Work is expected to begin in September on initial repairs to the Northern line which links the capital Phnom Penh with Sisophon, 40 km from the border with Thailand.the government has agreed to provide US$33m to support what it terms ‘emergency repairs’ on the 386 ...

Vientiane authorities are seeking measures to prevent dengue at the initial stages as the disease may return following the severe outbreaks in the country from 2010 to 2013. the authorities held a meeting last week to learn lessons from previous years in controlling the epidemic and ...

Income from post office activity Increased to 3.77 million US dollars In 2011 from 2.164 million In 2010 and that money is small In size but it showed that Cambodian people still need the post ways for sendIng their goods and other materials. At the same time, revenue from mobile phone companies and desk ...

During an otherwise routine National Assembly session to make amendments to the Senate Election Law, opposition lawmaker Son Chhay yesterday took the opportunity to criticise the assembly for not adhering to immunity laws after the arrests and convictions of lawmakers Um Sam An and Senator ...

Climate change is already having an impact on our health, by exposing people to dangerous heat waves and more extreme weather, according to a new study. [] the report, called the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, is meant to track progress on health and climate change ...

The State Inspection Authority (SIA) has retrieved more than 50 billion kip over The past two years from corrupt officials who had previously embezzled State properties. A senior official from SIA who asked to remaIn anonymous told Vientiane Times on Monday that all State budget ...

The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry aims to use a centralised data-sharing government platform by 2023 through The Government Data Center and Cloud (GDCC) service as part of efforts to boost public services within a single window for data access.GDCC is The central cloud ...

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the establishment of a National Steering Committee on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Prevention and Control. Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng will head the committee.the committee is expected to help the PM to deal with important and inter-sector issues related to IUU ...

Sroeun, 43, a former rice farmer from Kandal province, said he was sure there had never been any accidents at his construction site.​ “Small things happen. Scratches on our hands,” he said, declining to give his full name as a supervisor stood nearby during a break ...

More than 10,000 workers at 18 factories in Svay Rieng province have been suspended because of Covid-19, said provincial deputy governor Ros Pharith. ...

Senior officials of Cambodia and Australia gathered in an inter-ministerial meeting here yesterday to discuss Cambodia COVID-19 Development Response Plan 2020-2022. ...

Khuong Sreng, Governor of Phnom Penh said yesterday  that all people who are living in Phnom Penh will be vaccinated against Covid-19. ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation Prak Sokhonn will lead a delegation on an official visit to Hangzhou City in China’s Zhejiang province from December 3-5. ...

Thailand will conduct the first human trials of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in October this year, after trials on monkeys produced satisfactory results, with high level of immunity being detected in the animals, according to Higher Education, Science, Research and innovations Minister Suwit Mesinsee in ...

Thailand, as the chair of Asean, has made pledges to protect children’s rights as a silver cloud looms over the region on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).the CRC is the international agreement ...

Thailand is more aware than ever of the threat posed by plastic waste to the ecosystem and environment, especially trash in the oceans. As seen on the news, marine life is ingesting plastic waste and suffering immeasurably.Other countries are also hurting from the deluge of ...

Some 6.6 million people have received better medical treatment as a result of a project which rotates doctors from high-level to lower-level hospitals, implemented in Việt Nam since 2008.Keep reading ...

Thailand has proposed starting a new Southeast Asian fund to boost sources of financing for transportation infrastructure and other projects in five Mekong River basin countries.Keep reading ...

Cambodia’s efforts in HIV prevention and treatment have shown significant results in the past ten years and the government is now setting the bar even higher. Last December, Prime Minister Hun Sen committed to stopping new HIV infections by 2020. ...

Indonesia is willIng to offer Cambodia’s navy ships at a discount and would like the KIngdom to be Involved In joInt patrols In the region, Indonesia’s Defence MInister Ryamizard Ryacudu yesterday told the Post, amid his meetIngs with government leaders. ...