Senators yesterday unanimously agreed to pass the National Strategic Development Plan of 2019-2023 worth $57.7 billion in capital. In order for the budget plan to be finalised, it will need to be reviewed by the Constitutional Council and approved by the King. The vote was held href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/senators-approve-2019-2023-development-plan-power-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Rhona Smith, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia on Friday issued a statement expressing “grave concerns” over the “heightened political crackdown across Cambodia”. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/smith-expresses-concerns-over-cambodian-situation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Apsara Authority and Elephant Management Association has started transferring elephants in the Angkor area to Bos Thom community forest in Siem Reap province’s Sout Nikom district in a bid to stop the animals from being used to ferry tourists around.​ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/apsara-authority-moves-elephants-out-of-angkor-area/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Monday night saw the first foray of World Innovations Forum Foundation in Phnom Penh, gathering an eclectic group of local and international entrepreneurs as part of their Seeding Innovation 2020 programme – a bid to change the way international development is done. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-innovations-forum-holds-first-meet-up-in-the-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Bit Traing commune chief Mach Chan on Tuesday appealed to Okhna Lanh Pheara and 77 families and urged them to find an acceptable solution to a land dispute, saying he had received requests from both sides since early October to intervene. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bit-traing-chief-calls-for-talks-in-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government collected $2.40 billion in revenue from taxation during the first 10 months of this year – up 28.31 per cent year-on-year from $1.873 billion – a report from the General Department of Taxation (GDT) said on Monday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-collects-2-4b-in-revenue-from-taxation-in-first-10-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia exported more than $7.97 billion worth of garment, textile and footwear (GTF) products in the first nine months of this year, up 13.18 per cent year-on-year from $7.044 billion, a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Customs and Excise href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-textile-footwear-exports-nearly-8b-in-q1-q3/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) signed a five-year partnership agreement on Wednesday for collaboration on crisis management and disaster risk reduction in Cambodia at the Peace Palace. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-world-food-programme-helps-kingdom-in-disaster-management/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

More than 20 child laborers were rescued in Phnom Penh on Tuesday after anti-human trafficking authorities arrested a couple who had forced the children to work as fruit sellers in exchange for payments made to their families, according to police.Officers from the Interior Ministry’s anti-human href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/over-20-child-street-sellers-rescued-in-raid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government will scrap its poorly regulated and grossly inefficient estimated-tax regime, which covers mostly small enterprises, and bring all businesses in the Kingdom into the fold of its more-stringent “real” tax regime, leaked documents show.In an unpublished addendum to the 2016 national budget obtained href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-to-revamp-porous-tax-code/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Concerns are that, while the middle class is growing, Cambodia’s consumer base is not yet able to support premium retailersThe throngs of Cambodian families streaming into Aeon Mall over the Water Festival holiday made it clear that Phnom Penh’s poshest mall has successfully positioned itself href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shift-in-aeon-tenant-mix-as-high-end-brands-replaced-by-cheaper-options/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called environmental activists objecting to the construction of hydropower dams in Cambodia “extreme” insisting that such developments would benefit millions of people.His remarks came on Wednesday during the inauguration of a dam located on the Tatay river in Koh Kong href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-slams-activists-opposing-hydropower-dams/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In recent months Prime Minister Hun Sen has made an effort to show that the government has a handle on the voracious deforestation that has ravaged the country’s forests over the years. Yet his speeches and decrees have done little to slow down, much less stop, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-tries-again-on-deforestation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The owners of vehicles sporting police number plates must pay vehicle taxes by the end of the month or face having their vehicles impounded, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. In a letter to Interior Minister Sar Kheng, Economy and Finance Minister Aun Ponmoniroth href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-asked-to-pay-vehicle-tax/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn defended the government before the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Saturday, saying that the ruling party was being held to unrealistic expectations of a “perfect democracy” while the opposition was “committing very serious crimes.” Delivering his first major address to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-tells-un-perfect-democracy-not-realistic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap (APSARA) has set a time schedule for the visit of tourists in the Angkor Archeological Park, reported the state news agency-AKP.The new time schedule, taking effect from Jan. 1, 2016, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/time-schedule-for-visit-of-angkor-temples-from-january-2016/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Develop in the West, but do not forget the beautiful East that is Chroy Changvar with its beautifully boastful appearance. This is the claim that Prime Minister Hun Sen has used for the last decade to encourage investment and development on the dormant peninsula flanked href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bridging-the-gap-between-investment-and-accessibility-in-chroy-changvar/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy is set to issue the country’s first commercial underground mining license to Indian company Mesco Gold in two weeks, despite opposition by residents of two villages concerned about compensation and environmental damage. The company plans to break ground on its href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indian-mining-firm-prepares-to-dig-deep-in-ratanakiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The three-month voter registration period opened on Thursday, with Prime Minister Hun Sen telling reporters after enrolling at his local commune office that he hopes the new voter registry will put an end to post-election protests. After the July 2013 national election, the CNRP refused to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-hopes-days-of-post-election-protests-are-finished/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

About 150 villagers, enraged by the conviction and imprisonment of three of their community representatives, yesterday destroyed the gates of Ratanakkiri Provincial Court, bursting into the courtroom only to find that the three men had already been sent to jail.The representatives – Chroeung Touch, Em href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-destroy-gates-at-ratanakkiri-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...