Thailand’s global startup ecosystem ranking has risen to 52, demonstrating the country’s efforts to build and drive its socioeconomic status through innovation, the National Innovation Agency’s (NIA) executive director, Pun-arj Chairatana, said on Friday.His remarks came as StratupBlink, the world’s most comprehensive startup ecosystem map ...

Action will be taken against unscrupulous traders who market non-standard or low quality goods if the public report them to Yangon Region’s consumer dispute settlement body, said U Myint Cho, regional head of Department of Consumer Affairs. Urging the public to lodge complaints on non-standard ...

Amid poor export prospects, Thai exporters are being warned of looming strict trade standards on food safety, sanitation and the environment, notably from the US, the EU and Japan. Pimchanok Vonkhorporn, deputy director–general of Trade Policy and Strategy Office under the Commerce Ministry, said stricter ...

The “Towards a Safe, Clean and Resilient Water System” workshop was held in Hanoi on May 30, co-hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MonRE) and the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam.Stakeholders as well as international and domestic experts participated, discussing key points ...

Vietnam’s Law on Forest Protection and Development has become backwards and exposed numerous disadvantages, after more than 10 years of implementation, a senior official from the Vietnam Forestry Administration (VNForEST) has said. Deputy director of the VNForEST, Nguyen Ba Ngai, made his comment at a workshop ...

A school management platform called MISA QLTH was introduced by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on October 9 with a view to helping promote digital transformation in Vietnam. Developed by the MISA Joint Stock Company, the platform focuses on education management, school management, ...

The Mekong Delta has consistently recorded the highest average provincial competitiveness index (PCI) among six regions nationwide since 2014, said the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).  Among 10 cities and provinces across the country showing the best governance, five are in the Mekong Delta, ...

The number of quarries in Mon State is quickly increasing and locals say authorities fail to regulate their environmental impact on farmlands. on a recent afternoon in May, the farmers of Ohn Titbin Village Tract were tending to their betel nut and rubber plantations when a ...

A forum was held at the National Innovation Centre (NIC) in Hanoi on October 29 with a focus on the application of medical technology to health care.The event, part of the NIC opening ceremony and the Vietnam International Innovation Expo 2023 from October 28 to ...

A symposium on the development of domestically- and globally-connected smart cities took place in Hanoi on June 16. The event, which was one of four seminars in the framework of the ongoing Vietnam Sustainable Urban Development Forum 2022, was jointly organised by the Party Central ...

A forum on the solutions to develop the contingent of intellectuals in 2021-2030 was organized by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) on September 25.According to Nguyen Huy Hoang from the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Vietnam still doesn’t have sufficient policies to ...

On 2/10, The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $37 milliOn loan agreement with Da Nhim – Ham Thuan – Da Mi Hydro Power Joint Stock Company (DHD) to finance the installatiOn of a 47.5 megawatt (MW) peak floating photovoltaic (PV) solar power facility On ...

Opinion is not divided on the desirability of learning English, but making it an official language is easier said than done.At the Youth Entrepreneurship Forum 2018 last month, Minister of InFormation and Communication Nguyen Manh Hung suggested that the Prime Minister should soon recognize English ...

Vietnam will make all-out efforts to fulfill its obligations as a member of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and further promote cooperation between the organisation and tripartite actors – the Government, employers, and employees in the country. Dao Ngoc Dung, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social ...

The National Bank of Cambodia yesterday granted Industrial and Commercial Bank of China a financial business licence, according to a report on aastocks, a Chinese stocks news service ...

The first high-level Cambodia-China Tourism Forum was held here on Thursday, aiming at exploring opportunities to further promote tourism ties between the two countries. ...

Defence Minister Tea Banh and Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe yesterday launched an exhibition highlighting military cooperation between the countries on Koh Pich in Phnom Penh. ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the International Monetary Fund on Thursday held a conference to discuss the next steps in Cambodia’s economic development. ...

The Cambodian government will open an embassy in the Republic of Turkey next year, a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. ...

A senior rights group official and eight ethnic community members were questioned by a Ratanakkiri provincial court prosecutor on Tuesday over alleged incitement to forestry crimes. ...