Cambodian agricultural exports exceed $2 bn from Jan-April – Khmer Times
- ICT - Use of technology by smaller businesses is ‘under-reported’ – Khmer Times
2/05/21
- Trade - Nearly $100M logged in Jan-Apr rubber exports – Phnom Penh Post