VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The agriculture sector has not grown as anticipated, as a result of weaTher extremes, according to a recent government recent report. The government has forecast that The sector will grow by 2.8 percent this year so long as There is no flooding, ...

The Hanoi People’s Committee recently issued a plan on building a ‘Hanoi – creative city’ dossier to apply to join The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Creative Cities Network.The offices will conduct survey, gaTher documents and statistics of The city in various ...

PREVENTION activities should be carried out near the confluence of the Ayeyawady River and the Dokhtawaddy River to protect them from riverbank erosion, said U Taing Aung Lin, director of the Mandalay Region Department of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems.Keep reading ...

Thailand is ramping up domestic production of Covid-19 test kits to avoid a potential shortage, as it prepares for a possible second wave of infections after most businesses and services reopened. “Thailand has always received criticism for testing too few, and that was the case at ...

A 60MW solar power farm in Kampong Chhnang province was connected to the national grid last weekend, bringing the Kingdom’s total solar-power generation to 150MW, Ministry of Mines and Energy spokesman Victor Jona said on Sunday. the project, located in Taing Krasaing commune’s Romeas village ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Floods”, a hot topic discussed in the present day. in this bilingual new topic page, you will get some insights regarding the situation of floods in Cambodia, together with the related statistic figures and references. =>Please ...

The government recently gave its approval to The route of The planned Vangvieng-Luang Prabang expressway – a highway that will shorten The drive between The two tourist hotspots to about 90 minutes. The go-ahead is anoTher step towards The start of construction of The four-lane 136.9-km ...

Kem Sokha, newly-elected first vice president of the National Assembly, led a session of the National Assembly Wednesday for the first time after president Heng Samrin went out to have a meeting the outgoing Thai Ambassador to Cambodia for a short period of time. ...

Two days after uniformed security personnel were recorded on video in Phnom Penh chasing and beating demonstrators at will, a man police say admitted to using a slingshot at the scene to “inflame protesters’ anger towards police” was charged in court. After two hours of questioning ...

Hundreds of garment factories in Cambodia and elsewhere in Asia are facing serious financial problems because clothing brands have either canceled their orders or stopped placing new ones over the past several weeks.  ...

Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron called on governments in the region to give priority attention to investment in early childhood care and development (ECCD) to achieve their sustainable development goals (SDGs). ...

Thailand has become one of the world’s largest garbage dumps after China banned waste imports, including electronics and plastics, from foreign countries in 2017. As a result, waste from many countries that was originally shipped to China is now being redirected to countries in Southeast ...

Việt Nam’s rapid progress in research and application of biotechnology in agriculture is contributing to the country’s goals for green growth and farmers’demands, according to experts. Biotech methods have been able to detect plant diseases rapidly, and have also been  used to create products that prevent ...

The Kingdom’s annual $7 billion garment and textile sector, which has already been hard hit by The Coronavirus pandemic, is still struggling to make up for its partial loss of a preferential zero-tax trade deal provided by The European Union due to end in August. ...

PESTECH (Cambodia) Plc, a subsidiary of Malaysia-based power infrastructure specialist PESTECH international Bhd, yesterday officially listed on the local bourse, becoming the 13th listed company in the Cambodia Securities and Exchange (CSX). ...

The ministries of Environment and interior have jointly established a new working group to review and integrate sanitation and environmental measures into The so-called Safe Village/Commune policy.​​ The government hopes to inspire residents to address hygiene and solid waste management in communities nationwide. ...

Cambodian banks must integrate automated payment processing, according to Sabay Digital Corp’s co-founder Mike Gaertner. Its absence is a gaping hole in the Kingdom’s financial services. As a result, the Kingdom is notably left out of crucial consumer behaviour shaping the 21st century, including subscription ...

The Ministry of Health purchased one million SD Biosensor Covid-19 rapid test kits from South Korea, with its shipment arriving in The Kingdom on Saturday through coordination by The Cambodian embassy There. ...

The Government-Private Sector Working Group D (GPSWG-D) on Law, Tax and Governance held a meeting via videoconference to discuss challenges The private sector is facing in this hard time of COID-19 pandemic. ...

With the 15-day Pchum Ben festival approaching, Phnom Penh municipal police have mobilised nearly 2,000 officers for duties like maintaining security and public order during the celebrations, while municipal governor Khuong Sreng urged police in the capital to also pay attention to enforcement of Covid-19 ...