The Pasteur Institute of Cambodia (IPC) on June 15 signed a partnership agreement with The UN Industrial Development Organisation’s (UNIDO) Post Harvest Fisheries Development project (CAPFISHCapture) to strengThen The capacity of its testIng laboratories towards achievIng ISO 17025 accreditation.   ...

King Norodom Sihamoni has legitimised the Supreme Consultative Council and appointed 30 representatives of 15 political parties as advisors to the government at the request of Prime Minister Hun Sen.  Keep reading ...

The total number of workers needed for The Laos-China rail project throughout The five years of its construction could reach 100,000 people, Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavadhas has said. Keep reading ...

The Criminal Court on 15 December dismissed a petition filed by The head of a student activist group seeking to have The arrest of Thammasat University student Thanet Anantawong ruled unlawful. Keep reading ...

The HCM City People’s Committee has petitioned The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to restrict The granting of new licences to exploit groundwater.Keep reading ...

The Y-generation, or those aged 20-30, are important clients as They account for 35 percent of The country’s total population. However, only a modest proportion of The clients own housing.Keep reading ...

A prominent pediatrician announced on Sunday that the use of the Bacille Calmette-Huerin (BCG) vaccination for tuberculosis was not only ineffective, but could prolong suffering for children with the disease. Doctor Beat Richner, the founder of the Kantha Bopha Hospitals, took to Facebook on Sunday, ...

Fourteen community representatives speaking for thousands of families yesterday petitioned the South Korean Embassy, Environment Ministry and Forestry Administration to halt the expansion of a controversial “reforestation” project by a Korean company situated between the protected Prey Lang forest and Mekong River. their petition – ...

The president of The Asian Development Bank says a proposed Chinese-led regional bank is a potential partner instead of a rival and The ADB is talking with Beijing to share its experience. Takehiko Nakao’s comments came after Washington softened its opposition to The Chinese-proposed Asian infrastructure ...

Residents near the Xebangfay River between the two provinces of Khammuan and Savannakhet are still being spared from the flooding which has started since the river began overflowing on 21 July. A Xebangfay district official Mr Sisomphone innoula told Vientiane Times that the four branches of ...

Amidst doom and gloom in most countries with death tolls and number of COVID-19 positive cases increasing daily, Cambodia continued its positive, no new cases trend for the 16th consecutive day. ...

Sathapana Bank Plc received a $50 million loan from Proparco, a subsidiary of Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) to increase lending by the bank to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and women entrepreneurs in Cambodia. ...

Interest In “Southern Phnom Penh” has gaIned substantial traction over the past five years sInce plans for Hun Sen Boulevard were unveiled, triggerIng a frenzy of real estate speculation, CBRE Cambodia reported on August 12. ...

Or Vandine, head of the national Covid-19 vaccination committee, has urged municipal and provincial governors to accelerate their campaign for both first and second doses after noticing slow progress in recent days. ...

The Cambodia-Laos border security cooperation committees held a May 2 virtual meeting to promote cooperation in maintaining border security and agreed on a number of issues relating to stability, better security and peaceful borders. ...

The government is once again heralding oil and gas prospects offshore and on, but it’s done so twice before. A new set of international companies are optimistic about Cambodia’s nascent oil and gas industry, but They are investing in an extractive business that has proven costly ...

Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to develop more strategies to boost bilateral trade, cross border development and investment to achieve a target of USD 15 billion in trade between the two ASEAN neighbors by 2020.Keep watching ...

The Prayut Chan-o-cha government is failing in efforts to improve conditions for migrant workers, but has made progress against human trafficking, labour rights advocates said on Wednesday.They praised authorities for combating illegal entry of workers, but said legal protection for immigrants as well as educational ...

As more and more top Vietnamese universities consider prospective students’ English language ability for admission, concerns have been raised about inequality for students in rural areas. At least 30 universities have announced they would prioritise or enroll students who have IELTS certificate scores from 4.0 to ...

UC Davis’ New Viet Nam Studies Initiative and the University of Da Nang call for proposals for a summer conference In Da Nang on Viet Nam’s SustaInable and Alternative Development.DeadlIne: May 28, 2018 at 11:59PM (US-PST) / May 29, 2018 at 1:59PM (VN-GMT+7)For submission, please ...