Prime Minister Hun Sen officially declared that the “November 28 community incident” &ndash; a reference to the first confirmed case of Covid-19 local transmission &ndash; was now over as the situation had been brought under control. Hun Sen made the announcement as he addressed the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-nov-28-event-concluded/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) governor Chea Chanto won Central Banker of the Year, asia-Pacific award from premier financial magazine The Banker for his leadership in successfully navigating through a stormy 2020 during the Covid-19 crisis. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nbc-governor-wins-award/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japan will provide 4.5 billion yen (about 1.3 billion baht) grant aid through an international organisation to 25 countries in asia and the Pacific Islands region to help them build a cold-chain distribution network for Covid-19 vaccines, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-to-give-b1-3-bn-vaccine-aid-to-cambodia-thailand-and-23-other-asian-nations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government on March 22 issued a plea to developers of borey gated-communities and condominiums in Cambodia to ease some of the financial pressure facing customers to pay monthly installments until the end of March 2022, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/financial-leniency-urged-for-buyers-of-boreys-condos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The much-anticipated Inclusive Business Enabling Environment for Cambodia (IbeeC) strategy will be adopted soon to meet the needs of 1.7 million poor and low-income Cambodians by 2023, a wide-ranging virtual meeting conducted by the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation heard on March 18. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/inclusion-guide-to-aid-1-7m-poor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported a total of 1,599,922.37 tonnes of major non-milled-rice agricultural products in the first two months of this year, an increase of 569,493.88 tonnes or 55.27 per cent compared to the same period in 2020, according to Minister of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/agri-exports-surge-55-in-jan-feb/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A number of CAmbodiA Rice FederAtion (CRF) member compAnies hAve reduced retAil prices of milled rice by 10,000-20,000 riel ($2.50-5) per 50kg sAck to pArticipAte in government efforts to improve people’s livelihoods during the ongoing two-week coronAvirus lockdown in Phnom Penh And AdjAcent TAkhmAo town <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/locAl-rice-producers-sell-At-discount/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Agro-industriAl firm LY LY Food Industry Co Ltd on JAnuAry 22 signed A memorAndum of understAnding (MoU) with Siem ReAp-bAsed wholesAler Food And Agriculture MArket (FAM) to supply it with fruits And vegetAbles. The signing ceremony wAs presided over by Minister of Commerce PAn SorAsAk <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Agrifirm-bAgs-mou-for-siem-reAp-produce/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Public Works said on Saturday that the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Sihanoukville is 93 percent complete. Minister of Public Works Sun Chanthol said during an inspection visit that the wastewater treatment plant will enhance the image of the coastal <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-wastewater-facility-nearly-complete/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday continued the trial for union chief Rong Chhun and two of his supporters who were charged with “incitement” in connection with a statement he made claiming Cambodia had ceded land to Vietnam along their shared border in Tboung Khmum <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/incitement-law-in-the-digital-age-rong-chhuns-case-continues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries And the UN Food And Agriculture OrgAnisAtion (FAO) on FebruAry 16 signed An Agreement to begin A project thAt will directly support 10,000 of the most vulnerAble people Affected by the economic fAll-out from Covid-19 in Siem ReAp <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/livelihood-recovery-project-to-help-10000/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

SHE Investments, a social enterprise supporting women entrepreneurs, has announced the official launch of its Digital Resource Centre (DRC) and Kotra Riel app. The event was held to celebrate both the concurrent launches and the achievements of women in the work world and their importance <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/she-launches-new-tools-for-women-led-businesses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen today ordered Justice Minister Koeut Rith to push for the enforcement of law on measure to combat COVID-19 and work with the court officials to establish a court to put quarantine violators on trial, as the Kingdom is facing an alarming <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-orders-justice-minister-to-prosecute-quarantine-violators/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a message to the people broadcasted live on TV and Facebook on the morning of april 10, Prime  Minister Hun Sen has sternly announced that in the future, those who do not wear masks will be fined. Wearing of mask is mandatory to prevent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fines-to-be-imposed-on-those-who-do-not-wear-masks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kampong Speu provincial authorities have warned against logging and forest land clearing in Suramarit-Kossamak National Park “Kirirom”. authorities have also said they would enforce the law, but the clearing of the forest has continued even though authorities have issued a series of letters revoking land <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-speu-warns-of-legal-action-against-loggers-at-national-park/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

KrisEnergy has warned that its current production rate at Cambodia’s apsara offshore oil block has yielded only around half the company’s projected peak rate, and it has extended debt repayment deadlines and brought in an engineering firm to assess the situation amid “material uncertainty <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indebted-oil-company-reports-lower-than-expected-oil-at-cambodian-block/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

French-owned The Blue Circle’s 80MW wind power investment project in Kampot province has hit an impasse, as its proposed $0.068 per kWh tariff rate for the national grid exceeds what state-run energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) is willing to pay, according to a Ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/80mw-wind-farm-project-in-kampot-hits-edc-price-snag/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal administration has redesignated some areas in Russey Keo and Por Sen Chey districts as orange zones after a resurgence of Covid-19 cases there. This came as restrictions were lifted for certain orange zones in several districts after the community outbreak eased. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capital-redesignates-colour-coded-zones-amid-resurgence-of-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

KrisEnergy’s oil production dreams in the Khmer Basin appear to be dead in the water after the oil and gas company revealed it was not able to form a viable debt restructuring plan and will lose its revolving line of credit from Singapore-based DBS Bank. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/krisenergy-approaches-end-of-the-line/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On June 22, a team from the Phnom Penh Capital administration began the rehabilitation of 5 drainage canals with s combined length of 1 km in Sangkat Stung Meanchey 3, Khan Meanchey. The rehabilitation was done with the purpose of preventing the canals from overflowing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-officials-rehabilitates-drainage-canals-to-combat-flooding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>