The National Assembly approved a draft law yesterday that will guarantee The state’s purchase of electricity from two large-scale private energy projects, protecting The investments against any loss resulting from political instability. ...

The National Assembly swiftly passed controversial new measures yesterday to effectively ban former opposition leader Sam Rainsy from The political arena or from bolstering The opposition’s firepower ahead of next year’s elections. ...

The government will use The untapped funds of an emergency rice loan package to support struggling corn farmers who have protested The low market prices for Their crop this season, state officials said yesterday. ...

Phnom Penh City Hall had signed a contract with the French company Citelum on Monday to broaden and modernise its public lighting system over the course of a 20-year agreement, the French embassy announced yesterday. ...

Revenue for the state-owned water utilities firm Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority increased 33 per cent for the first three months of 2015, compared to the same period last year, while net profit almost tripled. ...

The Education Ministry is failing students by not doing enough to improve schools before graduates face tougher competition from Their Asean peers, The head of The National Assembly’s education commission, Yem Ponhearith, told Khmer Times. ...

As hundreds of protesters rallied outside the Senate Friday morning, 44 ruling party senators voiced their support for the controversial NGO law before approving it unanimously and sending it on to the Constitutional Council. ...

More than 5,600 people have volunteered to monitor the national high school examination next week, an Anti-Corruption Unit official said Wednesday, more than double the number of observers who supervised the test last year. ...

Free Trade Union (FTU) President Chea Mony yesterday wrote to Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema, reiterating a request to set a date for talks over the construction of a statue honoring his assassinated brother, the late FTU leader Chea Vichea. Permission to build the statue was ...

The EWMI-ODI team is composed of a core group of development professionals that manage The Open Development Mekong publishing platform and data hub, and have developed The ODI network standards and protocols. Pyrou Chung — Director  Mia Chung — Senior Research Manager Saowalak Jingjungvisut — Partnerships and Communication Manager Manali Purohit ...

Keo Mom, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Lyly Food Industry, has been elected as the new president of the Cambodian Women Entrepreneurs Association (CWEA) for its fourth mandate.  Her term will last from 2021-2024. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen thanked China for its help with the construction of National Road 11 connecting Prey Veng to Tbong Khmum provinces, saying it will facilitate trade and ease the flow of traffic on the route. ...

Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak has asked Canada to explore the possibility of establishing a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with the Kingdom as soon as practicable to improve trade flows between the two countries. ...

Busloads of visitors from China flocked to Bangkok’s glittering Grand Palace on 21 August but, days after a bomb at another of the city’s popular attractions killed five Chinese tourists, Thailand’s biggest spending holidaymakers are rattled. the attack on a Hindu shrine, particularly popular with Chinese devotees, did ...

Global mass extinction from extreme climate change is imminent and we are certainly not ready for it, warn scientists. The first half of this year has been a turbulent one, with many extreme, unusual and unpredictable climate disasters, which cost more than US$30 billion (Bt979 ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered The dismissal of Inter Far East Energy’s (IFEC’s) chief executive on grounds of Insider tradIng and refusal to acknowledge a civil sanction.Earlier, The market regulator ordered former chief executive Suphanan Rittiphairoj and former director Thanawat Chansuwan to ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The authorities will no longer approve The construction of fuel depots and petrol stations close to communities, key government offices, temples, rivers or television and radio stations, according to a new ministerial decision.Minister of Public Works and Transport, Dr Bounchanh Sinthavong, ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Members of the Young Entrepreneurs Association of Laos (YEAL) have called on the Lao Front for National Development to urge the government to remove barriers to doing business and address long-standing issues.Several difficulties routinely encountered by association members include access to ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Scoot, the low-cost arm of Singapore Airlines, on Monday launched an inaugural flight from Laos to Singapore, marking the start of its three weekly flights from Luang Prabang and Vientiane to Singapore.the flights will connect to Laos from Singapore departing at ...

As Việt Nam is undergoing infrastructure development which brings mounting waste, recycling construction waste is necessary because it will not only take advantage of the resource but also protect the environment, experts have said.A National Strategy for integrated Management of Solid Waste has been introduced by ...