Mosquito nets protect children against malaria in Viet Nam. Photo: Justin Mott/ADB.
Mekong Countries Get a Boost in Funds for War against Malaria
Five countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion are receiving additional support to eliminate malaria.
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The group visited a shoe factory at the Bavet Industrial Park. Photo: ADB Cambodia Resident Mission.
Japan Ambassador, ADB Country Director Visit Bavet Industrial Park
Japan’s Ambassador to Cambodia Hidehisa Horinouchi and Asian Development Bank Country Director Samiuela Tukuafu recently joined Cambodia’s Minister Attached to the Prime Minister and Secretary General of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, Sok Chenda Sophea, on a visit to the Bavet Industrial Park near the border with Viet Nam.
Startup entrepreneurs get advice from experts at a tourism mentoring bootcamp. Photo: MIST.
Mekong Countries Look to Promising Startups for Tourism Innovation
The best tourism startups will converge at the 2017 Mekong Tourism Forum on June 6 to pitch their business plans to venture capitalists and industry experts.
Migrant and mobile populations in the Greater Mekong Subregion are often more exposed to malaria and out of reach of the health system. They can also spread the disease as they move within the region. Photo: ADB.
Mosquitoes Know No Borders
Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Myanmar are on the frontlines of the global fight against malaria.
Renewable energy sources are gaining momentum in Cambodia and other countries in Southeast Asia. Photo: ADB.
ADB Backs Sunseap to Build Cambodia's First Large-Scale Solar Farm
SINGAPORE (25 April 2017) — The Asian Development Bank has backed Singapore’s Sunseap Group’s project to build Cambodia’s first large-scale solar power project under a long-term agreement with Electricité Du Cambodge.
Steady access to electricity improved services at the Ta Phem Health Center, leading to a 20-fold increase in patients. Photo: ADB.
In Cambodia, Improved Access to Affordable Electricity Helps Save Lives
New transmission lines bring cheaper electricity from the Viet Nam border to Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital.
Cambodia’s economy is expected to remain strong over the next couple of years partly driven by solid garment and footwear exports. Photo: ADB.
ADB Forecasts Cambodia's Economic Growth to Remain Robust
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (6 April 2017) — Cambodia’s economy is expected to remain strong over the next 2 years, driven by solid garment and footwear exports, construction and real estate activities, rising government expenditure, and a moderate recovery in agricultural production, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released today.
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