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Economist Sees Potential in Tourism and Beyond

Chheang Vannarith is the executive director of the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace. Raised by a single mother under the poverty line in Kampong Thom province, he was able to attain a PhD in Asia-Pacific studies. “Living through civil wars and hardship empowered me to overcome obstacles to my education and career,” he told “Hello VOA” on Monday Continue reading →

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NEC Extends Registration in Flood-Hit Areas

The National Election Committee said Thursday it was extending by three days voter registration in 316 communes hit hard by recent flooding. The extension was made at the request of local election officials, political parties and election monitors, pushing the date from Oct. 15 to Oct Continue reading →

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Officials Anticipate Slight Lowering of Flood Waters

Disaster officials said Wednesday they expected an ease in flooding in 14 provinces, but they expected the death toll to rise. At least 61 people have died in the floods, which began in August and have continued to swell rivers and inundate homes along the Mekong River and in other areas. Flooding has also hit the north and northwest, including the provinces of Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Preah Vihear and Siem Reap Continue reading →

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Opposition Asks Hun Sen to Protect Prey Lang Forest

The Sam Rainsy Party has sent a request to Prime Minister Hun Sen requesting that he cancel economic land concessions in Prey Lang forest, in the east of the country, where thousands are villagers say their livelihoods are under threat. Nine SRP parliamentarians singled out more than 6,000 hectares in a concession to a Vietnamese company, CRCK, among others, and suggested the forest be listed as a Unesco World Heritage site Continue reading →

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Risks, Rewards as Economic Corridor Develops

Cambodia is building up its rural infrastructure in an effort to link itself to its neighbors, under an “economic corridor” project aided by the Asian Development Bank. Proponents of the southern economic corridor, part of the Greater Mekong Subregion project, say it will bring benefits to villagers like those in Kampong Thom district’s Sambo Prey Kuk temple, in Prasat Sambo district Continue reading →

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Rubber Concessions Worry Villagers in Northeast

Villagers from four different provinces say they are concerned about two land concessions that could destroy a strip of forest and deprive them of their livelihoods. The Prey Lang forest spans the provinces of Kampong Thom, Steung Trang, Kratie and Preah Vihear. Two rubber concessions cut into the forest in Preah Vihear and Kampong Thom Continue reading →

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