In a bid to help the Cambodian government address the urgent needs of vulnerable migrant workers who have returned home amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has donated 1,670 dignity kits and communication materials to the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT).
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While Cambodia and Thailand are continuing a lockdown of their common border to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, low-level negotiations between both sides at the Oddar Meanchay international checkpoints have yielded a compromise – The Thais will allow residents in the province needing medical attention to cross the border and seek emergency treatment in Thailand.
Thai soldiers agreed to remove tents from a disputed border area in Thailand’s Chanthaburi province and in Pailin province, an official said.
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The Foreign Affairs Ministry has sent a diplomatic note to the Vietnamese embassy over the setting up of tents by Vietnamese soldiers in a disputed border stretch in Kandal province’s Koh Thom and Loeuk Dek districts.
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The United States provided an additional $7.5 million in grant aid to the Ministry of Economics and Finance for post COVID-19 economic recovery in Cambodia.
As governments strive to revive their economies amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Bank has launched a project to help Cambodia mitigate the virus’ impacts on its economic growth. The Post’s Niem Chheng sat down with World Bank president Inguna Dobraja to get more details.
Cambodian government has lifted a ban on entry of visitors from Iran, Italy, Germany, Spain, France and the United States that had been put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus, the health ministry said on Wednesday.https://bit.ly/36mzRmM;
