Businesses will likely narrow the pay gap among labourers and recalculate salary scales based on productivity at work instead of seniority, the Ministry of Labour, invalids and Social Affairs has said.Keep reading ...

The Subcommittee for Large and Important Projects has approved a budget of Bt99.65 billion for four water management projects after a meeting on Friday, Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thammanat Prompao, who is also chairman of The subcommittee, said.Keep readfing ...

All members of the National Wage Council today, August 13, finalized a 5.3% minimum regional wage hike for 2019, at an average of VND175,000, following three meetings to discuss the matter.Keep reading ...

Incentives are needed to encourage small- and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs) to joIn green growth projects, said Hoang Thi Hong, Director of the SME Development Fund (SMEDF) under the MInistry of PlannIng and Investment.Keep readIng ...

Wooing back tourists to Koh Samui comes attached with the danger of a Covid-19 infection flare-up which could deliver the island’s much-hyped sandbox programme a knock-out blow.the discovery last week of more than 50 Covid-19 cases on the island confirmed the island’s worst fears. However, ...

Data represents the boundary of the flooded forest within the Tonle Sap Lake.  ...

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Cambodia (MPTC) has asked regulators to explore The possibility of telecom operators Kingtel and Seatel jointly running as providers on Cambodia’s new 5G network. ...

The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed 1,195 test results from The third round of testing of 1,300 samples from people who came into direct or indirect contact with Hungarian delegation were negative for COVID-19.   ...

The army chiefs of Cambodia and Thailand on February 3 signed a cooperation agreement to strengThen relations of friendship and cooperations between The two military forces, and promote open discussion on subjects of mutual interest.​ ...

Food has an environmental impact. A 2018 study by J. Poore and T. Nemecek titled ‘Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers,’ published by the University of Oxford revealed that food production is responsible for 26 percent of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, contributing ...

The one-two gut punch of dead, adorable sea creatures may be met with calls of action, but a young Thai climate crusader worries it won’t shock society into sustained action.Nanticha “Lynn” Ocharoenchai, who is organizing Bangkok’s third Climate Strike rally next month,  said it’s high ...

The ODC mapping kit has been created as a low-tech, user-friendly way for viewing and customizing maps and sharing Them online or printing Them for fieldwork. More advanced functions include uploading geotagged photos and annotated maps so that They can be accessed online. Users should ...

The tripartite panel considering The fate of The coal-fired power plant proposed for Krabi must reach a conclusion before The project’s environment and health impact assessment is considered, says The office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (Onep). Raweewan Bhuridej, Onep’s acting secretary-general, yesterday ...

Hopes of Cambodia’s first-ever Olympic medal crumbled on Saturday evening as taekwondo star Sorn Seavmey was comfortably beaten by Reshmie Oogink of the Netherlands. ...

Eighteen fired bus drivers protesting for reinstatement at Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation were met yesterday by company staff who staged a counter-protest demanding that the fired drivers stop interrupting their work. the drivers, who claim they were fired earlier this month for trying to form ...

Farmers’ leaders have called for an interest-free debt moratorium of 5-10 years if the government bans the planting of a second rice crop for the third time this year. Thai Farmers Association chairman Wichian Puanglamjiak on 22 September said if the the government asks  farmers to not to plant second-crop ...

Thailand’s Revenue Department will increase corporate income tax deductions for depreciation and entertainment expenses to alleviate business operators’ tax burden, according to its chief. The planned adjustment seeks to make deductible expenses better reflect The current situation with The aim of encouraging business operators to pay ...

Thailand plans to seek talks with the United States on a decision to end preferential trade privileges on a range of Thai exports including seafood, officials said Monday. Keerati Rushchano, acting director-general of the Commerce Ministry’s Foreign Trade Department, said his office has been warning exporters ...

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) plans to allow The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) to distribute liquefied natural gas (LNG) locally, instead of importing to feed Egat’s power plants.Egat is The second LNG importer after PTT Plc, The national oil and gas conglomerate. ...

The Public Health Ministry will propose an amendment to The Narcotic Act to The Cabinet on Tuesday (August 4), seeking to maximise The benefits of medical cannabis.The move comes after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced urgent projects to enhance local research and development of medical ...