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Exports driving shift in Thai trade
Cambodian exports to Thailand surged by 46 percent last year compared with 2015 while imports from the neighbouring country decreased slightly, according to statistics provided on February 28 by the Ministry of Commerce. The value of Cambodian exports to Thailand reached $936 million by the end ...
Khmers rescued from Malaysia, China
Three women and a child have been repatriated from Malaysia after being cheated by their brokers or subjected to laborious work. According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Chum Sounry, the Cambodian embassy in Malaysia rescued a Cambodian woman and her three-year-old son who were forced ...
NEC refuses to delay registration
The National Election Committee on February 28 dismissed complaints raised by political parties about the complexity and confusion surrounding the registration process ahead of the June commune elections. The NEC also refused to delay the deadline for political parties to register to be eligible to stand for ...
Schools promote financial literacy
In an effort to promote financial literacy to students in primary and secondary schools, the National Bank of Cambodia and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport on February 28 officially launched the “Let’s Talk Money” comic book. The comic book will be additional reading for ...
Bid to end US deportations
The government has decided to address the longstanding problem of Cambodians being deported from the US, with the Foreign Ministry saying on February 28 that they have already submitted a request to the US to stop all deportations of its citizens until a new agreement is ...
Yangon not budging on water festival stage ban
Despite criticism over the ban on commercial pandals, or stages, at the annual water festival last year, the Yangon Region government will not reconsider its decree for the upcoming Myanmar New Year festival, held annually in mid-April. Yangon Mayor U Maung Maung Soe told The ...
Villas to join Ngwe Saung
Ngwe Saung beach has seen an addition in its tourism industry. Having visited the beach resort area and been impressed by the scenery on offer, iGreen Construction Co decided to launch a villa-development project along the beach, targeting families visiting the area. The La Villa housing ...
ASEAN’s 50th year agenda: beyond the South China Sea?
This week’s smooth, relatively uneventful retreat by ASEAN’s foreign ministers appears to have put the grouping’s agenda on track for its 50th year, choosing to focus beyond the South China Sea disputes and set the stage for an April leaders’ summit that will put the ...
Plastic-free zone campaign at Mt Zwe Ka Bin
The first plastic-free zone campaign will be held at Mount Zwe Ka Bin from March 11 to 14. The campaign, which will be held simultaneously with the Tabaung festival in Kayin State, will involve about 350 volunteers from various organisations, including the Hpa-an Students Union, ...
Investors pledge to pour cash into Tuyên Quang
A conference on investment, trade and tourism promotion held for the first time by the mountainous province of Tuyên Quang yesterday has concluded with investors’ pledging a total of over US$801 million into six large-scale projects in this province. The provincial authorities also took the ...
