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ASEF Young Leaders Summit: Pathway for Cambodian Youth’s Contribution

The 4th Asia-Europe Foundation Young Leaders Summit to be hosted by Cambodia on Nov. 22 will serve as a pathway for Cambodian youth to demonstrate their capacity and learn from their international peers.
The optimism was shared with AKP by H.E. Sok Soken, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Vice President of National Secretariat for Organising the 13th Asia-Europe Summit (ASEM13) and Head of Inter-ministerial Working Group for Organising the 4th ASEF Young Leaders Summit, and some youth representatives.
The summit is a special opportunity for Cambodian youth to contribute their potentials, as Cambodia’s such resource is getting more and more competitive regionally and internationally, he stressed.
Mr. Tith Chandara, a youth focal point, was very confident that Cambodian youth will represent the country equally to their international peers.
Ms. Tea Kalyan echoed the confidence while encouraging Cambodian youth to continue staying focused and well major their interest, skill and expertise to get ready to share with the rest of the world.
Mr. Vuthy Vong Moneaksika underlined the essential of regional and international participation as a tool for the youth to contribute to the national and world development.
H.E. Sok Soken added that a Cambodian youth will be among youth representatives from other Asian countries and Europe to read the summit’s statement.
The 4th Asia-Europe Foundation Young Leaders Summit is a side event of the ASEM13 to be hosted by Cambodia on Nov. 25-26 this year.
Other side events of the ASEM13 include Asia-Europe Forum on Women, Peace and Security, the Asia-Europe Cultural Festival, the 1st Asia-Europe Economic and Business Forum (AEEBF1), the 11th Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting, and the 10th ASEF Editors’ Roundtable (ASEFERT10).

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

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Cambodian PM Attends 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits Hosted by Brunei Darussalam

Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, attended the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits hosted by Brunei Darussalam on Oct. 26 via videoconference under the theme “We Care, We Prepare, We Prosper”.
The summits were chaired by Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei with the participation of all the ASEAN Heads of State/Government, except the Myanmar leader.
In the 38th ASEAN Summit, the leaders discussed two key agendas, including the ASEAN Community Building and response to COVID-19 pandemic, while the 39th ASEAN Summit touched on external relations and ASEAN centrality, and exchange of views on regional and international issues.
At the summits, Samdech Techo Hun Sen emphasised that the prolongation of COVID-19 in past nearly two years became a major test of leadership and development for both ASEAN as a whole and for each member country.
So far, he continued, we can assess that ASEAN will be able to effectively control the spread of the disease in the near future, therefore the main and next important work is the socio-economic rehabilitation and development through ensuring the normalisation of trade flows, travel and liberalisation of trade, services and investment.
“In this sense, Cambodia would like to support the development of the ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision, and welcome the adoption of the terms of reference for the High-Level Task Force in charge of that work,” he underlined.
Regarding the COVID-19 situation in Cambodia, Samdech Techo Prime Minister stated that in the fight against this deadly disease, the Royal Government of Cambodia has identified vaccination as a strategic key measure, combined with other measures.
As of Oct. 22, 2021, he pointed out, Cambodia has vaccinated 13.7 million people, equivalent to 85.33 percent of the total population of 16 million.
According to the assessment, the COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia is well under control, said the Premier, adding that on this basis, the Royal Government has been gradually promoting the resumption of socio-economic activities in the New Normal, and planned to launch the Strategy for Recovery and Promoting Economic Growth through Learning to Live with COVID-19 in the New Normal at the end of 2021.
Besides the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits, Samdech Techo Prime Minister will virtually attend the 22nd ASEAN-Republic of Korea (ROK) Summit; 24th ASEAN-China Summit; 9th ASEAN-U.S. Summit; 24th ASEAN-Japan Summit; 1st ASEAN-Australia Summit; 24th ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit; 16th East Asia Summit; 18th ASEAN-India Summit; and 4th ASEAN-Russia Summit to Commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Dialogue Relations between Oct. 26 to 28, 2021.
Samdech Techo Prime Minister will also make an address at the Closing Ceremony on Oct. 28, where Brunei will handover ASEAN Chairmanship for 2022 to the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

