Indonesia’s navy on august 25 said it has seized a tanker and its crew who were wanted on charges of stealing nearly 300,000 barrels of crude oil from Cambodia’s reserves. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indonesian-navy-seizes-tanker-wanted-in-cambodia-oil-heist/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Logistics association (CLa) and OneSala Co Ltd have teamed up to develop a modern, tailor-made e-learning platform in the fields of transport and logistics. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/logistics-e-learning-to-gain-leg-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported 460,169 tonnes of milled rice, worth $393 million, from January to October this year, according to the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. That represents a 14 percent drop in volume from the same period last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-exports-fall-14-percent-even-as-overall-agriculture-shipments-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AustrAliAn SenAtor And Minister for Foreign AffAirs MArise PAyne will pAy An officiAl two-dAy visit to CAmbodiA on November 7-8, According to A press stAtement from the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliAn-foreign-minister-to-visit-cAmbodiA-nov-7/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of 85 civil society orgAnisAtions (CSOs)And AssociAtions hAve Asked the government to releAse representAtives of lAnd communities And other forest, nAturAl resource And environment Activists who hAve All recently been detAined. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/85-csos-AppeAl-for-drop-of-All-chArges-AgAinst-Activists/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Council of the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 146 Japanese qualified investment projects (QIP) as of October with a total investment capital of $2.853 billion. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/146-japanese-investment-projects-registered-at-cdc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged the leaders of asian and European countries to further strengthen the asia-Europe partnership to maintain a solid multilateralism that will lead to sustainable global growth and sharing.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-pushes-multilateralism-to-partners-at-asia-europe-meet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In an effort to restore natural habitat, Land Management Minister Chea Sophara yesterday began a crackdown against encroachments in Tonle Sap lake’s flooded forest and seized back more than 2,000 hectares in Kampong Chhnang province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/blitz-on-land-grabs-authorities-seize-back-2000-ha-of-flooded-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The private sector has drawn attention to a host of issues for customs and excise to optimise operations, control the entry of illegal or restricted goods into Cambodia, bring in more revenue to state coffers, and protect local producers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/customs-trends-guidance-at-key-meet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered relevant authorities to launch a large-scale crackdown on illegal land grabs around the kingdom’s largest freshwater lake &mdash; Tonle Sap &mdash; and to seize back all the encroached land. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-acts-to-save-largest-lake/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng confirmed that a working group is drafting an entirely new road traffic law to replace the current one which he said requires so many changes to address problems associated with law enforcement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-road-traffic-law-drafted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bilateral trade exchange between Cambodia and the United Kingdom reached some $645 million in the first ten months of this year, a decline of 13 percent compared to the same period in 2020. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-uk-trade-recorded-at-more-than-600-million-in-first-ten-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kingdom exported 2,793,729.92 tonnes of cassava in 2021, up by nearly 22.1 per cent from a year earlier, as industry players note that domestic wholesale prices of the tubers remain elevated compared with average 2020 rates. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cassava-exports-up-nearly-22-1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport on January 21 reiterated a call to the public to report road damage via the ministry’s “Road Care” app, to ensure prompt repair. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/use-app-to-report-road-damage-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health and its counterpart from China have signed an agreement to add traditional Chinese medicine to the Covid-19 treatment toolkit, under the guidance of a team of practitioners.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-providing-covid-traditional-medicines-assist/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Civil society organisations (CSOs) and experts held a discussion on the challenges and development of digital rights and internet freedom in Cambodia. They urged that these rights and freedom continue to be available. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-csos-discuss-digital-rights-internet-freedoms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The commitment was made by Ms. Silbille de Cartier d’Yves, newly-appointed Bangkok-Based ambassador of Belgium  to Cambodia in a meeting with Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/belgium-to-assist-promotion-of-education-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notice to all owners or directors of factories to immediately contact the local authorities to prepare  vaccines and to encourage workers in any location to get vaccinated soonest possible. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-labour-reminds-factory-owners-to-ensure-all-their-workers-are-vaccinated-against-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) hAs Approved $95 million in loAn for the CAmbodiAn government to purchAse COVID-19 vAccines from 2022 to 2023, it sAid in A press stAtement on TuesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adb-Approves-95-million-loAn-to-cAmbodiA-for-covid-19-vAccine-purchAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 1,000 families have drawn lots for land plots at Boeung 75 in Tuol Pongro commune’s O’ampil village of Banteay Meanchey province’s Malai district after a long-running dispute was resolved. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/banteay-meanchey-20-year-land-dispute-ends-with-lot-draw/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>