The government has ordered action to further improve the business environment and offer additional incentives aimed at boosting investment in special and specific economic zones (SEZs) amid growing competition in neighbouring countries.A recent survey suggests that Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand have also established SEZs and ...

Laos needs to overcome the pressing issue of inequality as the country prepares to abandon its Least Developed Country (LDC) status supposedly by 2024, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has said.Inequality remains one of the major challenges in Laos, the UN agency said as ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government is cooperating with its development partners and stakeholders to promote higher quality investments in the country through developing and improving its assessment mechanisms and strategies.This plan was discussed at a forum co-organised by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, ...

The government has reaffirmed its commitment to the ongoing promotion of the tourism sector even though the Visit Laos Year 2018 campaign will soon come to a close.More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Vientiane’s first-ever Water Treatment Project for wastewater treatment will be implemented next year.This was announced at a conference on “Opportunity and Challenge of Wastewater Treatment in Laos”, organised by Lao Project Company and Ministry of Public Works and Transport on Thursday.According ...

(KPL) The government has deliberated and approved in principle a disaster recovery plan to be implemented in 124 districts hit by disasters. According to the plan, over 3,166 billion kip is needed for its implementation in the disaster-hit districts.More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Trading across borders has been eased and quickened thanks to the improvement of the procedures involved, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce says in a report.The improvements are the result of the government’s efforts to create a more business-friendly environment.More ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed the Interior Ministry to investigate the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and potentially close it “because they follow foreigners”, appearing to link the rights group to the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party’s purported “revolution”.Keep reading ...

(KPL) Increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap is an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives.Therefore, the Ministry of Education and Sports has celebrated the Global Handwashing Day 2018 at Thadeua Primary School in Hadxayfong district of ...

(KPL) Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining, commonly known as Chifeng, the new owner of Lane Xang Mineral Limited’s Sepon mine on Aug 31 presented two ambulances and emergency rescue tools valued at US$100,000 to the Rescue Foundation of Savannakhet Province and the Vilabouly District Hospital.More ...

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Lao people are paying some of the highest prices for rice in the region despite the country being a significant rice producer, according to the recently released World Bank Economic Monitor on Laos. Rice is the country’s biggest agricultural commodity. The crop covers about 75% of arable land in the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – More care needs to be taken with regard to the Xong River in Vangvieng district, Vientiane province, as untreated wastewater and sewerage is being discharged by hotels, guesthouses and restaurants that line the river.Vangvieng is a tourist hotspot and the scenic ...

Singapore-based Phillip Bank announced on 2 June that Cambodian borrowers that can prove a consistent monthly income will be able to access lines of credit without putting down collateral. The bank, which recently formed a lending partnership with New Union (Cambodia), a branch of a Singaporean credit ...

As many as five of the hundreds of asylum seekers Australia is holding on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru have agreed to be the first to take up an offer from Cambodia to resettle here, according to a refugee advocacy group. ...

Over 3,000 children under 16 years old in Nghe An Province will be given free heart disease screening under Trai Tim Cho Em (Healthy heart operation) programme from June 6 to 9. Children with a record of congenital heart diseases have been given a re-check. Children ...

On 20 May 2020,  the CooperatiOn Committee for Cambodia (CCC) issued an open letter to all development partners in Cambodia On managing the challenges related to the crisis presented by COVID-19. In this open letter, the CooperatiOn Committee for Cambodia (CCC) indicated 4 points calling ...

SDG 17 – “Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development” – is made up of 19 targets and 25 indicators. It covers the elements making up means of implementation: finance (17.1-17.5), technology (17.6-17.8), capacity-building (17.9), trade (17.10-17.12), and systemic ...

Nearly 60 Cambodian workers were sent home from Thailand yesterday after crossing the border illegally to return to work following Khmer New Year. ...

The Criminal Court on 15 December dismissed a petition filed by the head of a student activist group seeking to have the arrest of Thammasat University student Thanet Anantawong ruled unlawful. Keep reading ...