The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) together with the Techo Startup Centre and relevant stakeholders yesterday launched an inception workshop to disseminate information about a rural challenge and to discuss expectations of its intended digital platform under the Sustainable assets for agriculture Markets, Business <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-works-on-digital-agriculture-challenge/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the deAdline drAws close for commerciAl bAnks And microfinAnce institutions to send bAck smAller dollAr bAnknotes to the NAtionAl BAnk of CAmbodiA without A service chArge, businesses Are seeing An increAse in the use of the riel trAnsActions with no reAl complAints from shoppers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/public-ok-with-removAl-of-smAll-dollAr-bAnknotes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to five new investment projects with a total investment capital of $58 million.​according to the council’s press release issued this morning, the newly approved projects are expected to create about 800 jobs <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/five-more-investment-projects-worth-60-million-licensed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The importance of apps in Cambodia is becoming more and more prevalent. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC) announced last week the news of them building a new distance education app in partnership with mobile <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/local-mobile-applications-expanding-in-all-directions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to three new investment projects with a total investment capital of $36.5 million. according to the council’s press release issued yesterday, the newly approved projects are expected to create some 615 jobs <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-investment-projects-worth-36-5-million-approved-to-create-hundreds-of-jobs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ninety-two villagers have fallen ill in a mysterious outbreak in Poipet town, Banteay Meanchey provincial Department of Health director Le Chan Sangvat said on Tuesday. None of the cases are life-threatening, but 10 of the victims have been warded in hospital. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/illness-strikes-92-in-poipet-leaves-10-hospitalised/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tbong Khmum provincial police plan to release 20 of 21 protestors on Wednesday, after they were detained for occupying land owned by a Chinese company in Dambe district’s Trapaing Pring commune. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-to-release-20-in-tbong-khmum-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Interior is warning citizens not to take part in social justice protests.​ It issued a press release on Monday saying members of the groups Khmer Thavrak and Mother Nature Movement had been carrying out activities not registered at the ministry, which is required <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-no-unlawful-protests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National Bank of Cambodia yesterday launched a book called “Building Inclusive Finance”. It traces the development of microfinance in Cambodia from its origins in rural development programmes in the early 1990s to the globalised industry it is today.​ The book was written by Ron Bevacqua, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/book-published-on-history-of-kingdoms-microfinance-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Pursat provincial authorities gave 21 families seven days to take down 43 houses and cottages after officials said they were illegally occupying land in a protected natural area of the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary. The families were told they face legal action if they refuse to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pursat-families-ordered-to-vacate-illegal-homes-in-wildlife-sanctuary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) is currently going over its first-ever initial public offering (IPO) eligibility review application for a company to list on its Growth Board since the secondary board was launched in 2015, its vice-chairman Ha Jong-weon told The Post on December 14. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/csx-reviews-first-application-for-growth-board-ipo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

From recycled bicycles to second-hand mannequins, thrift shops push quirky finds to the limits which in the past has split perceptions. However, as consumer demands continue to shift, a combination of factors has exponentially spurred the pre-owned goods market, trend analysts say is only set <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/resale-market-booms-amid-changing-consumer-and-eco-trends/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) has just issued a directive this morning through Prime Minister Hun Sen in his special statement broadcast live from his residence in Takhmao city, Kandal province by the TVK to allow private educational institutions to resume physical <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-private-schools-can-now-resume-today/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS Cambodia) Nest Protection Team, in collaboration with the Fisheries administration, have found five nests of the critically endangered Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle (also known as frog-headed turtle) during the 2020 breeding season on a beach along the Mekong River in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wcs-cambodia-finds-five-nests-of-frog-headed-turtle/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said that although the world is united in fighting Covid-19 and has yet to achieve complete victory over the outbreak, Cambodia will forge ahead with the opening of the 2020-2021 academic year on January 11, celebrating the theme “a new life <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/2020-2021-academic-year-commences/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Commerce on January 6 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan’s Yamato Green Co Ltd to develop value chains for agribusiness products. Having registered with the Ministry of Commerce on april 22, Yamato Green has had relative success in growing safe <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-japan-agri-firm-ink-mou/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) sAid it hAd received neArly 20,000 declArAtions of Assets And liAbilities from officiAls Across All ministries And provinciAl AdministrAtions in A period of just 10 dAys, from JAnuAry 1 to 10. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Acu-receives-20k-Asset-declArAtions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Toronto-listed AsiA Green Biotechnology Corp (AGB) hAs inked A memorAndum of understAnding (MoU) with the Prek LeAp NAtionAl Institute of Agriculture in Phnom Penh (Prek LeAp) to AdvAnce production techniques of medicinAl And commerciAl crops. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAnAdA-fArm-inks-mou-with-prek-leAp-Agriculture-college/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The legendary forest Prey Lang has given way to agricultural land, resulting in the migration of young Cambodians in search of work and, perhaps most crucially, a degradation of the area’s environment. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/green-project-to-spur-bio-and-economic-diversity-in-prey-lang/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>