The first shipment of rice imports from Laos have passed through inspection and quarantine procedures at south China’s Shenzhen port, according to local authorities. The shipment weighed 87.8 tonnes and was valued at 746 million U.S. dollars, said The Shenzhen Entry-Exit inspection And Quarantine Bureau. Keep reading ...

The aviation industry is calling for a ban on new flights operating through Suvarnabhumi airport to prevent furTher congestion. The Airline Operators Committee, a coalition of 86 international airlines and 26 aviation service providers operating at Suvarnabhumi, is urging authorities to impose The ban immediately. Keep reading ...

Thailand has been able to voluntarily implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and has achieved many aspects, especially solutions to environmental problems and social disparities by applying the philosophy of sufficiency economy initiated by His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.Keep reading ...

Big-name clothing brands sourcing from Myanmar have waded into the minimum wage debate, urging its implementation even as their own suppliers dispute the proposed salary and request an exemption from the law. At the end of June 2015, the government moved to implement the 2013 Minimum ...

Mobile payment provider True Money Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding with local microfinance institution Niron Mikroheranhvatho Plc on Friday to facilitate bill payments for the microlender’s 60,000 customers. ...

A popular Siem Reap silk producer and tourist attraction was this week counting the cost of a fire that destroyed a stockroom and required crews from four fire engines to control. ...

Ruling and opposition party representatives yesterday agreed that National Assembly sessions should be televised and aired on radio to give Cambodians a greater window into the work of their elected representatives. ...

Cambodia’s foreign minister defended the country’s judiciary before a group of diplomats Thursday, addressing an arrest warrant issued last week for opposition leader Sam Rainsy. ...

Fast approaching six months since its creation, a special commission to investigate the cold-case killings of three union figures, including Free Trade Union president Chea Vichea, has nothing to report. ...

Funcinpec president Prince Norodom Ranariddh says his party will meet on Monday to pick 60 out of 123 senior party members to take up parliamentary positions if the CNRP is dissolved. ...

Following a meeting with a Chinese delegation yesterday morning, Funcinpec President Prince Norodom Ranariddh claimed to have requested monetary assistance from China, an apparent violation of the Law on Political Parties.​ ...

Hundreds of workers at Phnom Penh’s only trash-collection firm, Cintri, have vowed to continue striking today for higher wages and shorter work days after negotiations failed to resolve the dispute Tuesday. ...

The Chinese Ministry of National Defence has provided medical equipment to its Cambodian counterpart to be used to test samples for Covid-19.   ...

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications began selling and distributing Molnupiravir capsules yesterday. ...

On a bucolic stretch of the Mekong, near Cambodia’s northern border, people can tell you all about hydropower. the dam is why fish catches have been dropping, steadily, for the past few years. the dam is why so many young men have taken up logging ...

Better Factories Cambodia must name and shame garment factories that abuse the labour law if it is to transform Cambodia into an ethical sourcing option, a report on the international Labor Organization initiative says. Better Factories should make monitoring reports public, according to the 10 Years ...

The Finance Ministry is preparing to provide a financial remedy to 137,000 government contract employees to help with The cost of living, says The Fiscal Policy office (FPO).The government previously rolled out financial remedy measures to assist different groups affected by The pandemic crisis, including ...

The Japanese government has agreed to offer equipment to Laos to help strengThen The country’s capacity to prepare, handle and respond to natural disasters, according to The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The ministry’s Press Department announced yesterday that The Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr ...

Government leaders reiterated yesterday (Sep 13) that the national elections will be held on February 24, now that the last two electoral organic laws were promulgated on Wednesday (Sep 12).  the junta’s No 2 man, Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, stressed yesterday (Sep 13) ...

The Ministry of Health said that more than 100 inmates of Preah Vihear provincial prison have tested positive for influenza A, after They displayed flu-like symptoms which were suspected as being COVID-19. ...