Wah Seong Corp Bhd’s indirect subsidiary P.M.T.I Energy (Cambodia) Co. Ltd. has entered into a power purchase agreement with Cambodia’s Baitang (Kampuchea) Plc to sell up to 3.5 megawatt (MW) per hour of any and all electric energy generated and available for sale. ...

The National Legislative Assembly has approved harsher punishments for employer, ranging from a maximum 400,000 baht fine to The death penalty, for use of forced labour, abuse or torture leading to a worker’s death.Keep reading ...

People who are using marijuana for medicinal purposes can now register for legal possession without being punished.Health ministerial regulations legalising possession of marijuana for medical, research and other purposes were published in the Royal Gazette on Wednesday.Keep reading ...

Widespread unemployment is expected in the industrial sector this year as the economy braces for continued fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, just as over 500,000 new graduates leave university this May, says the Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and industry (EconThai).the group is raising concerns ...

Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration on Saturday began an information campaign with details of new garbage disposal and collection times. ...

A few years ago, Banteay Srei district of Siem Reap province wasn’t receiving much attention from citizens or tourists. ...

Cambodia’s agricultural exports this year have reached 2.82 million tonnes as of March 16, surging by over 22 per cent or about 511,000 tonnes year-on-year.   ...

China’s participation key to minimising losses from Mekong dams, says head of Mekong River Commission Pham Tuan Phan Keep reading ...

Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chanocha is pushing community tourism as part of long-term development plan to funnel more money to local communities. Keep reading ...

You need strong human capabilities to be able to make use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is only when the two are combIned together can progress and productivity be maximised, said Hau L Lee, the Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, Stanford Graduate School ...

Vietnamese authorities have started developing specific guidelines for selecting investors to develop renewable energy projects under their management, weeding out weak investors and out-of-date technology.Keep reading  ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen made an appeal to Facebook users to “not create problems” as nationwide child-snatching hysteria led to another arrest on Tuesday, this of a man whom Takeo provincial police had earlier questioned for allegedly posting that Vietnamese men were attempting to kidnap ...

Cambodian customs authorities seized 3 containers of frozen buffalo meat imported from india that contained Covid-19. ...

The Thai Chamber of Commerce is pondering wheTher to back a controversial proposal to have Thailand join The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to boost international trade in The aftermath of Covid-19.The trade agreement involving a newly formed bloc of 11 Pacific ...

The Bank of Thailand said on Monday The current Covid-19 outbreak was highly uncertain and it was ready to introduce necessary assistance measures in addition to recent support schemes.The central bank is also closely monitoring The situation and discussing with relevant agencies help for retail ...

Activists fighting for the rights of the Karen ethnic group took aim at a popular singer Thursday for taking the side of a former park official who has been implicated in burning down a local village and charged with the murder of a community campaigner.“How ...

Sahaviriya Steel’s UK steel business has failed with defaults on 50 billion baht of loans from Thai banks, biggest default for Thai banks since 1997 Asian crisis. Keep reading ...

Unemployment is likely to soar this year because of the severe impact being felt by the third wave of Covid-19, warned a government planning unit.Danucha Pichayanan, secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), said the third wave of the pandemic is likely ...

The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa) plans to open and operate three R&D centres in June, comprising an artificial intelligence (AI) lab, an augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) lab and Maker Space, an innovative device design centre. Keep reading ...

The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) on Saturday said The country is not facing shortages of anti-viral Favipiravir pills for Covid-19 patients.Sirikul Methivirangsan, deputy director of The GPO, was reacting to a message posted on The Rural Doctor Society (RDS) Facebook page earlier saying several hospitals ...