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Cambodia’s garment exports grow 17.5% in Jan-March’13
- 5 June 2013
- Fibre2fashion
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Trade
- apparels / Chinese aid / EU / Exports / foreign exchange earner / Garment exports / garment imports / Garment Industry / garments / Imports / Investment / Japanese aid / labor costs / minimum wage / Ministry of Commerce / South Korean aid / textile imports / textile raw material / Textiles / US / wages / workers
The exports of garments and textiles from Cambodia have grown by 17.5 percent year-on-year to reach US$ 1.34 billion during the first three months of the current year, data released by the Ministry of Commerce shows. Last year, Cambodia exported apparels worth US$ 4.61 billion, ...
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=146951
Cambodian Trade Union warns protest to demand release of arrested members
- 4 June 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Trade
- Demonstrations / Employment / Europe / export revenue / Exports / Factories / footwear factories / Free Trade Union of Workers / FTU / Garment exports / Garment Industry / garment workers / garments / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Province / labor / law on incitement / minimum wage / Ministry of Commerce / National Military Police / National Military Police Kheng Tito / National Police / Nike / non violent protests / peaceful protests / protests / Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment factory / sports brands / trade unions / trade unions members / US / violent protests / wages / worker rights / បាតុកម្មកម្មករកាត់ដេរ
Cambodian Free Trade Union of Workers (FTU) warned Tuesday to stage a protest if the authority does not release its eight members who were arrested by police on Monday during a demonstration at a Taiwanese-owned garment factory, a union leader said. FTU’s president Chea Mony ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-06/04/c_132430572.htm
Cambodia’s garment industry expanding
- 4 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Trade
- Asia / Cambodian-made apparel / Cheat Khemara / Chinese aid / Europe / Exports / garment / garment export / Garment Industry / Garment Manufacturers’s Association of Cambodia / garment materials / GMAC / Imports / Japanese aid / minimum wage / Ministry of Commerce / South Korean aid / Textiles / US
Both exports and imports of garment materials rose more than 17 per cent in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year, reflecting a growth in Cambodia’s biggest industry. Exports of garment and textile materials went up by 17.5 per cent ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060466032/Business/cambodia-s-garment-industry-expanding.html
Pirated Software May Threaten Garment Firms
- 3 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Trade
- Cargo / Chinese aid / counterfeit goods / footwear factories / Garment exports / Garment factories / Garment Industry / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / garments / GMAC / GMAC Secretary General Ken Loo / ICT Business Association / ICT Business Association president Pily Wong / Indian aid / Information and Communication Technology / Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Business Association / Information and Communication Technology Business Association / Information and Communication Technology sector / intellectual property / intellectual property department / Intellectual Property Rights / Ken Loo / labor costs / LDCs / least developed countries / licensed digital software / Microsoft / Microsoft in Cambodia / Microsoft in Cambodia country manager Pily Wong / Ministry of Commerce / Ministry of Commerce intellectual property department director Var Roth San / Pily Wong / piracy / pirated goods / pirated software / production costs / software / software licences / Thailand / UCA / Unfair Competitions Act / US / Var Roth San / World Trade Organisation / WTO MembersUN
Garment factories run the risk of having their cargo confiscated by U.S. customs authorities if they continue using pirated computer software in their administrative operations, and may be prosecuted under a law that requires all manufacturers to use licensed digital software, according to a local ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/pirated-software-may-threaten-garment-firms-28459/
Cambodia, U.S. sign emissions reduction agreement
- 31 May 2013
- China.Org.Cn
- Development policy and administration / Energy / Energy policy and administration / Environment and natural resources / Government / International relations
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Cambodia and the United States on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on low emissions and climate resilient development in Cambodia, according to a press statement from the U.S. Embassy to Phnom Penh. The deal was inked between Cambodian Minister of Environment Mok Mareth and Rebecca ...
http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2013-05/31/content_28997411.htm
Local banks gain trust: survey
- 27 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Banking and financial services / Economy and commerce / Investment
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Nearly nine out of 10 Cambodians have confidence in local financial institutions, a trend that stands in sharp contrast to Europe and the US, a poll published last week found. However, industry insiders question the results, as the Kingdom’s financial services are still under-developed. The poll ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052765847/Business/local-banks-gain-trust-survey.html
5,000 Protest for Benefits in Kompong Speu
- 24 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce
- Faintings / Free Trade Union / garment manufacturing / garment worker rights / garment workers / Kompong Speu / Kompong Speu Province / labor / labour / mass faintings / National Road 4 / Nike / Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment MFG Corp / Sabrina factory / Samroing Tong district / Strikes / U.S. / US / worker rights / working conditions
About 5,000 garment workers from a factory in Kompong Speu province, which manufactures clothing for U.S sports giant Nike, yesterday blocked National Road 4 demanding additional allowances, such as transport and maternity bonuses, a union representative said. The protest at Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment MFG Corp., in ...
