Vietnam has very good achievements in foreign direct investment attraction, however, it needs to change its strategy and orientation to focus on the necessary sectors to improve efficiency.Keep reading ...

Internet usage in Myanmar rose by 300 per cent on 8 November when the nation hosted the general election, according to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Keep reading ...

The 2018 Laos’ National Economic Development Planning and Strategy Training Workshop was opened here on Tuesday. At the workshop, teachers from China will offer a 21-day training to Lao trainees. Keep reading ...

The HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment plans to raise the environmental protection fee on industrial waste, but some experts disagree about the plan. Keep reading ...

Thailand’s Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will visit Cambodia next month to boost bilateral education ties between the kingdoms, a topic she has worked on since her first visit in 1992. Keep reading ...

Leaders from six riparian states along the Mekong River will be busy this year as meetings on many cooperation schemes in the region are scheduled in a situaton that observers have said is overlapping.Keep reading ...

Vietnam has lost thousands of billions of dong in taxes as foreign enterprises, especially large-scale ones, refuse to pay based on the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement.Keep reading ...

(KPL) The Laos Energy Efficient Data Center (LEED) has been handed over to the Ministry of Science and Technology.The handover ceremony took place on 26 Oct More ...

Vietnam’s labour productivity is very low compared with growth need, thus raising productivity is the key to economic growth, experts said at a conference on April 13. Keep reading ...

An incomplete and asynchronous energy market is a bottleneck in energy development in Vietnam at present, according to many participants at a workshop in Hanoi on January 11.Keep reading ...

Investment into Vietnam, led by Japan, South Korea, Singapore and China, is on the up, though the US withdrawal from the Trans Pacific Partnership is a worry.Keep reading   ...

Presented by the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP), this year’s two-day conference promises to be bigger and better, featuring practical hands-on sessions to help participants implement their data privacy and cyber security programs. More detail ...

On 24 October 2018, the Ministry of EnvirOnment issued a notice On halting the illegal occupatiOn of land in Preah Suramarit-Kosomak “Kirirom” NatiOnal ParK. So far, the Ministry found some areas in this natiOnal park were illegally occupied state land, including logging, land selling and ...

Arrivals at Cambodia’s two biggest airports increased by about 20 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2012, according to Cambodia Airports. Industry insiders said economic progress in the region coupled with increased flights added to the passenger count at Phnom Penh International Airport and Siem ...

Enhancing cross-border security topped the agenda at a meeting between high ranking military officials from Cambodia and Thailand last week. Gen. Pol Saroeun, the Cambodian commander-in-chief, met with Gen. Thanchaiyan Srisuwan, head of the Thai military, on Friday at the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces headquarters in ...

Fifty metres of riverbank in Chroy Changvar district collapsed on Saturday amid rising water levels in the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers which have caused the capital’s riverside regions to flood. According to Klang Huot, the district governor, traffic has been impacted by the collapse ...

The Wildlife Conservation Society has found seven nests of the globally-threatened Lesser Adjutant Stork in Mondulkiri province’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary. Sot Vandoeun, WCS’ wildlife monitoring team leader, said on Tuesday that it is the first time that WCS has found the bird’s nest in ...

Smart Axiata in collaboration with the ministries of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), and Posts and Telecommunication (MPTC), signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday to “develop future talents and digital corporate leaders”. As part of this, 20 scholarships will be offered to ...

Speaking during an annual workshop in Siem Reap province – Review on Child’s Health and Progress of Early Essential Newborn Care (EENC) Implementation in Cambodia – Kumanan Rasanathan said the mortality rate among children under five declined last year to 29 per 1,000, compared to ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Germany’s international development organisation, the Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The MOU serves to implement the second phase of a multinational project aimed at improving the sustainability of the ...