A tale of two Boeung Kak protests
The presence of dozens of riot police yesterday swiftly ended the first day of Boeung Kak land-rights activist Yorm Bopha’s planned month-long protest in the capital’s Freedom Park. At virtually the same time, Surya Subedi, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, visited a ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Mom Kunthear
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Defiance works: Amnesty
In the face of increasing economic land concessions and ongoing restrictions on expression, disaffected Cambodians were increasingly taking to the streets with success, Amnesty International representatives said yesterday at the launch of their annual report. Amnesty reported that Cambodians continued to face challenges to their human ...
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Accused secessionist in Kratie to meet with the press
The man police allege was behind a so-called secession plan in Kratie province – an accusation used to justify a crackdown in which a teenager was killed last week – plans to hold a press conference to defend himself in the next two days, his ...
Press Release: The first 71 eggs are laid by turtle in the center
On 02 March 2021, the Wildlife COnservatiOn Society (WCS) issued a press release stating that the five royal turtles lay the first 71 eggs On an artificial beach in the reptile cOnservatiOn center at Koh KOng province. According to the pictures, all the turtle eggs ...
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
Announcement: 1.5 million doses of Sinovac vaccination campaign from 01 April 2021
On 31 March 2021, the Ministry of Health released an announcement On the 1.5 milliOn doses of Sinovac vaccinatiOn campaign from 01 April 2021. Notably, the 1.5 milliOn doses of vaccine will be injected to 745,000 in the target group of people such as doctors, ...
Ministry of Health
Announcement: the organizing the 4th national technical and vocational education and training day in 2021
On 13 April 2021, the Ministry of Labour and VocatiOnal Training released an announcement On organizing the 4th natiOnal technical and vocatiOnal educatiOn and training day in 2021, under the theme “Technical and VocatiOnal EducatiOn and Training to improve skills and high income” aims to ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Engineering Export Promotion Council of Indian (EEPC) is organizing “Builder Hardware Expo" in the virtual format
On 22 September 2021, the Ministry of Commerce issued a press release On Engineering Export PromotiOn Council of Indian (EEPC) is organizing “Builder Hardware Expo” in the virtual format.Engineering Export PromotiOn Council of Indian (EEPC) is organizing “Builder Hardware Expo” from 05th -08th October, 2021 ...
Ministry of Commerce
Outcomes of the 24th ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit, 27 October 2021, via Videoconference
On 27 October 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn issued a press release On the outcomes of the 24th ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit, 27 October 2021, via VideocOnference.The leaders emphasized the critical importance of the APT mechanism to the lOng-term goal ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
ANZ payment to displaced Cambodian families brings landmark human rights case to a close
On 03 November 2021, the Equitable Cambodia issued a press release On ANZ payment to displaced Cambodian families brings landmark human rights case to a close.Cambodian families who were forcibly displaced by Phnom Penh Sugar Company have received a promised payment from Australia’s ANZ bank, ...
Equitable Cambodia
Organizing the "Vietnam Defence - Economics Exposition 2021"
On 15 November 2021, the Ministry of Commerce issued a press release On Organizing the “Vietnam Defence – EcOnomics ExpositiOn 2021”.The EcOnomic Department of the Ministry of NatiOnal Defence of Vietnam, is going to organize the “Vietnam Defence – EcOnomics ExpositiOn 2021” which will be ...
Ministry of Commerce
Visiting to the Republic of Korea to co-host the World Summit 2022
On 08 February 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn issued a press release On visiting to the Republic of Korea to co-host the World Summit 2022.Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, will lead ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Opening of allowances (82th) under social protection program
On 27 May 2022, the Ministry of Labor and VocatiOnal Training issued a notificatiOn On the opening of allowances (82th) under social protectiOn program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (82th) under social protectiOn program to a total of 988 workers in 15 enterprises ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Vietnamese women’s cosmetics market sees stable growth
The Vietnamese beauty market saw stable growth last year, with a year-on-year increase of 4 per cent, and is expected to thrive in the years to come. About 20 million women aged 15 to 39, or 40 per cent of the female population, are potential ...
Mine clearance death probed
Authorities have launched an investigation into how one deminer was killed and another was seriously injured during an operation in Pailin province. Provincial police chief Brigadier General Chea Chandin said the explosion happened in a forested area at about 7am on Friday. Halo Trust deminer Loeung Reaksmey, ...
Germany offers $2.2 million to cross-border water cooperation
The German government today provided an additional 2 million euro ($2.2 million) to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to increase cross-border water dialogue, cooperation, and support efforts in monitoring trans boundary environmental impacts from Mekong mainstream dams. The funding agreement was made in a signing ceremony ...
Taing Vida
Digital hub in private sector call
The Digital Economy and Society minister has called on the private sector to work more closely with the ministry to help Thailand become a digital infrastructure gateway in ASEAN by 2020. The evolution of the country’s digital ecosystem, especially in many crucial development areas, needs ...
The night the lights went out
Underscoring Cambodia’s heavy dependence on imported electricity, the lights went out not just in Phnom Penh but across provinces nationwide on Thursday, an unprecedented blackout that Prime Minister Hun Sen said was caused by an electrical fault in neighbouring Vietnam. Between about 10pm and 11pm, Phnom ...
Vendors, beggars banned from pedestrian-only zone
Vendors and beggars will not be allowed on 26th Street to the south of the Mandalay palace moat during the Thingyan festival next month and will face action if they are caught, warned Police Major U Nyein Chan Aung from Mandalay City Development Committee Police ...
Vietnam's SMEs face a range of difficulties
A host of difficulties face small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong told a conference on March 2 in Hanoi on policies to support SMEs and the experience of Japan. He also insisted that SMEs play a ...
Environmental damage continues months after Laos dam collapse
IN July, a hydroelectric dam collapse in Laos released five billion cubic meters of water into surrounding countryside – the equivalent of two million Olympic swimming pools. The resulting flood killed dozens, devastated communities, forced thousands to flee and ripped through areas of protected rainforest. The ...