As Foreign Aid Increases, Questions About Conditions
- 21 May 2013
- VOA Khmer
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Cambodia has seen huge growth of foreign aid and loans over the past two decades, but experts are beginning to question its worth—and what conditions might be attached. Total aid from 1993 to 2012 amounts to around $10 billion, with the percentage of aid coming as ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/as-foreign-aid-increases-questions-about-conditions/1664821.html
Factory Dining Hall Collapses in Phnom Penh; 23 injured
- 21 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Clothes / Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Garments and textiles / Industries / Labor / Manufacturing / Phnom Penh
- ASICS / ASICS spokesman Katsumi Funakoshi / CNRP / Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union / Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union representative Seang Yon / commune chief Mao Rith / compensation / construction / construction standards / Factories / Factory collapse / factory working conditions / Gap / Garment factories / garment production / garment production chain / garment workers / garments / health and saftey / illegal building construction / Japanese aid / Japanese sports brand / Kampong Cham Provincial Governor Kuoch Chamroeun / Katsumi Funakoshi / Kbal Koh commune / Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital / Kompong Speu / Kompong Speu Province / labor / labour / Mao Rith / Meanchey District / Ministry of Labor / Ministry of Labor secretary of state Oum Mean / Ministry of Labour / Ministry of Labour secretary of state Oum Mean / Mu Sochua / Oum Mean / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh District Governor Kuoch Chamroeun / Production / production chain / safety building regulations / Seang Yon / Shoe factories / shoes / Top World Garment (Cambodia) Ltd. / U.S. / US / Wing Star Shoe factory / Wing Star Shoes Co Ltd / worker rights
The dining hall of a garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district that supplies clothes to U.S. brand Gap collapsed into a pond Monday, injuring more than 20 workers who were eating lunch, workers and officials said. The hall, which is part of Top World Garment ...
Cambodians Abroad Sent Home $256M Last Year
- 21 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Banking and financial services / Economy and commerce / Labor
- ACLEDA Bank / Acleda Bank Plc / ACLEDA Bank vice-president So Phonnary / Bangkok / Banks / Community Legal Education Center / Community Legal Education Center head of the labor program Moeun Tola / Community Legal Education Center labor program / Community Legal Education Centre / Community Legal Education Centre labour programme / Community Legal Education Centre labour programme Moeun Tola / GDP / Gross Domestic Product / IFAD / illegal money carriers / informal money carriers / International Fund for Agriculture Development / international remittances / MFIs / Microfinance institutions / Migrant Workers / Moeun Tola / money carriers / money transfer rates / money transfers / National Bank of Cambodia / National Bank of Cambodia Director General and Spokeswoman Nguon Sokha / NBC / NBC director-general Nguon Sokha / Nguon Sokha / remittances / Sending Money Home to Asia / So Phonnary / Thailand / transfer rates / U.N. / U.N. agency / U.S. / UN / UN agency / United Nations / US / Western Union / World Bank
Cambodian migrant workers sent home $256 million last year, according to a report from a U.N. agency and the World Bank, which was released in Bangkok yesterday. The report from the bank and Rome-based International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), titled Sending Money Home to Asia, ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodians-abroad-sent-home-256m-last-year-25574/
ASICS Wants Monitoring Of Cambodian Sub-Contractors After Accident
- 17 May 2013
- The Nation
- Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources
- ASICS / ASICS spokesman Katsumi Funakoshi / Better Factories Cambodia / Better Factories Cambodia program / Better Factories Cambodia program chief technical adviser Jill Tucker / Better Factories Cambodia programme / Better Factories Cambodia programme chief technical adviser Jill Tucker / Cambodian factories / Cambodian factories program / Cambodian factories programme / Canada / construction / Europe / Factories / factory construction / factory sub-contractors / factory working conditions / fire safety / fire safety monitoring / fire safety regulations / Garment factories / health and safety / health and safety regulations / International Labor Organization / International Labour Organization / Japanese aid / Jill Tucker / Katsumi Funakoshi / minimum wage / Phnom Penh / Shoe factories / sub-contractors / United States aid / US / wages / Wing Star / Wing Star factory / Wing Star Shoes factory / working conditions
The Japanese athletics brand ASICS said Friday that it would push its four Cambodian sub-contractors to join a programme that monitors conditions in garment and shoe factories. “We will strongly request to our sub-contractors in Cambodia to sign up to this programme,” Katsumi Funakoshi, ASICS ...
