More than 700 ducks and chickens suspected of carrying avian influenza are expected to be killed by Prey Veng provincial authorities. Since 2003, more than 290 people were killed by bird flu. And recently, a 27-old man was died from infection of this disease. Chhyn Dy, head of the district’s animal health office, said that [...]
She lived in a foreign country, with foreign food and a foreign lifestyle, but Peace Corps volunteer Erica Herrmann said it was the best way to learn about Cambodia. Herrman was among the first group of 29 US volunteers to join the Peace Corps mission to Cambodia. From 2007 to 2009, she lived in a [...]
Senior opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua returned to Cambodia last week, where she is contesting a defamation verdict at the Supreme Court. Mu Sochua, a member of the Sam Rainsy Party, was fined for remarks made in connection with a lawsuit against Prime Minister Hun Sen, who she claims defamed her in public speeches made last [...]
Hing Chantha, a 45-year-old farmer in Kandal province, has lived with corruption his whole life. In 1996, he opened a business selling cabbage, cucumber and other vegetables at Takhmao market. Every year since then, he figures, he’s paid $300 a year in corruption, to protect his business and keep his children in school, and for [...]
The Asian Development Bank said Tuesday it expects an economic rebound for Cambodia in 2010, with growth moving from 4.5 percent this year to 6 percent in 2011. The recovery was driven by the country’s main economic pillars: agriculture, construction, garments and tourism, ADB officials said Tuesday, as they released the bank’s economic outlook for [...]
A healthy diet that includes fish, fruit and vegetables can reduce the chances for heart disease, a US doctor said Thursday. That nutritional balance was once common in Cambodian food, but that is changing, Taing Tek Hong, a Florida-based physician, told “Hello VOA.” To understand heart disease, it is important to understand the heart, which [...]
On Thursday, Sony’s distributors of the state-of-the-art television set gave viewers the impression of watching footage in three dimensions at the flick of a switch, and believe that demand for high-end consumer goods is growing in Cambodia’s market in the later this year. The two companies which are distributing Sony-branded products in Cambodia are K4 [...]