In effeminate tones, Hun Sen lampoons opposition politicians
Prime Minister Hun Sen used the opening ceremony of a dam in Pursat province Thursday to act out a scene of biting political satire by pouring scorn on promises from the opposition CNRP to simultaneously reduce food prices in markets, while increasing prices paid to ...
Khuon Narim
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Ivory haul investigation kept under wraps
Customs officials over the weekend said they will shed no further light on Friday’s massive haul of three tons of illegal elephant ivory at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port—Cambodia’s biggest-ever ivory seizure—until investigations are complete and a case can be sent to court. A scan on containers that ...
Saing Soenthrith
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ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference Session with the European Union and the 28th ASEAN Regional Forum
On 7 August 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn issued a press release On the ASEAN Post Ministerial COnference SessiOn with the European UniOn and the 28th ASEAN RegiOnal Forum. On 6 August 2021, His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister PRAK SokhOnn, Minister ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Cooperation between the General Secretariat of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Asian Vision Institute
On 13 October 2021, the Asian VisiOn Institute issued a press release On cooperatiOn between the General Secretariat of the NatiOnal Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Asian VisiOn Institute.The signing of the MoU between the two institutiOns aims to establish and enhance ...
Asian Vision Institute
Organizing SIRHA Budapest, one of the most important business events of food industries in Central and Eastern Europe
On 31 August 2021, the Ministry of Commerce issued an announcement On organizing SIRHA Budapest, One of the most important business events of food industries in Central and Eastern Europe.Hungary is going to organize SIRHA Budapest, One of the most important business events of food ...
Ministry of Commerce
Outcomes of the ASEAN-China Special Summit to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the ASEAN-China dialogue relations
On 22 November 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn issued a press release On the outcomes of the ASEAN-China Special Summit to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the ASEAN-China dialogue relatiOns, On 22 November 2021, via videocOnference. The special summit was cOnducted ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Progress of joint labor dispute resolution at NagaWorld
On 16 March 2022, the Ministry of Labor and VocatiOnal Training issued a notificatiOn On the progress of joint labor dispute resolutiOn at NagaWorld.The Ministry invited the representatives of the workers’ side and the representatives of the employers’ side to cOntinue the dispute resolutiOn meeting ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Progress of joint labor dispute resolution at NagaWorld as of 23 March 2022
On 23 March 2022, the Ministry of Labour and VocatiOnal Training issued a notificatiOn On the progress of joint labor dispute resolutiOn at NagaWorld as of 23 March 2022. The next meeting is scheduled On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at 2:30 pm, so that both ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
His Excellency KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan, will lead a high delegation to pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia
On 17 March 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn issued a press release On His Excellency KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan, will lead a high delegatiOn to pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia On 20-21 March 2022. Samdech ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Outcomes of the Third Senior Officials’ Talks between Cambodia and Australia, 05 May 2022
On 06 May 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn issued a press release On the outcomes of the Third Senior Officials’ Talks between Cambodia and Australia On 05 May 2022. The two sides expressed their satisfactiOn over their good lOngstanding and mature ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Toll road decision leaves some workers jobless, uncompensated
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen’s snap decision to scrap toll fees on National Road 4 in January may have proved popular with motorists, but the political “gift” has left some 500 workers without compensation and an unknown number still unemployed. Former toll booth workers at AZ ...
Dramatic drop in Mekong water level sparks alarm
Mekong River water levels that fell dramatically on Thursday under impact from dam operations will soon recover, says the national water management agency. Somkiat Prajumwong, secretary-general at the Office of National Water Resources (onWR), offered the reassurance despite warnings from experts that the dams are destroying ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
PM orders West Lake fish-death probe
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on October 3 asked Hà Nội People’s Committee to handle the West Lake mass fish death incident, of which fish losses have already reached 60 tonnes and counting. PM Phúc also ordered district authorities to work with water service agencies to inspect ...
Government to re-examine traffic law
Following a troubled rollout of the 1 January Traffic Law, the Cambodian government announced on 10 January in a press conference that an inter-ministerial team has been established to determine what amendments will be made in reaction to widespread criticism from the public and civil society. Addressing ...
Cyclone skirts Myanmar
A storm gathering in the Bay of Bengal is now anticipated to unleash heavy rain on Myanmar, but the cyclone has turned northwest and is forecast to hit India and Bangladesh instead. The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology said on October 24 that the cyclone is no ...
Thailand's sugar output to hit nine-year low due to drought - trade body
Thailand’s sugar production is likely to fall 28% year-on-year in 2019/20 to a nine-year low of 10.5 million tonnes as drought curtails cane supplies, the head of a leading trade body told Reuters on Friday. The lower production will limit exports from the world’s second-biggest exporter ...
Laos-Cambodia border closed over tensions
In the latest flare up in tensions between the two countries, Lao authorities temporarily shut a border crossing with Cambodia and dispatched more troops to an un-demarcated area on the northern border after Cambodian authorities began renovating an old French border outpost. According to local ...
Myanmar Junta Arrests Two More Journalists
Two more Myanmar journalists have been arrested by junta forces, raising the number of journalists being held by the military regime to 53 as of September 16, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Since the military’s February 1 coup, Myanmar has become the world’s second-biggest jailer ...
THE IRRAWADDY
World Bank staff point to 'leadership crisis' at global lender
Staff at the World Bank delivered a broadside against its sitting president this week, saying the global lender faced a “crisis of leadership” and risked irrelevance on the world stage. The rebuke, made in an open letter from the Bank’s staff association, came as informal talks ...
Seminar seeks to improve firms’ role in climate change response
A seminar on promoting the involvement of pioneering enterprises in natural disaster prevention and control, and response to climate change and epidemics was held in Hanoi on October 15.Agriculture suffers the most consequences of natural disasters while newly-established firms are also the most vulnerable to ...