VietNamNet Bridge – The tourism industry, expected to be one of the spearheads of Viet Nam’s economic growth in the future, hopes to have 80 per cent of its workers professionally trained by 2015, the tourism authority has said. Only 30 per cent of the industry workforce are trained, the Viet Nam National Administration of [...]
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Global Witness targets graft in Cambodia’s oil and mining industries
November 27th, 2008 
Cambodian News The London-based group says foreign donors have not done enough to hold the government to account for failing to fight corruption ENVIRONMENTAL watchdog Global Witness has released a scathing attack on what it says is rampant asset-stripping and graft in the country’s mining and oil sectors, saying that foreign donors needed to get tough on [...]
President praises Cambodian Party
November 27th, 2008 Cambodian News HA NOI — The ongoing official friendship visit to Viet Nam by Samdec Chea Sim, Chairman of the Cambodian People’s Party and President of the Senate would help develop solidarity, traditional friendship and co-operation between the two countries, said President Nguyen Minh Triet. While receiving Samdec Chea Sim yesterday, Triet expressed his delight at the [...]
Bangkok cut off from world as second airport seized
November 27th, 2008 Cambodian News BANGKOK (AFP) — Thai anti-government protesters shut down Bangkok’s second airport on Thursday, further crippling the kingdom as tourists scrambled to leave and fears grew the crisis was deepening. Supporters of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) have blockaded the old Don Mueang airport in an attempt to prevent ministers from flying to Chiang Mai [...]