At a Wednesday meeting of the signatories to the Mekong Memorandum of Understanding on Drug Control, National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) secretary-general Meas Virith requested participating countries and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to seek a solution for the region’s burgeoning drug problem.
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Kampong Thom provincial governor Sok Lou said that his province is facing a shortage of more than 10,000 workers due to mass migrations.
Kandal provincial governor Kong Sophorn said at a press conference at the Council of Ministries that of the 164 factories located in the province, 44 have now been suspended operations affecting around 18,991 garment workers.
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to three new investment projects with a total investment capital of $246.1 million.
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National Police Commissioner General Neth Savoeun warned the capital’s and all provincial police chiefs to remove all roadblocks and not to check motorists who have not violated traffic laws, saying they would face punishment if such incidents continue.
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) is considering not accepting smaller denominated US dollar banknotes – $1, $2 and $5 – from banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs) which it said are flooding its stockpile as the demand for those notes is low.https://bit.ly/2zxlTTl;
