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Passenger train to resume operations on April 9
After a 14-year wait, scheduled passenger train services between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville will resume on 9 April, according to a statement issued by Royal Railways on 14 March. Keep reading ...
Laos placed in top quarter of global peace rankings
Laos has been ranked 41st out of 162 countries in terms of peace, according to the recent Global Peace Index 2015 (GPI) report. The report ranked countries in five categories from ‘Very High’ to ‘Very Low’, and had Laos in the second best ‘High’ grouping alongside ...
Minister tours provinces to promote election campaign
Laos’s Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Prof. Dr Bosengkham Vongdara visited the National Assembly election campaign in the provinces of Borikhamxay and Vientiane last week to explain the significance of the election. Keep reading ...
NLD set to claim presidency
Myanmar’s parliament is set to vote on 15 March for the new president and two vice presidents – despite a last-minute attempt by the military to derail one nomination – with the NLD confident its large majority will see U Htin Kyaw elected as Daw Aung ...
Meningococcal outbreak claims four lives
Health authorities are on high alert following a recent meningococcal meningitis outbreak that has claimed the lives of four children in Mandalay Region of Myanmar. Two children in a serious condition are being treated for the bacterial infection at Mandalay General Hospital, while five more children ...
Farmers fight doctors for Nay Pyi Taw land
Farmers have responded furiously after Nay Pyi Taw’s municipal authorities in Myanmar began to parcel off plots of unused but disputed land and hand it over to doctors. Keep reading ...
'Sleep box' developer eyes Suvarnabhumi as next target
The Miracle Group is eyeing Suvarnabhumi airport for its next “sleep box” hotel after the soft launch of the sleep cabins at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok this week. Keep reading ...
E-tax to help provide B100bn in VAT
The electronic tax and single financial account scheme are expected to boost value-added tax by at least 100 billion baht a year, Thailand’s Revenue Department has said. Keep reading ...
Vietnam police search for creator of Facebook ads for tiger, bear claws
Police in Kon Tum Province in the Central Highlands are looking for the person advertising tiger and bear claws on Facebook. Keep reading ...
Kingdom's sugar exports to EU plummet
New figures show that Cambodia’s sugar exports to the European Union fell by 94.8 per cent between 2013 and 2015, amid accusations of rights abuses and land grabbing in the Kingdom’s industry. Keep reading ...
