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National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) sold nearly $600 million in 2021 to banks and money changers through auctions to stabilise the exchange rate to sustain the macro-economic conditions following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Battambang provincial governor Sok Lou was appointed by His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni on September 30 last year. He was transferred from the governorship of Kampong Thom province.Since taking office, he has continued infrastructure development and maintained security so the people of the province can live in safety.

The global market for “vegan leather” – materials that act as alternatives to traditional leather that can be synthesised from cork, apple peels, cactus, recycled plastic, grape pomace and pineapple leaves, among other things, and supposedly require no chemicals or water to produce – is expected to grow to nearly $85 billion by 2025.

A former cowherd from Kampong Chhnang province attracted public attention recently when he posted several pictures of himself with US President Joe Biden and his grandmother at his recent graduation ceremony from the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland

Physical art exhibitions allow you to get inside the gallery hall and enjoy the artworks in a set time at a set place for a limited time period.

Chib Samnang, 15, is from a poor farming family of five children in Khvav commune’s Prey Sandek village of Takeo province’s Traing district. Samnang was forced to drop out of school during Grade 5 and find work as a spraypainter at a wood workshop in the village.

The Ministry of Environment is set to submit two of the Kingdom’s conservation areas for inclusion on the UNESCO’s World Natural Heritage list.

The UN in Cambodia has expressed its appreciation for the continued support of the Kingdom to the UN’s peacekeeping operations. Cambodia is in August to send an additional 98 troops from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) unit as UN “blue helmet” peacekeepers to the Central African Republic (CAR) to deal with landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices.

The Covid-19 pandemic forced the suspension of many public services, and the Phnom Penh public bus system was one of them. Thanks to the remarkable success of the Kingdom’s vaccination campaign – and the corresponding drop in transmission cases – the government has reopened the economy, and approved the restoral of the public transport network.

Prime Minister Hun Sen on June 20 commemorated the 45th anniversary of his “resistance journey” to Vietnam in 1977, at the military historical site of Techo Koh Thmor X-16 in Tonloung commune’s Koh Thmor village of Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district. The premier’s move on June 20, 1977 marked the first steps in a long journey to liberate the nation from the Khmer Rouge.