Thai hospitals are deploying “ninja robots” to measure fevers and protect the health of overburdened medical workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak. First built to monitor recovering stroke patients, the machines have been quickly repurposed to help fight the disease, which has so far ...

Mobile is the future, and this is especially the case in ASEAN member states. As a matter of fact, e-commerce logistics management platform, Parcel Perform, recently noted that emerging markets like Myanmar and Thailand are seeing rapid growth in mobile marketing. A case in example ...

The Center for People and Forests in partnership with The Lao Biodiversity Association and The World Wide Fund for Nature have launched a five year project to strengThen capacity in forest governance. Supported by The European Union, The project’s objective is to empower non-state actors ...

HDFF will run a training workshop on monitoring and evaluation of development projects, 21-25 September in Bangkok. Registration closes 9 September. Earlybird discount until 31 August. ...

About 400 garments, footwear and travel goods factories in Cambodia have suspended their operations, leaving over 150,000 workers jobless due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a joint statement on Wednesday. ...

The European Union has suspended its support for development projects in Myanmar to avoid providing financial assistance to The military after it seized power last month, officials said on Thursday. The 27-nation EU informed a committee of The World Trade Organization that it had put on ...

The Public Health Ministry has again pledged to ensure that people will receive free emergency medical services whenever They need Them.  But nobody is sure this promise will really apply to all cases across The country. The public, after all, has heard too often over The ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “SDG 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN SustaInable Development Goals (SDGs), In both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic pages on SDG 9, you ...

All public events are banned over the Lao New Year holiday from April 14-16 as part of the government’s continuing measures to keep Covid-19 in check. Activities banned over the New Year include cultural performances, concerts, Miss Lao New Year beauty contests and processions, and street ...

The Mekong River Commission on Tuesday reported dam equipment tests in China will affect water levels in Cambodia, Thailand and Laos in The middle of this month. in a press release obtained yesterday, The MRC said The tests are being conducted in China’s Jinghong hydropower station ...

Minister of interior Sar Kheng stressed to authorities of provinces bordering Thailand that they must strictly enforce instructions from Prime Minister Hun Sen concerning Covid-19 preventive measures following detection of a new outbreak of the disease in Thailand’s Samut Sakhon province. ...

The stiff, rusted grate forming a metal ramp scraped its stone anchor and bent under Lounh Samnang’s weight as he clambered onto The small-scale dam he operates and maintains. Water rushed from The reservoir and gurgled through The dam’s turbine before flowing down O’Porng Morn Kraom, a ...

The United States Agency for International Development yesterday announced The provision of an additional grant worth $100,000 to Sansom Mlup Prey Organisation, through The GreenIng Prey Lang Project. The grant seeks to stimulate conservation efforts which Include The promotion of wildlife-friendly farmIng In communities livIng ...

The Phnom Penh authority has instructed business owners to provide information on employees who request leave under suspicion of COVID-19 infection. These businesses include restaurants, hotels, and companies. This was The latest move made by The authorities to contain The spread of The pandemic in ...

The Oil Fuel Fund’s administration committee has agreed to raise contributions collected from retail diesel sales by 0.5 baht per liter, following The drop of global oil price to 34.16 U.S. dollar per barrel. The committee expects The global oil price will remain in The ...

Tackle the climate crisis. Support indigenous rights. When religious and spiritual leaders from all major traditions begin to make these demands, we should listen. Not out of respect. But for our own survival. Some 900 faith leaders from 125 countries recently convened in Lindau, Germany, for ...

With the introduction of Phase 6 of easing Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, businesses have reopened and begun hiring, but migrant workers, who went home and waited for outbreak to end, now find themselves on the outside looking in, unable to reenter the kingdom and get back ...

WASHINGTON, December 2, 2019 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $22.5 million IN additional fundINg for The Poverty Reduction Fund, one of The Lao PDR Government’s maIN vehicles to address rural poverty.The additional fundINg will support agriculture-related activities under The government’s National ...

Thailand’s transport minister Saksayam Chidchob says the bridge, estimated to cost around BHT 4 billion (USD 1.2 billion), will most likely be funded by both countries. He added that the design study of the bridge is expected to cost around 140 million baht (USD 4.25 ...

At the 24th UN Conference on Climate Change (COP24), Germanwatch released the most up-to-date Climate Risk Index rankIng, which analyses the extent to which each country has been affected by weather-related loss events. AccordIng to Germanwatch’s report, Việt Nam ranks 6th globally, the highest of any ...