The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society has joined forces with telecommunications operators and platform providers to support online work, in order to prevent The spread of COVID-19.Keep watching ...

Lao Youth Union (LYU) officials are attending a training course on studio production as part of an information technology capacity-building project taking place in Vientiane. The two-week course runs from June 11-23 and is part of a larger information technology programme supported by The Korea ...

Mega-dam construction is booming around the world, with promoters hyping hydropower as a green, renewable source of energy and a means of curbing climate change. But as these dams are built in the Amazon, Mekong and elsewhere, they’re doing great environmental and social damage and ...

Several Vietnamese supermarkets have started using banana leaves to wrap vegetables in an effort to reduce plastic waste. These moves come after report highlights The large amount of plastic waste generated by Vietnamese people. The country disposes about 2,500 tons of plastic waste a day, according ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – More direct flights between China and Laos are needed to achieve the government’s target of attracting more than 1 million Chinese tourists and a total of 4.5 million visitors from around the world during Visit Laos-China Year 2019, a senior official ...

The Japanese government has provided $2 million to The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to mitigate The impact of floods on food security in flood-affected households and communities in Cambodia. ...

The latest feasibility study on building a high-speed train to link The three airports of Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi and U-tapao in nearby Rayong province has been completed. The 280-billion-baht project is due to open for bidding later this year or in early 2018.Keep reading ...

The first freight train service to and from Laos was launched yesterday, with a shipment of Beerlao crossing The Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge.Cargo from a container yard at Thanaleng Railway Station in Vientiane, Laos, can now be shipped by train as far as The Laem Chaban ...

Police and the Department of Fisheries have jointly launched a special operation against illegal fishing off Ranong province. Given such operations are conducted in line with the government’s policy to meet an ASEAN position on the issue, illegal fishing in Thai waters is sure to ...

Officials have requested modern technological equipment to enable them to continue their work Of collecting unexploded ordnance (UXO) in sunken warships in the Mekong River in four areas Of Kandal and Preveng provinces. ...

Opposition leader Kem Sokha was released on bail this morning after more than a year in pre-trial detention at Trapiang Thlong prison, also known as Correctional Centre 3 (CC3). He was held on treason charges. One of his lawyers Chan Chen confirmed the release and ...

Cambodia and Singapore have spoken highly of their good friendship and cooperation, especially in the fields of economy, health and people-to-people relations. ...

Phnom Penh will continue to be a central service hub in the region with a population of six million with an expanded  radius of 100 km by 2035. ...

The Teachers’ Council of Thailand (TCT) has decided not to issue educational administrator licences for about 2,500 master’s graduates of Bangkokthonburi University’s Educational Administration programme in 2014 after a probe found irregularities. Keep reading ...

Broadcaster Al Jazeera on 29 October released a cache of documents detailing the persecution of Muslims in Rakhine State, including an internal UN memo and confidential military training manuals. Keep reading ...

A group of independent unions say they will push for a new monthly minimum wage of $207 for garment workers when three-way negotiations with the government and factories begin in earnest next week. Keep reading ...

The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health of Australia is providIng over US$700,000 from 2018-2021 to help reduce child malnutrition In target districts of Vientiane provInce.More ...

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy said his country has reached a political “stalemate” and is calling for a halt in international aid to the Phnom Penh government. Rainsy spoke to VOA during a visit to Washington, where he is trying to convince U.S. officials and others ...

Carlsberg has said it is investigating a strike by Angkor beer promoters, who yesterday vowed to continue in their bid for fair treatment.  More than 30 beer promoters have been striking since last Monday, accusing Angkor brewer Cambrew of refusing to pay overtime despite a ...

Cambodian tycoon Ly Yong Phat has signed a US$3 billion joint-venture agreement with Thai energy firm Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Plc on what would be the Kingdom’s largest power station. Just under 90 per cent of the power, however, would be sold to Thailand. the 1,800 megawatt ...