The death toll from a landslide triggered by monsoon rains in eastern Myanmar rose to at least 41, an official said late Saturday, as emergency workers continued for a second night Their desperate search through thick mud for The scores feared missing. A huge brown gash ...

Australia will call home all of its overseas ambassadors for a meeting, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on March 2, as it reshapes its foreign policy to balance ties with long-time ally the United States and China, its largest trading partner. It is the first ...

The Labor Ministry is encouraging employers, with The support of unions, to implement article 116 of The Labor Law, which requires owners of enterprises and factories to pay Their workers twice a month. Fa Saly, The president of The National Trade Union Confederation, told Khmer ...

Money Trail is a collaborative project between highly regarded journalism and training organisations – Journalismfund.eu, Finance Uncovered, Free Press Unlimited – and Oxfam Novib. in Money Trail, Journalismfund.eu offers working grants for (teams of) African, Asian and European journalists to investigate cross-border illicit financial flows, tax ...

On 27 July 2017, the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Government of Brunei Darussalam reached an agreement on avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income. ...

The EU’s ban on deforestation-linked imports are causing concern among Vietnamese producers as The requirements to trace commodities back to Their origin can push up costs and entail finding alternative suppliers. The EU Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR) will cover imports of various commodities, including cocoa, coffee, palm oil, ...

The prices of about 1,900 different services offered at public hospitals have increased from Tuesday (August 20), according to The Ministry of Health.The current healthcare prices were calculated on The basis of The basic salary of VNĐ1.390 million (US$60). Once The basic salary has been ...

Climate change, drought, and upstream dams have led to record low water levels on the Mekong River, according to experts, who say the shortage is significantly harming Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake and the surrounding fishing communities who rely on it to earn a living. the water ...

One More Manufacturing Co Ltd on Saturday officially inaugurated “Mee Chiet” an instant-noodle processing factory with a production capacity of 150 million packages per year. The factory, which is located in Kouk Roka commune’s Trapaing Por village in The capital’s Prek Pnov district, will produce noodles ...

Mr. OUM Vantharith is an advocate for free and open knowledge movements in Cambodia. His interests span from #OpenData, to #OpenAccess, #OpenLicensing, #Crowdsourcing #OnlineCollaboration and micro-financing. He first got involved with the open source movement doing localization into Khmer language. Later he discovered Wikipedia and ...

Cambodia has begun to integrate disaster and climate resilience goals into its national policies but implementation remains difficult. in the National Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction 2014–2018, the government prioritizes the target to: “build a resilient nation and local communities to pursue sustainable development.” ...

With financial support from USAID Cambodian Civil Society Strengthening (CCSS) project, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has carried out three phases of Data Literacy Training Program, the first of its kind in Cambodia, with over 25 participants from different sectors including civil society, journalism, think tank, ...

The management of natural resources, especially The prosecution of forestry and fisheries crimes, is not within The jurisdiction or The sole responsibility of The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, minister Veng Sakhon said. ...

China and the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have scheduled a joint maritime exercise to take place later this year, a Chinese ministry spokesperson said Thursday. the purpose of the joint drill is to enhance mutual trust, expand exchange and ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen appointed the former director of Phnom Penh’s health department to a new position at the Ministry of Health on Monday, two days after he stripped the official of his erstwhile position during an on-air call to the popular ABC radio station. ...

Grand Twins international (GTI), a Taiwan-owned listed company on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), declared a dividend payout ratio of 50 percent of its net profit after tax for the 2015 financial year. the dividend distribution will be made on the 30th of this month. ...

Another group of families living along Cambodia’s dilapidated railway tracks is filing a complaint with the compliance review panel of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), accusing the lender of failing to abide by its own resettlement policies. ...

The government has moved to allay fears that time is running out before next February’s general election to enact new legislation that protects The rights of same-sex partners.The Life Partnership bill will be before The cabinet by The end of The month, said Kerdchoke Kasamwongjit, ...

“The shortage of trained teachers at all levels of education but particularly at The primary level is The single most important constraint on narrowing The country’s skill gap”, argues a Working Paper entitled “Cambodia’s Skill Gap: An Anatomy of Issues and Policy Options”, published by ...