Former VOD staff undecided about offer of state employment
In a gesture of goodwill, Prime Minister Hun Sen offered government positions to unemployed Voice of Democracy (VOD) journalists. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/former-vod-staff-undecided-about-offer-of-state-employment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239634/former-vod-staff-undecided-about-offer-of-state-employment/
Capital-Poipet expressway under study
A fourth expresswAy project, plAnned to connect the cApitAl with Poipet InternAtionAl GAte on the ThAi border, hAs entered the study phAse, According to Minister of Public Works And TrAnsport Sun ChAnthol. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/%e1%9e%82%e1%9e%98%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9A%e1%9f%84%e1%9e%84%e1%9e%A2%e1%9e%97%e1%9e%b7%e1%9e%9c%e1%9e%8c%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%8d%e1%9e%93%e1%9f%8d%e1%9e%95%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9b%e1%9e%bc%e1%9e%9c/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-poipet-expressway-under-study
$230M hydropower dam to start construction in Pursat province
The construction of $230 million Stung Pursat hydropower I dam with a capacity of 80 megawatt is set to break ground soon, after the ground preparation at the construction site has been made since last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/230m-hydropower-dam-to-start-construction-in-pursat-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501251643/230m-hydropower-dam-to-start-construction-in-pursat-province/
Border trade agreement with Vietnam presents huge benefits
Commerce Minister, Pan Sorasak, said on Tuesday that a border trade agreement with neighbouring Vietnam will bring mutual benefits, improving people’s living conditions along the border and creating favourable trade conditions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/border-trade-agreement-with-vietnam-presents-huge-benefits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-border-trade-agreement-with-vietnam-presents-huge-benefits
CMAC embarks on demining efforts in five provinces
The Cambodian Mine action Center (CMaC) has deployed several groups of demining personnel to five provinces to embark on a new mine clearing effort. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cmac-embarks-on-demining-efforts-in-five-provinces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501229018/cmac-embarks-on-demining-efforts-in-five-provinces/
Cambodia-China trade at $1.7B in first two months
The trade volume between Cambodia and China reached $1.7 billion in the first two months of 2023, down 15.6 percent year-on-year, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-china-trade-at-1-7b-in-first-two-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501255082/cambodia-china-trade-at-1-7b-in-first-two-months/
Bush meat poses ‘virus threat’
According to A recent scientific study, mAny of the viruses thAt cAused some of the world’s most serious heAlth risk outbreAks were trAnsmitted from wild AnimAls to humAns. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bush-meAt-poses-virus-threAt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bush-meat-poses-virus-threat
Farmers warned to prep for imminent droughts
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries hAs issued A wArning to fArmers regArding forecAsts of An upcoming drought. It urged fArmers to prepAre for the Absence of rAin, in order to prevent Any negAtive impAct on pAddy rice production. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fArmers-wArned-to-prep-for-imminent-droughts/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/farmers-warned-prep-imminent-droughts
Cambodia’s GFT woes unabated as exports decline 23%
The lean patch of Cambodia’s biggest export-earning segment of garments, footwear and travel (GFT) goods continued into the fifth month of the year as the January to May exports recorded a decline of 23.06 percent, compared to the same period in 2022. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-gft-woes-unabated-as-exports-decline-23/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501306694/cambodias-gft-woes-unabated-as-exports-decline-23/
Mobile financial services impact Cambodian farmers
Several reports have indicated that mobile financial services can play a key role in supporting development, but it is not yet clear how these services would affect the lives of farming households in developing countries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mobile-financial-services-impact-cambodian-farmers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501311548/mobile-financial-services-impact-cambodian-farmers/
Manet: Media acts as society’s mirror and democracy’s pillar
Hun Manet, a future prime ministerial candidate for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) hails the media’s vital role in strengthening democracy and societal development. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/manet-media-acts-as-societys-mirror-and-democracys-pillar/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-media-acts-societys-mirror-and-democracys-pillar
ARDB: Establish firm market prices for rice
In a bid to uplift the livelihood of farmers and propel the government’s ambitious export plan, Kao Thach, director-general of the agricultural and Rural Development Bank (aRDB), has called on rice mills and milled rice export companies to purchase rice from farmers at market price. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ardb-establish-firm-market-prices-for-rice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ardb-establish-firm-market-prices-rice
Draft intellectual property policy set for Cabinet
This year has seen the National Committee for Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR) finalise a significant draft IP policy 2023-28 for submission to the Council of Ministers, as stated by minister and NCIPR chairman Pan Sorasak. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/draft-intellectual-property-policy-set-for-cabinet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/draft-intellectual-property-policy-set-cabinet
‘Extremist’ groups seeking to sow chaos, Sar Kheng warns
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng appeals to all sides to continue to protect the Kingdom’s hard-won peace, claiming that “extremist” opposition groups are still attempting to sow chaos in society as a means of overthrowing the government. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/extremist-groups-seeking-to-sow-chaos-sar-kheng-warns/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/extremist-groups-seeking-sow-chaos-sar-kheng-warns
GDT allows taxpayers to adjust annual tax online
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has issued an instruction on procedures to enable taxpayers who are owners of registered businesses to make online adjustments of their online filing on annual tax on income (ToI E-Filing), a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-allows-taxpayers-to-adjust-annual-tax-online/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501290817/gdt-allows-taxpayers-to-adjust-annual-tax-online/
Traffic accidents drop by 13 percent during first four months
During the first four months of this year, there were 1,011 cases of road accidents, a decline of 13 percent compared to the same period last year, according to Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/traffic-accidents-drop-by-13-percent-during-first-four-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501298294/traffic-accidents-drop-by-13-percent-during-first-four-months/
CMAA urges stakeholders to redouble efforts for Mine-Free 2025
A senior government officiAl hAs urged All internAtionAl And locAl pArtners to chip in for demining projects And work together so thAt CAmbodiA Achieves its mine-free stAtus by 2025. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cmAA-urges-stAkeholders-to-redouble-efforts-for-mine-free-2025/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
CGCC gave $92m business loans in 2022
CGCC dished out more than $92 million in 985 business loans in 2022, providing a financial lifeline to companies battling against the impact of Covid-19 and global inflation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cgcc-gave-92m-business-loans-in-2022/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-cgcc-gave-92m-business-loans-in-2022
BFIs code of conduct fully implemented
After its rollout About A yeAr Ago, CAmbodiAn bAnks And finAnciAl institutionAls (BFIs) And members of the CAmbodiAn AssociAtion of FinAnce And Technology (CAFT) hAve finAlly fully implemented the code of conduct And lending guidelines. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bfis-code-of-conduct-fully-implemented/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Kiripost staff writers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-bfis-code-of-conduct-fully-implemented
$2M allotted for 68km Siem Reap-Oddar Meanchey road
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has earmarked about $2 million to improve a 68km road from Siem Reap to Oddar Meanchey provinces to make travel easier and cut down delivery times of agricultural products. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/2m-allotted-for-68km-siem-reap-oddar-meanchey-road/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sem Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/2m-allotted-68km-siem-reap-oddar-meanchey-road