A member of the ruling party’s election-reform negotiating team has told the Post that expectations of the depth of reforms that can actually occur before the 2017 commune and 2018 national elections need to be “realistic”. Prum Sokha, a secretary of state at the interior Ministry, ...

Nearly 2,000 workers at a Kandal province garment factory had returned to work on Saturday and 6,000 more planned to return today after nearly three weeks of strikes, company and union representatives said yesterday. Yung Wah Factory administrative director ing Minchuan confirmed yesterday that the roughly ...

Grand Twins international (Cambodia), a manufacturer for U.S. athletic apparel brands, donated 80 tons of jasmine rice to about 6,000 workers at its factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district on Thursday. Grand Twins officials could not be reached for comment, but local media reported ...

Cambodia’s telecommunications provider Smart Axiata yesterday announced a $1 million COVID-19 Relief Fund in a demonstration of support as the Kingdom deals with the Coronavirus pandemic. ...

The number of international flights to and from Cambodia’s three airports in March is forecast to decline by around 40 per cent compared to December last year, since The Covid-19 outbreak. ...

The Kingdom’s remains bogged down in efforts to officially export edible bird’s nest to China, according to a senior official at The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on April 1. ...

The government continues to provide funding to 150 fishing communities in The amount of four million riel ($1,000) each for community management and fisheries management, flood protection, patrols, conservation and management planning. ...

The Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance in Cambodia (SUN CSA Cambodia) has created an online form to collect reports on any dairy products with marketing content that could be considered contrary to The promotion of breastfeeding. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) said yesterday it is “impossible” to allow migrant workers in neighbouring Thailand to vote for upcoming elections, citing The lack of a legal framework. ...

The government will give all factory workers two days off to participate in The June 5 commune council elections. Owners of factories and manufacturing enterprises will be required to pay wages and oTher benefits as normal.   ...

Cooperating with Mekong-Lancang Cooperation framework, re-establishing a cooperation framework with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and reviving collaboration with Greater Mekong Sub-region were among key topics the Mekong River Commission’s Expert Group on Strategy and Partnership discussed yesterday during its kick-off meeting in Vientiane. Keep ...

Tevin Vongvanich, the new president and chief executive of PTT Plc, has vowed to make the national oil and gas firm a key player in improving Thailand’s competitiveness.  “We drove our economy without creating any innovation or productivity improvement for a long time, while other emerging countries ...

The Ministry of Transport has approved a taxi fare hike by 50 satang over The distance between one to ten kilometers, starting September in order to offset increasing costs for drivers.Keep watching ...

Thailand’s Treasury Department estimates that investment in each low-rise condominium project with 500 units under the government’s cheap housing scheme will not exceed 250 million baht, its chief says. Each condo unit with a 23-24-square-metre space will cost 500,000 baht, said Chakkrit Parapuntakul, director-general of the Treasury ...

Thailand and Laos have agreed to strengthen cooperation on drug prevention and suppression to promote peace and cooperation in the border regions of the two countries.Keep watching ...

(KPL) Farmers in Hongsa district, Xayaboury Province have attended a training course to learn how to process fruits.Held at Nakenkham village, Hongsa district, Xayaboury Province on 3-5 Feb, the training was conducted by professors from the Mongkhonlanna Technology University of Thailand. More ...

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a National Action Programme on Zero Hunger, aiming to ensure enough food and nutrition for all citizens. The programme is part of The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal No 2 which focuses on sustainable solutions to eradicate hunger in ...

More than 16,000 hectares of rice paddies are currently being affected by drought across the country, officials said yesterday. “there wasn’t enough rain for the rice this year, ” said Nhep Srorn, director of Takeo province’s agriculture department. Pich Sokhin, governor of Oddar Meanchey province, said ...

The Royal Gazette reported on Tuesday (February 26) that His Majesty The King had approved The national budget for fiscal 2020, retroactively effective from last October 2.After a string of delays and approval from The Parliament, The National Budget Act for fiscal 2020 was published ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has established a new fund designed to strengThen Laos’ capacity to address and cope with climate change threats.According to The Prime Ministerial Decree on Climate Change, which was published in The Lao National Gazette on October 17, The fund ...