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Former exiled news outlets granted licenses for state media channel
Two former exiled news outlets—the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) and Mizzima—have been selected to run their own digital channels in Burma under the state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV). In late 2016, the Ministry of Information (MOI) put out a call to local companies ...
ASEAN moves forward with cultural cooperation
ASEAN is working to enhance cooperation between ASEAN member states in the area of cultural heritage protection, following new guidance from the bloc’s leaders. Deputy Secretary General of ASEAN for the ASEAN Social-Cultural Community, Mr Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee, told the media about the progress made on the ...
New law offers incentives to attract investment
A newly-amended Investment Promotion Law has recently been promulgated, offering a variety of incentives to attract investment in both promoted sectors and hardship areas. Businesses investing and operating in hardship communities (known as Area I), where infrastructure has not yet been developed, will enjoy favourable ...
Methanol poisoning up in Việt Nam
The number of methanol poisoning cases has surged over the past three months compared with previous years, according to information presented at a workshop Monday in Hà Nội on the effect of alcohol abuse and the treatment of methanol poisoning. Addressing the event sponsored by the Việt ...
Deputy PM urges faster sale of State capital
In the next round of equitisation, State capital must be sold faster, at higher value, and the enterprises’ corporate governance must further improve, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has said. Huệ was speaking at a meeting on equitisation and the restructuring of State-owned enterprises ...
How to better manage meat imports
Hoang Thanh Van, director of the Department of Breeding under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to Kinh Te Do Thi (Economics and Urban Affairs) newspaper about managing imported meat. Domestic breeders worry that imported meat will compete with domestic breeding products and decrease ...
CBS completes merger with Legend Tiger
Cambodia Broadcasting Service (CBS), a subsidiary of business tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group, has finalised its merger with TV advertising company Legend Tiger Investment Co Ltd, creating the nation’s largest and best equipped television advertising production facility, according to a release on April 11.Keep reading ...
Cambodia’s cycle of abuse
Childhood trauma remains stubbornly high in Cambodia, leading to perpetration and experience of violence against women, which in turn leads to further maltreatment of children, completing a cycle of abuse, a new UN-supported study suggests. The study – supported by UN Women in Cambodia and ...
Troubled road project along Lao-Cambodian border rolls on
Work by military engineers on a contentious road skirting Cambodia’s border with Laos – which has prompted a military stand-off in the area – has quietly resumed, local officials say, even as run-ins between Cambodian and Lao military patrols in the disputed area have further ...
Hun Sen launches Xi’s book
A Cambodian-language edition of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s book “The Governance of China” was launched on April 11 and Prime Minister Hun Sen encouraged students and officials to read it for ideas to enhance governance and economics in Cambodia. Speaking at the launch ceremony, Mr. Hun ...