New environmental protection fees are expected to reduce the volume of industrial waste water in HCM City, while higher parking fees on city centre streets will curb traffic congestion, according to the city’s Transport Department. the city expects to collect several million dollars through the ...

Basic primary healthcare packages will be implemented in the National Health Plan (2017-2021) for township and primary-level hospitals such as those with 16 and 25 beds, said its director Dr Thant Sin Htoo. “We have to meet the infrastructure and manpower demands of health centres ...

Lao trucks delivering goods to China have to transfer their freight to Chinese trucks at the Boten international checkpoint in Luang Namtha province, officials have said, citing the smaller size of Lao trucks. Another official in Luang Prabang province also said that Lao trucks could ...

The Parliamentary Group of Friendship with Cuba of The National Assembly of Cambodia has reiterated The rejection of this country to The blockade and The hostile policy of The government of The United States against The island. ...

The SRP yesterday said it had found that more than 90 employees of state-owned power company Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) were registered to vote in two separate places for Sunday’s commune elections and warned that The ruling CPP may use such government employees to vote ...

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy have agreed on procedures for appointing new members to the country’s electoral body during their first talks in seven months aimed at breaking a political deadlock following disputed polls last year, a lawmaker said Wednesday. the ...

With its campaign for subnational council elections well under way, the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party is putting forth an optimistic message about its prospects in the vote, even going so far as to predict that ruling party voters will bolster its share of the ...

The Apsara Authority, The government entity that manages The ancient temple complex at Angkor, is studying The possibility of increasing ticket prices, stating that current prices are “low” when compared with similar destinations in oTher countries. Apsara is considering conducting a study as well to ...

Householders in 19 Yangon city townships are being urged to store water as repair work proceeds on the canal that supplies much of the city’s water. the city’s Irrigation Department will be working on the canal between the Ngamoeyeik dam and the city’s Nyaunghnapin pumping station ...

The Thai government has yet to make a decision on The controversial Phu Kradueng cable car project, says government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd. Responding to criticism by environmentalists, Maj Gen Sansern said The cabinet has merely acknowledged The results of a feasibility study conducted by The Designated ...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry reviewed its work over 2018 and outlined The agenda for The year ahead during an annual summary meeting for The sector held in Vientiane on Monday.The meeting heard about ongoing efforts to enhance rice production, encourage commercial livestock rearing ...

The Green Innovation and Development Centre (GreenID) and The Research and TraInIng Centre for Community Development (RTCCD) has co-organised a semInar on air pollution and community health In Hanoi.The March 30 semInar was a direct dialogue with doctors and experts on The issue, particularly The ...

Young people with HIV are facing unique challenges, according to a recent report from Doctors Without Borders Myanmar released ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1. Adolescents with HIV aged 10 to 19 are three times more likely to experience failure with first-line anti-retroviral treatment ...

Cambodian and Thailand railway authorities will meet on Friday for final discussions on cross-border rail transportation between the nations. Ly Borin, under-secretary of state of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, told Khmer Times yesterday that an agreement on cross-border rail transportation had been ...

The National Committee to Combat Money Laundering and The Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction has instructed all units acting as judicial authorities to set up standard operating procedures and cooperate with relevant institutions in Their investigations. ...

South Korean software developer Hancom has announced that it will support Laos to develop localized office software.Currently, Microsoft’s MS Word and MS office, as well as Google’s Google Docs suite of office software are widely used in Laos.With a memorandum of understanding signed between Hancom and Laos’s ...

Laos and Cambodia have agreed to open new border crossings to link the two nations more closely and enhance trade and investment cooperation. the plans were agreed to during Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith’s meeting with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen in Phnom Penh in June. ...

China and Cambodia agreed to boost their military ties following a meeting between their defense ministers on November 6 in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. Though specifics of the assistance remain unclear, Banh, who is also a deputy prime minister, indicated that it includes telecommunications ...

The Tonle Sap, which contributed over half The fish produced in Cambodia, is now faced with a serious threat in fish catch due to loss of flooded forest, climate change, upstream dams and illegal fishing activities. ...

Some 18,890 people in Kampong Chhnang province’s Cholkiri district have benefited immensely from the World Vision Cambodia’s 18-year mission to provide development and improvement in the areas of health, nutrition, poverty, education, and child protection. ...