Cambodian opposition supporters protest against PM Hun Sen
An estimated 20,000 supporters of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) took to the streets in capital Phnom Penh Sunday afternoon to call on Prime Minister Hun Sen to hold a reelection or to step down following allegations of serious irregularities during the July ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/833497.shtml#.UreXdtIW2ls
Officials Breach Dam to Stop It From Bursting
Hundreds of families in Battambang province have been evacuated as authorities ordered a section of a dam to be cut away to release pressure on a reservoir that was threatening to burst and engulf the communities beneath it, as heavy rain continues to cause havoc ...
Ben Sokhean and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-breach-dam-to-stop-it-from-bursting-44790/
Made here, owned there
At the end of a well-paved road just past the city’s airport sits a cluster of factories. Each one is barely discernible from the next – grey concrete walls and blue aluminium roofs. But one factory in the lot, MAG (Cambodia), is different. In a country ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/made-here-owned-there
Forest crimes see a drop in Ratanakkiri
Government officials and civil society organisations in Ratanakkiri province report a significant decrease in the number of forest crimes, noting that perpetrators are no longer using large vehicles to transport the timber. Ratanakkiri provincial Department of Agriculture director Soy Sona said that, on the surface, ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-crimes-see-drop-ratanakkiri
Fees too high: AirAsia CEO
While AirAsia, one of the world’s largest low-cost airline, is gearing toward an expansion in the region, the company’s chief executive said that serving Cambodia was expensive due to high airport fees. Airport charges are high and restrictive, as are over-flight fees, compared to other countries in ...
Forest Policy and Admistration
Thailand’s forests are governed under a system of laws and policies that has evolved over the past few decades to place a greater emphasis on conservation and sustainable management. Though challenges of implementation, participation, and community usage rights persist, governance can be considered a positive factor ...
CNRP boycott puts parliament perks at risk: CPP
Cambodia’s embattled opposition risks losing its official salaries and government-provided Lexuses if it continues to boycott sessions of the National Assembly, a ruling party spokesman said yesterday.The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party began boycotting parliamentary sessions at the end of last month when it pulled ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-boycott-puts-parliament-perks-risk-cpp
Cambodia has about 50,000 hectares of mangroves
Protecting mangrove will be a main agenda of the World Wetlands Day to be held on Feb. 2, 2021, according to a press release from the Fauna&Flora International (FFI)-Cambodia programme and other partners. ...
Khner Time Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50808689/cambodia-has-about-50000-hectares-of-mangroves/
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International Non-government Organizations (INGOs)
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Associations
[[“Actors”,”Expertise/purposes”,”Website”,”Facebook”],[“Federation of Associations for Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FASMEC)“,”FASMEC is a nonprofit organization working to enhance SMEs’ promotion and development, and lobbying for a good business environment. FASMEC provides representation and protection of SME-related rights assured by Cambodian law. “,””,”Link“],[“Cambodia Chamber of ...
Japanese trade group promotes investment in Lao SEZs
The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) Vientiane will work with the developers of four special economic zones (SEZs) to encourage more investment by Japanese companies, to boost trade and economic ties between Laos and Japan. A Memorandum of Cooperation was signed in Vientiane on Tuesday by ...
7 expressway projects expected to boost Mekong Delta connectivity
Seven major expressways totaling 1,000 km and costing VND150 trillion ($6.49 billion) are taking shape in the Mekong Delta, expected to improve connectivity in the region. Mekong Delta is home to around 20 million people, or a fifth of the country’s population and known as Vietnam’s ...
Cuu Long
Drought, saltwater intrusion loom in Vietnam's Mekong Delta
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta plans to grow this year’s winter-spring rice crop early since drought and saltwater intrusion are forecast to be severe in the dry season starting at the end of this year. The country’s rice granary is expected to sow 1.55 million hectares, ...
Mekong Delta localities plant trees, build natural embankments to prevent erosion
More people in the Mekong Delta are planting trees and building embankments made of natural materials to prevent erosion along rivers and canals. The delta, which has a dense river and canal network, has faced increasing erosion along rivers and canals in recent years because of human activity and climate change. In Hau ...
VNA
Cambodian firm accused of creating a ‘monopoly in the timber business’
A surge in deforestation alerts from Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary has raised fresh concerns over the role of a controversial timber firm in illegal logging. The 34,000-hectare (17,000 acre) Think Biotech concession was approved in 2012 under an agreement between Cambodia and South Korea aiming ...
DANIELLE KEETON-OLSEN
Vietnam pledges to investigate massive illegal logging violations as international pressure grows
After several weeks of silence, the Vietnamese government announced that is working to begin an investigation into allegations of widespread illegal logging in Cambodia directed by Vietnamese companies and provincial government officials. Earlier this month the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) released a damning report which ...
How to arrange VND230 trillion to build north-south highway
The Ministry of Transport has said that the north-south highway requires lower costs compared with other projects, but the Ministry of Finance says the required investment is high compared with the long-term public investment plan. MOT has submitted to the government a project on building a ...
Thai court throws out decade-long legal fight over Laos dam
A top Thai court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to halt purchases of electricity by the country from a hydropower dam in neighbouring Laos over environmental concerns, bringing an end to a decade-long legal battle. The case brought by 37 villagers from eight provinces along ...
Reuters