-
Partners
Meta
Tag Archives: vietnam
Khmer Krom Victims Say Tribunal Overlooked Kill Site
Lawyers for ethnic Khmer Kampuchea Krom victims of the Khmer Rouge say the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal has failed to include an extermination site in the scope of its investigations. The Khmer Krom, who are a minority Khmer ethnic group living in today’s Vietnam and the Mekong Delta, were singled out for killing by the regime for being culturally tied to Vietnam Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged bakan, documentation, judges-released, khmer, khmer rouge issues, khmer-kampuchea, mekong-delta, people, under-the-court, vietnam
Leave a comment
Mekong Countries Move Toward More Integration
The countries of the lower Mekong River are moving toward greater integration, but Cambodia’s commerce minister said Thursday the country is ill prepared. Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged burma, Cambodia, challenges, China, country, greater, greater-mekong, meeting, Mekong river, Phnom Penh, second-phase, six-countries, the-country, toward-greater, vietnam
Leave a comment
Cambodia Struggling to Meet Asean Integration
Cambodia’s economy is lagging behind other Asean countries, making it hard to meet the level of other Asean countries, finance officials said Wednesday. Cambodian and Asean economic officials were meeting in Phnom Penh to push for economic integration for 2015. Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged ASEAN, Cambodia, cambodian, Economic growth, Economy, economy and business, Finance, Human rights, making-it-hard, ministry, party, Singapore, vietnam
Leave a comment
More Understanding Needed Among Mekong Countries: Experts
Regional security experts warn that Mekong River countries must do a better job of sharing, as more and more look toward hydropower on the massive river. Experts met in Siem Reap this weekend to discuss ways to mitigate impending conflict over the river, which is a major food source to millions of people but also a huge power supply to growing economies in the region. Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged chinese, cooperation, council, environment, mekong, over-the-river, peace, vietnam
Leave a comment
Despite Some Efforts, Forests Continue To Dwindle
Cambodia’s woodlands are seeing continued deforestation, despite a plan by the government to curb illegal logging, environmental groups say. Authorities say they have a plan to protect the forest, but non-governmental groups say the problem persists, including through an increase in land concessions, and massive illegal logging by the military. Cambodia has an official strategy to protect the forests over the next 18 years, including land management practices and tighter governmental controls over still exiting forests. Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged country, forest, forests, global-witness, government, illegal-logging, military, preah, preah-vihear, trees, vietnam
Leave a comment
Former Premier Faults Tribunal as ‘Very Slow’
Cambodia’s former prime minister, Pen Sovann, says the current number of Khmer Rouge leaders now on trial at a UN-backed court is not enough, and that more urgency should be brought to cases already underway at the tribunal. “Today it is my view that there has been no justice found for the victims who passed away,” Pen Sovann, the first prime minister of the country under the Vietnamese-backed People’s Republic of Kampuchea, in 1981, said. “The deceased and the survivors are waiting for the government to cooperate with the international court to find fault in the Khmer Rouge leaders and for their brutal crimes, to clearly unveil these to the people and find justice,” he said, speaking as a guest on a supplemental “Hello VOA” program Tuesday. Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged court, government, international, nation, opposition, pushed-as-fast, since-the-khmer, trials, tribunal, vietnam, vietnamese
Leave a comment