Over 100 election hopefuls – mostly minority candidates – were knocked out of the running in the Union Election Commission’s final list, with citizenship status by far the most common stumbling block. the final list was short 124 rejected candidates, according to the commission’s announcement on ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and The Government of The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) signed an agreement yesterday for a $40.5 million grant for The Climate-Friendly Agribusiness Value Chains Sector Project that will help farmers and agribusinesses develop sustainable and climate-smart agriculture value chains in The country.More ...

The ongoing US-China trade war will greatly impact The structure of The world economy in The future, causing damage but also generating indirect opportunities for countries where The economy relies heavily on agricultural production like Việt Nam.Keep reading   ...

Kheng Chen had her hair cut in January and sold it to a broker for just under US$8. She isn’t happy with the close-cropped style because it makes her look older than her 48 years. But when Kheng Chen grows her hair back in a few ...

Cambodia’s Labour Minister Ith Samheng made a lengthy defence of the draft trade union law on 30 December, claiming it would stabilise the Kingdom’s troubled labour relations, even as he pledged to find the “mastermind” behind recent protests in the Svay Rieng town of Bavet. Speaking ...

The lack of funds to widen The narrow main highway connecting HCMC with The Mekong Delta has impeded traffic for years.The section of National Highway 1 at HCMC’s western border runs from The An Lac intersection in Binh Tan District to Long An Province. It is ...

Authorities in Myanmar currently have no plan to include minority Rohingya Muslims living in densely-packed camps as they begin vaccinating priority groups against COVID-19 in western Rakhine State, the junta-appointed local administrator said. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled to Bangladesh during military operations in 2017 ...

Garment workers at Thailand’s Brilliant Alliance factory were granted leave, only to learn their employer had shut down when they returned to their worksite in early March 2021.  “Everyone was abandoned and never went back to work, there was nothing from the company about compensation,” said ...

Following a mass cull of more than 1,000 pigs over the last two weeks, authorities yesterday played down any threat to the local pork supply, but financial concerns among farmers and market vendors are mounting.Some 1,200 pigs have been culled in Siem Reap, having recently ...

Thai soldiers shot and seriously injured at least four illegal loggers who crossed into Thailand from Oddar Meanchey province’s Trapaing Prasat district last week, a rights worker said Sunday. A group of about 10 loggers were searching for luxury rosewood across the border in Thailand’s Sisaket ...

Thousands of unionists protesting their dismissal clashed with managers at a footwear factory in Kompong Cham province Monday morning, leaving at least two Taiwanese supervisors with head injuries. About 2,000 workers—who were fired from the Juhui footwear factory in Choeung Prey district last month over demonstrations ...

Investment on convertIng waste to energy In Cambodia has been boosted as part of urban garbage management In what officials said would help to keep the country clean and generate power for the grid. ...

More than 6,000 businesses with over $2.6 billion in capital have been registered with the government’s online Business Registration Platform in just one year since its launch, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...

The World Food Programme (WFP), in collaboration with The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, is delivering food to 30,000 vulnerable and poor households in five provinces. ...

The Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) is set to be signed on October 26, ushering in a new chapter that will open up fresh avenues in trade and investment between The two Asian nations, according to a senior Ministry of Commerce official. ...

The Ministry of Cults and Religion and oTher relevant stakeholders are expediting Their work on drafting a Law on Religion in Cambodia with The intention to ban monks from participating in political protests. ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Representatives from enterprises involved in tea, spices, cardamom, and indian prickly ash, community business-supporting organisations, and service providers attended a workshop to bolster their business opportunities and export markets through standardisation and certification.the workshop was held recently at the SME Promotion ...

Mines Minister Suy Sem could not give parliament’s anti-corruption commission an acceptable explanation for why Cambodian customs data failed to note $750 million in sand exports that Singapore says it received, the committee’s chairman said after a hearing on December 15. Sem was called in ...

Chinese aid and expertise—and perhaps some fighter jets—will help modernize Cambodia’s military, Defense Minister Tea Banh said on October 17 as navy vessels from China and the U.S. paid courtesy calls to Cambodia’s ports. Speaking after his return from the 7th Xiangshan Forum, a regional security summit ...

The National Assembly yesterday passed Cambodia’s first law on pesticide and chemical fertiliser control, which The government hopes will regulate The use and sale of dangerous chemicals on agricultural products. Currently, hazardous pesticides are sold with little regulation and often without proper labeling that instructs farmers ...