With Bakong, users can make payments and transfers in the U.S. dollar or Cambodian riel - the two currencies used in the country - with just a phone number or QR code.
When Puth Thavy was 20, the fisherman and his siblings used to come back to their village each day with three boatloads full of fish, or about 200 kilograms. Today they can barely fill a single boat.
Sochet Krisna estimates that about 600 businesses closed across the province, including many coastal attractions, but he says 100 of them have reopened in the last three months with more turning their lights back on every day. Others have closed temporarily and are now planning soft re-openings.
Launched in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the BRI is the centerpiece of Chinese foreign policy, with investments in 70 countries as well as in international organizations.
The new wage announced by the labor ministry would be a struggle to live on, said Pav Sina, president of the Collective Union Movement of Workers.
US and Chinese officials take part in back-to-back diplomacy in Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore and South Korea.
Hun Sen said that without Beijing, Cambodia would not be able to upgrade infrastructure or vaccinate millions of people against COVID-19.
An anti-corruption expert pushed for a fair and transparent investigation into the case to ensure there is no power there is no power abuse in shutting down the company.
China said on Thursday it had filed a lawsuit at the World Trade Organization challenging Australia’s anti-dumping measures on a range of goods, marking further escalation in tensions between the two countries.
The European Union announced Monday a fresh round of sanctions against Myanmar military officials, the third since the junta seized power in a February coup.
The announcement over the weekend that the G-7 would throw its weight behind a U.S.-led proposal to create an alternative to China's eight-year-old Belt and Road Initiative was met with cautious optimism by international development experts.
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