De Castle Royal to be completed by 2014
The De Castle Royal Condominium project, which has been on hold for some time, has announced that it will go back on the market after gaining $28 million in loans from Canadia Bank, which will allow for the completion of the 32-storey-building. The general manager of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/de-castle-royal-to%e2%80%8bbe%e2%80%8b-completed-by-2014/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013020761213/Real-Estate/de-castle-royal-to-be-completed-by-2014.html
Planned rally too large, city officials say
City Hall yesterday rejected the opposition party’s request to hold a Sunday rally with 20,000 supporters, saying it was unable to provide security for participants. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party has scheduled a “party congress” to be held in Freedom Park on Sunday, with a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/planned-rally-too-large-city-officials-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/planned-rally-too-large-city-officials-say
Trade with UK dips 10.5% to $785M
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the UK reached more than $785 million in 2021, down by more than 10.48 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Commerce. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-with-uk-dips-10-5-to-785m-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-uk-dips-105-785m
Trade with UK dips 10.5% to $785M
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the UK reached more than $785 million in 2021, down by more than 10.48 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Commerce. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-with-uk-dips-10-5-to-785m/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-uk-dips-105-785m
Second international machinery fair opens this weekend
The second Cambodia International Machinery Industry Fair 2012 (CIMIF 2012) will kick off this weekend from at the Diamond Island Convention Center in an effort to promote the industry development and foreign investment in Cambodia. It will run for four days from tomorrow to August href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/second-international-machinery-fair-opens-this-weekend/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia vows to contribute to China's "One Belt, One Road" initiatives
Cambodia, along with other ASEAN members, will make joint efforts to create an upgraded China-ASEAN Free Trade Area and contribute to the building of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, said a senior Cambodian official at the First ASEAN href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vows-to-contribute-to-chinas-one-belt-one-road-initiatives/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-12/13/c_133852295.htm
Law and Judiciary
National Assembly of Cambodia. Photo by Sorn Seang Heng, taken on 12 June 2010. Licensed under CC-BY 2.0.With a constitution written a little more than 20 years ago, the current rule of law in Cambodia is relatively new, and continues to be shaped by many href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/law-and-judiciary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Government Raises Salaries for Commune, Village Officials
The government has decided to double the salaries of local government officials at the commune and village level from the beginning of next year, according to a government sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen shortly before the national election. The sub-decree, released in the Royal href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-raises-salaries-for-commune-village-officials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-raises-salaries-for-commune-village-officials-41574/
Update on the treatment of COVID-19 Delta patients (confirmed by the laboratory or in suspected cases) to respond to the new evolution of the spread of COVID-19 and to live in a new context
On 05 October 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release on the update on the treatment of COVID-19 Delta patients (confirmed by the laboratory or in suspected cases) to respond to the new evolution of the spread of COVID-19 and to live in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/update-on-the-treatment-of-covid-19-delta-patients-confirmed-by-the-laboratory-or-in-suspected-cases-to-respond-to-the-new-evolution-of%e2%80%8b-the-spread-of-covid-19-and-to-live-in-a-new-context/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Health
Addressing the issue of “Popular justice” in Cambodia
Between 2010 and 2018, 73 people have been victims of extra-judicial violence, more commonly referred to as “mob justice” or “mob killings” and these acts of violence resulted in 57 deaths and 16 wounded.39 Those figures are considered by experts to be largely underestimated due href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/addressing-the-issue-of-popular-justice-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
New district websites for budget transparency
Under the project Using Open Data to Support Budget Transparency at District Level, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and its partner STAR Kampuchea (SK) have been collaborating with district administrations throughout the past months. The project, funded by the Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/new-district-websites-for-budget-transparency/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Kampong Cham village under lockdown until June 10
The Kampong Cham provincial administration has imposed a lockdown for Kampong Cham village from May 28 to June 10 following the recording of new Covid-19 cases. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-cham-village-under-lockdown-until-june-10/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50864067/kampong-cham-village-under-lockdown-until-june-10/
Trade policy and regulation
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen were at the Aid for Trade Global Review 2019. Photo by World Trade Organization (WTO), taken on 03 July 2019. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.International trade plays an essential role in improving Cambodia’s growth, employment and business opportunities. Trade policy href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/trade-policy-and-regulation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sectoral consultation workshop on the enhancement of dataset and the profile page on Foreign Investment in Cambodia
On 01 August 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a Sectoral Consultation Workshop on the Enhancement of Dataset and the Profile Page on Foreign Investment in Cambodia at Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh. Thirty-two participants (11 females), including civil societies, researchers, indigenous NGOs, and university students href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/sectoral-consultation-workshop-on-the-enhancement-of-dataset-and-the-profile-page-on-foreign-investment-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Forest protection NGOs
The protection of Cambodian forests is primarily the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Ministry of Environment. There are, however, many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the area, from United Nations (UN) agencies and other global bodies to locally-registered href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/forest-protection-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s public debt almost touched $10 billion last year
Cambodia’s total public debt stock is expected to increase approximately 1.42 percent to reach $9.97 billion by the end of 2022 compared to over $7 billion five years ago, while the national budget law allowed the government to borrow about $1.26 billion or $1.7 billion href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-public-debt-almost-touched-10-billion-last-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501226200/cambodias-public-debt-almost-touched-10-billion-last-year/
Missing girl feared trafficked
Meas Bopha, 47, sits in an outdoor pagoda over a lotus-filled pond on her property in Kampong Speu, home to 10 of her 12 children, and wipes back tears as she talks about her missing teenage daughter, Bophea, who vanished one morning last week. Bophea href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/missing-girl-feared-trafficked/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Land transfers
Land transfers in Cambodia assume a variety of forms involving both public and private entities. The right to transfer property to another and to be protected from forced transfer is essential to land tenure security. Land transfer capacity is a source of value for landowners, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/land-transfers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Government advises use of COVID test on 5-10% of staff
COVID-19 rapid antigen tests should be administered to at least five-to-10 per cent of staff at all public and private institutions, said a new government guideline released amid the pandemic. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-advises-use-of-covid-test-on-5-10-of-staff/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear and Orm Bunthoeurn
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/government-advises-use-covid-test-5-10-staff