The low income made by many farmers in Battambang has forced young men to seek work as migrant labor in Thailand.
Villagers here, who are ethnically Khmer or Vietnamese, depend on the fish for daily survival.
Environmentalists say it could have devastating impacts on the Mekong’s fish population, a major food source for millions of Cambodians.
With lots of sunshine and an underdeveloped electrical grid, Cambodia is well suited to solar power. But overcoming challenges like poverty and a lack of solar knowledge are major challenges. The power of the sun could be the key to provide energy in rural areas of Cambodia. Social enterprise Kamworks brings solar energy to the population cut off from the national grid. (AP Cambodia)
Preah Vihear provincial authorities recently announced they needed around 5,500 hectare in “social land concessions” to provide to retired government soldiers.
Authorities say the suspect, Cheat Sivutha, worked with villagers in Sam Proch commune, Stoung district, to bulldoze a portion of the forest.
The LMI 2020 plan, the United States' most recent investment in the Lower Mekong Initiative, will push for cohesion, but with a limited budget.
Record high temperatures and lack of rainfall are creating the worst drought conditions for US farmers in a generation. The US Department of Agriculture has declared more than 1000 counties in 26 states natural disaster areas as crops there deteriorate. VOA's Kane Farabaugh has more from Illinois, one of the hardest-hit states.
China Daily says this is the largest fleet out of Hainan province to go on their annual fishing excursion.
The foreign ministers of Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand held meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on July 13 on sidelines of sn Asean meeting in Phnom Penh to discuss US's initiatives on cooperation in development of lower Mekong river. VOA Khmer's Pin Sisovann reports.
Meanwhile, China has built strong relationships across the region, in countries like Cambodia, which could divide Asean countries.
China says ASEAN is not the place to resolve these dispute because it is not about the regional forum.
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