The Cambodia Pepper and Spices Federation (CPSF) in collaboration with USAID-funded Feed the Future Cambodia Harvest II “Harvest II” launched on Monday the “Virtual Export Mission to the Middle East and North Africa”, a new digital export programme aiming to provide significant assistance and expertise href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/usaid-funded-online-export-platform-boosts-cambodian-exports-to-mena-markets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident representative for Cambodia Yasuhisa Ojima is optimistic that Cambodia’s economy will see a quick recovery that reflects the “proactive measures” taken by the government to blunt the socio-economic impacts of Covid-19. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/imf-lauds-kingdoms-early-covid-moves/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved 211 Japanese investment projects worth about $3.14 billion to invest in Cambodia as of July 2021, according to a CDC’s press release. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/council-for-the-development-of-cambodia-approves-211-japanese-investment-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Kep Provincial Administration is set to break ground on the long-awaited $1.95 million Ses Sar quay, or “White Horse Port”, on September 15 in the northwestern reaches of the coastal province, in a bid to prop up the local transportation and tourism sectors. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/keps-2m-white-horse-port-set-to-break-ground-mid-sept/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government has issued conditional land title receipts to 326 families occupying disputed state-owned land at the “Chamkar Barang” area in Tuol Prich commune of Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district. It is also looking into a policy settlement while the provincial governor investigates and identifies href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/occupiers-of-disputed-land-receive-conditional-titles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on August 27 announced that he will use his official Facebook page as a means to keep the public updated on the progress of decentralisation and deconcentration reforms and respond to queries on the issue. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interior-minister-set-to-promote-governance-reform-on-facebook/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Every year, the Apsara National Authority (ANA), a state body tasked with managing the Angkor Archaeological Park, gives away more than 100,000 tree saplings to encourage the growth of forest cover in Cambodia, especially in the Angkor area, and has requested members of the public href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ana-promotes-planting-of-trees-donates-100k-saplings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Cambodia this weekend and is expected to preside over the handover ceremony of Morodok Techo National Stadium, built through a $160 million grant from the Chinese government. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinas-foreign-minister-to-visit-cambodia-this-weekend/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has given its municipal and provincial department two weeks to put together a report detailing which schools in their territory can safely reopen because of low Covid-19 transmission in their localities, while some schools are pushing to reopen href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/areas-safe-to-reopen-schools-to-be-mapped/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The far too frequent inspections of mining sites by the different sets of authorities and exceedingly high costs of the equipment required to supply electricity to mining- and energy-related businesses remain a couple of the predominant issues hobbling the sector. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mine-energy-sector-air-snags/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Angelo State University (ASU) – located in the US city of San Angelo in the state of Texas – on October 25 to strengthen higher education cooperation, expand both institutions’ scope href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rupp-plans-student-swap-with-texas-school/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand reached $5.97 billion in the first nine months of 2021, surging by 18 per cent year-on-year from $5.08 billion despite disruptions caused by the community spread of Covid-19 in the two ASEAN nations, according to a report from the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thailand-trade-prevails-despite-barriers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marise Payne has confirmed that Australia will provide the first  one million of the  Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines that it has pledged to Cambodia to be delivered  by the end of this year. This shipment will be the first towards a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/australia-commits-to-deliver-one-million-out-of-2-35-million-pfizer-doses-next-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Ly Thuch, Senior Minister and First Vice-President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), called on government officials at all levels to continue spreading awareness about the dangers of mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) whenever meeting with the public in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cmaa-warns-residents-of-flooded-areas-about-mines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Over 2,000ha out of more than 10,000ha of flooded forestland around the Tonle Sap Lake have been seized, with more than a dozen offenders already begging for clemency for their encroachment on the protected areas which the government says must be preserved as fish-spawning habitat. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/over-2000ha-of-flooded-forest-seized-in-new-push/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 30,000ha of flooded forest land stretching across the six provinces surrounding the Tonle Sap Lake have been illegally occupied or cleared by both ordinary citizens and in some cases public officials acting in a personal capacity. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/30000ha-of-wetlands-encroached/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A group of 30 civil society organisations including labour unions, NGOs, community networks, indigenous peoples, youth groups and professional associations have requested that the government be more responsive to the concerns of its citizenry and allow people the freedom, opportunity and space to express their href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/csos-appeal-for-more-space-to-air-grievances-solutions-to-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

With Cambodia set to take over the ASEAN chair and host the ASEAN Summit in 2022, there are a number of prominent issues the Kingdom will need to take the lead on, including the crisis in Myanmar, tensions over the South China Sea and the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kin-phea-kingdom-needs-to-act-as-referee-maintain-amity-in-international-spats/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said that at the end of the third quarter of 2021, banking and financial institutions provided loans totaling 185.1 trillion riels or about $44.9 billion to agriculture, construction, manufacturing, services, wholesale and retail trade and household units. This accounted href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/banking-and-financial-institutions-disbursed-44-9-billion-in-loans-an-increase-of-23-percent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Environment has warned of legal action against a woman and her Australian husband for illegally occupying and selling 50ha of land in the protected area of Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in Pramuoy commune’s Stung Thmey village of Pursat province’s Veal Veng district. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-warns-state-forest-land-grabber-of-legal-action/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...