Cambodian factory deaths shine spotlight on conditions
- 16 May 2013
- DW
- Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Labor
- American Center for International Labor Solidarity / American Center for International Labor Solidarity country director Dave Welsh / ASICS / Bangladesh / Better Factories Cambodia / Better Factories Cambodia technical adviser Jill Tucker / BFC / BFC program / construction / construction standards / Dave Welsh / EU / European Union aid / Factories / Factory collapse / factory working conditions / fire safety / footwear sector / garment indusrty / Garment Manufacturers' Association ecretary-general Ken Loo / garment manufacturing industry / garment sector / GMAC / health and safety / ILO / International Labor Organization / International Labor Organization's Better Factories Cambodia program / Japanese aid / Japanese companies / Jill Tucker / mass faintings / minimum wage / minimum wage increase / Pakistan / Phnom Penh / poor construction / Shoe factory / Strikes / triple shooting / United States aid / US / Wing Star factory / Wing Star Shoe factory / working conditions
The deaths of at least two Cambodian workers and injuries sustained by 10 colleagues at a shoe factory southwest of Phnom Penh once more shine a light on conditions in the global garment manufacturing industry. Thursday’s accident at the Wing Star Shoe factory in the Cambodian ...
http://www.dw.de/cambodian-factory-deaths-shine-spotlight-on-conditions/a-16819017
The canes of wrath
- 10 May 2013
- Southeast Asia Globe
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
- Agro-Business / agro-business firms / American Sugar Refinery Company / assault / Boycott Blood Sugar campaign / child labor / child labour / compensation / CPP / CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat / criminal activity / Dr Nirun Pitakwatchara / Dr Pung Chhiv Kek / EBA / economic land concession / education / ELC / ELC scheme / EU / EU in Cambodia ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain / Europe / European Parliament / European Union aid / Everything But Arms / Everything But Arms Agreement / Everything But Arms scheme / Everything But Arms Treaty / Exports / farming / forced evictions / Human Rights / human rights violations / illegal possession of land / ILO / International Labor Organisation / International Labour Organisation / Jean-Francois Cautain / Jones Day / Jones Day law firm / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Province / Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Public Company Limited / KKP / KKS / KKS industry / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Koh Kong Sugar Industry / Koh Kong Sugar Plantation / KSL / labor / labour / land / Land grabs / Land rights / Land titles / Lawsuits / LICADHO / Licadho president Pung Chhiv Kek / livestock / London / Ly Yong Phat / National Human Rights Commission of Thailand / NGO Equitable Cambodia / NHRC / NHRC commissioner Dr Nirun Pitakwatchara / Nirun Pitakwatchara / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / OECD / Omlaing / Omlaing commune / Omlaing sugar plantation / Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development / Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises / PC Law Firm / Phnom Penh Sugar Company / Phnom Penh Sugar director Seng Nhak / Phnom Penh Sugar’s Omlaing plantation / plantation workers / Plantations / preferential trade scheme / protests / Pung Chhiv Kek / razed crops / Rees Broome law firm / Seng Nhak / shootings / subsistence farming / sugar / sugar exports / sugar industry / sugarcane / sugarcane plantations / Taiwan / Tate & Lyle / Tate & Lyle Sugars / Thailand / Thpong district / UK / UK’s High Court of Justice / UN / United Nations / United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights / US / US National Contact Point / Ve Wong Corporation / wages
Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...
CIMB says Local Investors Bring More Franchises to Cambodia
- 10 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Investment / Trade
- Almond Hotel / Australian aid / Burger King / CIMB Bank / CIMB Bank plc / CIMB head of retail financial services Thida Heng / d'Tandoor franchise / Dairy Queen / franchises / Hard Rock Cafe / Hun Kimleng / Imex Pan-Pacific Group / Investment / KFC / Malaysia-based CIMB Bank / Malaysian aid / Malaysian Embassy in Phnom Penh / Malaysian Franchise Association / Malaysian Franchise Association chairman Abdul Malik Abdulla / Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Trade / Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Trade Cooperatives and Consumerism / Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Trade Cooperatives and Consumerism director Mohd Nasir Noryakin / Mohd Nasir Noryakin / Phnom Penh / property investments / Real estate / Saudi Arabia / Secret Recipe franchise / Sok Hong / Sokimex Corporation / Sokimex Corporation chairman Sok Hong / US
The steady growth of franchises from overseas is likely to continue as young, moneyed Cambodians seize the opportunity to bring name brands into the country, a bank official said yesterday. Hoping to help its customers and others invest in franchises, Malaysia-based CIMB Bank yesterday organized ...
