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Defying ban, disabled groups play on
On the corner of one of Phnom Penh’s busiest roads this week, motorcyclists pulled over one by one holding out crumpled banknotes to a group of blind performers who were belting out a score of traditional Cambodian songs. The group, like many others across Phnom Penh, ...
Mekong yields first giant catfish of year
One of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world was netted by local fishermen near Phnom Penh earlier this month. A two-metre Mekong giant catfish, weighing an estimated 90 to 114 kilos, one of only a handful left of a species that faces extinction, ...
Cambodia shows narrow but strong FDI growth
Foreign direct investment flows continued to see strong growth across the 10-member ASEAN bloc in 2014, with most countries in the Lower Mekong region reporting higher levels of inflows given their rising infrastructure needs and manufacturing activities, according to a new report jointly produced by ...
Firms study EEU deal opportunities
Numerous Vietnamese firms and member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) gathered at a business forum on 25 November in Hanoi to study opportunities from the free trade agreement. The business forum, which was co-organised by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry of ...
Vietnam's state enterprise sector is not making money despite huge debt pileup
A recent government report has again shed light on the vulnerable situation of Vietnam’s state-owned enterprises, whose revenues rise slowly but debts pile up quickly. The combined revenues of 781 businesses owned wholly or partly by the government grew only 1 percent last year to VND1,709 ...
Vietnam businesses pushed to save energy
With many companies in Vietnam remaining energy inefficient, the demand for consultation on energy saving solutions is high. The Ho Chi Minh City Energy Conservation Centre, for instance, has been offering consultation to more than 200 companies a year. Keep reading ...
Vietnam Government targets surge in science, tech firms
Science and technology enterprises will play a more important role in the near future, especially after Vietnam integrates more deeply into the global economy, speakers said at a sci-tech development seminar held on 25 November in Ho Chi Minh City. Speaking at the seminar, Deputy Minister of ...
Laos counts the cost of climate change: record floods, drought and landslides
Villagers in Namai, central Laos, are unanimous in saying that the greatest threat facing Namai now is natural disaster – in the form of cyclones, storms, floods and drought. Over the past 10 years, say village leaders, they have seen record floods, droughts and landslides, ...
US to review Thai trade benefits after labour complaint
The United States will review Thailand’s eligibility for trade benefits after complaints that the country is not properly protecting workers’ rights, the US Trade Representative said. Keep reading ...
Thailand aims to cut emissions 25%
Thailand will clarify its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20-25% within 2030 at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 21, in Paris next month. Prasert Sirinapaporn, director of Climate Change Management and the Coordination Division of the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental ...
