Oddar Meanchey provincial authorities remain puzzled about the Thai Appeal Court’s recent ruling in favour of more than 700 families who claimed to have been locked in a land dispute with three Thai-owned sugar companies in Samrong town and Chongkal district. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-dispute-with-thai-firms-long-resolved-landless-families-told-to-submit-applications/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Eight monks from Battambang province were prevented from joining activists and supporters in a protest in Phnom Penh on August 5 to demand the release of prominent union leader Rong Chhun, who was jailed last week over comments he made allegedly distorting information on Cambodia-Vietnam href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/monks-banned-from-joining-march-to-support-rong-chhun/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government has announced two months more of tax exemptions for tourism-based businesses in the hope of easing the burden during the pandemic. The extension was announced during the fifth round of COVID-19 economic measures last week as the Ministry of Tourism begins developing href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-extends-tax-holiday-for-tourism-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has announced a $50 million auction this week to stabilise the local currency exchange rate in the market. The NBC has informed banks, microfinance institutions (MFIs) and licensed money exchangers that the minimum rate for auction will be announced href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nbc-auctions-50-million/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The two new projects, with a total investment capital of $6.4 million, will be located in Khan Pursenchey, Phnom Penh capital, and Samrong district, Takeo province, pointed out the CDC in an announcement issued this afternoon. The newly-approved projects are expected to create some 2,571 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-investment-projects-approved-by-cdc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

According to the CDC’s press release made public yesterday, the newly approved investment project is located along the National Road No. 5 in Samaky Meanchey district, Kampong Chhnang province. The project, belonging to Changhui (Cambodia) Handbag MFR, Co., Ltd., is expected to create a total href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/another-new-investment-project-approved-by-cdc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A 60MW solar power station in northern Battambang province was commissioned and connected to the national grid last week. The solar farm is located in southwestern Thma Koul district’s Anlong Run commune and is invested by Shenzhen-listed Risen Energy Co Ltd. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/60mw-solar-station-in-battambang-hooked-to-grid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prices of red corn have reportedly seen modest rises on surging demand for domestic feed production as the harvest season nears its end. In northwestern provinces, red corn is typically harvested twice a year between late June and August and then again between late October href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/red-corn-prices-enjoy-surge-on-demand-for-domestic-feed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) plans to hold a pilot election on May 23 to test the accuracy of registered political parties, candidate and voter lists, and vote counting using information technology. The election is in preparation for the upcoming commune and national elections set href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-pilot-elections-on-may-23-employ-tech-to-test-systems-accuracy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Experts from the Cambodia Mine Action Center (CMAC) have collected and safely disposed of 43 units of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from an excavation site near Sa’ang Phnom pagoda in Peam Sala village of Sa’ang commune in Kandal province’s Sa’ang district after a work crew excavating href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/excavation-workers-uncover-uxo-units-at-kandal-pagoda/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s newly-drafted Investment Law will be in effect as soon as in April 2021, according to Ministry of Economy and Finance secretary of state Phan Phalla on January 27. He made the remark at the Public Forum on Macroeconomic Management and Budget Law 2021, ushering href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/investment-law-may-be-in-effect-as-soon-as-april/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A total of 206 factories have now been temporarily closed due to the ongoing Covid-19 community outbreak, with 1,673 workers known to have contracted the virus and over 17,000 additional workers currently isolated in quarantine, according to Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesperson Heng href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/over-200-factories-suspended-1673-workers-test-positive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Aeon Mall, Makro and Virak Buntham Express on April 26 said they will work with the Ministry of Commerce to provide essential food items for sale in designated red zones in a bid to maintain prices and stabilise the supply of goods in the market href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-firms-join-food-market-drive-for-red-zones/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A 265MW coal-fired power plant in Oddar Meanchey province is scheduled to begin operations early next year as construction of the plant’s infrastructure and transmission line connecting to East Siem Reap Substation nears completion, according to deputy provincial governor Di Rado. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oddar-meanchey-coal-power-plant-set-for-next-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

KrisEnergy Ltd, the operator of the Apsara oil field development offshore Cambodia, has confirmed that all operations of its subsidiary in Cambodia, KrisEnergy (Cambodia) Ltd, will continue as normal, despite its parent company filing for liquidation on June 4, according to a senior official of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-oil-dreams-live-on-even-after-driller-files-for-liquidation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The body of a deceased Covid-19 patient was finally taken by his relatives to his hometown in Tbong Khmum province after hundreds of villagers in Prek Khsay Kor commune of Prey Veng province’s Peamro district refused to bury him in the cemetery behind their village href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prey-veng-villagers-refuse-burial-for-covid-19-victim/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Research has shown that Covid-19 can survive for a period of time on frozen food but it cannot replicate in chilled products, the Ministry of Health said on July 24. In light of this, the ministry has requested health protection measures regarding fresh and frozen href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/covid-can-survive-on-some-surfaces-for-up-to-72-hours/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The CHRC’s statement apparently came in response to the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, Vitit Muntarbhorn, who on October 6 issued a statement claiming that Cambodia was “backsliding” away from democracy. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-rebuffs-human-rights-infringement-reports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Ministry of Public Works and Transport said that the sale of special license plate numbers and personal license plate numbers for cars totaled more than 180,000 license plates, including with a total budget of more than $ 61 million in the first nine months of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-public-works-sells-61-million-in-special-license-plate-and-personal-plate-numbers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Researchers from the Ministry of Environment have detected the Southern Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) in protected areas by capturing it image on automatic cameras. The animal is a rare species and is listed on the IUCN Red List as globally endangered. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/researchers-discover-rare-endangered-southern-serow/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...