The Ministry of Tourism has created a Telegram bot and invited tourism operators and business owners to register employees on the application who have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/telegram-bot-created-for-tourism-data-control/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Preah Sihanouk Provincial administration has given 31 families 15 days from September 6 to remove structures built on land next to the O2 canal and issued a warning for non-compliance.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-canal-families-given-15-days-to-dismantle/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Siem Reap Provincial administration has lifted the 9pm-3am curfew throughout the province after a decrease in the rate of new Covid-19 cases. Kampong Speu province similarly decided to lift restrictions and reopen businesses. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/siem-reap-kampong-speu-lift-covid-restrictions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mondulkiri province’s concession company is in the middle of a land dispute with more than 100 Bunong indigenous families living in O’Raing district’s Dak Dam and Sen Monorom communes, who allege it has cleared over 100 hectareas of their land with bulldozers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bunong-crops-destroyed-by-bulldozers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ministry of Environment researchers spotted a large number of adult gaurs and their offsprings through motion-sensor cameras installed in various wildlife sanctuaries in Cambodia, bringing fresh hopes for environmentalists and biologists. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/herd-of-adult-gaurs-offsprings-caught-on-cameras-in-cambodias-sactuaries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The event industry has risen from the ashes, with wedding organisers springing into action as venues reopen at full capacity and chefs ease back into the swing of cooking, reflecting a recovery in macroeconomic activity. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wedding-businesses-fire-back-up-after-curbs-rescinded/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Singapore totaled $4.37 billion in the first 10 months of 2021, a 51.27 per cent year-on-year surge from $2.89 billion, as reported by the Ministry of Commerce, despite Covid-related disruptions to manufacturing supply chains. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/singapore-goods-flood-cambodian-shores/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng requested that Phnom Penh Water Supply authority (PPWSa) director-general Long Naro build a new water treatment plant in the Prek Thnaot River area to the west of the capital in order to distribute clean water to people in three <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capital-requests-new-water-treatment-plant-on-outskirts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With almost one million people out during the recent Water Festival holidays, a few hundred of them were found with mild symptoms of the Covid-19, thanks to the majority of them being double vaccinated. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/water-festival-holidays-inflamed-mild-c-19-symptoms-among-some-revellers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Koh Kong provincial administration will consider providing compensation in a land dispute case, and will discuss the case with Prime Minister Hun Sen, after 700 members of several local communities gathered in front of Koh Kong Provincial Hall on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-kong-land-dispute-on-its-way-to-solution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesman Heng Sour said the ministry would continue to mediate disputes between local integrated resort operator NagaWorld Ltd and its laid-off employees to find a solution, though the two parties can choose to settle it through the courts if <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/labour-ministry-to-mediate-in-dispute-over-casino-layoffs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior AustrAliAn diplomAt commended the CAmbodiAn government’s response to the Covid-19 crisis And the Actions it took to protect its people And the economy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/oz-stAnds-with-kingdom-in-covid-fight-diplomAt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

With agricultural production on a steady growth trajectory, even in the face of Covid-19, Phnom Penh welcomes Indonesian businessmen to invest in the Cambodian agricultural market, in hopes of bolstering capacity in response to an ongoing surge in domestic and international demand. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indonesians-invited-to-get-slice-of-local-agri-markets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) on December 1 reiterated a call on owners of left-hand drive vehicles who have yet to pay any applicable import taxes or related fees due to do so before December 31, in order to benefit <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/settle-vehicle-import-taxes-owed-by-dec-31-customs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has asked the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to support a comprehensive study of its exit strategy from the group of the least developed countries (LDC), the Ministry of Commerce reported on December 6. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wto-help-sought-in-ldc-exit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China pledged to provide more vaccine assistance to Cambodia and to establish a production facility in the Kingdom as the Covid-19 situation remains uncertain with the emergence of new variants and no clear end in sight. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-to-help-set-up-jab-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has decided to extend tax exemptions to sectors ravaged by the Covid-19 outbreak, to allow businesses breathing space for recovery and boost economic growth amid a lingering uncertainty over the convergence of crises brought on by the pandemic. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-breaks-to-be-extended-beyond-reopening/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Economy and Finance on December 8 rolled out “Startup Cambodia”, an online platform managed by the Techo Startup Center (TSC) and Khmer Enterprise (KE) that sets out to create a supportive business environment for start-ups and develop the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/finance-ministry-launches-startup-cambodia-platform/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 50 per cent of villAges Across CAmbodiA still lAck Access to cleAn wAter due to fActors like climAte chAnge, populAtion growth And urbAn development, which hAve led to A steAdy increAse in wAter demAnds, According to Minister of Industry, Science, Technology And InnovAtion ChAm <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/minister-hAlf-of-villAges-lAck-cleAn-wAter-Access/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>