The U.S. will temporarily cease The issuance of a number of investment and religious worker visas for Vietnamese citizens from March 23. Those who have been scheduled for an interview for SR (religious worker), I5 or R5 visas will not be allowed to reschedule after March ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Informative banners have been Installed at border crossIngs to Inform travellers about Lao regulations regardIng the possession and transportation of currency.the Initiative is part of a nationwide awareness-raisIng campaign conducted by the Anti-Money LaunderIng Intelligence office (AMLIO) and Lao Customs In ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Central and local officials from the planning and investment and industry and commerce sectors attended a meeting yesterday to learn about investment incentives and details of the investment Promotion Law, which was last revised in 2016.the meeting took place at the ...

Representatives from 30 travel enterprises and conservation organisations signed a commitment to support tourism with high responsibility regarding theenvironment, nature and wildlife protection on December 17.the commitment highlighted the respect for nature, ecosystems and local culture in tourism business activities as well as the prohibition ...

Poor air quality is again a concern after the Pollution Control Department detected amounts of micro-fine dust exceeding safe limits at all five air quality monitoring stations on Monday.the department said the average value of so-called particulate matter, or PM 2.5 over the past 24 ...

The Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS) is to provide The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) with $401,650 in untied aid following The signing of an agreement on Monday. JMAS representative Noriyoshi Suenaga and CMAC director-general Heng Ratana signed off on The agreement. ...

The cracks in Mam Sonando’s recently revived Beehive Social Democratic Party are widening, with a lawsuit against The party president, alleging he embezzled funds, slated to be filed at The Phnom Penh Municipal Court today on behalf of The party’s own leadership. ...

The National Election Committee plans to hold a two-day meeting in Preah Sihanouk province to review The June 4 commune elections, with members of The election monitoring coalition The “Situation Room” saying yesterday They plan to table recommendations to improve certain electoral procedures. ...

About 30 villagers escorted two environmental activists from Kandal province’s Sa’ang district to the relative safety of Phnom Penh yesterday after the pair were allegedly harassed by local police for helping coordinate a protest against sand dredging in the area the day before. ...

Phnom Penh International Airport last Thursday hit the two-million-passenger mark In a year for the first time. the figure Included all International and domestic passengers arrivIng at, and departIng from, Phnom Penh International Airport sInce the begInnIng of this year, a press release said. ...

Cambodia’s economy is expected to benefit from a strong recovery in the US markets and the fall of global oil prices, driving its high growth trend, according to the international Monetary Fund’s projection for the Asia-Pacific region. ...

Noun Phymean is an executive director at the People Improvement Organization (PIO). Born in Kampong Cham province, she spent over 12 years with the United Nations and other international organizations. Now, the hardworking humanitarian is focusing on helping some of the country’s most impoverished children. ...

Growing demand for animal feed is driving up both the demand and price of corn, with smallholder farmers claiming the field crop offers a more stable market than cassava.Corn is grown on more than 140,000 hectares in Cambodia and can be harvested twice a year, ...

Growing demand abroad for Kampot pepper has resulted in production levels for the commodity increasing by 22 percent to 22 tons during this year’s harvest, officials said yesterday. Nguon Lay, president of the Kampot Pepper Association, said that the amount of farmland used to cultivate pepper ...

Much of Cambodia’s electrical infrastructure was destroyed or heavily damaged during its civil war. Starting almost from scratch, the country has relied heavily on imported electricity while it rebuilds infrastructure and develops new energy sources. Keo Rottanak, director-general of Electricite du Cambodge (EdC), which controls ...

The Japanese government today donated a total of $890,471 for The development of irrigation systems, maternal and child healthcare, and youth capacity building in The Kingdom. ...

The government and wildlife protection NGOs have recently expressed concerns about The increasing death toll of endangered species in Cambodia. The concerns were raised ahead of today’s Annual Endangered Species Day. ...

Cambodia’s cross border trade with Thailand fell to $1.5 million in the first quarter as the coronavirus hit the global economy and led to closure of dozens of checkpoints. ...

Cambodia could lose more than 15 percent of its international remittances in 2020 under the worst-case scenario because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ...

Officials from the Siem Reap Provincial Department Of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries are conducting a disinfection campaign on cattle farms, slaughterhouses, and barns in livestock communities throughout the province to prevent the spread Of diseases such as Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (HS). ...