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Worker registration centres open on border
Three border provinces with Cambodia opened offices to document Cambodian workers entering Thailand on Thursday, to combat human trafficking and illegal labour, with a fourth to open on Monday. Three new one-stop centres were opened at the border in Sa Kaeo, Chanthaburi and Trat provinces, to issue temporary ...
Wassana Nanuam and Nopparat Kingkaew
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/417526/registration-centres-for-cambodians-open-at-border
Thai mangosteen, durian supplies short of demand in Cambodia, Vietnam
Cambodia and Vietnam have urged Thailand to export more mangosteen and durian in response to the high demand in both neighbouring countries. Sombat Juengtrakoon, deputy chairman of the Thai-Cambodian Border Trade and Tourism Association in Chanthaburi Province, told journalists Monday that Thailand export a lower volume ...
Pattaya Mail
http://www.pattayamail.com/business/thai-mangosteen-durian-supplies-short-of-demand-in-cambodia-vietnam-37980
UXO kills one, injures two others in Pailin
One man was killed and two teenagers injured on Sunday while cleaning unexploded ordnance they found just past the border of Pailin, in Thailand’s Chanthaburi province. Sot Phy, 27, was killed on the spot, while a 14- and 16-year-old were badly injured. ...
Lieng Sarith
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uxo-kills-one-injures-two-others-pailin
Cambodian, Thai Health Ministries Cooperate On Treatment Along Border
Thai and Cambodian hospitals will work together to improve medical access along the border particularly in treating common monsoon diseases like malaria, said Public Health Ministry’s inspector-general Dr. Thawatchai Kamoltham. Dr. Thawatchai said one aim of the collaboration is to reduce treatment and medical fees for ...
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=965368
Sea tourism along coast needs infrastructure, investors
Plans to create a tourist circuit encompassing coastal areas of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand could be delayed as infrastructure is not yet in place and authorities cannot find investors. The sea route from the Mekong River Delta province of Kien Giang to Sihanoukville in Cambodia and ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTEzNTNmYzMyZDI
Rice trade zone to be set up in East
The Department of Foreign Trade plans to set up a “rice trade zone” project in the East to process Cambodian rice for export to other countries. Tikhumporn Natvaratat, deputy director-general of the department, said his organisation plans to implement the project in Chanthaburi, Trat, Sa Kaeo ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/342199/rice-trade-zone-to-be-set-up-in-east
Thailand, Cambodia ready to launch joint visa scheme
Thailand and Cambodia are ready to implement a single visa agreement, which would enable tourists to use only one visa for both countries from Nov 21, an immigration bureau chief says. The project comes under the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (Acmecs). Acmecs, which was initiated by ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/320478/thailand-cambodia-ready-to-launch-joint-visa-scheme