Low-lying areas in Phnom Penh, provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake and the coastal provinces of Preah Sihanouk and Koh Kong could experience flooding caused by heavy rains from September 6.   ...

Kandal province announced that four of the province’s 11 districts have achieved Open Defecation Free (ODF) status. Authorities called on the other districts to join in with efforts to achieve ODF status by year’s end. ...

An electronic data interchange (EDI) system is still on track to be launched at the Kingdom’s ports on August 17, to effect a large-scale modernisation of entry-exit navigation control in Cambodia, switching from manual to online, the public works ministry confirmed on June 24. ...

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi left Friday on a working visit to Japan and will attend the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo, said official sources. Suu Kyi is paying a six-day visit to Japan and will hold bilateral talks with Abe on enhancement ...

Industrial technology companies from across Asia expect garment manufacturers to turn to mechanization as a way to supplement human labor power In Cambodia.  At the KIngdom’s fifth annual International Textile and Garment Industry Exhibition, representatives showed off advanced sewIng machInes, automatic embroiderIng tools and even an ...

Police are giving weight to possible connections between the Erawan shrine and Sathon pier bombings and Uighur smuggling rings allowing migrants to flee China and head to Turkey. National police chief Somyot Poompunmuang on 3 September said as police pieced information together, it was becoming increasingly clear that those ...

In the Mekong river basIn, massive Infrastructure projects – dams, road, high-speed rail and ports – are under construction. While these projects will improve connectivity between countries, harmful environmental impacts need to be mInimised. National level environmental impacts assessments that ignore cross border impacts are ...

Enhancing digital literacy and pursuing a customer-centric experience are necessary as businesses adapt to new behaviour during the pandemic, particularly with travel restrictions and changes in supply chains.Thailand is migrating from the phase of self-quarantine and stringent lockdown measures to gradually resuming operations under social ...

Since late 2017, more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh, following a military crackdown on the Muslim minority people. Under a deal between the two countries, thousands of them were due to be moved back to Myanmar. But this was halted when ...

A foreign tourist was arrested and three illegal migrant workers detained when Pattaya police raided popular Walking Street nightspots as part of a pre-New Year’s immigration crackdown. More than 100 officers from a special operations unit and Pattaya police station took part in the late-night sweep ...

African footballers as young as 14 are being trafficked to Asia and forced to sign contracts, the BBC has learnt. Six minors are still with top Laos side Champasak United, after it imported 23 under-age players from West Africa to an unregistered football academy in February, ...

SAVANNAKHET, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Savannakhet authorities are ready to welcome visitors from home and abroad for nature tourism and conservation experiences at Dongphouvieng National Protected Area in the province’s Phin district.Authorities launched the nature tourism campaign at Vongsikeo and Yang villages inside Dongphouvieng National ...

Authorities should address issues that are a source of annoyance for tour operators and tourists, to ensure better conditions for visitors during Visit Laos-China Year 2019 and beyond, tour operators say.Lao and Chinese authorities have agreed to launch the Visit Laos-China Year 2019 programme following ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos is seeking to significantly increase sugar exports to the Chinese market this year to 100,000 tonnes, up from 55,000 tonnes in 2018.As part of efforts to increase bilateral trade and help sugar producers find foreign markets, the Lao government recently ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new profile page on “Public schools” under Access to public services in both Khmer and English. Together with the information of College and lycee, and Pre Schools and Primary Schools across Cambodia.=>Please click here to get in to College and lycee ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the public to take care as the country braces for unseasonable storms until Sunday. the prime minister issued his warning on Facebook as the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology predicted heavy rain all week. “Please be careful to avoid ...

The government on Monday auctioned off The first lot of timber from roughly 70,000 cubic meters of illegally logged wood seized by authorities earlier this year, after a lack of interest forced more than a month of cancellations. ...

Boeung Kak community activists yesterday accused Phnom Penh Municipal Hall administrative director Mean Chanyada of rudely cutting short a meeting with their group, a charge the official denied. Boeung Kak representative Chan Puthisak characterised Chanyada’s allegedly storming out of the meeting as evidence of the city’s ...

Myanmar will sign air service agreements with the Netherlands and Mongolia this year, and is drawing up new policies that include tackling the profusion of domestic airlines, the Department of Civil Aviation’s director for transport has said. Myanmar boasts 11 airlines and a 12th – a ...

Almost a year after cassava producers in Pailin were fingered as the source of pollution in a local water source, little has been done to address the problem, commune officials said yesterday, while affected villagers are being forced to buy bottled water to avoid getting ...