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Cautious optimism on the economic front
The Thai economy will expand by 2.8% by year-end, and government megaprojects will accelerate higher growth rates next year, the Fiscal Policy Office said on 26 November. Keep reading ...
'Echelon Thailand' set to host Mekong region start-ups
“Echelon Thailand” will bring active start-up communities from around the Mekong region including CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) to connect with one another. The 26-27 November event organised by e27, Asia’s largest tech media platform, is expected to attract the best of the Mekong region’s ...
Vietnam province asks tourists to stop giving kids money to end begging
Authorities in Ha Giang Province, a new travel destination in the northern highlands, are asking tourists to stop giving money to its children because such an act may lead to more school dropouts. Trieu Te Vinh, the Party secretary, said his province has been drawing more ...
Cambodia at high risk of natural disasters
A report released on 23 November by the United Nations and the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters shows that Cambodia’s population is among the world’s 10 most affected by natural disasters. Published on Monday, The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters considers 20 years ...
Cambodia and Laos to team up over border
The Defence Ministry is establishing a Cambodian-Lao border commission in the interest of combating cross-border crime and facilitating frontier demarcation between the two countries. Keep reading ...
Loan discussed, deals inked with Medvedev
Prime Minister Hun Sen met with his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, at Phnom Penh’s Peace Palace on 24 November morning where the duo discussed an outstanding Soviet Union-era debt and signed off on deals ranging from cooperation in nuclear power to exchanging information on money laundering. Following ...
Human rights envoy warns of ‘dangerous tipping point’ in Cambodia
The renewed tensions between the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party threaten to push Cambodia towards a “dangerous tipping point” if not resolved, the UN’s human rights envoy has said. Her words came as CNRP president Sam Rainsy, a warrant issued for ...
Vietnam Coast Guard seizes armed Thai ship for oil smuggling
A Thai ship has been caught selling oil illegally to a Vietnamese fishing boat in southwestern waters, the Vietnam Coast Guard said in a statement. V.Lucky with five Thai crewmen was carrying 170,000 liters of diesel and pumping the oil to a Vietnamese fishing boat that ...
Mekong province seeks $6.7m from government to check coastal erosion
Ca Mau, which once benefited from coastal accretion, is now asking for US$6.7 million from the government to deal with relentless erosion. Vietnam’s southernmost province has a coastline of more than 250 kilometers and the sea has eaten along 80 percent of it, by 50 meters ...
Vietnam will become a 'super-aged' nation in 2050: officials
Rapid drops in both birth and death rates, combined with a much longer life expectancy, have created a new set of challenges for Vietnam as its inadequate healthcare and welfare systems are failing to catch up with an aging population, officials said. They warned at a ...
