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For a healthy living environment
Some bad elements have taken advantage of the marine environment disaster in the central region last year to instigate some local Catholics to cause social disorder. Their purpose is to cook up a story about what they call “religious and democratic suppression”, create an image of ...
Hundred-year-old nghien forest in Ha Giang destroyed
Ancient nghien trees (Excentrodendron tonkinense) in Ha Giang province, in the middle of old forests and on high cliffs, have been lost due to illegal logging and clearing to make room for hydropower plants and mineral exploitation. However, the plan has failed: the province has lost ...
Dirty drinking water suspected as 59 hospitalized
Seventeen adults and 42 children from a village in Battambang province were hospitalized with suspected poisoning on Tuesday after possibly drinking contaminated water, a police official said on Wednesday. The 59 patients, all from Kroper Tbong village in Banan district’s Phnom Sampov commune, were treated ...
Vietnamese cosmetics less favored as foreign products dominate market
Vietnam is a large cosmetics market with turnover of $1.1 billion last year, but there is now little room for Vietnamese manufacturers. The founder of La House, a cosmetics brand, has complained about the difficulties of opening shops at large shopping malls. The owners of malls ...
Public debt up 0.5% in February
Thailand’s public debt outstanding as of February 28 was Bt6.09 trillion, up Bt30.58 billion or 0.5 per cent from January 31, while the Japan Credit Rating Agency has maintained Thailand’s credit-rating ceiling at “A+” with “stable” outlook, the Finance Ministry’s Public Debt Management Office reported on ...
Village politician changes sides
After six years with the opposition, deputy commune chief Yoeun Yong has decided to jump ship and join the ruling CPP for the upcoming commune elections. Mr. Yong’s name was the seventh to appear on the CNRP ballot paper for the Koh Anlong Chin commune ...
PM: economy is resilient
The Cambodian economy continues to be resilient in the midst of global uncertainty, with a healthy GDP growth of seven percent, and with further prospects for improvement, said Prime Minister Hun Sen in his Khmer New Year address to the nation on April 12. “Despite all ...
ASEAN summit to discuss South China Sea rows
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will attend the ASEAN summit in Manila on April 29 to discuss community building as well as regional and global issues, the Foreign Ministry said on April 12. Various regional security matters, including the contentious South China Sea disputes, and the ...
'Shogun' arrested over alleged Japan trip scam
Police on April 12 arrested Pasit Ariyalapit, known as “Shogun”, the founder and chief executive of food supplement firm WealthEver, which has been accused of cheating more than 1,000 people who were promised a three-day Songkran trip to Japan but were left stranded at Suvarnabhumi ...
Vietnam-bound timber seized
Ratanakkiri provincial forces and military police yesterday seized 15 logs of luxury wood bound for export to Vietnam. Provincial military police chief Kim Reaksmey said the haul was found when officers targeted the location in Patort village in Lumphat district for the second time. The team ...
