Labour Ministry launches living quality development campaign for working women
The Ministry of Labour has joined hands with partner agencies to introduce a living quality enhancement campaign for working women, using mental exercises to help achieve success.Keep reading ...
Tanakorn Sangiam
The changing landscape of Mekong travel
Covid-19 has changed the way we live and work dramatically, and travel may never return to what we were accustomed to for years to come, even when an effective vaccine becomes available says PATA Chiang Rai Chapter Jaffee Yee.Well known for his travel books and ...
No more school on Saturdays: parents big yay, schools refuse
A recent proposal by the Committee on Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children to stop schooling on Saturday received applause from parents and students, but was frowned upon by schools over fears of breaking curriculum guidelines.Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Groups urge Kerry to demand government reforms
Five rights groups on 24 January called for United States Secretary of State John Kerry to use a visit to Phnom Penh this week to demand the Cambodian government stop persecuting political opponents and rights, environmental and trade union activists. Keep reading ...
Ministry reforms school entry rules
This year, the Ministry of Education and Training will decide minimum entrance score for only teacher training institutions while minimum entrance scores for other universities, colleges and vocational schools will be scrapped.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
As coal rises, waste remains an issue
The Ministry of Construction is set to release its mandatory requirements for coal ash disposal early next year, threatening to shut down coal-fired Thermal power plants that cannot adequately treat, store, or reuse Their coal ash and gypsum discharge.Keep reading ...
Phuong Thu
SCG works to promote sustainability
SET-listed Siam Cement Plc (SCG), Thailand’s largest cement maker, has set aside an annual budget of 6 billion baht for R&D and innovation projects to further the company’s sustainable growth.Keep reading ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Health Ministry seeks more time to compile data
The Ministry of Health has asked Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc for more time to issue circulation numbers for certain medical equipment (categories B, C, D) by January 1.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Labour activists seek better retirement benefits for Thais
Labour-rights activists are pressing for better welfare and law enforcement for workers, both Thais and migrants, on the occasion of Labour Day.Celebrated on May 1 every year, this important day gives workers and activists ample opportunities to make their voices heard.Keep reading ...
Chularat Saengpassa and Rachanon Charoonsak
Late metro projects could damage relations between VN, Japan
Bilateral relations between Việt Nam and Japan could be adversely affected if construction of the Metro Line No.1 continues to run behind schedule, according to HCM City authorities.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Low-skilled workers left behind as job markets go online
Despite recent growth in online job postings, low-skilled workers in Cambodia are largely being omitted from the shifting market, leaving them with few avenues to find opportunities around the country, industry experts said. ...
Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/low-skilled-workers-left-behind-as-job-markets-go-online-130368/
Workers at South Korean firm strike over demotions
More than 40 employees at a South Korean firm in Phnom Penh continued a two-week-old strike Tuesday over their demotions earlier in the month and have started to protest, the workers and company said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/workers-at-south-korean-firm-strike-over-demotions-82347/
UNESCO Hackathon at FOSSASIA Summit
UNESCO Hackathon at FOSSASIA Summit will take place from Saturday March 24, to Sunday March 25, 2018 at the Lifelong Learning institute, Singapore. the event aims to bring together forward thinking citizens with innovators, hackers, scientists, and makers from around the world in Asia, create open ...
UNESCO Hackathon
Displaced Myanmar Civilians Denied UN Aid
United Nations aid to displaced people from Mindat, a mountainous town in Chin State which saw fighting between junta troops and civilian resistance fighters, is only reaching areas permitted by Myanmar’s regime. This week UN humanitarian organization the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) delivered ...
THE IRRAWADDY
Supply chains re-routed to Asean
Chinese investment in the region’s manufacturing sector will intensify in the upcoming decade as China uses its Belt and Road initiative (BRI) to reorientate the global supply chain towards Asean in response to its trade battle with the United States, a geopolitical expert predicts. Keep reading ...
Phuwit Limviphuwat
Boost jab confidence
The government needs to boost public confidence in its Covid-19 vaccination rollout plan immediately and ensure that more people take part in The campaign.Failure to do this will be disastrous.The government’s vaccination plan did not get off to a good start. With old problems unsolved ...
Editorial
2023 General Election: Which political party is ‘greenest’?
As the May 14 general election is approaching, most political parties have come up with environmental policies. Here the Nation looks into what eight leading parties are offering.Droughts, floods and forest fires can all be put down to climate change. Extreme weather last year served ...
The Nation Reporter
Preah Sihanouk province poised to generate power from recycled waste
Chinese-owned Li Yu Heng Cambodia Construction expressed its plan to invest in using recycled waste to generate power for consumption in Preah Sihanouk province. The plan was hatched due to The rising demand for electricity as business and investment activities are growing in The province. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/preah-sihanouk-province-poised-generate-power-recycled-waste
Tycoon threatens to have journalists shot dead
A glass-manufacturing tycoon on Saturday threatened to shoot dead two local journalists as they were covering a dispute he was having with another businessman in Phnom Penh, according to a report posted on the National Police website. the journalists, from Cambodia Express News and Bayon TV, ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tycoon-threatens-to-have-journalists-shot-dead-63937/
Australian-Lao research partnership driving agricultural development
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) is contInuIng cooperation with The Lao government to study more productive and sustaInable agricultural systems In response to challenges facIng developIng countries.AccordIng to The Centre, Australia is providIng AUD 4.8 million In support ...
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