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COVID-19: Only 112 New Cases Detected, but 287 More Patients Recovered

There were only 112 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Cambodia this morning, of which 10 were imported.
These are PCR test results, pointed out a press release of the Ministry of Health, adding that national counts stood at 118,000, including 19,546 imported cases.
At the same time, 8 more people have died due to the pandemic, but 263 more patients have successfully been cured; bringing the total death and recovered cases to 2,751 and 113,527, respectively.
The first COVID-19 case was detected in Cambodia in late January 2020 in Preah Sihanouk province. The confirmed cases have surged quickly this year due to the Feb. 20 incident.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

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Cambodia Eclipses Singapore to Achieve Region’s Highest Vaccination Rate

Cambodia has overtaken Singapore by a fraction of a percentage point to achieve the highest rate of vaccination against COVID-19 in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Global Change Data Lab.
Data compiled by the Oxford University-affiliated British charity showed Tuesday that 80.60 percent of Cambodia’s total population had been vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
That compared with 80.58 percent in Singapore, 79.46 percent in South Korea, 78.63 percent in Brunei, 77.39 percent in Malaysia, 76.88 percent in Japan, 74.95 percent in New Zealand, 72.88 percent in Australia, 66.51 percent in Taiwan, 64.59 percent in Macao and 60.78 percent in Hong Kong.
Lower rates among other major economies in the region were 54.52 percent in Thailand, 52.85 percent in Vietnam, 43.06 percent in Laos, 40.90 percent in Indonesia, 25.06 percent in the Philippines and 20.48 percent in Myanmar.
The Global Change Data Lab programme Our World In Data has not included China in vaccination rates since earlier this month. China previously ranked second in the region to Singapore but was recently overtaken by Cambodia and South Korea.
According to Tuesday’s data, Singapore still has the region’s highest share of people fully vaccinated — 79.63 percent compared with 76.52 percent in Cambodia and 72.51 percent in Malaysia.
Our World in Data says it calculates its figures based on total populations — people of all ages — rather than people eligible for vaccinations who are often adults only. To maximise comparability, it ignores alternative definitions of “full vaccinations” — such as infected people having one dose of a two-dose protocol.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

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ASEAN, ROK Highly Value Their Partnership and Cooperation

ASEAN and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have spoken highly of their partnership and cooperation despite the COVID-19 crisis.
The appreciation was made during the 22nd ASEAN-ROK Summit held this afternoon via videoconference under the chairmanship of Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei with the participation of ROK President H.E. Moon Jae-in, and all ASEAN Heads of State/Government, including Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen of Cambodia, except the Myanmar leader, H.E. Kao Kim Hourn, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister, told reporters after the summit.
ROK remain a major trade partner of ASEAN, i.e. the 4th largest trade partner and 5th largest source of FDI inflows with over US$150 billion and US$6.8 billion, respectively, he added.
Both sides were also committed to further boost their economic, investment and trade ties, especially for the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement in 2022, as well as to increase free trade agreements between ASEAN and ROK, he said, stressing that Cambodia and ROK signed their bilateral FTA this morning.
According to H.E. Kao Kim Hourn, ASEAN leaders thanked ROK for its active support for the fight against COVID-19 while ROK pledged to continue supporting ASEAN Community building, integration, development gap minimising, and connectivity, particularly the implementation of the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 and the Initiative for ASEAN Integration Work Plans III & IV.
The ASEAN and ROK Leaders welcomed the new mechanism, at the ministerial level, to boost disaster management cooperation.
ROK will continue to support ASEAN’s core role and unity and help promote digital and green economy.
Besides, both parties exchanged views on regional issues of common interest.
ASEAN and ROK leaders adopted the Joint Statement of the 22nd ASEAN-ROK Summit and approved the progress report on implementation of ASEAN-ROK Plan of Action to Implement the Joint Vision Statement on Peace, Prosperity and Partnership (2021-2025), progress report on implementation of ASEAN-ROK FTA, and progress report on ASEAN-ROK economic cooperation project.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

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