Meng Saktheara wants to take some of the risk out of one of the riskiest businesses in Cambodia – commercial gold mining. As Indian mining giant Mesco Gold seeks a permit to build and operate the country’s first commercial gold mine in Ratanakkiri province, Mr. ...

Amendment of the Law on Social Security has resulted in numerous changes to the policy which the government hopes will strengthen development of the nation’s social security system.More ...

A much-needed new surrogacy law might take more than a year to be adopted, an official at the General Secretariat of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking said on March 2 on the sidelines of a stakeholder conference. A senior official, who spoke on condition of ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Monday announced the approval of four investment projects worth some $17.2 million. These are set to create 1,490 jobs. Sun Awesome Garment Co Ltd is to establish a garment and laundry facility in Kampong Cham’s Prey ...

SDG 17 – “Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development” – is about bringing governments, civil society, the private sector and other actors together to help achieve the 2030 Agenda. There are 19 global targets and 25 indicators. The targets ...

About 1,000 garment workers on Wednesday demonstrated outside Kompong Speu Provincial Court calling for the release of eight people arrested during a protest this week over wages at a factory supplying U.S. brand Nike, a union official said. Fighting between the workers on Monday displayed ...

The nation’s government cabinet has ordered ministries and sectors to take immediate action to efficiently implement measures it presented to the National Assembly (NA) earlier this month in order to stimulate the economy. According to eight core measures, the government will strive to continue ...

As Myanmar’s military leaders relaxed with family members in Pyin Oo Lwin and Nay Pyi Taw for this year’s water festival in April, a crisis was slowly building in the waters off Yangon. Oil tankers from Singapore were bobbing in the Gulf of Mottama, refusing to ...

Huaphan and Xieng Khuang provinces will soon have much-needed modern hospitals funded by the Vietnamese government. Deputy Director of the Planning and Investment Department in Huaphan province, Mr Mayleuy Phimmasone, told Vientiane Times the Vietnamese government had agreed to grant an estimated US$24 million to ...

Ministries of Home Affairs of Laos and Vietnam have worked shoulder-to-shoulder in development of the sector and strengthening the friendship and cooperation between the two nations.More  ...

(KPL) The first workshop on strengthening sub-national planning, coordination, monitoring and budgeting for better results for children was organized on March 12 in Attapeu province by the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and the Attapeu Department of Planning and ...

Cambodia will prohibit land-based imports of refined petroleum products from January 1 to eliminate smuggling along the country’s borders and improve the efficiency of customs revenue collection, officials said on December 29. According to the General Department of Customs and Excise, which announced the ban ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a meeting on Friday to explain the Law on Overseas Representative Agencies of the Lao PDR to its civil servants. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Saleumxay Kommasith presided over the meeting.The National Assembly approved the law at its ordinary session ...

Lao authorities have reduced import tariffs on 8,536 items to zero as part of national efforts in establishing the Asean Free Trade Area, according to a government report. More ...

The European Union is promoting agricultural products and handicrafts produced by Lao farmers as part of the first Vientiane Expo. The local products consist of consumption products, other agricultural goods as well as handicrafts, especially those produced as part of development projects supported by the EU ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday extended the fare-free period for the capital’s water taxi system until the end of the year as a way of expressing his gratitude for the results of Sunday’s election. ...

A group of doctors from east China’s Jiangsu province has received deep admiration from Cambodian officials and common people for providing free treatment to patients here.A group of ten Chinese doctors has been providing medical checkup and treatment to hundreds of patients in southwestern Cambodia’s ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a lot of changes to people’s lifestyles and whether they are working, studying, celebrating or just talking. One of the biggest changes for everyOne has been the increase in virtual gatherings via video cOnferencing services in place of holding in-persOn ...

Health authorities will provide free influenza shots for some 9.6 million children from next year under a Bt1-billion proposal that will soon be submitted to the National Vaccine Committee for approval. The vaccines will cover children from Prathom 1 to Mathayom 6.Keep reading ...

Vietnamese labourers will have opportunities to receive free vocational training in Germany under a programme to look for skilled workers in the Southeast Asian country launched by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce for South Thüringen (IHK Südthüringen).Since it was initiated in Vietnam in 2016 ...