China’s transition from export-led to domestic-led growth, combined with the rising costs of production, could provide opportunities for Cambodian growth and diversity, analysts say. Faisal Ahmed, the IMF representative for Cambodia, said the Kingdom was already experiencing an increase in trade activity as a result of ...

Amid threats of another mass strike in the thriving garment sector, the Ministry of Social Affairs has called a meeting with the industry’s leading players to discuss union demands for a $150-per-month minimum wage, a letter obtained yesterday reveals. At the behest of Prime Minister Hun ...

Flouting a government order, representatives of SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd yesterday refused to rehire 19 union representatives and activists during a meeting with the Ministry of Labour. Rehiring the 19 has been the key sticking point in ending the three-month-old strike, which erupted into violence ...

A delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) recently visited Cambodia to participate in an international conference organized by the Council for Development of Cambodia under the slogan “Islamic Education and Economic Development in Cambodia” in the capital Phnom Penh. Located in the southern portion ...

Authorities in Siem Reap province are searching for dozens of ethnic Vietnamese fishermen accused of attacking a group of their Khmer counterparts with steel poles while they were working on the Tonle Sap river on Monday night. ...

A private company seeks to put the Mekong River beach in front of Sithan Neua village, Sikhottabong district on the map as one of the most popular tourist attractions in Vientiane in a bid to attract more domestic and foreign visitors. Sithan Neua Mekong Beach ...

Vocational schools all have reported an increasing number of enrollees in recent years. Unemployed university graduates are also going to vocational school.Prior to 2014, students only went to vocational schools as a last resort. Some students went to any school they could find just to ...

Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs will propose a new roadmap for calculating pensions for female workers to the National Assembly (NA).Keep reading ...

With the Phuket tourism industry well on the way to recovery and aiming to welcome 12 million tourist arrivals this year, the problem of food waste is seen as an increasingly critical issue. In an effort to reduce that waste, the Thai Organic Consumer Association ...

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon September 8 inaugurated the Lao PDR’s own national Sustainable Development Goal on unexploded ordnance during the ongoing ASEAN Summits. The SDGs have been drawn up by the United Nations as targets for developing countries. Goal No. 18, which ...

Freight shipments through Phnom Penh Autonomous Port saw year-on-year growth of 30 per cent in the first nine months of the year, according to official PPAP figures. The total number of twenty-foot equivalent units that passed through the port hit 60,810 between January and August, up from ...

Despite being hemmed in by construction on all sides as NagaWorld expands its casino empire in Phnom Penh, the Buddhist Institute will not be sold off or rented out, Cults and Religion Minister Min Khin told a National Assembly commission on Thursday. In May, the institute’s ...

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has recently signed Decision No.1911/QD-TTg dated November 15, 2001 on the connection and sharing between the national database on population with national and specialised databases.The connection and sharing of citizens’ information among databases must ensure confidentiality, cyber security and ...

For many years, Vietnam has been a consistently active and responsible member of the international community, while seriously implementing the contents of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Vietnam successfully defended the National Report on the implementation of ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday questioned nine Borei Keila community representatives and a lawyer from the powerful Phanimex firm after residents filed a complaint against the company accusing it of failing to provide them with replacement housing following their eviction. ...

“Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is the third-largest delta on Earth and home to nearly 18 million people, whose livelihoods rely mainly on agricultural and aquacultural production. Considered the “Rice Bowl” of Vietnam, the Delta supports more than half of the country’s total rice production and 95% ...

Vietnam Oil and Gas Group topped the list of 500 leading companies announced at a ceremony in Hà Nội on January 19. It was followed by Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co Ltd, Viettel Group, Electricity of Việt Nam, and the Vietnam National Petroleum Group. The annual event, ...

Laos is hopeful that Hin Nam No (Karst) National Protection Area in Bualapha district of Khammuan province will achieve UNESCO World Heritage status by 2022. The 9th national steering committee meeting on the application for achieving this status for the site was convened in Vientiane on ...

Laos’ leaders have ambitious plans for the country, and Singapore hopes to be part of Laos’ growth story, Prime Minister Lee HsienLoong said on Tuesday. Speaking at an official dinner at the Istana for visiting Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Mr Lee noted that Singapore ...

Cambodian aviation continues its ascent with the Oct. 1 launch of Singaporean low-cost carrier Tiger Airway’s daily direct service to Phnom Penh, ongoing airport expansions and the announcement of several new airport projects. Currently, there are more than 20 international airlines offering service to Cambodia for a ...