The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved seven garment and travel goods investment projects last month, worth $33.4 million. The figures were released by CDC throughout The month and calculated by The Post. The EU is scheduled to decide wheTher to keep or withdraw ...

Following the announcement earlier this month that the monthly minimum wage in the garment sector will be raised from $128 to $140 next year, eight unions representing factory workers issued a list of 13 demands on Tuesday, threatening protests if their requests go ignored. ...

Ministry of Justice and the European Union (EU) experts have finalised the draft policy to provide legal aid to marginalised groups in rural areas in the Kingdom. the ministry and the EU completed the draft during their Technical Support for Legal Aid Policy Development workshop ...

Researchers have long assumed that when animals are left without large areas of intact habitat, they are at greater risk of extinction: fragmentation leaves animals confined to ever-smaller areas, restricting movement and gene flow and leaving species vulnerable to threats ranging from poachers to climate ...

For the Mekong countries, including Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam, 2018 was a big year both domestically and regionally. Key developments from last year will inevitably continue to shape the politics of the region in 2019. in terms of domestic affairs, the most worrying ...

With all 11 senators from the opposition boycotting their seats, the Senate on Thursday passed three controversial judiciary laws which critics say will tighten government control of the courts. the ruling CPP’s 44 senators passed the laws without change, said CPP senator and Senate spokesman Mam ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has warned that increasing industrial action is harming The investment climate as The threat of The Kingdom losing access to The EU’s “Everything But Arms” (EBA) agreement looms. ...

The Government of Japan has recently disbursed an amount of US$1,221,818 as its 2017 Fiscal Year contribution to The United Nations component of The Extraordinary Chambers in The Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). ...

The Supreme Court Chamber of The Extraordinary Chambers in The Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) held its first hearing in The Case 002/02 appeal by Khieu Samphan, The former head of state of The Democratic Kampuchea yesterday. ...

The Ministry of Justice is rolling out a major training programme to professionalise policymakers at The local level to put in place regulatory environments that foster The development of Lao businesses and communities. The programme is led by The Centre for Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA Centre) ...

Kumho E&G Co., a South Korean energy management solution provider, will lead a development aid project to create an energy self-sufficient town in Laos as it tries to recover from a dam disaster that has devastated the country. More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A lack of understanding of the Law on Labour by most members of the workforce, especially in rural areas, puts employees at a disadvantage when dealing with employers, according to a leading official.Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Dr Khampheng Saysompheng, ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Lao authorities have given the go-ahead for a Chinese company to conduct surveys with a view to building a solar power plant at the Thakhaek Specific Economic Zone in Khammuan province.Total investment in the project is more than 385 billion kip ...

The Bar Association of The Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) has set up a legal office in all 25 municipal-provincial prisons to make it easier to maintain confidentiality between lawyers and clients in preparation for court proceedings. ...

Despite the implementation of provisions to defend abused women and girls in 2021, the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) noted some challenges due to the lack of cooperation by relevant specialised state institutions. ...

The Ministry of Environment submitted an ambitious national climate change plan to The United Nations yesterday ahead of scheduled climate talks in Paris (COP 21), though observers yesterday questioned The plan’s feasibility given a lack of both funding and political will.According to Sao Sopheap, spokesperson ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) was hailed by The government on Tuesday for saying that There would be 45,000 observers for The July 29 national elections. Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan said that The large number of registered election observers would dispel criticism and ...

Wildact Vietnam announce that we are joining force with the Saola Working Group to provide a small grant to support capacity building of women in Vietnam and Laos for biodiversity conservation and sustainability in the Annamite Mountains.Recognizing that in indochina ‘forest’ (i.e., conservation) work is ...

Economic land concessions in Cambodia have a profound and negative impact upon rural households located near the plantations, severely limiting residents’ access to natural resources and causing incomes to dip by almost a fifth, a new study by the University of Copenhagen has found. the report, ...

Southeast Asian countries around the Mekong River are accelerating the improvement of transnational distribution networks, via such hard infrastructure as bridges and roads as well as “soft” measures that include abolishing intraregional tariffs.A focal point of the work is the system of “economic corridor” highways ...