Korea pledges ongoing financial support for UXO clearance
The Republic of Korea will provide US$5.5 million for the second phase of a plan to improve unexploded ordnance (UXO) survivors’ quality of life after the first phase finishes this year.More ...
Times Reporters
IOM warns of possible 'serious humanitarian situation' on Thai border
The International Organisation for Migration says thousands of Cambodian migrant workers are continuing to pour across the Thai border into Poipet. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NzM4MjBhNGQ2ODI
Overflow alert issued for Mekong communities
Xayaboury province is advising people living alongside the Mekong River to prepare for possible flooding, while neighbouring Thailand has warned its seven north-eastern provinces to brace for sudden overflows along the river until Thursday. The Lao province issued the alert following heavy rainfall in recent ...
Times Reporters
Cambodia's unions cry foul on fainting figures
Union reps and government officials are offering significantly different – if both substantial – numbers in their year-end tallies of garment workers who fainted on the job in 2012. The Free Trade Union yesterday announced that the number of workers to faint in factories rose to ...
NA closes with support for domestic development agenda
The National Assembly (NA) conference has concluded with the adoption of several legal documents aimed to create favourable conditions for the government to implement the national socio-economic development plan.The 8th session of the 8th legislature’s closing ceremony took place on Friday at the NA grand ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
Laos revs up plans for charging systems for electric vehicles
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos has taken a step towards the development of electric vehicle systems with the launch of a pilot project for vehicle battery charging stations.The Ministry of Energy and Mines is set to work with the private sector on the project as ...
News Desk
Thais increase migrant wages
The Thai Labor Ministry has increased the minimum wage for Cambodian migrant workers since the start of the year, however civil society officials say there are both pros and cons to the salary increase.A notice published yesterday and signed by Labor Minister Ith Samheng, who ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36474/thais-increase-migrant-wages/
Trademark registrations slightly increase in 2019
Registrations for trademarks rose slightly in the first 11 months of last year compared to the same period in 2018, the Ministry of Commerce’s Results Review and Implementation Plan for 2020 report stated. The report showed that trademark registrations rose by 2.13 per cent to ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trademark-registrations-slightly-increase-2019
LDP files over 1,000 poll complaints
As many as 2,206 complaints have been filed with the National Election Committee (NEC) over Sunday’s poll, 2,175 of which come from the League for Democracy Party (LDP), according to NEC spokesman Hang Puthea. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ldp-files-over-1000-poll-complaints
Government to fight oil price hike with tax cuts
Starting July 1, Cambodians will pay as much as 160 riel ($0.4) less for litre of gasoline, following tax cuts mandated by Prime Minister Hun Sen as well as price reductions implemented by local gas stations. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50504326/government-to-fight-oil-price-hike-with-tax-cuts/
Fuel retailers asked to account for price mismatch
The Ministry of Commerce has called for a meeting with fuel retailers to review prices at the pump after Prime Minister Hun Sen urged them to set prices that reflect falling global oil prices, a government official said.Ken Ratha, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, ...
Sorn Sarath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fuel-retailers-asked-account-price-mismatch
Petrol prices should reflect drop in import costs: gov’t
Local petroleum retailers responded to a government deadline yesterday by agreeing to adopt a flexible pricing mechanism to reflect fluctuations in global oil prices, but there will not be any immediate price reductions, according to a Commerce Ministry spokesperson. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/petrol-prices-should-reflect-drop-import-costs-govt
Gov’t calls for lower fuel prices
The government yesterday asked fuel retailers to lower petroleum prices, so as to reflect the drop in global prices in the last few months.At a meeting chaired by Chhoun Dara, a secretary of state at the Commerce Ministry, oil companies were given a week to ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-calls-lower-fuel-prices
Thada, Datasonic sign e-motorcycle bargain
Mcls Synergy Co Ltd (Thada), a Phnom Penh-based company primarily involved in the electric vehicle (EV) business, has integrated Malaysia’s Datasonic Corp Sdn Bhd into its business expansion strategy. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thada-datasonic-sign-e-motorcycle-bargain
Experts calm Thai consumer fears over rising petrol prices
Oil experts say Thai consumers should not overreact to higher retail oil prices as they are expected to fall soon when the prices for crude drop.Manoon Siriwan, an oil expert, yesterday (May 26) told The Nation that Thai consumers should not worry much about a ...
Wichit Chaitrong
Thailand Lays Out Bold EV Plan, Wants All Electric Cars by 2035
Thailand aims to only sell zero-emission vehicles in the country from 2035 as it works to transform itself from a Southeast Asian hub for the production of conventional autos to one making electric cars. “We can see the world is heading in that direction so we ...
Randy Thanthong-Knight
Public & Private sectors urge public to use B20 diesel
In cooperation with private palm oil traders, the Ministry of Energy is eagerly promoting the use of B20 diesel, while Toyota and Isuzu pick-up manufacturers have already manufactured 120 classes of B20 diesel-fueled vehicles with ECO stickers.Keep watching ...
Vehicles required to be sealed with energy labels by 2020
Energy labels will be made compulsory for newly-assembled and unused imported automobiles or motorbikes under a draft Circular outlined by the Transport Ministry’s Vietnam Register. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Laos Is Second Most Expensive ASEAN Country to Buy Fuel
An official from the Ministry of Energy and Mines revealed that Laos placed second in the list of the most expensive ASEAN countries in which to buy fuel.More ...
The Laotian Times
Standard EV charging system in the offing
The state and private sectors will start integrating different charging systems for electric vehicles (EVs) into a single standard as part of a trial early next year to make facilities more widely available to EV motorists.Up to 80 charging outlets have been built since 2016 ...
Yuthana Praiwan