Senior managers and leaders from the business and the non-profit sector are being invited to join charity bike rides in Vietnam and in Myanmar later this year. Bangkok-based YAANA Ventures, an award-winning entrepreneurial travel and […]
Mekong River drops to lowest level in a century around Thai, Lao, Myanmar border Water levels in the Mekong River are now at the lowest point in a century as of July 19, lower than […]
Government Approves US$11 Million Investment Projects Cambodian Investment Board (CIB) of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has endorsed investment projects worth about US$11.3 million. — AKP ‘Space for fundamental freedom remains restricted’ […]
Generous Payouts for Fired Workers in Indonesia May Soon End When Harijanto needed more workers to make Nike and Adidas sneakers at one of its factories outside the Indonesian capital Jakarta, he couldn’t make the […]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $297.75 million loan to the Indonesian government to aid in reconstruction work in Central Sulawesi, devastated by a 7.4-magnitude earthquake last year. Part of the financial package […]
UK provides over 9 billion kip for UXO clearance The government of the United Kingdom will provide grant aid worth more than 9 billion kip (US$1,078,253) for long-term commitment to supporting the Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) […]
Breaking: Speed cameras to installed on national roads Speed cameras are to be installed on four national roads and other main thoroughfares in a move to reduce the appalling death toll on the Kingdom’s roads. […]
Ministry encourages use of trenchless technology The Public Works and Housing Ministry encourages the use of trenchless technology as an important component in the country’s 2015-2019, US$460 billion infrastructure development programme, through the Trenchless Asia […]
Severe form of dengue strikes as cases continue to mount Laos is facing an outbreak of the most virulent form of the dengue virus this rainy season. — Vientiane Times After Relocating for Dam Construction […]
Japan Gives Cambodia $4M in Grant Aid Cambodian foreign affairs minister Prak Sokhonn, and Excellency Horinouchi Hidehisa, ambassador of Japan to the Kingdom of Cambodia signed the Exchange of Notes and related documents on Japanese […]
Govt relaxes fines for underpayment of import/export duties The government has relaxed fines imposed on exporters and importers who fail to pay import and export duties to the government or who do not pay the […]
Displaced Villagers in Laos Still Waiting for Railway Compensation Many Lao villagers who were forced to relocate for construction on the Laos-China railway are still waiting for compensation from the government, while others who have […]