Vietnam’s ‘Stereo Man’ to be performed in Cambodia

November 19, 2009 in Vietnam Culture
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A local play titled “Stereo Man” performed by actors of Hanoi’s Youth Theater, will be presented during the Mekong Arts and Media Festival 2009 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from November 23 to 27.

           A scene in the play “Stereo man”
Through body language, the play explores the feelings and aspirations of an HIV-infected man while [...]

Thaksin slams Thai govt in Cambodia speech

November 12, 2009 in Uncategorized
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Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra accused his country’s rulers of “false patriotism” as he delivered a lecture in his new role as Cambodia’s economic adviser Thursday.
The billionaire, ousted in a 2006 coup and living abroad to avoid jail for graft, addressed some 300 members of business and government at Cambodia’s finance ministry amid tensions [...]

Cambodia refuses to extradite Thailand’s Thaksin

November 11, 2009 in Uncategorized
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PHNOM PENH, Nov 11, 2009 (AFP) – Cambodia on Wednesday rejected Thailand’s request to extradite Thaksin Shinawatra, inflaming tensions over Phnom Penh’s appointment of the fugitive former Thai premier as an economic adviser.
Billionaire Thaksin, who was toppled in a bloodless coup in 2006 and lives abroad to avoid a jail term for corruption, arrived in [...]

Thailand’s Thaksin arrives in Cambodia for tense visit

November 10, 2009 in World
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Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra landed in Cambodia Tuesday to start a job as government economic adviser, escalating an already huge diplomatic row between the two countries.

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) walks to a car at the Phnom Penh military air base on November 10, 2009. (AFP Photo)
Thaksin, who was ousted [...]

Cambodia seeks to export cotton to Vietnam

October 15, 2009 in Vietnam Economy
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Cambodia seeks to export cotton to Vietnam

QĐND – Thursday, October 15, 2009, 20:14 (GMT+7)

Cambodia is expected to export 1,000 tonnes of cotton to Vietnam by the end of this year, said executive in the industry.
Kong Chan, Managing Director of Cambodia’s Seladamex Co., Ltd, said his company is working with its Vietnamese partners to seek [...]

Cambodia tries to minimise climate change’s affects

December 15, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Phnom Penh (VNA) – The Cambodian government is trying its best to join the international community’s efforts in minimising the global climate change’s affects, a Cambodian government official said. Over the past years, the government has closely cooperated with UN agencies and international organisations in applying the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Cambodia, Secretary of [...]

China provides 200 million USD to Cambodia

December 4, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Phnom Penh (VNA) – China has given impoverished Cambodia more than 200 million USD in loans and grants to re-build the country’s infrastructure.Chinese and Cambodian officials inked an agreement to give a 200-million-USD-loan to rebuild roads in Cambodia during a meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen and China’s visiting top political advisor Jia Qinglin, government [...]

Cambodia, Laos to finish border landmark planting in 2009

December 1, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia and Laos have reached a consensus to complete their common border landmark planting in 2009. This was announced by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister cum Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ho Nam Hong on November 28 after he attended the 5th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Summit in Vientiane, Laos. [...]

Cambodia likely to fulfill mine removal target before 2020

December 1, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia is able to fulfill clearing mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) left by the war nationwide before 2020, Director General of Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) Kem Sophoan said at a recent meeting to review mine clearance 2008.The centre each year cleared 26-27 million sq.m. of land for cultivation between 2005 [...]

Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam intensify anti-drug stance

November 28, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam have signed a joint agreement to boost cooperation in controlling illegal drugs during their 8 th ministerial meeting in Vientiane, Laos. At the end of the meeting, which took place on November 23-26 and attracted the participation of the three countries’ ministers in charge of drugs prevention, [...]