The Ministry of Commerce on April 27 responded to criticism that allowing private vendors to sell essential goods at designated locations would run contrary to government preventive health measures – which prohibit gatherings – to stem the spread Covid-19.
Senior Grassroots Democratic Party (GDP) official Yang Saing Koma has called on the ministry to set up booths for private vendors in lockdown areas.
His appeal came 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.
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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.
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The Ministry of Commerce dispatched trucks to the red zones to sell food products and groceries at below-market prices during the lockdown. YOUSOS APDOULRASHIM
Ministry sells over 62 tonnes of rice in red zones
Sat, 24 April 2021
The Ministry of Commerce, through its Green Trade Company (GTC), sold more than 62 tonnes of milled rice, as well as a handful of other essential food products to people in designated red zones from April 15-19.
The ministry said it sold 1,241 50kg sacks of milled rice, 4,620 boxes of noodles, 1,153 boxes of fish sauce, 785 boxes of soy sauce, 1,627 cans of fish, 140 packs of drinking water, 115kg of vegetables, 13kg of sausages and 356 bags of chhay pov – or sun-dried preserved daikon radishes – during that time.
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The Ministry of Commerce on April 20 begins its mobile market truck campaign to sell 50kg sacks of milled rice and boxes of noodles at below-market prices in the capital and Takhmao. Post Staff
Commerce ministry rolls out mobile markets to Red Zones
Tue, 20 April 2021
The Ministry of Commerce on April 20 dispatched five trucks to seven “Red Zones” to sell food products and groceries at below-market prices during the ongoing two-week coronavirus lockdown in Phnom Penh and adjacent Takmao town in Kandal province, according to undersecretary of state Pen Sovicheat.
This comes a day after Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng designated a number of villages and communes in three of the capital’s districts as Red Zones – where residents are forbidden from leaving their homes – just hours after Prime Minister Hun Sen revised lockdown measures for areas at highest risk of Covid-19 transmission.
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A man carries a bag of rice from a truck in Phnom Penh last week. Hean Rangsey
Local rice producers sell at discount
Mon, 19 April 2021
A number of Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) member companies have reduced retail prices of milled rice by 10,000-20,000 riel ($2.50-5) per 50kg sack to participate in government efforts to improve people’s livelihoods during the ongoing two-week coronavirus lockdown in Phnom Penh and adjacent Takhmao town in Kandal province.
The discounts provided by the as-of-now seven retail depots will depend on the type and quality of the rice in stock, and continue “until the situation eases”, the CRF said in a press release on April 18.