Film Highlights Potential Harm of Mekong Dams

Pich Samnang, VOA Khmer
Friday, 29 April 2011

An extraction from the documentary "Where Have All the Fish Gone? Killing the Mekong Dam by Dam" shows a massive dam under construction on a stretch of the Mekong river in China.

A documentary showing the possible impacts of hydropower dams on the Mekong was screened in Phnom Penh Tuesday night, a week after Mekong countries failed to decide on a dam proposed in Laos. About 200 people, most of them students, watched the film, “Where Have All the Fish Gone?: Killing the Mekong Dam by Dam,” which was directed by journalist Tom Fawtrop and screened at Pannasastra University in the capital.

Opportunity, Possibility for Young Leaders Limited in Cambodia: Youth Leader

Pich Samnang, VOA Khmer
Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Hou Sidany, acting coordinator of Youth Council of Cambodia, left, Chhem Pe, middle, a 2009 champion of Youth Leadership Challenge, a local reality TV show. “

It is not the case that young people in Cambodia do not want to participate in social activities, but the problem is that the possibility and opportunity for their participation is still not widespread, according to a young leadership champion. “Youth's access to information seems limited,” said Chhem Pe, a 2009 champion of Youth Leadership Challenge, a local reality TV show.

Evicted People in Sihanouk Province Continue to Live Desperately

Pich Samnang, VOA Khmer
Saturday, 09 April 2011

Evicted people in Spean Chhes, Sihanouk province continue to live desperately in squatters near the land they were evicted two years ago in the beach city. VOA Khmer's Pich Samnang reports from Sihanouk province.