Although an eviction deadline passed on Sunday for guesthouses, restaurants and bars along Sihanoukville’s popular O’Tres Beach, less than half of the businesses had left as of the evening, with others seeking to negotiate a deal with authorities that would allow them to stay. ...

Nearly 60 drivers employed by the Royal Cambodian Limousine Service—a subsidiary of tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group that transports foreign delegates and other VIPs visiting the country—have agreed to return to work today after two days of striking failed to net them unpaid overtime wages. ...

China will coordinate with countries from Asia and Oceania to conduct satellite remote sensing observation along the Mekong River, according to the website of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Keep reading ...

A group of ASEAN parliamentarians has said excluding Cambodia’s former opposition party from July’s general election had damaged the legitimacy of the vote. Keep reading ...

Laos and San Marino have agreed to establish diplomatic relations with the aim of bolstering fields of cooperation between the two countries.More ...

Operators of the Nam Ngum 1 hydropower plant are informing communities downstream of the reservoir that water will be released from tomorrow onwards to ease rising water levels.More ...

Cambodia and Thailand are in talks to open more border gates to import and export agricultural products after the two countries largely closed their borders amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Held on Tuesday on the Thai side of the border, the Cambodian delegation was led by ...

It will take Thailand two years to reach herd immunity for Covid-19 at the current rate of vaccination, but if local vaccine production plans ramp up and vaccination rates increase, hope remains for a quicker timeline, according to a report by Deutsche Bank.As of April ...

New agritech accelerator Mekong Agriculture Technology Challenge (MATch) is now officially open to applicants.Application will be available at www.match.mekongbiz.org until the end of December 2017.MATch’s mission is to transform the Mekong region’s agricultural industry into a leading global supplier of safe and nutritious food for ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport on Wednesday launched The Quality and inclusive Education Support Partnership, an initiative supported by Sweden and Unicef that aims to enhance access to education for children in The Kingdom, particularly from disadvantaged communities. Running from 2020 to 2023, The ...

Universal electricity access is a key pillar of ASEAN’s development goals. The regional bloc has committed to providing every citizen with an electricity supply by The early 2030s. To achieve this end, The region will need to increase its power capabilities by some 60% by ...

The Ministry of Health has authorised The emergency use of The US-produced drug Molnupiravir which was recently developed to treat Covid-19, with The government planning to spend around $2.5 million to ensure Cambodian patients have access to The medicine. ...

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) called for urgent action to protect The river for The benefit of The millions of people throughout SouTheast Asia who depend on it. The Mekong is severely impacted by water infrastructure projects and climate change, it said. ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government is holding a special meeting to establish common ground among state agencies about ways to ensure effective implementation of The national development plan for 2020.Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith presided over The opening of The two-day open government meeting at ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The media and The publications They produce need to aspire to self development so They are better equipped to fulfill Their duty to promote national protection and development.This was The general assessment of The managers of mass media and publishing when ...

Hun Manet, a senior military official and eldest son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, took to Facebook this weekend to defend himself from unnamed detractors who, he said, had accused him of spending millions of dollars buying Cambodian expatriates’ support during a youth recruitment drive ...

The National Human Rights Committee of Cambodia (NHRC) draft law is currently being prepared by The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) to be sent to The Council of Ministers for approval before The National Assembly vote on it. ...

The Institute of Standards of Cambodia is solicitIng feedback from local stakeholders as it prepares to launch two new standards for The rice Industry, The country’s most important agricultural sector. The draft standards identify each variety’s distInct characteristics, IncludIng its unique shape, texture, scent and cookIng ...

The development of two controversial water diversion projects would comply with an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study requirements, The Thai government insists. Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Gen Chatchai Sarikulya said on 12 January The government wants to study The prospects of diverting water from rivers forming a ...

Most Thai laborers are expecting that the minimum wage will be adjusted up to at least 400 baht when the new post-election government comes into the office, according to Bangkok Poll of the research centre of Bangkok University.Keep reading ...