Hanoi has set a goal this year to limit the imbalance of the sex ratio at birth and keep the rate at 113 girls per 100 boys. According to the municipal Department, local family planning work is facing difficulties due to the city’s large population and ...

Mahuran Japan Bank and the Seilanithih Microfinance institution have signed an agreement to work together, according to a statement yesterday. Maruhan general manager Onishi Shizuo said  the agreement would benefit both parties. “By joining forces with us, Seilanithih will be able to expand the size of ...

Cambodia Startup Advisers (CSA) is set to launch its Cambodia Startup Handbook as a tool for the Kingdom’s entrepreneurs, its press release said on Friday. Scheduled to be launched on Tuesday, the book is co-authored by Sreypeou Chaing, Junro Binang, Pheng thea and David Haskel ...

IncreasIngly closer ties between Phnom Penh and BeijIng are spurrIng a rise of ChInese Investment Into the KIngdom, with busInesses from the world’s second-largest economy now takIng a closer look at Cambodia’s agricultural sector, ChInese officials said durIng a press tour last week to the ...

A public transportation system for Phnom Penh is still years from becoming a reality, according to a presentation during a meeting on urban transit on Friday at City Hall, but the Japan international Cooperation Agency (JICA) will begin a survey at the end of May ...

The Ministry of Social Affairs has completed drafting a law on juvenile justice that will soon be moved forward for approval and debate at The legislature. The new law, as drafted, aims to provide rehabilitation opportunities for juveniles, raTher than simple prison sentences, and meets ...

The National Police issued a directive on strengThening The implementation of “safe villages, communes, district” policy aimed at improving public order at The local levels. ...

Southeast Asian countries are adopting cutting-edge information technology to improve the efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of fossil fuel power plants that the region relies on to meet surging energy demand. Read more ...

Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has urged the government to Include waste management as part of the national agenda and proposed the government ban foam usage and make consumers pay for plastic shoppIng bags.Keep readIng ...

Authorities yesterday discovered at least 20 tonnes of rosewood and other luxury timber after raiding a warehouse in Kandal province’s Kien Svay district. ...

Two opposition activists in Siem Reap’s Bakong district were arrested yesterday on accusations of inciting villagers to protest a new committee to support boating tourism. ...

National Assembly spokesman Leng Peng Long on Wednesday threatened unspecified “action” against the inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) if “extremists” violated Cambodian sovereignty, as the body hit back at claims of interference by saying it was simply insisting on “due process”. ...

Four of the top officials from charismatic radio personality Mam Sonando’s new Beehive Social Democratic Party, including a deputy leader, have filed a court complaint requesting a temporary injunction against the party’s operations until corruption claims are investigated. ...

Two Ratanakkiri Referral Hospital officials have been ousted from their posts following an audit that found that more than $13,000 from the hospital’s travel allowance account was mismanaged, causing the hospital to run out of money to pay staff. ...

An NGO has filed a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit against senior National Election Committee members for “colluding to commit corruption inside an independent institution”, relating to a transfer of the body’s employees from independent contractors to government officials. ...

After more than two years of denials from Prime Minister Hun Sen that a Facebook fan page bearing his name really belongs to him, the premier’s cabinet has acknowledged that it does—shortly after the page garnered its one-millionth “like.” ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong on Monday once again defended recent legal actions and political moves against the opposition CNRP, and admitted to personally pushing for the enforcement of a years-old defamation and incitement sentence against CNRP President Sam Rainsy. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) is confronting challenges this week regarding new voter registration, paying particularly close attention to problems arising from The dissemination of new voter ID cards and allowing better access to monks who wish to obtain Them. ...

Sourn Serey Ratha, president of the nascent Khmer Power Party (KPP), on Monday filed a defamation and incitement lawsuit against Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, following through on a threat he made last week. ...

Though it’s extremely early days, experts this week welcomed Cambodia’s membership to the nascent China-led Asian infrastructure investment Bank (AIIB), saying it would provide much-needed diversity of funding for the nation’s infrastructure and connectivity needs. ...