The Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment, through Shenzhen Spark Co Ltd, provided equipment for reducing carbon dioxide emissions with a total value of $3 million to the Ministry of Environment. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/3m-in-green-friendly-equipment-provided-to-environment-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five civil society organisations urged the government to take action against Hoang anh Gia Lai (HaGL), a Vietnamese agribusiness firm, for alleged land clearing activities on areas allocated to indigenous communities in Ratanakkiri province’s andong Meas district. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hagl-denies-ratanakkiri-land-clearing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Friday via a Facebook voice message that the Chinese government has provided 1 million doses of COVID19 vaccines to the Royal Government of Cambodia to vaccinate 500,000 people. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-get-1-million-doses-of-chinese-covid-19-vaccines-enhancing-ironclad-ties-with-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a tumultuous period for the garment industry, the year 2020 brought the closure of 129 factories in the Kingdom, affecting over 70,000 workers while 112 new factory openings created more than 20,000 jobs. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/112-garment-factories-open-in-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Minister of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected 11.70052 trillion riel ($2.87 billion) in tax revenue last year, up 423.20 billion riel or 3.73 per cent compared to 2019, it said in a January 11 press release. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-collection-near-3b-in-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Although vAccines hAve begun to be Administered in the Kingdom, A resurgence in cAses And tAlk of new virus vAriAnts continues to fuel economic uncertAinty. Tourist numbers dropped by over 70 percent between JAnuAry And September of 2020 yeAr-on-yeAr.  <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ftAs-fdis-And-tourism-essentiAl-for-cAmbodiAs-economic-bounce-bAck/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Despite Cambodia’s increasing digital adoption, word of mouth recommendation (WOM) still holds the most weight when it comes to influencing purchasing decisions, according to a new report by research site Engagement Labs (EL). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/word-of-mouth-still-dominating-cambodian-consumer-purchase-decisions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interior-minister-sar-kheng-resolving-public-complaints/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-demand-stretches-rubber-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-joins-asean-securities-plan/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cdc-approves-eight-projects-so-far-in-march/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampot-dam-restoration-halted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/report-reveals-snags-for-women-youth-on-path-to-leadership-roles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tobacco-exports-trail-off-in-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/29-locations-in-sihanoukville-to-be-used-as-quarantine-centres/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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

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. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-agricultural-partnership-competition-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-revenue-exceeds-1-6bn-in-first-quarter/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AnA-denies-AllegAtions-it-grAbbed-lAnd-to-develop-tourist-AttrAction/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

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.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/koh-kong-Authorities-look-for-lAnd-grAbbers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>