Cambodia’s government has approved a controversial hydroelectric dam on a tributary of the Mekong River. The joint venture involves Cambodian, Chinese and Vietnamese investment of $781m (£488m) and is due to be completed within five years. The project in northern Stung Treng province is known as Lower ...

Energy Minister Suy Sem yesterday defended a draft law on the financing of a massive dam project in Stung Treng province which is slated for debate at the National Assembly on Friday. Environmental groups have called debate of the law premature, as no consultation with local ...

Logging has officially begun in Stung Treng province in preparation for the construction of a massive hydropower dam, but local authorities and villagers said Wednesday that the clearing of forest is going unchecked outside the official dam concession area. The Lower Sesan 2 dam was approved ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen defended the government’s plan for Strung Treng province’s 400-megawatt Lower Sesan 2 dam project in a letter to an SRP lawmaker, and accused opposition parties, NGOs and the media of exaggerating the negative impacts of hydropower dams. In the six-page letter ...

The government has promised to monitor the progress of local conglomerate Royal Group in its implementation of a $781 million dam project in Stung Treng province, that has been guaranteed by the government, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap said yesterday. Mr. Yeap said yesterday that the ...

Workers in Stung Treng province have begun clearing forested land with chainsaws in order to make way for the reservoir of a massive hydropower dam that has drawn ire from local villagers who say they have not been informed about the dam’s construction plans. The National ...

While fears have been raised over the imminent construction of the Don Sahong dam in Laos, environmentalists on Monday said Cambodia should not forget that it has a project of its own that would be equally as disastrous to the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands ...

Renaissance Minerals (ASX: RNS) will increase its cash position to further develop its Cambodian Gold Projects, after receiving firm commitments for the placement of 44 million shares at $0.05 to raise $2.2 million. Renaissance will now be funded to advance its wholly-owned Cambodian Gold Project, where ...

គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​គ្រោង​ជ្រើសរើស​បុគ្គលិក​ចំនួន ២៤០០ នាក់​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ផ្នែក​កុំព្យូទ័រ​ដើម្បី​ធ្វើ​ការងារ​នៅក្នុង​ ឃុំ-សង្កាត់​សរុប​ចំនួន ១៦៣៣ ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស​ក្នុង​ដំណើរការ​ចុះឈ្មោះ​អ្នក​បោះឆ្នោត​តាម​ប្រព័ន្ធ​អេឡិចត្រូនិក​ដែល​រំពឹង​ថា​នឹង​ចាប់ផ្តើម​នៅ​ដើម​ឆ្នាំ​ក្រោយ​។ នេះ​បើ​តាម​លោក ហង្ស ពុទ្ធា ​អ្នក​នាំពាក្យ គ.ជ.ប ដែល​បាន ...

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. ...

The Canadian government has announced that they will provide $2.2 million through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to Cambodia to help fund climate change adaptation projects within the country. ...

The government approved the Lower Sesan 2 dam project in Stung Treng province without any prior consultation with the most affected communities in Sesan district, where at least 5,000 people stand to be displaced, rights groups and villagers said yesterday. A study published earlier this ...

Two anti-logging activists who went into hiding yesterday have alleged that they received death threats from police because they set fire to logs cut from a protected area in Kratie province. The activists have been leading an increasingly confrontational campaign against Vietnamese firm Binh Phuoc Kratie ...

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Executives at some of the telecommunication firms indebted to bankrupt mobile operator Mfone said Thursday they owe much less than claimed by the company, and will negotiate with Mfone’s administrator to find a resolution before a complaint is filed in court. “We do owe Mfone money, ...

Communities threatened by the planned construction of three hydropower dams in Stung Treng and Ratanakkiri provinces will today submit to the Chinese Embassy a petition demanding that the embassy intervene against Chinese companies investing in the dams. The petition, to be presented in Chinese, Khmer and ...

PHNOM PENH: Malaysia expects to minimise its dependence on imports of animal feed and lessen the impact of the global food crisis by 2020 under the reciprocal investment policy, Agriculture and Agro-based Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar said. One such initiative under the policy was the ...

Trade between Cambodia and Vietnam surpassed a US$2 billion trade target for 2011 in just the first nine months of the year, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Phnom Penh. Trade between the two countries hit the higher-than-projected $2.07 billion in September, up from about ...

គ្រាន់​តែ​ក្នុង​រយៈ​ពេល ២​ ឆ្នាំ គឺ​ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ ២០១៧ និង​ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ ២០១៨ អង្គការ​សម្ព័ន្ធ​មិត្ត​សត្វព្រៃ (Wildlife Alliance) បាន​ចាប់​​ម៉ាស៊ីន​អារឈើខ្នាតតូច​​ ចំនួន ២ ៣០០ គ្រឿង ពី​​ក្រុម​ជន​កាប់​បំផ្លាញ​ព្រៃឈើ​ខុសច្បាប់រួមទាំ​ង​​​អន្ទាក់​សត្វព្រៃ គ្រឿង​​ចក្រចូក និងឈូសឆាយ និងម៉ាស៊ីន​អារឈើខ្នាតធំ មួយ​ចំនួនទៀត ត្រូវបាន​រឹបអូស​ នៅ​ក្នុង​តំបន់​ការពារ​ព្រៃឈើ​ជួរភ្នំ​ក្រវាញ​ខាងត្បូង។ ...

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