The retail prices of regular-grade petrol and diesel respectively increased by about 0.9 per cent and 2.8 per cent on June 1, according to a notice issued by the Ministry of Commerce. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/petrol-diesel-rates-increased-to-5650-5550-riel-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court of appeal on May 23 delivered a ruling in the cases of four aDHOC officials and one former official of the local rights group, upholding the lower court’s guilty verdict in all of their cases. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/verdicts-sentences-upheld-in-adhoc-witness-bribery-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia earned more than $1.502 billion from tax collection in the first four months of 2022, an increase of over $340 million or 29.36 per cent year-on-year, a feat observers believe reflects recovery and encouraging results from the government’s push started in early November towards <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-revenue-reaches-29-of-2022-goal-by-end-april/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Lieutenant General John Sanderson &ndash; a retired senior australian army officer and former Force Commander of the UN Transitional authority in Cambodia (UNTaC) &ndash; praised the rapid development of Cambodia and its “huge successes” while also expressing his appreciation for the Kingdom’s contributions to global <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ex-untac-commander-meets-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Municipal Court Presiding Judge Koy Sao on May 4 postponed the hearing of former opposition leader Kem Sokha, who stands accused of conspiring with a foreign power to topple the government. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-postponement-of-sokhas-trial-not-biased/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal administration has reminded residents and business owners who have failed to pay for their rubbish and solid waste collection service fees that they must settle the bills by June 15, or risk additional penalties including a record of unpaid debt and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-late-waste-service-fees-due-june-15/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The US Agency for InternAtionAl Development (USAID) on June 16 Announced the lAunch of the USAID Morodok BAitAng &ndAsh; A new five-yeAr, $24 million project At four conservAtion AreAs of Keo SeimA, LumphAt, Siem PAng And the CArdAmom MountAins to fight AgAinst climAte chAnge. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/usAid-commits-24m-to-climAte-smArt-project-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

At A meeting with 1,400 people in AttendAnce in Ro-Ang commune of KAmpong ChAm province’s KAmpong Siem district on April 30, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries Veng SAkhon Advised them to work on recovering their fAmily’s economic prospects by resuming All types of Agriculture <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/minister-cAlling-on-fArmers-to-get-bAck-to-fields-After-covid/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of National Defence has issued a new Defence White Paper &ndash; the third such plan to have been introduced since 2000 &ndash; that details Cambodia’s policy and strategy to modernise the Kingdom’s armed forces, as it continues to dismiss rumours of Chinese military <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-issues-3rd-defence-white-paper-in-16-years/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mondulkiri provincial Military Police have summoned three members of the Bunong indigenous community in Sokdum commune’s Laoka village of Sen Monorom town to appear on May 19 over accusations that they disregarded the court ruling and used violence and made death threats against a local <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-bunong-summoned-over-death-threat-in-mkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Mekong River Commission is sounding the alarm on the growing challenge of macroplastics and microplastics, urging its four Member Countries to establish a joint, permanent mechanism to monitor and clean up pollutants that seep into the soil, air and fisheries &ndash; and can affect <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-mrc-report-calls-for-collective-action-on-plastics-pollution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s tax revenue collected rose to $3,214.06 million in the first 11 months of the year, marking a 25.29 percent year-on-year (YoY) increase, with economic analysts claiming it is due to the strengthening of tax collection policies. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-revenue-on-the-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has established three new towns &ndash; Sampov Poun and arey Ksat in Kandal province and Oudong Me Chey in Kampong Speu &ndash; following requests from the Ministry of Interior, according to a sub-decree issued by Prime Minister Hun Sen on December 23. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-towns-designated-in-kandal-kampong-speu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Interior has announced the establishment of 15 new villages in Pursat province. The new villages have been separated from existing ones in order to bring public services closer to the people and in a timely manner, as well as to address challenges <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/growing-pursat-gains-fifteen-new-villages/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Victor Madrigal-Borloz, an independent UN specialist on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual trends and gender identity, is on a 10 day tour of the Kingdom, at the request of the government. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-specialist-assessing-lgbt-rights-in-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has spent nearly $20 million during the first phase of a three-phase programme to help vulnerable households suffering from inflationary pressures and severe flooding.​ The Ministry of Social affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation urges officials to strengthen the monitoring of payments and prevent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-spends-nearly-20m-on-assistance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Information, in response to a number of civil society organisations, said it has been working to accelerate the drafting of the Freedom of Information act. The ministry said it is optimistic that the law will be promulgated in 2023. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-aiming-for-2023-promulgation-of-freedom-of-information-act/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and Japan highly valued the bilateral relations between the two countries and noted with satisfaction its upgrading to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2023, the commemorative year of the 70th anniversary of Diplomatic Relations, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign affairs <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-japan-to-upgrade-bilateral-relations-to-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-in-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported some $20,457 million worth of goods to the world market in the first eleven months of this year, an increase by 18 percent compared to the same period last year, according to a report of the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-exports-to-world-up-18-pct-in-eleven-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s aim to become an automotive parts manufacturing hub, making a wide range of low-to-medium complexity components for export, is an important part of its plan to diversify the economy and also to offset the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the traditional key sectors, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-tap-maximize-gains-from-automotive-sector-evolution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>