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Prime Minister Hun Sen compared the recent joyous celebrations of Khmer New Year – the first following a two-year Covid-19 hiatus – to January 7, 1979, when the Khmer Rouge was toppled from power, as well as the day when Cambodia achieved comprehensive peace in 1998 with the official end of the civil war.

More than 5.1 million domestic holidaymakers made trips across Cambodia during the four-day extended Khmer New Year weekend, spending more than $460 million in total, in a sign that the Kingdom’s tourism sector, hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, is on the mend.

Nearly 4.6 million tourists logged in Cambodia over Khmer New Year Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng has approved the decision to impose the first degree of disciplinary punishment against the director and medical staff of a commune health centre in Preah Sihanouk province for “mistakes and professional misconduct” relating to the care of a woman going into labour.

Cambodia netted more than $103.2 million from the export of natural rubber latex in the first quarter of 2022, up by $10.1 million or 10.9 per cent year-on-year, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia.

Prime Minister Hun Sen said that within a week or two of the traditional April 14-16 Khmer New Year, the level of transmission – or immunity – of Covid-19 in the community would be clear, and then all relevant ministries and institutions would take the necessary measures to respond appropriately.

Authorities from several provincial administrations have said that the majority of the nation’s 4.5 million holiday travellers over the three-day Khmer New Year were notably diligent in properly disposing of rubbish compared to previous years.

Cambodia counted nearly 4.6 million domestic tourists over this year’s three-day public holiday for the Khmer New Year, including 4.5 million Cambodians and nearly 30,000 foreign residents – a number which officials have said is similar to that seen pre-pandemic.

PRIME Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen inaugurated a large couple statue (pic) in the southwestern coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, the largest copper statue in the kingdom.