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Transport plans hasten southern development
Many important transportation works such as expressways and bridges in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern region have increased inter-regional connections and faster pace of development in the southern key economic zone, with Ho Chi Minh City as its centre. The city now has two ...
Ho Chi Minh City needs $603m to clean canals
Ho Chi Minh City will need VND13.5 trillion (US$602.678 million) more for its programme to improve water bodies, which started in 2001 with the aim of cleaning up all canals, the People’s Committee has said. Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong said the money would be used for ...
Inefficiency slowing development along Lao-Viet border
Human resource development and awareness of self-ownership and self-reliance on the part of local authorities is inadequate and is hindering the progress of grassroots development projects. This finding was reported at a meeting in Vientiane on 19 February to review development progress in areas along the shared ...
The first Lao businesswoman in Myanmar
Somsavath Khemsuliyajack is one of the first Lao nationals to set up a business in Myanmar, which is currently one of the hottest investment destinations in the world. Somsavath develops, distributes, and markets cosmetics under the brand name ‘SK Herbal’. SK Herbal’s line of products has ...
Needle demand too high: report
As a Kandal village braces for an investigation into a cluster of HIV cases, the US Centers for Disease Control on 19 February published a new report on the now-infamous HIV outbreak in Battambang’s Roka commune, pointing to high demand for medical injections and a lack ...
H1N1 case confirmed in Phnom Penh
A patient who has been confirmed to have swine flu is receiving treatment at Cambodia’s Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital, though hospital and Health Ministry officials on 20 February downplayed the significance of the case. A 2009 swine flu pandemic saw close to 500 people infected in Cambodia, with five ...
Reporter detained for allegedly inciting villagers facing eviction
A reporter for local television station MSJ TV was briefly detained and questioned by police on 20 February for allegedly inciting residents who are facing eviction from their riverside homes in Kompong Chhnang City, a journalist and officials said on 21 February. Ngunly Theara, a news reader ...
Doctor denies spreading HIV in latest outbreak
Following the discovery of an apparent outbreak of HIV in Peam village, Kandal province, Cambodia, the head of the Ponhea Leu district referral hospital refuted accusations from infected residents that he was the source of the virus. Kouy Bunthoeun, director of the provincial health department, said ...
Fighting drives more civilians out of villages
Refugees from fighting between two ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State are still flowing into the government-controlled town of Kyaukme amid reports that the Tatmadaw is stepping up its presence in the conflict zone. Relief workers are sending vehicles to war-torn villages to help civilians – ...
Activists wary of next govt’s human rights record
With a Nobel Peace Laureate poised to lead the next government, human rights activists are concerned they are in line for a major disappointment. Andrew MacGregor, from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said he feared “we are in a honeymoon period”. Keep reading ...