People and government
Newborn care still a concern
Although infant mortality rates have dropped dramatically over the past 15 years, a new report in the journal Healthcare has identified significant shortcomings in newborn care in Cambodia. After interviewing mothers, caretakers and midwives in charge of delivering and caring for newborn babies in Takeo ...
$158 million to develop agriculture
The United States Agency for International Development and the International Fund for Agricultural Development jointly agreed on February 7 in an agreement to earmark $158 million as support to the kingdom’s Agricultural Strategic Development Plan. “The agreement will oversee the development and enactment of policies with the ...
JICA study on urban railway
The Japan International Cooperation Agency will conduct a feasibility study on building an urban railway in Phnom Penh, with the aim of developing a master plan to reduce traffic congestion in the capital. The preparatory study for the Automated Gateway Transit project will begin in ...
Survey counts homeless youth
Cambodia’s seven largest urban centres are home to nearly 2,700 homeless adolescents who face numerous health and education-related obstacles, according to a new study by the Cambodian National Institute of Statistics, Columbia University and Friends International. The study is the first in Cambodia to use ...
Raising the bar for Cambodia’s lawyers
KT: You have been elected president of the Bar Association. What is your priority? Mr. Visal: As I promised during the election campaign, I will modernize and improve administrative systems of the Bar. Recently we created an email account to communicate directly and closely between the ...
Laos battles to reduce malnutrition
Laos needs to improve its health standards and take action against malnutrition with the long term aim of ending hunger in the face of the country’s high rate of poverty. An inception workshop on nutrient gap analysis held on February 6 in Vientiane and attended ...
How much should Vietnamese spend to raise their children?
The well-off are often willing to spend tens of millions of dong for every child, equal to six months of income of many poor people. Thu Mai in Hanoi and her family members are leading good lives thanks to the prosperous business in many fields, from ...
Hefty fines for flouting building regulations
Building owners in Mandalay will soon face hefty fines that may exceed the value of the buildings if the structures are built without permits or if they flout regulations, warned the Mandalay City Development Committee. From April 1, fines will be increased 75 percent for ...
Rail mishaps prompt call for action
Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình on Saturday ordered urgent measures to increase safety at railway crossings. His order came in the wake of a sharp spike in the number and scale of railway accidents during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday. Deputy PM Bình, ...
Phuket hospitals rejecting migrant workers’ insurance
Some women are forced to abandon their babies at hospitals as they’re being denied universal health coverage. Financial difficulties in the healthcare system is leading to pregnant migrant workers only in Phuket province being denied access to Universal Coverage health insurance scheme when they deliver babies. Usually ...
