Foreign diplomatic missions in Phnom Penh say they are closely watching the handling of the cases of human rights monitors and a national election official charged and jailed on Monday in connection with a sex scandal being prosecuted against an opposition leader.    ...

‘In Asia, we are witnessing more and more human rights defenders being subjected to increasingly severe forms of violations, particularly killings, simply for defending human rights, ’says Sejin Kim, Programme Manager of the Asian forum for Human Rights and Development (forUM-ASIA), during the launch of ...

The Health Minister has ordered civil servants to prioritise the implementation of new social security services for public officials, former government workers and veterans, which came into force at the start of this year. ...

New Zealand on Monday announced it would allocate $35,000 to help plant three hectares of forest in the central province of Ninh Thuan. “This is in response to the Vietnam government’s commitment to plant one billion trees by 2025,” a press release from the New Zealand ...

On 10 September 2020, the Ministry of Labour and VocatiOnal Training issued a press release On a mOnthly minimum wage for 2021. Prime Minister Hun Sen has decided to add $2 On top of $190 bringing the total to $192 per mOnth for the minimum ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Customs officials have gained an understanding of a new information system to protect intellectual property (IP) in the country as part of the Lao PDR-US International and Asean Integration (USAID LUNA II) project.Speaking at the launch of the new information system ...

The Human Resources Development for Protected Area and Wildlife Management Project has been successful in studying these areas and monitoring the wildlife they contain. This year the project has produced some textbooks for use by students taking bachelor degree courses at the Faculty of forestry, ...

As businesses and banks prepare for the 11th World Islamic Economic forum in Malaysia on November 3, some Islamic microfinance businesses are considering bringing interest-free loans to Cambodia. ...

The expansion of the Wattay International Airport passenger terminal, supported by the government of Japan, is now complete after 32 months of construction. A handover ceremony for the new terminal took place at Wattay International Airport yesterdayMore ...

Almost a quarter of Cambodian students aged 7 to 14 are forced to give up school because their work intercedes, according to a new study by UNESCO. With 10 per cent of 7- to 14-year-olds classified as child labourers, Cambodia has more young children working ...

In its continuing campaign to clean up the grade 12 national exam, the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has warned that anyone caught leaking copies of the test or selling answers could find themselves imprisoned. Punishments for misbehaving exam observers are spelled out in an ACU statement released ...

The government has issued a new decree to strengthen collaboration between the Prime Minister’s Office and ministries, provinces, the capital and ministry-equivalent organisations. The decree aims to boost teamwork and streamline operations while avoiding duplication within government and encouraging each sector to take full responsibility for ...

The Head of the Administration Office of the Savannakhet Authorities and members of the Department of Public Works and Transport in Savannakhet province met recently to publicise the content of an agreement on dry port management, to encourage greater use of the services offered by ...

The World Bank on Monday began two weeks of meetings to help it decide whether to start funding new projects in Cambodia after a four-year freeze. ...

An NGO umbrella group will start holding workshops around the country next month to help independent organizations prepare for the implementation of the new NGO law, which has been viewed as an attempt by the government to clamp down on dissent. ...

Sanamxay district, Attapeu province: The storage management committee has called on organisations and individuals to continue to donate consumer goods and food for the several thousand people currently living in shelters here.More ...

Behind the walls of the nondescript Hung Tak garment factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, more than 400 workers have been toiling in substandard conditions to cut and stitch clothing for some of the world’s biggest brands. But since the factory was named by the ...

Thirty families in Sonkhuaneua village, Huameuang district, Huaphan province are in need of household equipment, clothes, rice, and construction materials after they lost their homes in a fire on Tuesday.Head of the district Public Security Office, Lieutenant Colonel Phengsy Malatsomvang, told Vientiane Times that 30 families of ...

Kurit Sombatsiri, the Permanent Secretary of the Energy Ministry, informed that the rising prices of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the weak baht could adversely affect energy costs next year. The Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) met with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday to discuss ...

Interior Ministry officials on Thursday laid out more details about plans to beef up road safety in anticipation of a new traffic law that comes into effect nationwide today, and conceded that the effort would not be without its challenges. ...