Prime Minister Hun Sen officially declared that the “November 28 community incident” – a reference to the first confirmed case of Covid-19 local transmission – was now over as the situation had been brought under control. Hun Sen made the announcement as he addressed the ...

Japan has signed a three-year deal to help train government officials on attracting environmentally friendly investment. The Environment Ministry and Japan international Cooperation Agency on March 6 signed The agreement to educate officials about how to use environmental impact assessments and enforce pollution controls. The project is ...

Villagers evicted by the development of Boeung Kak lake took their protest to the World Bank headquarters in Phnom Penh on 1 February, demanding to meet with the bank’s Cambodia country manager, Alassane Sow, and pelting the building with eggs after being rebuffed. Keep reading ...

The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (Tisi) announced on December 20 that it has adopted The circular economy philosophy, In lIne with The operational guidelInes drawn up for all organizations wantIng to better manage Their resources, Wanchai Panomchai, Tisi secretary general, revealed.The circular economy covers product ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Timor-Leste highly values the support shown by Laos for the country’s application for Asean membership and is also seeking to broaden cooperation with Asean members in the Mekong sub-region.the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mr Dionisio da Costa Babo ...

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has advised people on how to clean banknotes and coins to ensure They are not contaminated with Covid-19 virus.The BOT said that people could disinfect The notes by soaking Them in soap solution or dishwashing liquid for a short period. ...

Activists are pushing for heavier penalties for those who sexually abuse or rape children, with a signboard campaign over the weekend held at Mandalay’s Manaw Yaman public square on 62nd Street. the public display was part of a 16-day campaign, which began on November 25, run ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union has joined forces with The environmental preservation group Green Vientiane to reduce The use of plastic and find solutions to The scourge of plastic waste.Members of The Youth Union and Green Vientiane yesterday held a ...

The Thai government has begun The process of setting up a system of “catch certification” that can help to trace fishing activity from start to finish to upgrade The fishing industry. The move is part of Thailand’s attempts to standardise The Thai fishing industry and fight allegations ...

The Cabinet on Tuesday (Dec, 18) approved two digital laws concerning The prevention of cybercrime and The use of personal information without consent. Minister of Digital Economy and Society’s Pichet Durongkaveroj said today The two laws include The cybersecurity draft act which can prevent or ...

As China opened one of its six dams on the upper Mekong River last month to help parched Southeast Asian countries down river cope with a record drought, it was hailed as benevolent water diplomacy. But to critics of hydroelectric dams built on the Mekong over ...

About 30 former employees of now-defunct mobile operator Mfone protested Tuesday outside the office of the company’s liquidator, demanding pay promised to them and more than 1,000 other employees after the operator collapsed last year. Mr. Darin said he was paid 70 percent of his ...

Amid fears of large-scale transmission of the new Covid-19 variant Omicron, border province authorities are looking at the possibility of implementing strict measures for crossing migrant workers, including implementing mandatory quarantines and PCR testing. these measures are the result of what was learnt dealing with ...

The Implementation Plan for The Social Accountability Framework (I-SAF) aims to empower local citizens, enhance local authorities’ accountability and improve The relationship between local service providers and citizens. 1The project is implemented under four main components:access to information and open budgetscitizen monitoringfacilitation and capacity buildinglearning ...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has set this year’s target for dry season rice production lower after The country’s rice farmers failed to meet last year’s mark. Last season The Department of Agriculture under The ministry encouraged farmers around The country to grow 126,000 ...

Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup #21You’re invited to the PPMM #21, which is scheduled for Tuesday, October 29. Please mark your calendar and extend the invite to your friends. We have two very exciting presentations/discussions:1.  Paul, from Aruna Technology,  is giving a presentation on remote sensing, using ...

The Vietnamese Mekong Delta is one of Earth’s most agriculturally productive regions and is of global importance for its exports of rice, shrimp, and fruit. The 18 million inhabitants of this low-lying river delta are also some of The world’s most vulnerable to climate change.  Keep ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the launch of a 1.5 billion yuan ($232.47 million) fund on Tuesday to support biodiversity protection in developing countries, as talks continue on a new post-2020 global pact to tackle species loss. Xi was virtually addressing the COP15 biodiversity summit in ...

The executive council of The Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) met here Tuesday ahead of The assembly’s annual plenary session, expected to be attended by dozens of lawmakers from 23 countries. ...