Large hydropower projects to continue in Myanmar Govt
Although electricity generated by natural gas is expected to rise, Myanmar is planning to continue implementing large hydropower projects such as the Myitsone Dam project to meet the country’s electricity needs, U Khin Maung Win, Deputy Minister of Electricity and Energy, told Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on ...
Kang Wan Chern
Vietnam Approves Plan to Boost Digitisation in Agriculture Sector
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has approved a plan to enable agricultural production households to operate on e-commerce platforms, aiming to develop the agricultural and rural digital economy. According to a press release, the plan has set the following objectives: All agricultural production households must ...
Samaya Dharmaraj
Cambodia supports Lao dam: PM
Cambodia will support the Don Sahong hydroelectric dam planned to be built in south Laos less than two kilometers from the Cambodian border, while civil society groups continue to appeal to regional authorities to halt construction on environmental grounds. According to a post on Prime ...
Illegal fishing still a threat to Irrawaddy dolphins
Despite strict measures and awareness-raising campaigns dedicated to the protection and conservation of Irrawaddy dolphins, illegal fishing remains persistent on the Mekong River, casting a threat to the already-endangered freshwater species. Mok Ponlok, deputy chief of Kratie Provincial Fisheries Administration, said yesterday the administration has, during ...
Som Kanika
Myanmar Internet Shutdown Chokes News Flow, Raises Citizens Fears
Myanmar’s embattled citizens struggled with a drastic cut-off of internet and wireless data services Friday following a military junta order aimed at staunching the flow of videos and photos of atrocities to a global audience, activists and web users said. The Ministry of Transport and Communications ...
RFA’s Myanmar Service. Translated by Khin Maung Nyane, Ye Kaung Myint Maung and Kyaw Min Htun. Written in English by Paul Eckert.
Bank trims rate to coax millers
The state-owned bank entrusted with extending $27 million in emergency loans to millers to purchase rice paddy has marginally lowered the interest rate on these conditional loans in an effort to shorten some of the strings attached. The Rural Development Bank announced late on September 25 that ...
Angkor protestors slighted
Angkor Beer drivers forced their way through a blockade formed by beer promoters protesting the company’s failure to respect them and follow an Arbitration Council ruling that they should be paid $2 more on the weekends. 200 protestors had planned to attend but only 30 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011072650621/National-news/angkor-protesters-slighted.html
Thai border bust almost snared 70
A Thai military official said yesterday 38 Cambodians arrested in Thailand on Monday were among a group of about 70 allegedly attempting to smuggle luxury rosewood out of Sisaket province. A source close to Thai defence spokesman Col Thanatip Sawangsaeng, who spoke on condition of anonymity, ...
Boeung Kak’s Vanny is released
Boeung Kak community land activist Tep Vanny was freed from Prey Sar prison on Monday night after a release warrant was issued by Phnom Penh Municipal Court. This followed a Royal Pardon from King Norodom Sihamoni. Three other Boeung Kak land activists were also released ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/boeung-kaks-vanny-released
PM urges ministers to end all cases against union leaders
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged labour and justice ministers on Wednesday to finish all court cases against union leaders. Speaking to more than 23,000 factory workers in Takeo province on Wednesday, he told the Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Sam Heng and Minister ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-urges-ministers-end-all-cases-against-union-leaders
GDT requires tax invoice amounts shown in local riel
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has ordered that all taxpayers show the total amount of their tax invoices in Cambodian riel. The change will come into effect on April 1. The GDT instruction issued on Monday indicates that tax invoices are required to show ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-requires-tax-invoice-amounts-shown-local-riel
Government denies claims former Thai PM Yingluck issued Cambodian passport
Government officials on Thursday denied claims that a Cambodian passport was issued to former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who reportedly used it to register a company in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong-based English language South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Wednesday reported Hong Kong ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-denies-claims-former-thai-pm-yingluck-issued-cambodian-passport
Nat’l Assembly green-lights strategic development plan, four other draft laws
The National Assembly on Monday unanimously approved the draft law on the “Approval of the National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023”, and also gave the go-ahead to another four draft laws. At the session, which was presided over by National Assembly president Heng Samrin, the five ...
Mondulkiri authorities hunt poachers
Mondulkiri provincial authorities are hunting poachers who shot at environmental rangers with an AK-47 assault rifle at the Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary, injuring one. Provincial environment department director Keo Sopheak said the incident happened at around 3:30am on Tuesday when six rangers equipped with two AK-47s ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-authorities-hunt-poachers
Apsara Authority puts up signs to foil land grabs
The Apsara Authority has been installing boards informing the public on the prohibition against buying and selling land in Siem Reap province’s Angkor area, following recent Facebook posts of land sales in the world heritage protected site. Apsara Authority spokesman Long Kosal on Thursday said it ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50579040/apsara-authority-puts-up-signs-to-foil-land-grabs-2/
Kingdom’s economy set to slow despite robust growth
The Cambodian economy is projected to slow slightly this year compared to last year, despite robust growth of around seven per cent, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on Wednesday said. ADB said economic expansion last year hit 7.3 per cent on the back ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-economy-set-slow-despite-robust-growth
Gov’t to amend traffic law as death toll continues to rise
The government is set to amend traffic laws as the nationwide death toll from road accidents continue to rise. Speaking at the 2nd annual conference on road safety on Thursday, Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol, who is also vice-chairman of the National ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-amend-traffic-law-death-toll-continues-rise
Hun Sen: Kingdom always stays strong when aid cut
Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday that under his leadership Cambodia had never fallen after countries withdrew aid, and that the Kingdom would continue to remain strong. Hun Sen was presiding over a ceremony at the Chaktomuk Theatre Hall in Phnom Penh to commemorate ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-kingdom-always-stays-strong-when-aid-cut
Hun Sen: No one negotiates better than me in 'history of world leaders'
In a boast reminiscent of US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Hun Sen went on a tangent on Wednesday before thousands of garment workers in Por Sen Chey district extolling his negotiating prowess, calling himself one of the top negotiators in the “history of world ...
Ben Sokhean and Quinn Libson
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-no-one-negotiates-better-me-history-world-leaders
Preah Sihanouk order land title revocation
The Preah Sihanouk provincial authority has taken tougher measures against land grabbing and encroachment on mangrove and flooded forests at the protected Prek Kampong Smach sanctuary in Prey Nub district. In a directive released on Monday, provincial governor Yun Min said the encroachment severely affected ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-order-land-title-revocation