CAMBODIA stands at the forefront of foreign direct investment in Southeast Asia, anticipating a robust influx of capital in 2024, buoyed by a solid economic recovery (Source: Phnom Penh Post) while Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Heng Sour has reiterated the ministry’s intentions to ensure that people with disabilities make up three per cent of the workforce of the Kingdom’s large factories and enterprises. Sour made the remarks while addressing the closing ceremony of an inclusive December 11 job forum, held to assist the disabled with finding work (Source: Phnom Penh Post).
LAO PDR: The Asian Development Bank has approved a US$32-million financing package to support Laos in strengthening its response to climate change and improving the livelihoods of agricultural communities in Vientiane and the central provinces of Borikhamxay and Khammuan (Source: Vientiane Times).
VIET NAM aims to use organic fertiliser for 50 per cent of the total cultivation area nationwide by 2050, and have at least 80 per cent of centrally-run cities and provinces build organic fertiliser-using farming models as part of value chains for major and specialty products (Source: Viet Nam News).
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