Hydroelectric plants ready for flood season
All of Hoa Binh, Son La, Lai Chau and Hoi Quang-Ban Chat hydroelectric plants are operating stably, safely and are ready for the flood season this year, according to experts.Keep reading ...
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Thailand urged to streamline passage for Southeast Asian visitors
Thai tourist industry has called on the authorities to provide conveniences for visitors from neighboring states, millions of whom are expected to come over from early next year. Keep reading ...
Police intercept vehicle with smuggled wildlife
Chab Sopharith, Banteay Meanchey provincial deputy police chief, said the operation was carried out on National Road 59, in the province’s Malai commune. A driver was arrested but later released when it was ascertained that he was not involved in the case. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-intercept-vehicle-smuggled-wildlife
Push on for ‘bio-sand’ water filters
Large-scale “bio-sand” filters have been found to be among the most cost-effective water cleaning methods in the Kingdom, according to a recent evaluation by the Trailblazer Foundation, which hopes to start installing them in villages soon. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/push-bio-sand-water-filters
After prod, Rice Federation springs to action
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) will work closely with The government to curb Vietnamese rice imports flooding The domestic market and channel more lending to domestic millers so that They can compete with rivals in neighboring countries, it said yesterday in a statement. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22407/after-prod--rice-federation-springs-to-action/
Cambodia asks Russia to provide additional assistance
In a two-day closed-door meetIng, the government asked its counterpart In the Russian Federation to provide assistance to renovate the historic Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital and contInue supportIng Cambodian tour guide traInIng, accordIng to a Foreign Affairs MInistry statement released yesterday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23348/cambodia-asks-russia-to-provide-additional-assistance/
Interior Ministry investigates forgery
The Immigration Department at The Interior MInistry has put In a request to The Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor to conduct a prelimInary Investigation Into a commune chief who allegedly forged a birth certificate for a ChInese national In exchange for $12,000. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32060/interior-ministry-investigates-forgery/
Laos-Cambodia border closed over tensions
In the latest flare up In tensions between the two countries, Lao authorities temporarily shut a border crossIng with Cambodia and dispatched more troops to an undemarcated area on the northern border after Cambodian authorities began renovatIng an old French border outpost. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/laos-cambodia-border-closed-over-tensions
Mekong River bird species threatened by dam discharges
The Mekong River ecosystem has been devastated from rising water levels during The dry season, as upstream dams in China discharge water to facilitate navigation in The river. Keep reading ...
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Workers at Honda Plant Given Back Their Jobs
A factory in Phnom Penh that assembles motorcycles for Honda decided on Friday to reinstate four workers who had been fired in December for creating a new trade union. About 300 workers at the Honda NCX Company in Pur Senchey district had been on strike since ...
US-bound cargo from Cambodia to face enhanced scrutiny
Cargo headed to the U.S. from Cambodia will face added scrutiny due to what the U.S. Homeland Security calls inadequate security measures. According to the Cambodia Daily, U.S. authorities asked Cambodia ports to put additional security measures in place for several Cambodia ports in 2008, but ...
Corianne Egan
http://www.joc.com/port-news/asian-ports/us-bound-cargo-cambodia-face-enhanced-scrutiny_20140926.html
$100M Lorn City II Sihanoukville residential project breaks ground
Local developer 5LH Lorn City Development Co Ltd’s (Lorn City Group) $100 million residential project broke ground on February 22 morning in Preah Sihanouk, to meet the growing housing demand in the coastal province, the provincial administration said in the press release. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/100m-lorn-city-ii-sihanoukville-residential-project-breaks-ground
Outstanding Lao businesswomen receive regional award
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Ten Lao businesswomen received the Outstanding Asean Women Entrepreneurs Award 2019 from the Asean Women Entrepreneurs Network (AWEN) during a ceremony at JW Marriott Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, last week.Almost 90 nominated businesswomen from Asean countries, included the 10 from Laos, ...
Visith Teppalath
http://annx.asianews.network/content/outstanding-lao-businesswomen-receive-regional-award-99035
Amid drought, diarrhea poses severe threat
Teachers at Toul Mead Primary School in Siem Reap province tell students to bring drinking water from home to keep them hydrated in the scorching heat. But water is increasingly hard to come by as the worst drought in decades drags on. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amid-drought-diarrhea-poses-severe-threat-112822/
Donaco’s Poipet gamble pays off
Casino operator Donaco international Ltd posted a seven-fold increase in revenue in its first full-year financial filing since acquiring the Star Vegas Resort and Club in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet commune, according to the company’s audited annual report, released yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/donacos-poipet-gamble-pays
Inside look at ‘fainting’ factory
After a three-day standstill at a Puma supplier, shoemakers returned this morning to the factory floors in Phnom Penh where 49 workers reportedly fell ill Monday morning. Huey Chuen factory Assistant General Manager Zhang Hanchang – who led reporters from the Post through the empty factory ...
ANA keeps Angkor Park green with tree planting
In the 17-year period from 2004 to 2021, the Apsara National Authority (ANA) – a body tasked with managIng the Angkor Archaeology Park – planted more than two million trees In the Angkor area In order to enhance environmental beauty and attract more domestic and ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-keeps-angkor-park-green-tree-planting
ANA keeps Angkor Park green with tree planting
In the 17-year period from 2004 to 2021, the Apsara National Authority (ANA) – a body tasked with managIng the Angkor Archaeology Park – planted more than two million trees In the Angkor area In order to enhance environmental beauty and attract more domestic and ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-keeps-angkor-park-green-tree-planting
A clear path to cleaner air?
Upgrading European emission standards is high on the agenda for policymakers amid hazardous dust pollution and PM2.5 particles in the northern, northeastern and central regions. Thailand adopted the standards in 1996 to tackle pollution, aiming to implement them a year later. At that time, Thailand ...
Piyachart Maikaew & Yuthana Praiwan
Seminar introduces sustainable energy solutions for community
Low-cost models and sustainable energy solutions applied for the community in rural and mountainous areas were introduced at a recent seminar in Hanoi, which was jointly held by the US Agency for international Development (USAID), Live & Learn and the French Cultural Centre (L’Espace) in ...
VNA Reporter