The National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI) is encouragIng farmers and local authorities to select khaokaynoy rice breeder seeds for better yields and productivity.More ...

Cambodian migrants working in Thailand to process chicken for European consumers are forced into debt bondage and subjected to a range of rights violations, according to a new report.Trapped in the Kitchen of the World, which was released on Wednesday by European NGOs Swedwatch and ...

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) demanded The government intervene immediately after finding that 98.2 percent of women involved in land disputes with private companies were suffering from serious psychological after-effects and nearly half of The women participating in The survey said They had ...

The European Union (EU) and French Agency for Development (AFD) have forecast a budget of over 5.7 million euros in assistance from 2018-2022 for a project to support nutrition-sensitive agriculture in norThern Laos.More ...

The Directorate of Investment and Company AdmInistration (DICA) In partnership with The German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) have published a detailed report entitled The Socio-Economic Atlas of Myanmar.For The first time, The report will provide official details and statistics on Myanmar’s geography, population and climate ...

Provincial Hall spokesman Kheang Phearom recently revealed that Land Management Ministry and provincial officials have reviewed the permits and safety standards of nearly 300 construction projects in Preah Sihanouk. Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered for the creation of the Committee for the inspection of Quality ...

Thai authorities have rescued 40 live pangolins that were being smuggled in a boat from Laos to Thailand. The pangolins were found in sacks aboard The vessel that had crossed The Mekong River. The animals are said to have been bound for restaurants and traditional medicine shops ...

Wildlife traders say that the illegal trade of pangolins remains strong – including on the internet – despite their listing as a critically endangered species by Laos and even though the government has ordered a crackdown on the trade of endangered wildlife. Laos, a popular transit ...

In response to the vision of land policy In Cambodia, which is to admInister, manage, use and distribute land In an equitable, transparent, efficient, and sustaInable manner In order to contribute to achievIng national goals of poverty alleviation, ensurIng food security, national resources and environmental ...

The report, “Freedom in The World 2018”, released on January 16, found that 2017 was The 12th consecutive year of decline in freedom globally, with 71 of The 195 countries included in The report suffering declines, including Cambodia. ...

Myanmar will submit its debut report disclosing information on its extractive industries next month, in the hope of being accepted as a compliant member of the international Extractive industries Transparency initiative (EITI), officials said yesterday.Keep reading ...

As of 2019, Cambodia has in total 54 Special Economic Zones, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia. in 2019, the exports from Cambodia’s Special Economic Zones were US$2,688 million, up 27 percent compared to 2018, continued the source. ...

A government official has denied information recently released by the Cambodian Centre for independent Media (CCIM) about the impact of investment in land concessions in several provinces.​He considered the information to be dated and the problem already solved, but welcomed the investigation of complaints, if ...

The Department of Immigration conducted a raid yesterday on a construction site in The capital near Wat Phnom. in all, officials checked 61 workers for valid permits. ...

The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) yesterday announced that it approved 831 investment projects, with a total investment capital of $22.5 billion, from 2016 to August 2019, according to its latest report. The report added that in The first eight months of The year, ...

In 2005, after special economic zones (SEZs) were formally Introduced In Cambodia through a sub-decree, Svay ReIng’s Manhattan SEZ became the first to began construction the same year. the Sihanoukville SEZ remaIns Cambodia’s largest with over 1,000 hectares In the area. the $320 million development is ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation Prak Sokhonn on January 18 announced the launch of the “Economic Diplomacy Strategy (EDS) for 2021-2023” as a framework for future diplomatic and cultural initiatives. Sokhonn also unveiled a collection of traditional recipes dubbed the Taste of Angkor. ...

Two groups of more than 100 people from Kratie and Oddar Meanchey provinces have come to Phnom Penh to submit petitions to relevant ministries and institutions, asking for intervention to speed up resolution of their land disputes. ...

Former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan yesterday denied participating in genocide against fellow Cambodians, saying that all he had been doing was trying to defend the country which was at war with Vietnam. ...

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has been placed among The top organisations for The second consecutive year in The rankings of cyber information security for Vietnamese state agencies by The Authority of information Security under The Ministry of information and Communications (MIC). According to ...