The increasing integration of rural agriculture communities and resources into the e-commerce world has become a new driving force to raise domestic incomes, stimulate economic growth and spur domestic agricultural production, industry insiders have said.
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Senior officials ask ministry to set up booths for vendors
Sun, 25 April 2021
Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith and senior Grassroots Democratic Party (GDP) official Yang Saing Koma called on the Ministry of Commerce to set up booths for private vendors in lockdown areas.
The appeal comes on the heels of Phnom Penh Municipal Hall’s April 23 directive dictating that all state-owned markets and other improvised ones such as those that sprawl near factories, hospitals and residential areas throughout the capital shut for 14 days effective through May 7.
Kanharith lauded the commerce ministry’s “good initiative” to open stalls to sell essential groceries to the people, but recommended it institute payment instalment plans for those who cannot afford to pay upfront and allow vendors from the general public to sell nearby to those who can.
Farmers, Wholesalers Hit by Market Closures During Lockdown
23 April 2021
VOA Khmer
Sok Sreyrath sells produce at Phsar Doeurm Kor market during Cambodia s two-week lockdown, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 15, 2021. (Thida Win/VOA Khmer)
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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Market vendors and farmers expressed concern over the closure of dozens of markets in Phnom Penh, many of which are COVID-19 hotspots. This has affected their incomes and could lead to reduced food supplies in the capital.
As of Friday, all the markets in Phnom Penh and one in neighboring Takhmau city have been closed by authorities for having a high incidence rate of COVID-19.
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Kem Sokha (right) and Yang Saing Koma visit a farm in Mondulkiri province on March 30. Photo supplied
CPP’s Eysan: Talks between Sokha and GDP troubling
Tue, 6 April 2021
Recent communication between former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Kem Sokha, who has been barred from political activities while awaiting trial on treason charge, and Grassroots Democratic Party (GDP) leader Yang Saing Koma could result in further legal woes, a senior ruling party official said.
Sokha was arrested and charged with conspiring with a foreign power in September 2017, followed by the dissolution of the CNRP in November 2017. In 2019, the court granted him bail and allowed him to travel the country but barred him from engaging in politics.
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