Amendments to the Investment Promotion Law offer more tax Incentives and shorter Investment concession periods In a bid to attract more Investors while ensurIng closer scrutIny of their operations. A draft amendment to the law, which was passed by the National Assembly last week, shortens ...

Revenues from the tourism sector increased 7 percent to $1.91 billion in 2011, though more could be made if hotels sourced more goods from local producers instead of importing from abroad, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said yesterday. Speaking at a conference in Phnom Penh, Mr. Khon ...

The US has provided $420,000 in grants for The repair and preservation of temples in Preah Vihear province and Phnom Bakheng temple in Siem Reap. ...

At least 20 people have been killed and more than 100 are missing in flooding following the collapse of an under-construction dam in south-east Laos. Workers found the hydroelectric dam in Attapeu province was partially damaged on Sunday, and villagers living nearby were evacuated. Keep reading ...

A vision for politics and security in the region, tackling non-military threats and challenges, and maintaining cooperation in national defence were tabled for discussion at the Track II 9th Network of Asean Defence and Security institutions meeting, which opened in Vientiane on 24 March. Keep reading ...

Disaster zones in Rakhine State urgently need paddy seeds, said a civil society organisation based in the state. U thein Win, a member of the Wunlark Rural Development Foundation in Sittwe, said local farmers had to cultivate more paddy this month. Keep reading ...

Thailand has embarked on an ambitious goal of setting up 1,500 digital classrooms for schools of all sizes across the nation to nurture at least 100,000 talents annually.the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry has said that these classrooms will be equipped with essential tools, ...

Mekong water levels in central and southern provinces are still lower than warning levels despite heavy rain that struck the region this month. the water level of the Mekong in Vientiane on August 23 was about 10.30 m which decreased from 11 m on August 22 and was ...

Thailand will tighten loopholes in its tax rules on overseas income, as the new government seeks to lower income inequality as well as raise revenue to pay for measures to stimulate the Southeast Asian economy.the finance ministry last week issued the stricter rule on overseas ...

Cambodia Minister of interior Sar Kheng understands the impact that money laundering can have on his nation. “Our country’s reputation is at stake,” Sar Kheng said in July 2020. “If [the Financial Action Task Force] consider Cambodia a money-laundering destination, it will badly impact our banking ...

The Thai government plans to create a single online database for importing and exporting through a national single window by 2018 as part of efforts to avoid potential corruption and bribery in processes where The state and private sectors meet. Having a single online database should ...

This interactive presentation offers some insights into the current engagement of Civil Society in the National review process for reporting on progress towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).  Use the navigation tools (located on the bottom right) to scroll left and right ...

Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported this week that officials in Laos will soon take an important step forward on a new hydropower project, the seventh large-scale dam project to be undertaken on the mainstream of the Mekong River. the report cited an unnamed government official as saying that ...

Longmate Agriculture Co has announced that it will conduct a test shipment of bananas to the Chinese market next month, which will be followed by the company’s first official shipment to China in February. ...

Donaco International Ltd has termInated its junket deal with Macau VIP gamIng promoter Heng Sheng Group, sayIng the arrangement proved too restrictive for the marketIng of its flagship Star Vegas Resort and Club In Poipet. ...

Attempting to call attention to the havoc low rice prices are wreaking on their livelihoods, hundreds of farmers in Battambang’s Sangke district took to the streets yesterday, symbolically pouring rice onto National Road 5. ...

Roughly 100 garment workers protested again in front of Pou Yuen Enterprise Ltd yesterday amid allegations that the shoe factory hired Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldiers to act as security guards for the company. ...

The whereabouts of 23 people arrested last week during a crackdown on demonstrations in Por Sen Chey district remained unknown yesterday, with prison officials and police refusing to divulge The information to family members and rights groups. ...

Phnom Penh Sugar, among the most high-profile companies accused of using child labor in an industry beset by the practice, attempted to polish its image Thursday by hosting its third annual anti-child labor seminar here. ...

The provincial government in Koh Kong says authorities were within Their rights to detain more than a dozen people and break up a demonstration over The arrest of three environmental activists. ...