As pArt of the process to strengthen And widen the bAse of the economy As the country hAs entered the fourth quArter of 2022, the Government of CAmbodiA is seeking to tick All the right boxes, And it includes tourism, textiles exports As well As <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-seeks-more-koreAn-funds-in-textiles/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Kitti Tesaphibal Bindit Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, requested his colleagues in the Royal Government to do their utmost to fulfill this noble national mission to achieve the glorious new mandate given by the people through elections. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-pm-urges-royal-government-to-commit-to-nations-success/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

New procedures for qualifying for the ID poor programme were announced at the Hyatt Regency, Phnom Pehn yesterday that will provide assistance to impoverished people who have come under increasing financial pressure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and events occurring outside the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-implements-new-procedures-for-idpoor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Angkor HospitAl for Children will lAunch the “PAtient Contribution” scheme for medicAl services for children on July 7, but for pAtients from poor fAmilies, the hospitAl will still continue to provide free heAlthcAre. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Angkor-children-hospitAl-to-lAunch-scheme-to-cover-cost/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Tax, economic, financial and money-laundering crimes have become major impediments in Cambodia’s march to progress said Kong Vibol, Director General of the General Department of Taxation (GDT) on Thursday. Internal tax authorities have been seriously facing tax crimes, he observed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-faces-serious-tax-crimes-says-kong-vibol/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s education system is structured into a 6+3+3 formula -students spend their first 6 years in primary school (grades 1&ndash;6), followed by 3 years in secondary school (grades 7&ndash;9)  and 3 years in high school (grades 10&ndash;12) before sitting the diploma examination.1 Cambodian students are <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/social-accountability/primary-school/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In Cambodia, petroleum is traditionally the main source of energy for transportation. The petroleum fuels used for transportation include gasoline, diesel, heavy fuel and fuel oil. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/energy-for-transport/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A pile of illegAlly logged wood discovered by police in RAtAnAkkiri province eArlier this month Along A roAd built by A locAl rubber plAntAtion often Accused of illegAl logging hAs since gone missing, A Forestry AdministrAtion officiAl sAid on SundAy.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/illegAl-timber-found-by-police-goes-missing-in-rAtAnAkkiri/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A little-known VietnAmese investment firm plAns to build A mAssive $200 million mixed-use development thAt includes A hotel, cAsino And wAter pArk in the dusty CAmbodiAn border town of BAvet through its fully-owned MAlAysiAn subsidiAry, A government officiAl confirmed yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vietnAmese-firm-to-invest-in-mAssive-cAsino/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Union leaders yesterday rejected a proposal from Cambodian garment makers to provide US$9 a month for a worker’s housing and transport fees, demanding an additional $1. The benefits were announced last week after unions said they would lead a large-scale protest <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-reject-bonus-bargain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police arrested two Russian men at a rented villa in Sihanoukville on Saturday after a Moldovan man was injured in a fight that began when one side allegedly demanded a portion of the profits from the upcoming Kazantip music festival, officials said on Sunday.  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-russians-arrested-after-fight-over-kazantip-profits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kratie town and provincial administrators met with representatives of families living alongside Kratie Town Hall yesterday after receiving a petition expressing villagers’ concern that the town hall planned to expand its premises onto their land. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-at-risk-families-in-kratie-wary-over-moves/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A militAry police officer And A retired RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces soldier Are being detAined At the BAttAmbAng provinciAl militAry police heAdquArters After beAting A crowd of 11 scAvengers for Allegedly steAling A brA And pAnts from one of their wives, officiAls sAid on SundAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/militAry-police-officer-retired-soldier-detAined-over-beAting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The body of what villagers had suspected was a Montagnard asylum seeker, found partially buried in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district earlier this week, was determined to be the remains of a local teenager who had drowned in a river, a villager said Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/body-in-ratanakkiri-found-to-be-that-of-local-boy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Members of a forest community and local officials in Preah Vihear province have renewed a legal battle over a small patch of woodland in Rovieng district after the villagers last year accused the officials and a landowner of illegally profiting from the protected area. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/suit-v-countersuit-in-preah-vihear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A complAint lodged with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Alleges thAt A high-level plAnning officiAl in Phnom Penh hAs been illegAlly building A house thAt hAs cAused dAmAge to neighbouring buildings, And used his influence to override A court order for construction to stop. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAnd-officiAl-Accused-in-construction-feud/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A hAndcArt-puller who wAs knocked unconscious by militAry police during A MAy 26 protest in Poipet City&mdAsh;spArking An AttAck on the locAl customs office&mdAsh;on FridAy filed A court complAint requesting $10,000 in compensAtion from his AttAckers, A rights monitor sAid SundAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/beAten-hAndcArt-puller-files-complAint-AgAinst-militAry-police/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A hAndful of humAn rights Activists And sociAl reseArchers on SundAy jointly formed A politicAl pArty to contest in the 2018 nAtionAl elections Although A politicAl AnAlyst sAid thAt smAll pArties Are hArd to win even A seAt. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-politicAl-pArty-unveiled-in-cAmbodiA-to-contest-in-2018-elections/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday rebuked opposition leader Sam Rainsy for telling a French newspaper that a high-profile dinner between their families last month was an example of how the premier has turned over a new leaf in a life of tyranny. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-rebukes-sam-rainsy-over-french-media-interview/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Law and order in Cambodia this year has been a strange mix of the brutal and the bizarre. From horrific murders to the police’s decision to deliver crystal meth to phony hostage-takers during a bank heist, crime has continually made headlines in a year when the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/years-crime-ranged-from-brutal-to-bizarre/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>