Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said yesterday that within a month he has received around 200 complaints, comments and requests from the public on his official Facebook page on various issues and matters in the Kingdom. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interior-minister-sar-kheng-resolving-public-complaints/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The prices of Cambodian natural rubber latex on international markets have risen by more than 10 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, driven by rising demand from China, according to a senior official of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-demand-stretches-rubber-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The newly-renamed Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) and its nine capital-market-regulator counterparts in ASEAN on March 15 signed a new five-year Action Plan 2021-2025 for the development of the sector. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-joins-asean-securities-plan/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia approved eight investment projects worth over $69 million in the first three weeks of this month that are expected to deliver 5,249 jobs, according to a report from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cdc-approves-eight-projects-so-far-in-march/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Kampong Trach district authorities in Kampot province have ordered a temporary halt to the excavation of the O’Chro Neang dam and its reservoir in Kampong Trach Kaang Lech commune after protests by local villagers on March 21. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampot-dam-restoration-halted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Transparency International (TI) Cambodia on March 19 released a survey report on the challenges of women and youth in leadership roles in Cambodia. The report recommended the government, NGOs, relevant ministries and institutions to promote women and youth in decision-making positions. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/report-reveals-snags-for-women-youth-on-path-to-leadership-roles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia exported more than 5.8 thousand tonnes of dried tobacco leaves worth more than $17 million to nine countries last year, marking a 14 per cent and 28 per cent decline in volume and value, respectively, over 2019. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tobacco-exports-trail-off-in-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration released a report yesterday that in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, they decided to commandeer 29 hotels, apartments, casinos, buildings and shopping malls to be used as quarantine centres. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/29-locations-in-sihanoukville-to-be-used-as-quarantine-centres/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Five endangered royal turtles raised at the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Centre (KKRCC) have now laid 71 eggs – marking the first time this particular species of turtle has ever laid eggs while in captivity at the centre – according to a press release from href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/captive-royal-turtles-lay-first-ever-eggs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Agricultural Partnership Competition has recently kicked off with an aim to address key challenges in Cambodia’s agriculture sector including cold chain, storage capacity, and logistics, said the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh​ in a press release issued yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-agricultural-partnership-competition-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government earned some $1.6 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2021 from tax and customs.  This represents close to a 25 percent increase compared with revenue achieved during the same period in 2020. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-revenue-exceeds-1-6bn-in-first-quarter/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Apsara National Authority (ANA) has denied allegations that it usurped land belonging to residents in Tani village of Banteay Srei district’s Run Ta Ek commune in order to create a tourist attraction. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ana-denies-allegations-it-grabbed-land-to-develop-tourist-attraction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A technical working group in Koh Kong province is inspecting state land in Sre Ambel district’s Chroy Svay and Boeung Preav communes on suspicions of illegal land grabbing in the biodiversity corridor and multi-use areas.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-kong-authorities-look-for-land-grabbers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Police’s Anti-Cyber Crime Department has called on social media users to be wary of messages advertising opportunities to win rewards after observing a recent increase in the proliferation of scams on platforms like Telegram and Facebook. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-warns-of-classiscam-cyber-threat-in-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A study conducted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) recommended that Cambodia develop industry transformation maps in key sectors to enable transitions under the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). This should be accompanied by adequate investment in skills development for new and repositioned jobs. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/adb-adapting-to-4ir-will-boost-garments-tourism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Senior officials and international envoys have urged cooperation from society to put a stop to all forms of violence against women amid concerns that incidence has risen across the country and the world since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-action-plan-against-gender-violence-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Asia Foundation with support from Smart Axiata has launched BookLab – a children’s book creation event to produce 10 children’s storybooks, laying out different situations and problems for young readers to learn and explore. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/booklab-teaches-children-social-skills/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has issued a forecast predicting that dry season weather this year would be more favourable than last year, with rainstorms and lighting strikes anticipated to happen more frequently from this month, especially in low-lying areas and coastal provinces. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cooler-wetter-dry-season-this-year-forecasted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Tropicam Fruit and Vegetable Co Ltd will be rolling out a contract farming agreement with groups of farmers in Mondulkiri province on the supply, purchase and safe production of fruits and vegetables according to Good Agriculture Practice (GAP) standards. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/contract-farming-in-mondulkiri-fruit-and-vegetables-rolling-out/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Senior environment officials and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Cambodia) have expressed concerns about a dramatic decline in populations of ungulates – large hoofed mammals – in the Srepok and Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuaries located in Mondulkiri province. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/alarm-at-loss-of-rare-ungulates/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...