Please join the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Journalism Fund for “introduction to Global Forest Watch Resources for Journalists,” a webinar discussing Global Forest Watch (GFW). the webinar will feature World Resources institute (WRI) indonesia and introduce GFW, a global forest monitoring database that uses innovative technology to help identify when, where, and ...

A recently-completed water treatment facility with the capacity to store up to 60,000 cubic metres of water in Preah Sihanouk province’s Kbal Chhay will only resume distributing water after Anco Brothers, a conglomerate tasked with building and operating the facility, has concluded that all technical ...

Phnom Penh City Hall has said it will hold a public forum within two weeks on plans to develop a road on a disused stretch of railway in Russey Keo district. Locals from six communities have been protesting the development plans for the past few months ...

Access to credit would increase dramatically if Cambodian borrowers could put up movable assets as collateral, but lenders say much more needs to be done to remove the risks associated with these assets, including the establishment of a legal framework that would restrict changes in ...

Giant Bicycles founder and chairman King Liu said on March 5 that Taiwan’s bicycle manufacturers are still competitive, despite the challenge from Cambodian competitors becoming stronger due to the country’s favorable tax policy. Bicycles exports from Taiwan were down 11.49% year-on-year in 2013, while exports ...

Opposition deputy leader and parliamentary first vice president Kem Sokha promised on Saturday to use his party’s status in parliament to summons and vote out long-serving corrupt government ministers with the help of the ruling party. ...

Minister for Social Affairs Vong Soth yesterday vowed to cut the amount of children in orphanages by 30 per cent within two years through a joint campaign with NGOs. Dubbed “Keep Families Together”, the initiative, backed by USAID, UNICEF and Friends international, will urge parents to ...

The wife of political activist Ouk Pich Samnang, who was charged with intentional violence and causing damage to public property after smashing his tuk-tuk through a barricade during a protest in Phnom Penh last week, said Monday she felt The opposition CNRP had “turned a ...

Minister for Social Affairs Vong Soth yesterday vowed to cut the amount of children in orphanages by 30 per cent within two years through a joint campaign with NGOs. Dubbed “Keep Families Together”, the initiative, backed by USAID, UNICEF and Friends international, will urge parents to ...

The ASEAN General Secretariat has voiced its full support and will provide close cooperation for Cambodia as The Chair of ASEAN in 2022. ...

Many road construction projects in the capital have been delayed or temporarily stopped work as contractors have run out of money and the government cannot provide adequate funds for them.More ...

The first ever International Jet Ski Championship In Lao PDR will kick off from 1-3 June 2018 @ Dansavanh Nam Ngum Resort. The competitions are of national and International rounds by leadIng Jet Ski teams.More ...

National Assembly President Heng Samrin has given himself the power to deny access to the assembly compound, including the offices of all lawmakers, to anyone not employed by the government and has barred all private citizens from testifying before—or sitting in on—assembly commission meetings. in ...

The Chin State government will focus on developing three main areas of The local economy over The next five years – trade, small and medium enterprises, and tourism – according to The state minister for development, electricity and industry. Local officials will work with The Union ...

The Nam Ngum 1 Hydropower Plant in Vientiane province will increase its generation capacity by more than 80MW after The seventh and eighth generators of an expansion project are completed later this year. The project is now more than 80 percent complete, a Nam Ngum ...

Plans for a 5,000-hectare banana farming project in Koh Kong province, proposed last year by an Australian and a Japanese company, look set to go ahead, with state news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) yesterday reporting that the project would cost $50 million. Last Friday, the ...

The opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Thursday announced to hold demonstration again to demand The release of 23 detained protesters who have been arrested in violent clashes earlier this year. Sam Rainsy renewed The opposition protest plan while he as well as Kem Sokha led supporters ...

The Lao Brewery Company has provided 500 million kip to The Ministry of Health to improve The nation’s health services in response to public demand. The ministry will use The funds to acquire modern medical equipment for dispensaries and district and provincial hospitals which will help ...

Two daughters look at their mother who is dying from HIV/AIDS, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank, taken in 2002. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Two common features mark Cambodia’s major health concerns:Some health figures are among the worst in the world – the 26 cases of ...

Together, fighting climate change. Photo by 350.org, taken on 12 October 2010. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Clean Development Mechanismthe Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), defined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, allows a country with an emission-reduction or emission-limitation commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to ...