Phnom Penh (FN), Oct. 8 – Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen on Saturday (Oct 8) sent a special voice message to his compatriots about the flood situation in Cambodia, which has seriously affected the crops.

Premier Hun Sen ordered acting minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries Aun Pornmoniroth to assign experts to assess the damage scale of agriculture caused by floods and prepare the distributions of rice seeds and crops to assist flood victims.

The premier said that he had received a report from National Committee Disaster Management first vice president general Kun Kim, indicating that four people had died in the floods.

According to the report, 151,412 hectares of rice fields and 4,124 hectares of other mixed crops were damaged by the flood.

The common affected provinces are Kampong Thom and Preah Vihear.
=FRESH NEWS