Deforestation from unchecked logging in Laos is shown in a file photo. AFP Customs officers in central Laos’s Bolikhamxay province stopped a truck carrying contraband rosewood at the border with Vietnam at the end of December, as smugglers continue to frustrate government attempts to halt the illegal trade in timber, sources said. Authorities confiscated the…

Khuon Narim / Khmer Times  Share: Vietnam customs data shows vast timber exports to the country. Supplied Vietnam imported $179 million worth of timber from Cambodia in the first nine months of the year, according to customs data from Hanoi released by the NGO Forest Trends yesterday. The timber, which was mostly sawn wood and logs, was…

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