Poy Kampenh families granted land
The National Committee for The Management and Development of Coastal Zones said on Sunday that The government has provided 103 families with land to live on and develop in Preah Sihanouk province. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50536089/poy-kampenh-families-granted-land/
Prime Minister: Take back islands from inactive developers
The government will “take back” land on roughly 30 islands from private companies that have not made progress on planned developments, Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech on Monday that also targeted land-grabbing villagers and idle provincial governors. ...
Phak Seangly and Daphne Chen
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prime-minister-take-back-islands-inactive-developers
Defendants not informed of rights in cambodian appeal court cases: study
Judges in Cambodia’s Court of Appeal fail to inform defendants of their rights and a high number of hearings do not even have the defendants or their lawyers present, according to a study by a local rights group. in addition, the quality of evidence presented at ...
Richard Finney
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/rights-06232014173104.html
Survey reveals women’s political interest
A recent survey of 100 people in Battambang and Kampong Chhnang provinces and Phnom Penh by civil society organisations revealed that 85 per cent of women are still interested in entering politics, especially through the commune and general elections in 2022 and 2023 respectively. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/survey-reveals-womens-political-interest
Government Eases Trade Restrictions
RANGOON — Burma’s government has announced a plan to ease trade restrictions on joint ventures between local business people and foreign investors, U Yan Naing Tun, director general of the Ministry of Commerce, told the Irrawaddy.Keep reading ...
Legislature looks at better use of information, media
The General Secretariat of The National Assembly held a workshop on using information and communication technology to improve The transparency of The legislative branch. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15765/legislature-looks-at-better-use-of-information--media/
Webinar discusses fate of Mekong River
PanNature, a Vietnamese not-for-profit organisation, in collaboration with the Mekong Community institute of Thailand (MCI) and the NGO Forum on Cambodia, organised a webinar themed “the Fate of the Mekong River: Current Development and Future Perspectives” on November 5 within the framework of the ASEAN People’s Forum 2020. PanNature ...
Vietnam - "Rise and Fall" toward a sustainable Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta is one of The most vulnerable deltas to climate change, particularly sea level rise. However, The social and economic developments in The region also have a significant impact on The land. Urbanisation, land-use transformation, intensification of economic activities and human protection against ...
UN visits evictees, site of $3.8B tourism project
About 50 families gathered under a timber roof here Sunday among muddy fields granted to them as compensation after China’s Union Development Group (UDG) began to turn their coastal homeland into a $3.8-billion tourist mecca. the families, who now live in timber houses dotting the barren ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-visits-evictees-site-of-3-8b-tourism-project-62081/
Cambodian UN Ambassador refutes human rights allegations
Cambodia’s Representative of the Permanent Mission to the United Nations office in Geneva on Monday refuted claims made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that civic space is shrinking in Cambodia. ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50819960/cambodian-un-ambassador-refutes-human-rights-allegations/
Save The Children launches EU-funded welfare project
Save the Children launched an EU-funded project on Wednesday – Responsive and Effective Child Welfare Systems Transformation (React) – which aims to ensure proper legal protection and quality services for children, the European External Action Service (EEAS), the EU’s diplomatic service said. the launch of ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/save-children-launches-eu-funded-welfare-project
CDC: Improve infrastructure to draw investment to border
The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) has urged relevant parties to increase efforts to attract more foreign investors to border areas. CDC secretary-general Sok Chenda Sophea said to achieve this, it is necessary to develop infrastructure There such as special economic zones (SEZ), ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-improve-infrastructure-draw-investment-border
Property rights threatened, NGOs claim
A draft agricultural land law threatens to eliminate property rights and effectively remove all limitations on the size of economic land concessions, a coalition of civil society groups said in a statement released.the draft of the Law on the Management and Use of Agricultural land, ...
David Boyle and May Titthara, P. 1
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072457586/National-news/property-rights-threatened-ngos-claim.html
FEATURE: The well diggers in Laos
BOKEO, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – All living things, plants, animals and humans, need water to survive. But despite an apparent abundance of water and river systems in Laos, during the dry season many people and villages struggle to access clean water which puts their health and ...
Patithin Phetmeuangphuan
New plan for low-cost housing
Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management is in the initial phase of a project to build affordable housing for the Kingdom’s low-income population. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-plan-low-cost-housing
Regional, global solidarity indispensable to achieve sustainable development, says Lao PDR minister
Addressing world leaders at the Assembly’s general debate, Saleumxay Kommasith added that priority must be accorded to least developed and land-locked developing countries given their added vulnerabilities. there countries were also at an added disadvantage due to the impact of climate change, which hit them ...
UN News editor
How do Women engage in open data movements cross the Mekong countries?
Open Development Vietnam (ODV) wants to understand how women are engaging in open data movements across the Mekong countries. ODV is particularly interested in understanding why and how women participate and what some of the barriers to their participation are. Most importantly ODV wants to ...
ODV
Furniture Business On The Rise
More people are buying furniture thanks to a growing construction sector and solid economic growth. Cambodia’s economy grew by 6.9 percent in 2011 and is expected to grow by 6.5 percent for the next two years, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Meanwhile, the ...
Thousands of Myanmar women forced into marriage in China: study
Thousands of vulnerable women and girls from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are sold as brides each year, according to a new study. Keep reading ...
Buddhists make up 87.9 pct of Myanmar's population: census
NAY PYI TAW, July 21 (Xinhua) — Buddhists make up 87.9 percent of Myanmar’s population, government census figures showed on Thursday. Keep reading ...