As Cambodia inches closer to the 2017 commune elections, the interior Ministry has implored all of the Kingdom’s political parties to get their affairs in order and finish the necessary paperwork so their organization is listed on the ballot. ...

The CPP-controlled Permanent Committee of The new National Assembly has approved a $25-million budget to cover The Assembly’s costs for The coming year, despite The continued absence of nearly half The 123-member body’s elected lawmakers. The opposition CNRP’s 55 lawmakers-elect have been boycotting The Assembly since ...

Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong and municipal police chief Chuon Sovann hosted a ceremony at Olympic Stadium on Wednesday to award about $25 to each of the city’s police for keeping order in the year following last July’s disputed national election. About 2,000 police officers filed ...

The Lao side highly values The relations and cooperation between Laos and Cambodia, President of The National Assembly (NA), Ms Pany Yathotou told her visiting Cambodian counterpart Heng Samrin in Their meeting yesterday in The capital. Mr Heng Samrin is paying an official goodwill visit ...

In the wake of complaInts by students’ parents about the annual Increases In tuition fees, the Vientiane Education and Sports Department has set a cap on fee Increases.  the department has set a limit for both state and private schools In Vientiane, from kIndergarten to secondary ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government is launching a free WiFi system at landmarks in The capital under a project supported by The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity.A workshop and launch of The Free Wifi System to Enhance Public and Tourism Services in Laos took place in Vientiane ...

About 1.8 million Cambodians traveled to the coastal and northeastern provinces to celebrate Khmer New Year, a 50 percent increase compared with last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said yesterday. Mr Khon said Cambodians are starting to seek out other vacation spots besides the coastal provinces ...

As el niño continues to buffet Cambodia, the next two weeks could be crucial in determining whether the Kingdom will suffer from a smaller-than-usual rice harvest and potential food shortages, experts said yesterday. According to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries general director So Khan ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn received a courtesy call from Ermenegildo Kupa Lopes, the newly appointed Ambassador of Timor-Leste to the Kingdom of Cambodia yesterday in a bid to boost ties and relations between the two nations. ...

Australian miner Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Ltd on June 21 began the commercial operation of its $120 million Okvau Gold Project in the northeastern province of Mondulkiri, becoming the Kingdom’s first gold producer. ...

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon is pushing for more investment in the domestic farming of Australian red-claw crayfish, to raise supply to the local market and potentially export down the line. ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has asked The World Bank to continue strengThening bilateral cooperation and close partnership through technical assistance to improve The capacity of officials and help in developing and improving Cambodia’s infrastructure sector. ...

Minister of interior Sar Kheng has met with the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia to discuss several concerns, including the bail release of NagaWorld protesters and the upcoming commune council election.   ...

The protected Geographical Indication (GI) of Mondulkiri wild honey will be officially celebrated on March 27 at The Sen Monorom Park In Moldulkiri provInce’s Sen Monorom town, accordIng to The MInistry of Commerce. ...

India and Laos on 18 September 2015 signed two Memoranda of UnderstandIng (MoUs) to strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations. the MoUs were signed by Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari and President of Lao Choummaly Sayasone In the Presidential Palace Ho Kham, Vientiane. Keep readIng ...

Regulatory DataCorp, Inc. (RDC), the global leader In compliance screenIng, today announced that it has partnered with the Mekong Club as well as enhanced its screenIng platform to help elimInate a critical social blight and one of the fastest-growIng sources of fInancial crime – human ...

The Ministry of Transport has ordered The Department of Rural Roads to create connectivity in The country’s transport infrastructure.Keep watching  ...

At 8 a.m. Tuesday, ships horns echoed through the river valley as the 76th joint patrol of the Mekong River by law enforcement from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand set sail, marking its 7th anniversary. Wearing uniforms, helmets and life jackets, rows of police officers ...

State employees are banned from circulating and distributing or even destroying classified documents of the nation as such acts could result in damaging national security and social order.the Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Khammanh Sounvileuth, presented a new draft documentation law for debate during the ...

According to the best estimates, some 100,000 tigers used to roam through parts of Asia. But that was more than a century ago. Today, experts estimate that worldwide only some 3,800 tigers have survived in the wild. This marks a slight improvement for the big ...