WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2021 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent Issue Number 3578 / 4000 RIEL VN set to get Applause after non-bank 30M UK jabs, may make finance regulator minted Sputnik V VIETNAM will receive 30 mil- UPGRADED RIVER lion doses of the Oxford-As- May Kunmakara Sen on September 4, the draft November 25. It comprises cial sector constantly devel- traZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in PORT IN KAMPONG law on the organisation and five chapters and 25 articles. oping new services and prod- 2021, a Vietnamese health offi- HE private sector functioning of the NBFSA Ministry of Economy and ucts powered by globalisation, cial confirmed on January 4. CHHNANG PROVINCE applauded the estab- aims to unify all non-banking Finance spokesman Meas it has become more difficult With a double-dose regime INAUGURATED lishment of the Non- regulators and manage the Soksensan told The Post that to ascertain the individual given about a month apart, Bank Financial Services rapid growth that the sector the non-banking financial regulators’ jurisdiction under delivery from the UK-based NATIONAL – page 2 TAuthority (NBFSA) following has enjoyed in recent years. sector is currently under the which they fall, he said. university and pharmaceuti- Senate approval of a draft law on The 57 senators unani- jurisdiction of two regulators, “In this sense, in response to cal firm will be used to inocu- its organisation and function. mously approved the bill at his ministry and the Securi- actual need and in acknowl- late some 15 million people. Greenlit at a Council of the 6th Senate Session on ties and Exchange Commis- edgment of the importance Deputy Minister of Health Ministers meeting presided December 21 after getting the sion of Cambodia (SECC). Truong Quoc Cuong said over by Prime Minister Hun National Assembly’s nod on With the Cambodian finan- CONTINUED – page 7 the delivery of the Oxford- AstraZeneca jab, which is reportedly more affordable and doesn’t require super- cold storage conditions, will be done in phases. The health ministry is in talks to buy the four most notable Covid-19 jabs, the KAMPOT PORT Oxford-AstraZeneca, the US’ Pfizer-BioNTech, Russia’s WORK VEERS Off Sputnik V, and an unspecified one from China, Cuong said. SCHEDULE, NOW The US-based Pfizer has also tentatively agreed to a fourth- 45% COMPLETE quarter delivery, he said. BUSINESS – page 6 Meanwhile, the maker of the Sputnik V vaccine, devel- oped by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epide- miology and Microbiology, is asking to manufacture the vaccine in Vietnam under a technology transfer agree- ment with a company under the management of the Viet- namese health ministry. The price of the vaccines will not differ significantly, Cuong said, noting that the requirements of the jabs’ IRAN ENRICHING storage, delivery and roll- URANIUM TO 20 out, as well as payment issues, matter more and PER CENT PURITY need coordination from dif- ferent ministries and agen- AT FORDO FACILITY cies and even instructions from the Politburo given the WORLD – PAGE 10 unprecedented nature of Pre-lockdown blessing this undertaking. Visitors walk past Buddha statues at Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon (‘Wat Thom Chey Mongkol’ in Khmer) temple in Ayutthaya, north of the Thai capital of The other thing to consider Bangkok on Sunday before the government was to impose further restrictions due to the recent Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. AFP is that these vaccines have varying levels of effectiveness in clinical trials, some reach- ing 65 per cent at the lowest while another could be as Two apologise for quarantine video high as 94.5 per cent, he said. In addition to the commer- Mom Kunthear Following the allegations, it to be taken seriously, and it “Hello, 2021! Everybody else cial route, Vietnam is also officials visited the workers and wasn’t our intention to attack seems fine, but my four sib- eligible for support from the TWO Cambodian workers in questioned them directly about the provincial leaders and lings and one of their children World Health Organisation- Oddar Meanchey province the video they had posted. other officials. In fact, the have all been eating [nothing (WHO) led Covid-19 Vaccine SMILING GECKO have made a public apology to The workers, Don Chanthou [quarantine centre] has pro- but] plain rice like in a prison Global Access (COVAX) Facil- authorities, health officials and her older sister Don vided us with good food, not for the past 14 days.” ity which aims to provide RUNS CLUSTER and the government for having Chanthy, admitted that they raw rice and just fish paste or The provincial hall’s admin- equitable access to vaccines. posted a pre-recorded video had made these allegations prahok like I mentioned in the istration director, Chea Piseth, Cuong said the initiative PROJECTS TO PROP message on Facebook alleging because they missed their fam- video,” Chanthou said. denied the allegations. promised inoculation for 16 UP VILLAGE SCHOOL that the authorities had provided ily and wanted to go home. The