Work Begins on Controversial Cambodian Dam
- 7 May 2013
- Voice of America (VOA)
- Energy / Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Marine and coastal areas / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Social development / Water resources
- "The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" / Ame Trandem / Australian aid / Dams / Eric Baran / Farmland / Fish / fisheries / food security / German aid / hydropower / hydropower projects / inland fisheries / International Rivers Southeast Asia Program Director Ame Trandem / livestock sector / Lower Se San 2 Dam / Lower Sesan 2 dam / marine sector / Mekong river / national election / Relocation / relocation sites / Reservoirs / Se San River / sediment / Sesan river / Sre Pok River / Srekor village / Srepok River / U.S. / US / WorldFish
As work begins on Cambodia’s biggest dam, those advocating against its construction have warned that the region’s rush for hydropower will have a disastrous effect on millions of people who rely on the Mekong River to survive. Last month, workers began preparing an area in northeastern ...
http://www.voanews.com/content/work-begins-on-controversial-hydropower-dam/1656035.html
Cambodia’s first dairy plant
- 25 April 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Dairy / Economy and commerce / Food processing / Imports / Industries / Investment / Manufacturing / Milk and milk products / Special economic zones / Trade
- BPC Trading / Cambodia’s first dairy factory / Council for the Development of Cambodia / Hiroshi Uematsu / Iraq / Khmer Dairy Products / Mai Kieu Lien / Manoj Nutchanart / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone / PPSEZ / PPSEZ managing director Hiroshi Uematsu / Russia / Thailand / The Saigon Times / UHT milk / US / Vinamilk / Vinamilk chairwoman Mai Kieu Lien
Cambodia’s first dairy factory is being planned for Phnom Penh, as one of the owners, a Vietnam-based dairy company, hopes to tap strong local demand for its products. The 2.7-hectare factory, in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ), would produce condensed milk, yoghurt and UHT ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042565223/Business/cambodia-s-first-dairy-plant.html
US embassy to hold investment webinar
- 22 April 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Investment / Trade
- American Cambodian Business Council chairman Brett Sciaroni / ASEAN / Brett Sciaroni / Cambodian Chamber of Commerce / CDC / Council for the Development of Cambodia / Frances Zwenig / Hillary Clinton / Lim Heng / Ministry of Economy and Finance / Phnom Penh / Sean McIntosh / Siem Reap / US / US ambassador to Cambodia William Todd / US embassy in Phnom Penh / US embassy’s public-affairs officer Sean McIntosh / US-ASEAN Business Forum / Washington / webinar / William Todd
The US embassy in Phnom Penh intends to hold a webinar on doing business in Cambodia, providing information on the benefits and challenges of working in the country for US firms. “This is the first webinar that will focus on investment opportunities and an overview of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042265136/Business/us-embassy-to-hold-investment-webinar.html
Cambodia's bourse sees slow progress in 1st year of operations
- 18 April 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Economy and commerce / Securities exchange (stock market) / Stock market / Trade
- ACLEDA Securities Plc / Cambodia Securities Exchange / Chinese aid / CSX / France / Japanese aid / Korea Exchange / KRX / Ming Bankosal / Nguon Meng Tech / Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority / PPWSA / Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia / Svay Hay / UK / United Kingdom / United States aid / US
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) has seen slow progress in its first year of operations because there has been only one listed firm and public knowledge about the stock market remains low, officials said Thursday. The CSX was officially launched trading on April 18 last year ...
