Day: August 6, 2021

Cambodia and Vietnam have signed a supplementary clause and agreed on further mutual support to foster bilateral security cooperation.
The move took place in a recent videoconference between Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Samdech Kralahom Sar Kheng and his counterpart General To Lam, Politburo Member and Minister of Public Security of Vietnam.
The supplementary clause is expected to guide the bilateral security cooperation in 2021 between the two neighbours.
The two sides agreed to continue ensuring border security by promoting measures to prevent illegal crossing as well as to maintain order and transform the shared borderline into a peaceful development area.
The two leaders are also committed to further cooperate in building capacity of the armed forces, exchange visits of senior delegations and suppression of all kinds of transnational crimes, especially drug offenses, and human trafficking.
They also exchanged appreciation of the good cooperation so far, acknowledging its significant results and achievements, including mutual support in the fight against the COVID-19.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

Private sector workers who are members of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) will be entitled to retirement fund when they are retiring from work.
The news was shared by H.E. Heng Sophannarith, the Head of NSSF’s Policy Division of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training during a meeting yesterday.
He added that the entitled package for private sector workers will be the same as that of the civil servants.
“This proves an attention by the Royal Government of Cambodia under the leadership of Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen who always cares about the welfare and living standards of the people, especially workers,” he said.
H.E. Heng Sophannarith also shared about the progress of the implementation of the social security schemes, including those that covered occupational risks and health care by the private sector.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

The first giant ibis chick of the 2021 nesting season has been hatched just 2 weeks ago in northern Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary (KSWS) of Mondulkiri province after its nest had been protected by the community nest protector.
The good news was shared by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Cambodia in a Facebook post on Aug. 3.
The nest, which was spotted by WCS Wildlife Monitoring Team last mid-June, is the first found during the nesting season of 2021, which runs from June through October.
Last week, the team found the second nest of the giant ibis in the same area and the nest is now being protected by the local community.
According to WCS Cambodia, from 2004 until 2020, 413 Giant Ibis nests and 649 fledglings have been protected in the Northern Plains of Cambodia which covers Chheb Wildlife Sanctuary, Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary, Prey Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary and Phnom Tbeng Natural Heritage Park.
Listed on the ICUN Red List as critically endangered, Giant Ibis is the national bird of Cambodia.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

Cambodia was ranked 82nd among 120 countries/regions with a score of 45.0 in the Nikkei COVID-19 Recovery Index as of July 31, up from 105th (32.0) on July 7.
China got the highest score (74.0), followed by New Zealand (69.5) and Hungary (69.0), while Japan is behind Cambodia with 44.5.
For other countries in the ASEAN region, Singapore came in 7th place with 66.0, Laos 103th with 35.5, the Philippines 106th with 35.0, Malaysia and Indonesia 114th with 30.0, while Vietnam and Thailand stay at the bottom with the same score of 22.0.
Nikkei COVID-19 Recovery Index ranks more than 120 countries/regions on infection management, vaccine rollouts and social mobility at the end of each month.
A high ranking indicates that a country/region is closer to recovery with its low numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases, better vaccination rates and/or less stringent social distancing measures.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press