The criteria for Cambodians eligible to receive treatment and care at the mental rehabilitation centre in Kandal province has been expanded, with a senior official urging municipal and provincial authorities to send eligible residents to the facility. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-psych-patients-now-eligible-for-care/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A Kampong Cham Provincial Administration committee to provide electricity for all villages across the province by 2025 has announced there are only two more villages in rural areas that don’t have electricity because there is no investor interested to work on them. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/k-cham-on-track-to-provide-100-electricity-in-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Hun Manet, commander of the country’s army, plans to visit Japan in mid-February for talks with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other top officials, Japanese government sources said Sunday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/general-hun-manet-the-future-prime-minister-of-cambodia-to-visit-japan-in-mid-february/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The army chiefs of Cambodia and Thailand on February 3 signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen relations of friendship and cooperations between the two military forces, and promote open discussion on subjects of mutual interest.​ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-thai-armies-ink-co-op-agreement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A complete new set of road traffic laws is expected to be introduced to the parliament later this year after passing through many working groups and reaching Minister of Interior Sar Kheng for final review. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-traffic-legislation-on-the-way/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Health and Covid-19 commissions across the country have urged the public to increase vigilance amid a surge in Omicron cases, as some in the capital began stocking up on antiviral medication to prepare for the possibility of catching the virus. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rush-for-antiviral-meds-as-new-omicron-cases-rocket/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Many rare species of wild animals such as clouded leopards and bears continue to be found in the Cardamom Mountain range. This is the result of Cambodia’s improved conservation of natural resources, according to a report released by the Ministry of Environment on February 18. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/camera-traps-capture-rare-wildlife-species/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In 2021, nearly 2,000 cases of dengue fever were detected, while the number of deaths nationwide was eight, a significant reduction over the previous year, according to the National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control (NCM). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dengue-cases-sharply-drop/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will export 400,000 tonnes of dried cassava to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region “from March 2022 to March 2023”, under a new agreement between the Ministry of Commerce and the southwestern Chinese region, according to the ministry. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/400k-tonnes-of-cassava-for-sw-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A senior Ministry of Health official has warned that use of the Covid-19 antiviral medicine Molnupiravir before an individual has contracted the disease is dangerous as the treatment is to be used only when one tests positive, and is not to prevent infection.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-says-molnupiravir-use-only-after-positive-tests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government has agreed in principle to the recruitment of nearly 46,000 contract officials to serve in various ministries and institutions, while not allowing the recruitment of new civil servants into the state employment framework to replace any retirees, with a few notable exceptions. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-one-year-contracts-for-civil-servants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Another 3.5 million doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines donated by China touched down at Phnom Penh International Airport on March 30, just a day after the first shipment of 1.5 million doses arrived.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/five-million-china-vaccines-arrive-over-two-day-period/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has announced plans to implement an online-only electronic data exchange system in Cambodia’s ports in August to facilitate a more efficient management of ship transport and transfer activity. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/electronic-port-data-exchange-system-set-for-august/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A $15 million USAID-funded initiative to give young Cambodians the skills to compete in the digital economy was launched on Feb. 23 by US Ambassador W. Patrick Murphy and Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/usaid-boosts-digital-training-for-young/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Koh Kong provincial governor Mithona Phuthong was the first woman to ever have been appointed to the top job in any province back in 2017. She is the daughter of a veteran politician who fought to liberate the country and extinguish the flames of war href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-kong-governor-mithona-phuthong-on-her-building-boom-and-famous-grandfather/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will donate 10 vaccination vehicles to Laos in a handover ceremony slated to take place on March 12 at the Trapeang Kriel International Border checkpoint in Stung Treng province, bordering Laos’ Champasak province. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-donates-extra-vaccination-trucks-to-help-neighbouring-laos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen inaugurated a 134km stretch of National Road 3 from Phnom Penh to Kampot town on March 2 after 34 months of construction with over $200 million in funding from China. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capital-kampot-national-road-3-inaugurated/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

ASEAN foreign ministers have issued a joint statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, as Cambodia joined 140 countries and seven bloc members to vote in favour of the UN resolution censuring Russia on its military offensive in the embattled nation. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ceasefire-in-ukraine-now-asean/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to increase the country’s imports of milled rice from Cambodia and indicated its willingness to purchase other agricultural products from the Kingdom after a free trade agreement (FTA) came into force. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-pledges-to-purchase-more-rice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia does not discriminate among the different makes of Covid-19 vaccines or bring politics into its fight against the novel coronavirus, which includes jabs that originate from a variety of countries, Prime Minister Hun Sen said. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-open-to-who-approved-covid-jabs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...