Vocational training centres to reopen
The virtual reopening of The vocational training centres across The country took place yesterday and presided over by Labour Minister It Samheng and around 200 oTher people. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50950391/vocational-training-centres-to-reopen/
ASEAN-US summit postponed
ASEAN and the US have decided to postpone their summit originally slated for late March, with officials attributing the delay to the tight schedule of ASEAN leaders. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/asean-us-summit-postponed
Oil retailers urged to hold more biodiesel
Oil retailers have been urged to stock up on biodiesel to help absorb more palm crude supply from the market, which would indirectly push up the price of palm fruit and support farmers, says to the Commerce Ministry.Keep reading ...
Three measures promoted for Thai traditional Songkran festival
All sectors are preparing to take care of and facilitate everyone who will return to their hometown to celebrate the Songkran festival while the cabinet has acknowledged three measures to promote the Thai traditional Songkran festival.Keep reading ...
Supawadee Wangsri
Overcoming challenges to sustainable energy development
Today, sustainable or renewable energy development is the talk of the town given current global circumstances. Global warming and climate change are already threatening our environment and the world is racing to mitigate these problems.Keep reading ...
Angaindrankumar Gnanasagaran
Cabinet approves flood relief budget
The cabinet has approved a budget of about 2.28 billion baht to repair roads and oTher infrastructure damaged by two storms last month.A source said The budget was requested by The Transport Ministry and approved at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Job skills for poor gets boost
The Finance Ministry aims to spend 3 billion baht more to fund a proposed extension of The government’s occupational training programme for The poor holding state welfare cards and receiving monthly living allowances. Keep reading ...
Wichit Chaitrong
Charter, reform picks ready for Thai PM
The National Council for Peace and Order could meet as early as 2 October to pick prospective members of The new Constitution Drafting Committee and The National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA), Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on 1 October. Keep reading ...
Opposition hopes to kill draft NGO Law at National Assembly
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says his party will do its best to prevent the passage of a controversial draft law to regulate NGOs. Chheang Von, a lawmaker for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and the National Assembly’s spokesman, said Sam Rainsy was only making promises ...
Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1Gk4ST7
Digital literacy a key component to new ecommerce strategy
The government has released a new e-commerce strategy to address how The nation can best benefit from The rapid growth over The last decade of The Kingdom’s digital economy. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50787984/digital-literacy-a-key-component-to-new-ecommerce-strategy/
ASEAN-EU plans joint statement on climate change
Senior officials from ASEAN and the European Union are working on a joint statement on climate change to show their solidarity and commitment to the Paris Agreement.“the doc ument will be finalised soon, and the announcement will be made at the post-ministerial meeting,” said a ...
Thai government promotes childcare subsidy via PR caravans
The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security has released caravans to promote its childcare subsidy program across Bangkok. Social Development and Human Security Minister Pol Gen Adul Saengsingkaew chaired The event to deploy The caravans. He also presented aid money and necessities to The first ...
Haze casts shadow over Songkran tourism
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has forecast tourism levels during Songkran to drop by 10 per cent, partly due to The norThern haze problems. Meanwhile, The Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA) expects The strong baht to encourage Thais to travel abroad during The Songkran ...
The Nation Reporter
Sesan villagers seeking police chief’s removal
More than 200 families in Stung Treng province filed a petition yesterday calling for their local police chief’s dismissal, accusing him of working against their interests and committing environmental crimes. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-villagers-seeking-police-chiefs-removal
Ministry orders unlicensed Chinese firms to suspend work
Officials say a pair Of Chinese companies have started construction on two residential building projects in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district without proper authorization and have ordered them to cease work immediately. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-orders-unlicensed-chinese-firms-to-suspend-work-100992/
PM to receive honorary doctorate from Chinese university
Prime Minister Hun Sen will be awarded an honorary doctorate in Khmer literature from a Chinese University during an official visit to China, to attend a number of forums and conferences. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16721/pm-to-receive-honorary-doctorate-from-chinese-university/
Illicit wood seized despite opposition
Nearly 20 cubic metres of timber were seized by local authorities in Stung Treng’s Thala Barivat district yesterday, despite alleged interference by a military police officer from Preah Vihear province, police said. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illicit-wood-seized-despite-opposition
Locals Pay Almost Double for iPhone Amid High Demand
Cambodian customers eager to buy Apple Inc.’s newest iPhone are payIng almost double the company’s askIng price In the U.S., phone vendors In Phnom Penh said yesterday. At about a dozen phone shops near Phnom Penh’s Central Market, vendors were doIng a steady trade In the ...
A just transition requires a major paradigm shift
Covid-19 is a disease that not only attacks individuals but Thai society. Millions of workers who make subsistence wages or already face household debt now have no income. Thailand is seeing — like much of the world — people sliding back into extreme poverty and ...
Thailand 'Prostituting its Resources,' Says Top Nature Photographer
As one of Thailand’s foremost marine conservation photographers, Sirachai “Shin” Arunrugstichai sees on a daily basis dead baby sharks discarded as trash by fishing trawlers, tourist speedboats crushing coral, and dead whales cut open and full of plastic. “We are prostituting our resources for others to ...
Asaree Thaitrakulpanich