IUU laws fail to curb abuse of fishermen
Measures to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices should be accompanied by rigorous labour protection measures, activists said on 9 September at a Chulalongkorn University seminar. Following the European Union’s final warning — a yellow card issued to Thailand in late April — the government has rolled ...
Shell says cancels sale of Thai gas field stakes to Kuwait's KUFPEC
Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday it has cancelled a $900 million deal to sell its gas field stakes in Thailand to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC). Shell and KUFPEC announced the deal in January, and it was due to be completed in the first ...
Florence Tan
Public Health Ministry continues assessing vaccine efficacy against Delta variant [Video]
The Ministry of Public Health expects to conclude its research on the efficacy of vaccines against the Delta variant of COVID-19 within a month’s time.Keep watching ...
Floods damage over 20,000 rai of farmlands this year
The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry announced on Thursday that flooding has damaged more than 20,000 rai of agricultural land and that 7 million baht has been spent compensating more than 1,000 farmers.Peeraphan Kothong, the ministry’s deputy spokesman, said according to the report covering damages incurred ...
The Nation Reporter
Child Rights Working Group meeting
This is the regular Child Rights Working Group meeting in November, 2018, the details are as follows:Date: Monday, 19 November, 2018Time 14 -17 PMVenue: ChildFund Office, Level 5, Vinafor Building, 127 Lo Duc Street, Hanoi, VietnamTwo special Guest Speakers are invited to share on their ...
NGO Centre
Innovative low carbon projects join climate finance accelerator Vietnam
The British Embassy in Hanoi on March 27 announced nine low carbon projects from across Vietnam as the first cohort to join Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) Vietnam.The selected projects represent diverse sectors such as renewable energy, resource/energy efficiency, e-mobility, AFOLU (agriculture, forestry and other land uses), decarbonising ...
Service industry and logistics are major developments to be implemented in Sa Kaeo Special Economic Zone.
The Department of Treasury collaborates with Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) to establish Sa Kaeo Special Economic Zone focusing on service industry and logistics, as well as linking the Southern Economic Corridor from Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar. The IEAT is confident that it ...
Floodwater inundates houses, farms in provinces
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Several provinces are suffering in the wake of prolonged downpours, with many houses, smallholdings and farms partially submerged under floodwater.Xekong province in particular has been affected and the level of the Nam Xekong river has risen to 12 metres, just below ...
Siladda Souliyong
http://annx.asianews.network/content/floodwater-inundates-houses-farms-provinces-103348
Laos initiates reform of public investment management
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Government officials gathered with representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japanese Embassy to Laos in Vientiane on Friday to discuss improvements in the field of public investment management (PIM).Participants discussed the structure of the proposed committee to lead ...
News Desk
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-initiates-reform-public-investment-management-101013
Lao govt to allocate more funds to repay debts owed to companies
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -The amount owed by the government to private enterprises has been put as high as 10.14 trillion kip, putting considerable pressure on the government to address this issue and sustain economic growth.Now the government has pledged to allocate more funds to repay ...
Somsack Pongkhao
http://annx.asianews.network/content/lao-govt-allocate-more-funds-repay-debts-owed-companies-100429
Technology, human spirit unite to fight global crisis
Though the coronavirus outbreak has already infected more than a million people globally, it cannot dash the invincible spirit of citizens. While embattled leaders take draconian measures to curb the contagion, Thais from all walks of life are rushing to support medical personnel on the ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Min of Commerce to strengthen strategic partnership with India
The Ministry of Commerce is planning to boost Thailand’s strategic partnership with India to mitigate risks from current geopolitical conflicts and trade disputes.Deputy Minister of Commerce, Chutima Bunyapraphasara, has expressed the view that the attacks on Syria have yet to affect Thailand’s trade industry and ...
Jettana Pantana
Study finds nearly all Yangon adults can read
Nearly every adult in Yangon Region can read, according to a recent survey organised by the regional education office.The finding that 99.89 percent of the adult residents in the commercial capital are literate was announced at the 50th International Literacy Ceremony, held at Basic Education ...
VN scientist successfully formulates liquid spore probiotic products
Probiotics are beneficial bacteria and play a key role in improving health and cutting the odds of contracting digestive diseases. While experts say up to 70 per cent of Vietnamese people are at risk of gastritis, most probiotic products on the market did not help ...
VNS Reporter
Solutions proposed to protect environment from project impacts
Bình Thuận Province People’s Committee has proposed to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc the establishment of a focal agency to address the problems posed by five thermal power plants at Vĩnh Tân Power Centre, the Vietnam News Agency reports. The proposal was made at a meeting on Monday between the provincial People’s Commitee and National Assembly delegation.Keep ...
VNS Reporter
Mekong, Australian river bodies renew partnership
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Mekong River Commission (MRC) and the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) of Australia have signed an agreement marking the re-establishment of knowledge transfer channels between the two organisations.The MRC Secretariat CEO, Dr An Pich Hatda, and the MDBA Chief Executive, Mr ...
Times Reporters
http://annx.asianews.network/content/mekong-australian-river-bodies-renew-partnership-98642
Laos, DPRK diplomats confident of strengthening longstanding relationship
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The longstanding friendship between the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will be strengthened persistently despite increasing global complications.Diplomats from the two countries gave their confident assessment as they gathered in Vientiane yesterday ...
Somxay Sengdara
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-dprk-diplomats-confident-strengthening-longstanding-relationship-98858
Customs at Tan Son Nhat airport seize products from elephant tusks
Customs officers at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City on May 4 discovered over 4kg of products from elephant tusks and pangolin scales illegally transported from Africa to Vietnam. The products included bracelets and jewellery suspected of being made of African elephant tusks ...
Thai Government eyes high-tech response to hackers
The Defence Ministry will invest in high-technology devices to protect state agencies’ websites from being hacked again, says Gen Prawit Wongsuwan. Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Prawit said on 14 January the government is looking at various high-tech options to protect the websites from hackers ...
Expired Thai food burned in Battambang
Customs officials in Battambang on 23 November seized and burned nearly 500 kilograms of expired food imported from Thailand. The intercepted goods included noodles, dried squid, biscuits and candy. Keep reading ...