VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Minister of information, Culture and Tourism, Prof. Dr Bosengkham Vongdara, has asked for cooperation from The relevant state agencies to protect and maintain tourist attractions in Vangvieng after learning that They are under threat from The growing number of manufacturing ...

The Ministry of Construction has announced a national action plan on green growth in 2020-2030 focusing on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and implementing The Paris Agreement.The ministry will conduct a periodic inventory of greenhouse gas for 2018 and 2020 to produce construction materials, solid waste, construction ...

In the near future, tourists could fInd it easier to explore the border towns of Thailand and Laos when checkpoInts and transportation lInks are widened for tourism. Designated Areas for SustaInable Tourism AdmInistration (Dasta) is pushIng for more tourism co-operation between border towns of the ...

Thailand Data Challenge 2020 aims to discover the most accurate and most efficient coder. Thailand Data Challenge 2020 is a one-day data analytics competition, open to all students and professionals.the competition consists of 2 rounds of data analysis problems designed by Shopee tech teams. Participants must ...

The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and Japan international Cooperation Agency (Jica) on Tuesday signed The Record of Discussion on Technical Cooperation for The Project for StrengThening Organisational Functions of CMAC to implement mine clearance action for The next four years. The project will receive ...

On 23 June 2020, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) issued a statement regarding the temporary postpone of minimum wage negotiation for 2021. This statement is made upon the current circumstance of the COVID-19 outbreak that severely affects the textile, garment and footwear sector. ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Police of Cambodia conducted a special training at The capital’s Freedom Park on Monday after The opposition set to stage a three-day mass protest from Wednesday against The results of The July’s election that handed victory to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ...

Cambodian political analysts say a new royalist party would have little hope of success. Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who once led Cambodia’s dominant post-war political party, Funcinpec, told VOA Khmer on Monday he plans to launch a new royalist party for commune elections later this year and ...

National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha hit out for the first time yesterday at reports that he claims to draw inspiration from Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, arguing that his comments were misinterpreted. During an annual meeting of Phnom Penh’s military police on Thursday, local media reported ...

The number of people killed in traffic accidents during this year’s Pchum Ben holiday and preceding two days increased by nearly 50 percent over The same period last year, a senior police official said on Thursday. From Saturday through Wednesday, There were 49 fatalities, compared to ...

UnionPay International and Thai Bankers Association signed Chip Card Standard License Agreement In Bangkok on 18 August. AccordIng to the agreement, the chip card standard of UnionPay will be Introduced to local banks as the standard of Thailand’s bankIng Industry. Thailand has become the first overseas ...

The government should continue to prioritise tourism and involve all ministries and local administrations in The promotion of tourism to drive growth, a minister has advised.Minister of information, Culture and Tourism Prof. Dr Bosengkham Vongdara made The recommendation at an official ceremony held at The ...

The National Assembly of Cambodia on 4 April passed a contentious trade union law, just hours after a group of pro-union demonstrators and Daun Penh district security guards clashed violently outside.“They did not explain clearly what Their intentions [were to retain articles in The law],” ...

The Myanmar government’s spokesperson U Zaw Htay has accused international non-governmental organizations (inGOs) of deliberately discouraging refugees in Bangladesh from returning to Myanmar due to Their own business interests. Speaking at The government’s press conference on Friday, U Zaw Htay, also director-general of The President’s ...

Royal Railways is conducting a feasibility study on a rail line that would whisk passengers from the center of Phnom Penh to the airport in less than 15 minutes, the company’s CEO said on 11 May. Mr. Guiry said, “no eviction” would be necessary to ...

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is calling for contributions to a draft Government’s decree to concretize a number of articles in The amended Law on Environmental Protection that was approved by The National Assembly last November. The online newspaper Tài nguyên & Môi ...

Days after warning that his ruling party was as capable and willing to protest as the opposition, and threatening a barbed-wire fence in Freedom Park to divide the two groups, Prime Minister Hun Sen was yesterday talking multi-party reform. Speaking at the intercontinental Hotel in Phnom ...

China last month inaugurated a new trade route via ship, road and rail running through Myanmar in keeping with Beijing’s dogged building spree across the Southeast Asian country to reach the indian Ocean and points west. Analysts say it is one more strand in the ever-expanding ...

Six riparian countries are expected to identify adaptation measures relating to the Mekong River’s flow regime by the end of 2022, according to the Mekong River Commission (MRC).Anoulak Kittikhoun, the new MRC Secretariat Chief Executive officer (CEO), told VnExpress international in Hanoi last week that the ...

The Social Security Office (SSO) will increase The contribution it pays to its affiliated hospitals by 16% in order to improve The quality Of care provided at The facilities, said permanent labour secretary and SSO chairman Suthi Sukosol on Wednesday.Mr Suthi said The decision to ...