video message posted “It’s not true and totally per cent of Vietnamese pop- inadequate food and supplies “We posted a video on social on Chanthou’s Facebook ulation at the cheapest cost LIFESTYLE – page 13 during their quarantine. media. We didn’t mean any of account on December 31 said: CONTINUED – page 2 possible. VIET NAM NEWS/ANN THE PHNOM PENH POST Cambodia, Thailand to National enhance collaboration Inside page 2 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST JANUARY 6, 2021 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Upgraded river port officially reopens in Kampong Chhnang Nov Sivutha ered 6,523sqm but did not specify the budget for its construction. THE Kampong Chhnang Pro- Chandoeun said the new vincial Administration has port will improve the liveli- inaugurated the redeveloped hoods of farmers and other river port in Chong Kaoh residents in and around Chong Development Zone in Kam- Kaoh Development Zone, not- pong Chhnang town to better ing that the project was part of facilitate transport of people, more extensive plans for devel- goods and vehicles. oping the riverside throughout Provincial hall spokesman the province. Sron Sam Rithy told The Post on “In the past, Kampong January 5 that the new port Chhnang province had a nar- would improve traffic across the row port that caused difficulties river in place of a planned bridge. for people travelling back and People crossing Kampong forth, especially when trans- Chhnang may now travel by porting produce and crossing ferry for 30 to 40 minutes, he with cars or motorcycles. This Im Sour, deputy secretary-general of the CDC’s Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board. CDC said. The port was quite small development will resolve all of previously but now can accom- those issues,” he said. modate up to six ferries. Sam Chankea, the provincial “Having seen the difficulties of coordinator for rights group people using the port, the pro- Adhoc, lauded the upgrades, Cambodia, Thailand to boost vincial administration made saying the new port would improvements, and it is now improve commerce and travel. easy for passengers to disembark Furthermore, the construction from a ferry. Previously, going had not detrimentally impact- cooperation in new key areas ashore required ascending a ed any local people. steep slope,” Sam Rithy said. Chankea questioned Niem Chheng Cambodian-Thai Skills De- eight cooperation areas in preciation to the Thai side At the ceremony formally whether or not the upgrades velopment Institute; a three- the Thailand-Cambodia De- and satisfaction with the opening the new port, provincial would allow ferries to dock AMBODIA and Thai- storey building for the Thai velopment Cooperation Pro- development cooperation governor Chhour Chandoeun lengthwise, but regardless, he land are committed language department at the gramme 2021-2023. between the two countries explained that construction had said preparation of the new to enhancing their Royal University of Phnom The Thai ministry said the over the past three years,” begun in January 2017 with facility would benefit the cooperation in three Penh; and the establishment three existing cooperation areas said the press release of Thai funding from the Ministry of prestige of the province while Cexisting development areas of a transit and reception cen- had 20 development projects Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Public Works and Transport. He making it both more func- and agreed to add five more tre for trafficking victim and in the health, agriculture and The cooperation in the last added that the new facility cov- tional and attractive. areas for the next three-year other vulnerable groups in education sector under the first three years, it said, had yield- collaboration, according to Banteay Meanchey province. Thailand-Cambodia Develop- ed fruitful results and helped the Council for the Develop- Other than that, Cambodia ment Cooperation Programme support the socio-economic ment of Cambodia (CDC). and Thailand also agreed to for 2017-2020. Cambodia and development in Cambodia. The commitment was ex- include five new prioritised Thailand have acknowledged Among the results is the Suffi- pressed during the 15th Con- areas for development – eco- the implementation progress ciency Economy Philosophy ap- sultation on Technical Coop- nomic development, rural of these projects. plication used for a sustainable eration between Cambodia and community develop- “The meeting noted with sat- community development proj- and Thailand held via video ment, social development, isfaction the progress of devel- ect, which was implemented conference on December 30. and environment and human opment cooperation in human in Dam Bok Vil village in Malai The meeting was co-chaired resource development. resource development (HRD) commune of Banteay Meanchey by Im Sour, deputy secretary- Thailand also reaffirmed sector which is the backbone province’s Malai district. general of the CDC’s Cam- its commitment to provide of Thailand-Cambodia Devel- The establishment of the One bodian Rehabilitation and scholarship and short- and opment Cooperation.