Marine Debris is an important trans-boundary issue, but how have Thailand and ASEAN been addressing this challenging problem?  NBT World recently had an opportunity to talk to the Natural Resources and Environment Minister about it. Keep watching ...

A 35 year old American female became Cambodia’s 301st COVID-19 positive victim. She was found to be infected after arriving from the United States via Seoul, South Korea on Wednesday, 4 November. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on 8 November took to Facebook to warn companies against “colluding with bad officials” to illegally construct buildings on public parks and sidewalks, ordering those that have already done so to dismantle them immediately. Keep reading ...

As the only landlocked country in South East Asia, Laos depends on neighbouring countries’ infrastructure to import and transport its goods. As a result, the success or failure of Laos depends on the efficiency of these countries’ infrastructure networks. Laos’ international logistics system largely depends ...

Two embassies are urging foreign nationals to leave the Kingdom via commercial flights amid COVID-19 fears, prompting Australians and others grounded here to express frustration against their government on social media. ...

Ibis Rice Conservation Co Ltd (IBIS Rice) has signed a financing agreement with South Korean-owned Phnom Penh Commercial Bank Plc (PPCBank) to support 1,500 smallholder farmers to grow organic wildlife-friendly jasmine rice, which will help protect endangered species while also earning a premium price for ...

Thailand’s Commerce Ministry is aiming to speed up talks with Cambodia to reopen additional checkpoints with neighbouring Cambodia to boost trade between the two nations. . ...

Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng has warned that people who test positive for Covid-19 must inform the authorities and not try to hide their condition, or they will face legal action.​ ...

Cambodia’s prime minister has added his voice to growing outrage over a vicious attack by a businessman on a female TV star that was captured on video. Hun Sen called property tycoon Sok Bun’s actions intolerable and warned that his wealth would not help him escape ...

Before his inauguration, Chinese specialists judged that Trump, as a pragmatic businessman, could be ‘shaped’ to align with Chinese interests and would ultimately be easier to deal with than Clinton. President-elect Trump soon upended these sanguine expectations with a few gestures, comments and tweets. After ...

The World Bank releases The Riding The Wave, An East Asian Miracle for The 21st Century, an analysis of The development trajectory for poverty eradication and The region’s prospects for “inclusive growth” of East Asia and The Pacific, will be presented at Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok.Keep ...

Bangladesh is rushing to push forward a draft proposal to form a joint trade commission with Cambodia that is expected to be signed this year, an official from Cambodia’s Commerce Ministry said yesterday. Trade between the two developing nations has been minimal, amounting to just ...

NGO Forum on Cambodia issued a report on Wednesday which said that from 2000 to 2017, some one million houses were seriously affected by climate change disasters. Yet, government spending on the issue remained relatively limited. ...

On 15 September 2021, USAID issued a press release on USAID Cambodia green future activity.A new USAID-funded youth environmental, social and behavior change communication (SBCC) campaign to reduce the demand for luxury wood furniture was launched today. ...

Thailand is considering scrapping its mandatory quarantine for vaccinated visitors to its capital Bangkok and other top tourist destinations from October, as it looks to rebuild its coronavirus-battered tourism industry.Among the 10 provinces planned to welcome vaccinated tourists from October 1 are Pattaya, Phang Nga, ...

Retail operators have launched several measures at once to revive sales after malls were ordered closed and consumers began shifting to online shopping to avoid contracting Covid-19.Piyawan Piyapong, executive vice-president for service and e-commerce business at Big C Supercenter Plc, said the company recently launched ...

 Phnom Penh Authorities decided to extend the curfew for another week from today till May 27, with stricter enforcement. ...

SHE Investments, a social enterprise to support women micro-small entrepreneurs (MSMEs) is joInIng as a Cambodian partner for Youth BusIness International’s Rapid Response Recovery Programme, funded by Google.org, to support women entrepreneurs to build digital literacy skills to enable them to recover and rebuild from ...

The Lancang-Mekong basin is currently facing a severe drought, with serious consequences for communities living within The basin. The drought takes place in The context of increasingly extensive hydropower dam construction in The basin on The mainstream and tributaries. These projects have expanded water storage ...

The Society for Conservation Biology’s International MarIne Conservation Congress (IMCC, #IMCC5) brIngs togeTher conservation professionals and students to develop new and powerful tools to furTher marIne conservation science and policy.dates: 24-29 June 2018location: KuchIng, Sarawak, Malaysiawww: https://conbio.org/mIni-sites/imcc5/Please visit here for more details ...