A new US commitment to oil and mining transparency may push the Kingdom closer to a similar agreement, Cambodian experts have said. US President Barack Obama announced earlier this week that the US would join the Extractive industries Transparency initiative as an implementing country, according to ...

The International Labor Organization says a new National Employment Policy will improve The country’s economy for The young generation.The policy, drafted with The help of Sweden, aims to Increase “decent and productive” employment opportunities, enhance skills and human resources development, and strengThen labor market governance, ...

Following a Monday announcement from the Agriculture Ministry that provincial officials must ensure that the country’s rice millers pay adequate prices for rice paddy, the ministry followed up yesterday, saying that working groups had started discussing the situation with rice millers and rice farmers. in a ...

Hong Kong has banned egg imports from Cambodia due to the country’s recent avian influenza outbreak, which claimed four lives last month. “Hong Kong does not import live poultry or poultry meat from Cambodia, but 170,000 poultry eggs were imported from there last year,” the ...

The Apsara National Authority (ANA), a body tasked with managing The Angkor Archaeological Park, has requested that visitors refrain from parking Their vehicles on The streets in The area because it obstructs traffic and lessens The beauty of The temples. ...

Reports by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) show that the floodwaters from the Lao dam collapse didn’t have a major effect upon Cambodia when compared to ordinary rainfall. initial and preliminary analysis for the extent of the water level rise in Stung Treng due to the ...

Thailand has set a target of becoming a rabies-free country by 2020, and the government has put the nation on full alert following the worst infection rate in nearly four decades. Experts on public health are calling for immediate and comprehensive cooperation from the government, ...

At a workshop to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the Law on the Protection and the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, executive director of the Cambodian Disabled People’s Organisation Ngin Saorath decried the lack of progress on equal treatment of disabled people ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand reached $3.16 billion in the first nine months – an increase of 14.08 per cent year-on-year. Imports to Cambodia were worth $2.65 billion, representing a 19.26 per cent increase in contrast with exports to Thailand that was valued at ...

Cambodia and Myanmar are in the process of expediting negotiations on two important draft agreements in a bid to swiftly increase trade cooperation with each other, citing low bilateral trade volume. ...

Although Thailand is still lagging behind other countries in developing cannabis-based medication, Thai medical researchers hope frozen knowledge could be renewed and extended to serve patients’ needs, especially in the field of traditional medicine.Keep reading ...

The number of local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have joined global trade networks and have trade relationship with international partners makes up a small proportion, lower than in regional countries, heard a seminar in Hanoi City on October 31.Keep reading ...

The flood situation in The South is manageable even though heavy rains persist, interior permanent secretary Grisada Boonrach says. Local authorities in Yala province were working hard to repair sections of roads in tambon Talo-halor in Raman district which had been hit by floods, preventing ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just published a new topic page on Drought in both Khmer and English languages. The page aims to provide general overview and national response, effect and future prospect of The topic with interactive map and graphic demonstrate The impacts. Drought page could be ...

Environmental campaigner and Areng Valley community leader Ven Vorn lost his appeal against his one-year suspended sentence for “collecting forest products without permission” yesterday at the Appeals Court. Judge Kim Danny did not give reasons why the court decided to uphold the March ruling of the ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday rejected opposition calls for him to dissolve the National Assembly to pave the way for a new election and to step down from power. “I want to stress that there is no re-election, no one dissolves the legislature and ...

Cambodia’s Apsara National Authority (ANA) is restoring another three Buddha statues at Bakan tower of the famed Angkor Wat in the northwestern Siem Reap Province after the previous one was restored, the authority said. ...

The Burapha Agro-Forestry Company last week planted eucalyptus, acacia, sindora and dalbergia trees as a pilot mixture tree garden to mark National Arbor Day. The 18-hectare pilot plantation is being established in Saen-oudom village, Xaythany district, Vientiane, with The aim of preserving The environment and ...

The second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge across The Moei river in Tak’s Mae Sot district will be officially opened on Oct 30, according to a press release from The Highway Department.The opening ceremony will be co-chaired by Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob and Myanmar’s Minister of Construction ...

President U HtinKyaw is likely to discuss the Myitsone dam issue during his state visit to China that started yesterday. the five-day visit, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jin Ping, is the first for U Htin Kyaw since he assumed office in April ...