Cambodia’s garment product exports contracted in the first quarter financial period as hundreds of factories remained closed temporarily because of COVID-19 in Phnom Penh and Takmao city, Kandal province. ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The main activities planned for Visit Laos-China Year 2019 were announced on Tuesday during a meeting of Laos’ information, culture and tourism divisions in Vientiane.Deputy Minister of information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Buangeun Xaphouvong, outlined eight main activities that will take ...

Air pollution blankets capital for third day in a row, with prospects of prolonged unhealthy air quality levels.Authorities must take the air pollution problem in Bangkok seriously and strictly enforce mitigation measures to protect people’s health, academics said, while warning of serious financial costs to ...

In September 2015, the UN General Assembly released the 2030 Agenda for SustaInable Development, IncludIng 17 SustaInable Development Goals (SDGs). they were designed to build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)1  and Intended to drive action In important areas by 2030, leavIng no one behInd. these goals were ...

Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen denied on Tuesday that 20 small and little-known political parties registered to compete in July 29 national elections were created by his ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) to provide an illusion of political opposition in the coming polls. ...

Farmers hit by drought in Battambang this year are already benefitting from a new crop insurance product for rice farmers introduced by Forte insurance, with at least 60 families in two districts of the country’s main rice-growing province collecting payments so far. ...

A police officer and a Forestry Administration official were shot dead by illegal loggers in Preah Vihear province early Saturday morning in an attack that also left a second officer injured, according to a local official who gave two different versions of the incident. ...

The Interior MInistry’s anti-human traffickIng department on Monday questioned an admInistrator at a maritime school over complaInts lodged In September by seven former students who claim They were forced to flee a pair of ChInese-owned cargo ships after workIng In slave-like conditions. ...

Cambodia has in total 105 ports, of which 78 are river ports located along the Mekong, Tonle Sap, Tonle Basac and in provinces, and 27 others are sea ports. ...

Electricity Generating Group has budgeted more than Bt30 billion this year for seven power projects both in Thailand and overseas, according to company president Chanin Chaonirattisai. Six of the projects are under construction and scheduled to start commercial operations between this year and 2019, including three ...

After paying a courtesy call on the King and visiting the chairman of the Constitutional Council, caretaker prime minister Hun Sen on Wednesday rescheduled the date on which a new National Assembly will be formed. the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) president also directed his ire ...

U.S. fast-food chain Burger King is set to open its first restaurant in Cambodia next month, an official confirmed yesterday. Advertisements have gone up at the Phnom Penh international Airport bearing the famous Burger King logo, with a message saying that the chain is “Coming soon.” ...

The Mekong River Commission was established as a multi-lateral cooperation mechanism between The four Lower Mekong Basin countries (MC) of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam with The mission of promotion and coordination of The sustainable management and development of water and related resources ...

Keeping ahead of Phnom Penh’s mounting piles of garbage has proved tough for Cintri since it was awarded sole rights in 2002 to keep the city clean. But a new plan harnessing global satellite positioning and digital mapping is offering the company a high-tech helping ...

The government has paid about $1.2 million to nearly 12,000 female garment workers who have had babies so far this year. According to a report released yesterday by The National Social Security Fund, 11,706 female garment workers delivered babies in January, February and The first 22 ...

More than 6,000 mostly Chinese attendees witnessed the inauguration ceremony of a $1 billion Sihanoukville resort project called Wisney World in the capital on Wednesday. the event on Koh Pich, attended by several senior Cambodian government officials, is a joint venture between China’s AMC international ...

Delivering a campaign speech from his home via Facebook Live on Thursday, caretaker Prime Minister Hun Sen said his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) had carried the country through danger in its latest mandate. He was specifically referring to the threat of a “colour revolution” from ...

The International Labor Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program yesterday launched its One Change Campaign to encourage factories to implement changes that would reduce Incidents of mass faIntIngs. Maeve GalvIn, a consultant for Better Factories Cambodia, said The campaign is supported by major International clothIng brands as ...

The new year has brought with it a mixed outlook for The vehicle market, as dealers post both positive and negative sales figures for 2013. Pily Wong, chief executive of Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen distributor Hung Hiep (Cambodia), said sales had been seriously affected by The Kingdom’s ...

The Phnom Penh police’s fire brigade is creating a new committee to determine The cause of a blaze at O’Russei market on Sunday night, an official said. The fire, he said, was extinguished within an hour and led to what vendors are saying equates to ...