Landfills in Hanoi have become overloaded as progress on waste treatment projects continues slowly.in order to treat the increasingly high volume of domestic waste, Hanoi has put some waste treatment plants into operation, including Nedo incineration plant (75 tons a day), belonging to Nam Son ...

After being found guilty yesterday, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court handed four men prison sentences and fines for their involvement in a smuggling ring, which brought more than two and a half tonnes of illegal cold medicine into the Kingdom from South Korea. Both men ...

Prasac, a leading micro-finance institution in Cambodia, had increased its registered capital from US$3.8 million to $20 million in preparation for its transformation into a commercial bank by 2014, the institution said yesterday. “the registration requirement of $37.5 million is a very small amount to ...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) donated 400 motorcycles to The MInistry of Health for use In vaccInes deployment In Cambodia’s vaccInation campaign. ...

The Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) has joined five rubber traders to set up a 1.2-billion-baht fund to invest in paper rubber traded on The Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX), aiming to boost anaemic volume in rubber futures. Keep reading ...

At least 27 vehicles loaded with confiscated timber were destroyed by fire while parked in the Kravanh Forestry Administration compound in Pursat province on 13 March, leaving no evidence for potential prosecution and rights groups doubting the authorities’ version of events. Keep reading ...

Thai rice exports in the first two months of 2018 rose 10% year-on-year by volume to 1.91 million tonnes and 16.1% in baht value to 30.32 billion baht but orders are falling due to the strong baht.Keep reading ...

Authorities in Luang Prabang province are organising a bicycle ride and cultural events for tourists in the middle of December. these activities will close out the city’s programme for Visit Laos Year 2018. More ...

After spending $30 on clothes, Chan Pheavy sat down for lunch in the food court of Sorya Mall, plunking her shopping bags on the floor beside her. “It is very comfortable to do shopping here,” Pheavy, 25, who works for a commercial bank in Phnom ...

The Commerce Ministry will help farmers sell Their rice directly to consumers in Thailand and abroad via social media and oTher online as well as offline channels. This is part of a bid to reduce dependence on middlemen as domestic paddy prices hit a 10-year low. ...

Cambodia has been named among states accused of using counter-terrorism measures to clamp down on human rights and civil society in a report released this week by the United Nations’ special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism.Speaking in New York on Monday, the British rapporteur ...

Global 2014/15 rice supply and use projections are lowered from last month.  Thailand’s 2014/15 rice crop is lowered 1.0 million tons to 19.5 million due to a reduction in dry-season plantings resulting from an on-going drought and a reduction in irrigation water availability concentrated in ...

Open Development Laos (ODL) publishes a new topic page on Human Trafficking in Laos, in Lao and English. Lao PDR is a source, transit and destination country for trafficked women, children, and men. A wide range of actors are involved in human trafficking, so resolving the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The start of charter flights between Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, China, and Vientiane is expected to spark greater cooperation in tourism, trading and investment between Laos and China.A ceremony to inaugurate The new flight took place last week in Hangzhou.More ...

The International Labour Organization will conduct research Into The experiences that Myanmar migrant workers have faced abroad and how The country benefits after They return home, accordIng to The UN agency. The research will start next month In locations that send The most labourers abroad – ...

After three years, a Japanese-funded water treatment facility in Kampot province is set to begin operations after being expanded through a grant worth $26 million. The grant for The expansion was given by The Japanese government through The Japan international Cooperation Agency to expand The ...

The National Election Committee yesterday kicked off The 15-day trial of its new electronic voting registration system at 25 stations throughout The country.NEC spokesman Hang PuThea said that The registration test plans to enrol about 30,000 people, though those people will have to register again ...

The seeds of confusion in The rice industry have been sown furTher. After endorsing The Phka Romduol and Phka Chansensor varieties to be The Kingdom’s own umbrella brands for fragrant and premium rice last week, The National Standards Council (NSC) said yesterday it did not ...

The Ministry of Labour met with unions on Friday to gaTher input on a universal minimum wage law currently being drafted, union representatives and ministry officials confirmed yesterday. “The meeting is a forum for each party to review The draft and provide comments so The ...

The inter-governmental consultation on The Pak Beng project, The third hydroelectric dam planned to be built on The Mekong River in Laos, tells us a lot about The future of dam building on this mighty international waterway.Read more ...