A fire ripped through Phnom Penh’s Phsar Chas, otherwise known as Old Market, on 24 November, destroying about 300 of its 914 stalls and causing an estimated $1.5 million in damages, authorities said, although no one was injured or killed. the blaze began at 7am and ...

Criticism has flared over a draft royal decree meant to regulate digital platforms providing services in Thailand as participants at a public hearing on Thursday voiced concerns about unequal enforcement for local and foreign operators, additional burdens on operators, and the risk of abuse of ...

The Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TInt) has tried to quell growIng public pressure over The proposed dustIng off of a project to build a nuclear research reactor In Ongkharak district of Nakhon Nayok, sayIng The plan is still at an early stage.The project has ...

The Asian Development Bank announced Wednesday that it will provide $81.7 million, including a $6.7 million grant from Australia, in additional financing to help Cambodia recover from catastrophic floods in late 2013. The flooding affected 1.7 million people and caused an estimated $356 million in damage. ...

More than 50 police officers exchanged heated words with Ocean Garment strikers yesterday afternoon, marching for over an hour to Phnom Penh Municipal Court in support of five worker representatives suspended by the company. Mid-protest, however, the group of more than 2,500 – who have been ...

On 06 January 2022, the Ministry of Tourism issued a notice on free online Chinese language trainingTo help improve the quality of tourism services and promote the skill development and human resources in the tourism sector, the Ministry of Tourism will open an online tourism ...

The Bank of Thailand has relaxed conditions for its Debt Clinic, a scheme that pools unsecured bad loans owed to multiple creditors, to cover cases that have a single debtor and expanded qualified creditors to specialised financial institutions (SFIs) to step up efforts to keep ...

On Thursday, April 25, 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping will deliver the keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Second Belt and Road Forum (BRF) for international Cooperation in Beijing. Heads of state and other senior government officials from 37 governments will attend, including representatives from ...

KHAMMUAN, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Adventure activities for tourists are planned for Phou Phamarn hill in Khounkham district, Khammuan province, with the project to be undertaken by Green Discovery Laos.Member of the Board of Directors of the Guide Association, Mr inthy Deuansavanh, who owns Green ...

With a population of over 7.7 million people along with 17 industrial parks, more than 1,300 trade villages, 5.3 million motorbikes and nearly 560,000 cars, Hanoi is suffering from negative impacts caused by climate change.To gradually reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in December 2015, the capital ...

Financial development in indonesia has evolved at a relatively slow speed in comparison to peer countries. Although this provides opportunities for financial deepening, the international Monetary Fund has been quick to remind indonesia that deepening should be balanced with stability to avoid a crisis. “there is ...

In response to the Facebook comment of a medical student, Prime MInister Hun Sen has decided to lower the fInal exam fee for medical students from about $125 to $25. ...

Officials from the forestry administration raided a home in Mondulkiri province’s O’Raing district on Tuesday, confiscating the remains and horns Of various endangered animals and making one arrest. ...

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a conviction against former Phnom Penh Police chief Heng Pov and three oTher men for The attempted murder of Military Police chief General Sao Sokha in 2003. ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport and The US Embassy in Cambodia have discussed about transport infrastructure and trade cooperation. ...

Australia’s Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has defended the government’s plan to transfer refugees to Cambodia, saying the programme would start small but be a long-term arrangement. Under Canberra’s hardline immigration policy, asylum-seekers who arrive on boats are denied resettlement in Australia and sent to Papua New ...

The New investment law is expected to make Cambodia an attractive destination for new investment and to improve The investment environment to keep The existing investments in The country. The law is currently in drafting stage and is expected to go online within this year, ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Foreign enterprises that export goods to the Lao market will no longer need a domestic business licence as the Commerce Ministry has resolved this contentious issue.the Minister of industry and Commerce, Mrs Khemmani Pholsena, signed a  ministerial decision on June 6 authorising ...

The two-way trade between Cambodia and Thailand rose by 5.6 percent in The first five months of this year to $3,472 billion, according to The statistics from Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce.​ From January to May 2020, Cambodia exported $711 million worth of goods to Thailand, ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand for 2020 reached only half of the $15 billion target set by the two governments in 2015.  Those targets had set a goal of tripling two-way trade. Two-way trade between the two nations was valued at $7.236 billion last ...