Minister of Environment Say Samal praised a Cambodian enterprise that makes straws from rice and vegetable matter rather than plastic, which he said is overused around the world.
Within three years of beginning his career in hospitality, Meng Sarath, 34, returned to his hometown in Ka’am Samnor village, Loeuk Dek district, Kandal province. He became interested in raising snakes, as he knew there was a demand for them in the Vietnamese market.
When Covid-19 took away her job as a gardener at a Phnom Penh hotel at the end of 2020, Om Sang or Auntie Sang found herself with too much time on her hands. Despite her living in just a small $100-per-month house, she began caring for the stray cats in her neighbourhood, with the number of felines under her watch climbing to several dozen at times.