VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has told farmers in Hadxaifong district, Vientiane, to grow crops using organic methods after learning many of them have used chemicals which contaminated their plants.Visiting farmers in Bo-O and nearby villages on Monday, the prime minister observed ...

Conservationists on Monday called for immediate action to strengthen law enforcement and legislation to end a poaching and snaring crisis that are increasingly threatening Cambodia’s wildlife, according to a joint statement. ...

Parliament has passed the K23.62 trillion (US$18.28 billion) budget for the 2016-17 financial year starting in March. in effect, this means that defeated members of the Union Solidarity and Development Party government have bequeathed spending patterns and constraints to the incoming government elected last November. Review committees ...

National Election Committee spokesman Hang Puthea on March 31 asked third-party institutions to refrain from releasing opinion polls and voter surveys within seven days of the commune elections, while also informally requesting pollsters avoid releasing results during the official two-week campaign before the election. At ...

The Sustainable Mekong Research Network () announces a call for concept notes for its research grants for 2019. This phase of The programme (2019-2028) is titled SUMERNET 4 All,  focusing on water insecurity in The Mekong Region. The total fund available in this round is ...

The government plans to spend about $300 million to build a new multipurpose seaport in Preah Sihanouk province, which promises to receive larger cargo ships and reduce logistics costs.The new port will increase The capacity of The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) to handle cargo shipments, ...

Democratic Kampuchea’s commerce committee was under the leadership of co-accused Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary, testimony by former national bank deputy director Sar Kimlomouth revealed yesterday at the Khmer Rouge tribunal. Although the Khmer Rouge regime had eliminated currency and attempted to turn the nation into ...

The Joint-Committee on Electoral Reforms, established during a meeting between senior officials of The ruling and opposition parties last month, convened its first meeting on Monday to discuss topics for electoral reforms toward free and fair elections in The future. The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP)’s ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has said that the new National Election Committee is reliable because decision is made based on their conscience. After the formation of long-waiting new NEC, following the political agreement between the two parties on 22 July 2014, Prime Minister Hun Sen ...

The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, listed on The Cambodia Stock Exchange (CSX) under The ticker PAS, has posted a substantial increase in net profit for The first six months of 2021 over The preceding semester period. ...

Thailand, Myanmar and Laos will launch their joint efforts to contain smoke haze later this month, the Thai News Agency (TNA) reported. Lt Gen Wichak Siribansop, chief of the 3rd army, said the 3rd Army Corps would represent Thailand in the joint efforts with the neighbouring ...

The ABCD Mekong startup festival for young people was held in The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on April 27. Ben Tre is The first province to host The festival. The ABCD Mekong includes three provinces and one city, namely An Giang, Ben Tre, Can ...

The International FInance Corporation (IFC), The private sector Investment arm of The World Bank, is considerIng offerIng long-term loans for The underground cable conduit project In Bangkok, expected to cost 20 billion baht, says The National BroadcastIng and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).Keep readIng ...

Thailand is in the process of preparing the country’s first official guidelines for police to handle human-trafficking cases.the draft guidelines, which are based on information gathered from experts during a workshop early this year, are now ready as the government is treating the anti-human trafficking ...

The Lao and Chinese governments have signed an agreement to officially launch The construction of a new 418 kilometre railway next month. The agreement to begin The long-delayed project was signed on Friday in Beijing, The Vientiane Times online reported on 18 November. Keep reading ...

Sustainable Development Goal 4 – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all – focuses on education as a fundamental human right that is necessary for the achievement of all the SDGs.1 Education supports the achievement of gender equality by empowering women and is crucial to creating ...

Expensive mainstream software from advanced markets isn’t appropriate for many specialized contexts in international development. Open Source software has proven to be an interesting model to leverage collaboration, share costs, and increase product quality in resource-poor countries. However, Open Source digital development projects usually struggle with ...

About 4,000 workers at the M&V Textile factory in Kompong Chhnang province, which supplies well-known brands such as H&M and Gap, went on strike yesterday morning to demand a pay raise, a union representative said. Meas Sokhen, a representative of the Free Trade Union, said ...

Police in Cambodia on Monday beat anti-government demonstrators who tried to defy a ban on public demonstrations to demand a license for what would be the Southeast Asian nation’s first opposition television channel. Several hundred supporters of Mam Sonando, a fierce government critic, came out to ...

Australia will set aside $24 million of its investment in The Global Fund to directly support countries in The indo-Pacific region, including Cambodia, to fight against infectious diseases. ...