Cambodian rapper VannDa was featured at a California festival of Asian music and culture called Sabaidee Fest. VOA’s Malis Tum and Chetra Chap reports on this young rapper who’s shining a spotlight on Cambodian music, culture and history.
80 works on view range from ancient sculptures to contemporary works that bear the scars of genocide and the will to move beyond it
On June 2, Phnom Penh City Hall issued an eviction notice for residents of floating houses, illegal fish farms and small houseboats on the Tonlé Sap, the Mekong and a third river, the nearby Bassac.
Banteng and red muntjacs, also known as Bali cattle and barking deer, respectively, are disappearing in the face of business interests, deforestation, and poaching for the table.
Their efforts may turn around declining numbers of some endangered species but containing highly profitable illegal logging presents immediate danger.
Government blames fast-rising waters on torrential rains, but some Cambodians see connection between the many capital-area lakes filled for development and Prek Thnot River flooding.
Ath Thorn, president of the Cambodia Labor Confederation, said the conference will include worker representatives for various sectors and will focus on ensuring workers are protected during the pandemic.
The April 15 notification asked all higher education institutions to prepare for online classrooms and course work for April and May, in light of the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.
People in Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh produce about 3,000 metric tons of solid waste every day.
After announcing on March 18 that Cambodia had conducted around 1,100 tests, the Ministry of Health spokesperson Ly Sovann said the country had tested a total of 5,768 people for the virus.
The girl, who studies in a school in Kompong Trach district, was made to publicly apologize in a video, which was then published on Facebook by the provincial and district police, where she is made to reveal her name and address.
Additionally, forty other people, who likely came in contact with the man, are also in isolation, said Health Ministry spokesperson Ly Sovann.
Cambodia consistently questioned the positive COVID-19 result, with a representative for the U.S.’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seemingly backing Cambodia’s claims in a USA Today interview.
After the baby’s condition worsened, it was taken back to the hospital where it developed lung complications and died on January 26. Licadho said an autopsy revealed that baby died from pneumonia and severe malnutrition.
Westerdam’s owner, Holland American Line, said it would organize flights for those cleared to leave the country.
Ly Sovann, Health Ministry spokesman, told VOA Khmer on Monday that the man was allowed to leave Preah Sihanouk Referral Hospital and that the family was free to move around the country
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