The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a loan deal for its first wind energy-plus-battery storage project in Thailand, which is also The country’s first private sector initiative to combine The two technologies at scale.The ADB told Energy-Storage.news this morning that it will lend THB235.55 ...

When the new Ford showroom opened on Monivong Boulevard on Friday morning, the most distinguished guest was the great granddaughter of company founder Henry Ford, Elena A Ford. the entourage also included Ford’s regional and local associates, all of whom were joined by the deputy. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on citizens to report the illegal use of army, police and civil servant licence plates, while at the same time defending the government’s regulation of the plates – a response that an opposition parliamentarian said was insufficient to combat ...

Mfone e-card holders are concerned that the cards can no longer be used after the change from Mfone’s SIM card to Cellcard’s SIM and, along with officials, are unsure of a solution. Wholesalers and retailers have expressed concern that they will lose money when the scratch ...

According to the Ministry of Environment, rangers have cracked down on 11,376 cases of the natural resource crimes cases nationwide, during the first nine months of this year. ...

Two investment projects with a total investment capital of $ 33.1 million approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) create job for a total of 1,118 places. This is according to the CDC press release on September 30.   ...

Minister of interior Sar Kheng is slated to lead a meeting with ministers and authorities to seek a solution for the ongoing labour dispute between the NagaWorld integrated resort and former staff who have since mid-December been protesting the termination of hundreds of their coworkers. ...

The ministries of tourism and education have agreed to set up a joint committee to work on The development of materials for vocational training of “ASEAN Tourism Professionals” to be integrated into The high-school curriculum, a government official said on November 7.Keep reading ...

The Ministry of Finance has proposed a rise of environmental protection tax on petrol to The ceiling level of 4,000 VND (17 US cent) per litre from The current 3,000 VND (13 US cent) per litre.Keep reading ...

After many delays, the National Election Committee officially launched its computerised voter registrations system on August 18, though less than two weeks remain to train more than 6,000 staffers in the process. At the event – which was attended by the ambassadors of Japan and the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – This media item reports to the public, especially Cambodian people and international community with erroneous information leading to misunderstanding on the position of each side, affecting particularly policy and efforts of the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to solve ...

ASEAN Member States welcome the appointment of Prak Sokhon as the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar and call on the Myanmar authorities to facilitate the missions of the ASEAN Chair’s Special Envoy, which will begin with the first visit to ASEAN. ...

A draft of the long-awaited Sugar Act is to be revised with recommendations from industry figures at a meeting of the Sugar and Sugar Related Products Merchants and Manufacturers Association on 17 May. Once the revision is complete the act will be submitted to parliament through Myanmar’s ...

Thirty-nine students with disabilities will develop the skills needed to take on digital employment opportunities to help them live independently, support their families and contribute to the digital economy.This is the objective of a five-month “Digital Employment Training Programme for Persons with Disabilities Co-existing with ...

The Cambodia Youth Party (CYP), a new coalition targeting The vote of Cambodia’s burgeoning under-30 population, became official this week after receiving its licence from The Ministry of interior. ...

The Interior MInistry officially registered The Khmer Power Party on Friday, after years of InsistIng—despite a lack of evidence—that its parent group, The Khmer People Power Movement, was a terrorist organization. ...

The persistence of dangerous and demeaning forms of work remains a major challenge for The Cambodia’s development, according to The UN’s annual Human Development Report (HDR) launched on 14 December by The United Nations Development Programme. Dubbed “Work for Human Development”, The 2015 report finds The Asia-Pacific region home ...

A senior official at the Council of Ministers warned owners of right-hand drive vehicles that they must change their vehicles over to left-hand drive by June, 2022, or risk having them seized and destroyed. He also noted that beginning in 2021 all privately owned vehicles ...

Thailand and Myanmar would soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that would facilitate cross-border transportation of goods and people, U Aung Ye Tun, assistant secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, told the Myanmar Times. Keep reading ...

A new marketing strategy has reached Phnom Penh’s streets, enabling companies to introduce their products on a moving TV screen. New Color Communications, a company started by Kim Seong Bomb, instals TV screens on the back of tuk-tuks that show a series of one-minute advertisement clips. ...