Nguon Sovan
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-04/18/c_132320982.htm
Holdings draw veil over Mfone
- 18 April 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce
- American Center for International Labor Solidarity / Asia Mobile Holdings / Cambodian Center for Human Rights / Dave Welsh / Eltek / H&M / Kingsland Garment factory / Mfone / Qatar Telecom / Shenington Investments / Singapore / Singapore Technologies Telemedia / Swedish Embassy / Thaicom / Thailand / US / Walmart
When the owner of Kingsland garment factory fled the Kingdom last year, enough pressure was applied to its sourcing companies H&M and Walmart to persuade them through their intermediaries to compensate workers left jobless. Distance could no longer absolve them of responsibility. Just like the Kingsland ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013041865106/Business/holdings-draw-veil-over-mfone.html
Cambodia's trade with U.S. down 2 pct in first 2 months
- 16 April 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Trade
- bilateral trade / Exports / Footwear / footwear exports / Garment exports / garments / machinery imports / medical equipment imports / textile exports / U.S. Department of Commerce / United States aid / US / vehicle imports
The bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and the United States was worth about 499 million U.S. dollars in the first two months of this year, down 2 percent compared with 510 million U.S. dollars at the same period last year, the statistics of the U.S. ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-04/16/c_132313606.htm
World Bank upgrades Cambodia's growth forecast for this year
- 15 April 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Economy and commerce / Industries / Investment / Tourism
- Axel van Trotsenburg / Bert Hofman / EU / Infrastructure / Japanese aid / Laos / macro-prudential policies / Malaysian aid / Thailand / Timor Leste / US / World Bank / World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update / World Bank East Asia and Pacific Vice President Axel van Trotsenburg
The World Bank upgraded Monday its GDP growth forecast for Cambodia to 7.0 percent for this year, up 0.3 of a percentage point from its last projection in December. “In Cambodia, a likely stabilization in high-income country conditions should support further improvements in garment production and ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MjcxMzgzNzA1NWR
FAO Raises Paddy Production Outlook
- 1 April 2013
- Cambodian Business Review
- Agricultural commodities, processing and products / Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Crop products and commodities / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / Exports / Rice / Rice / Trade / United States aid
- Agro-business company / Amru rice (Cambodia) Co / Baitang (Kampuchea) Plc / Bangladesh / Brazil / Burma / Cambodia / Cavifoods / Cavifoods and Loran Group / Chinese aid / Dr. Yang Saing Koma / Egypt / FAO All Rice Price Index / Golden Rice Co Ltd / Guinea / Hean Vanhorn / Indian aid / Indonesia / Korea / Madagascar / Magsaysay Award / Magsaysay Award Winner Dr. Yang Saing Koma / Mali / milled rice exports / Ministry of Agriculture Forest and Fisheries Deputy Director-General / Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries / Myanmar / Nepal / Nigeria / Rep. of Korea / Republic of Korea / rice production / Russian Federation / Senegal / Sierra Leone / South America / Sri Lanka / Tanzania / Thailand / Turkey / United States aid / United States Department of Agriculture / Uruguay / US / USA / USDA / Venezuela / Viet Nam / Yang Saing Koma
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has raised its forecast of global paddy production in 2012 by about 1.5 million tonnes to 730 million tonnes (487 million tonnes, milled). The scaling up of production mainly concerned Asian countries, in particular Cambodia, ...
Government Denies Reports on Mining Corruption and Hun Sen
- 29 March 2013
- Voice of America (VOA)
- Economy and commerce / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Industrial mining / Investment / Mining
- Australian aid / BHP / BHP Billiton / Cambodian Government / Chinese aid / Corruption / Government’s Quick Reaction Unit / Hun Sen / mineral exploration / mining / Mining company / mining deals / national elections / Prime Minister Hun Sen / US
The Cambodian government on Thursday dismissed media reports in Australia linking Prime Minister Hun Sen to a mining company under investigation there for corruption. Earlier this week, The Age newspaper reported on Australian documents that described officials from BHP Billiton seeking a special meeting with Hun ...
In Washington, ‘Mekong Days’ Puts River in Focus
- 29 March 2013
- Voice of America (VOA)
- Agriculture and fishing / Climate change / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- “Mekong Days” / “My River My Fish My Life” / A River Changes Course / Agro-business company / Cambodia filmmaker Chum Sophea / Cambodian-American filmmaker Kalyanee Mam / Chinese aid / Dams / dynamite fishing methods / Europe / fish stocks / fisheries / Goethe Institute / hydropower dam / Laos / livestock / Maryland / Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change / Mekong Days events / Mekong river / Mekong river basin / Sundance Film Festival / Tonle Sap basin / US / USAID / Washington / Wilfried Eckstein / Xayaburi / Xayaburi dam
Advocacy groups, environmentalists and policy-makers have wrapped up five days of events surrounding Mekong River issues in Washington. “Mekong Days,” a series of talks, films and other forums that ended Tuesday, highlighted issues in the region, where some 60 million people live. The Mekong River, a major ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/in-washington-mekong-days-puts-river-in-focus/1630640.html