Thailand will host the International Conference on SustaInable Development In the Lancang-Mekong Sub-Region next year to push for natural-disaster management, development and security In the Mekong River and its basIn, a government official said yesterday. ...

Nhek Bun Chhay, who commanded the country’s military un­der the Funcinpec-led government in the 1990s and has remained a prom­inent figure in the royalist par­ty, on Wednesday announced that he had launched a new political party due to his dissatisfaction with Prince Norodom Ranariddh. ...

Transparency and consultation with civil society will give the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration the status and respect it needs to make a difference in the region, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said on Friday. the AHRD will be presented to foreign ministers in ...

Study claims hydropower development will also increase poverty in the region. Hydropower development on the Mekong River will aggravate food insecurity and poverty in the region and reverse the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a study says.Keep reading ...

In recent months Prime MInister Hun Sen has made an effort to show that the government has a handle on the voracious deforestation that has ravaged the country’s forests over the years. Yet his speeches and decrees have done little to slow down, much less ...

The Phnom Penh International Airport has been awarded Best Asia Pacific Regional Airport 2019 for its sustaIned high growth In passenger traffic In recent years. The award was presented by The Capa Centre for Aviation (Capa) – a world-leadIng and trusted organisation that provides market Intelligence ...

Japan is moving to bolster its footprint in the Mekong subregion by linking the Southeast Asian mainland into a broader indo-Pacific Strategy allied with india, the United States and Australia. in what observers say is a move to counter China’s growing regional influence, Japanese Prime ...

The Mekong Delta region must include an “emergency” response to climate change in its regional planning for The 2021-30 period as rising seas, coastal erosion and subsidence could occur earlier than previously thought, Deputy Prime Trịnh Đình Dũng said on Thursday (28/5) in Hà Nội. in ...

Following two unexploded ordnance cases this week, a Cambodian Mine Action Centre official yesterday reminded the public to steer clear of any explosives found and immediately contact authorities for extraction. CMAC director-general Heng Ratana said that people who come across unexploded ordnances should immediately report ...

Japanese mining company Nittetsu Mining (Cambodia) Ltd on April 25 obtained a three-year copper exploration licence for Stung Treng province, Ministry of Mines and Energy spokesman Yos Monirath said. The firm is set to begin exploration early next year and is currently conducting an environmental ...

Cambodian and Argentine senior officials met here on Monday to discuss ways to promote ties and cooperation for mutual benefits. The meeting was made between Cambodia’s Foreign Secretary of State Ouch Borith and Argentina’s deputy State Secretary for Foreign Ministry Carolina Perez Colman. ...

Actress and Global Road Safety Ambassador Michelle Yeoh joined Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng to donate 6,652 helmets to students and teachers here on Tuesday, encouraging passengers to wear helmets while traveling on motorcycles. Yeoh also instructed students on the proper use of helmets and ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has revealed plans for the construction of a new highway, National Road 10, from Battambang to Koh Kong province. ...

The Ministry of Health yesterday warned people to be careful about avian influenza (bird flu) during upcoming festivals and ancestral ceremonies. ...

As of February 8, more than 126,000 Cambodians have been issued with legal work documents by the Thai authorities. ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, along with other ASEAN Heads of State/Government and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attended the 24th ASEAN-China Summit via videoconference yesterday afternoon.​ ...

Cambodia is looking into the possibility of opening a new Thma Da Border Checkpoint with Thailand to boost trade and tourism. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said his government intends to widen National Road 4 using its own budget for road construction after waiting for donor funding for the project to materialise for a number of years now with no success.   ...

Recent weeks have seen new developments in the ongoing tension over the Mekong river and its waters, as the river basin faces ecological crises and its waters play an ever-larger role in geopolitics.Thailand has announced that it is reconsidering its decision to purchase power from ...

Hanoi plans to introduce buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) on a trial basis on three routes from early July, the city’s Department of Transport has said.Keep reading ...