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Cambodia is going to reopen secondary and high schools in Phnom Penh on September 15 while Indonesia has tightened protocols on international travellers to help curb the spread of COVID-19.

Vietnam will impose a zero percent tax rate on 31 commodities imported from Cambodia such as live poultry, poultry meat and by-products, lemons and rice.

The Cambodian Health Ministry on September 13 reported 629 more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, including 123 imported ones, bringing the total infections to 100,133.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed on September 12 to enhance cooperation in fighting COVID-19, boost bilateral trade and jointly safeguard regional peace and stability.

Leading officials of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang recently handed over 100 million VND (4,390 USD) to the Consulate General of Vietnam in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province.

All public and private schools will be opened for students from September 15, after closures for a long time due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

Cambodian Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak attended consultations between ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) and the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) held recently via videoconference, reported Cambodia News Agency AKP.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and the municipal Union of Friendship Organisations on September 8 visited and presented gifts to Cambodian students who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen will preside over the seventh Greater Mekong Subregion (7th GMS) Summit via videoconference on September 9, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced in a press release on September 7.

Vietnam was the largest market of Cambodia’s cashew nuts in the first eight months of 2021, according to Thmey Thmey newspaper of Cambodia.

The National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) said on September 6 that Cambodia has formed the first-ever women's football team to compete in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 32).

Cambodia exported 24,847 tonnes of pepper to foreign markets in the first eight months of this year, according to the country's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Veng Sakhon.

Secretary of State at the Cambodian Health Ministry Youk Sambath received 2.5 million doses of Sinovac vaccine from China on September 4.

World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Cambodia Li Ailan said on August 31 that WHO is very pleased that the overall COVID-19 situation is now improving in Cambodia with declining trends in cases and deaths.