The government will grant social land concessions today to more than 200 poor families in Kratie province’s Chet Borei district. Provincial Governor Va Thorn yesterday said 223 poor families in Da commune, according to their size, would be given a total of 330 titles for between href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-200-families-in-kratie-to-get-land-today/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Fishing season has officially begun and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has encouraged people to apply for permits and respect the law as they set lures, nets and traps to catch their haul. The 2019-20 fishing season varies between five to eight months href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fishing-season-begins-with-ministry-calling-for-permits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng told provincial security forces in Kratie on Thursday to remain vigilant for any opposition activity in the run-up to July’s national elections, while also warning that a popular opposition movement would only come about from the government’s failure to cater to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-warns-officials-security-forces-against-complacency/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

During a meeting on the revision of the Law on Non-Governmental Organisations yesterday, the Interior Ministry said it will address concerns raised by civil society groups, but it remains unclear how many articles will be revised. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/meeting-held-to-discuss-lango-amendments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A new Prey Sar prison building – part of the scrapped VIP prison project – was handed over to the Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons on Friday and will be put into operation soon. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-prey-sar-block-set-to-open/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Monday (Nov. 18) that Cambodia has yet to approve the Taiwanese government’s request to establish a representative office in the country after Taiwanese business owners complained about the inconvenience of document processing. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-continues-to-deny-taiwans-request-to-establish-representative-office/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Police and military officials violently evicted more than 100 families from their homes in Burnt Bridge village, just south of Sihanoukville, in 2007. Many of the families made temporary shelters with wood, plastic, and corrugated metal on a road behind Otres Beach.   Almost nine href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/otres-ditch-dwellers-still-fighting-for-their-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Bolstered by a massive construction boom over the last few years, Cambodia now boasts one of the world’s fastest growing economies and was one of the few countries able to meet its Millennium Development Goals. In fact, Cambodia, which has halved its poverty rate in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/economic-growth-brings-optimism-and-rising-expectations-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

From now on, only certain sub-decrees will need to be pored over by the cabinet before they are signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, the premier told a session of the cabinet on Friday morning, although failing to specify what the selection criteria would be. Mr. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sub-decree-approval-rules-amended/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The abrupt cancellation of this year’s Water Festival has had an economic fallout on small businesses that see the annual event as a windfall for their marketing and sales efforts, and had already invested in promotional materials.The cancellation marks the fourth time in five years href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/water-festival-cancellation-brings-drought-for-capitals-vendors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A new traffic law will come into force on January 1 that is hoped to reduce the number of people killed on Cambodia’s roads each year.Road accidents cost the economy an estimated $300 million annually, and the death toll from road accidents keeps rising. According href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-law-to-address-the-high-death-toll-on-cambodias-roads/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 30 Cambodians detained in Thailand since early July were released last week, though four remain in detention, an official at the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok said. The migrant workers – 20 women and 14 men – were arrested on July 7 and taken to a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-workers-released-from-detention-in-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Depending on the season, organic vegetable farmer Sem Chantha could be growing spinach, cauliflower, lettuce or collard greens on her six-hectare plot of land in Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province. The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) supports Cambodian farmers with training and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-farmers-prosper-by-going-organic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Contenders for the National Election Committee’s secretary-general role include the first Cambodian to graduate from Harvard University, a prominent NGO worker and the long-serving incumbent.With the submission deadline on Saturday, the NEC has so far received 11 applications for the position, which has been opened href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hats-in-ring-for-key-nec-position/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s central bank yesterday again raised the issue of the country’s highly dollarised economy, suggesting that government policies and action plans will be enforced over the long term to promote the use of the riel, giving the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) more monetary control.Speaking href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/central-bank-urges-riel-spending/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A stern warning to clean up or pay up was issued to litterbugs yesterday, with Interior Minister Sar Kheng announcing fines for improper waste disposal across the country. According to the sub-decree, people who do not follow guidelines on separating waste, or who dump or href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-fines-announced-for-trash-code-violators/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has given permission for three L.Y.P. Group casinos to launch online gambling operations.The L.Y.P. Group, which is run by Cambodian People’s Party Senator Ly Yong Phat, operates three casinos on the country’s border with Thailand; the Koh Kong Resort on the country’s southern coast, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-okays-lyp-group-casinos-online-gambling-sites/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Committee for Forest Crime Prevention has admitted that despite claims from a variety of high-level government officials that deforestation and illegal logging had been stopped entirely, the illegal timber trade was still ravaging the country’s forests. In June, Environment Minister Say Samal claimed the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-admit-logging-failure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sixty-five people representing 71 families in Chrey Lors and Chhveang communes in Kandal province’s Ponhea Leu district protested at the Ministry of Land Management yesterday and requested the ministry’s intervention and resolution of a nearly 10-year-old land dispute with the SKD company. One of the representatives, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-protest-over-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A mobile laboratory that will be able to analyze food samples at markets around the country was launched by the Ministry of Commerce yesterday, at the same time the ministry announced it was seeking Chinese support in building testing facilities at land borders to analyze href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/food-safety-lab-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...