Thirty tons of chemicals seized by police on Wednesday were used to make counterfeit soap, officials confirmed Thursday, refusing to release the name of the Chinese national arrested in connection with the raid. The liquid and solid chemicals were stored in blue vats, bottles and sacks <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chemicals-used-for-soap-not-drugs-police-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Xu Qiliang, visiting vice- chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, on Thursday visited a group of 10 Chinese doctors working at the Preah Ketomelea Hospital, known as the Military Hospital, in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Xu was accompanied by Chay Saing Yun, secretary <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/xu-qiliang-visits-chinese-doctors-working-in-cambodian-military-hospital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Relevant organizations have been actively cooperating with the government in providing transportation service for illegal migrant workers to return to their home after they were sent back by the junta in Thailand. The temporary estimation for the aid so far amounts to nearly 200,000$. The government <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-urges-ngos-to-support-migrant-workers-from-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the Indian government set to inject five million tonnes of rice in to its domestic market, Cambodia’s rice producers fear that any spillover into the global rice trade may impact local exports. David Van, acting secretary-general of a newly established Cambodia Rice Federation, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indias-rice-dump-may-impact-local-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia duty-free rice exports to the European Union have this week come under fresh attack from producers in Italy, who say the beneficial treatment is restricting the potential of Italian rice exports. an Italian agriculture collective of farmers, which includes representatives from the Italian association of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/italy-millers-slam-unfair-eba/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Erosion along the banks of the Mekong River in Kompong Cham province’s Srei Santhor district has caused 16 families to move their homes and is threatening hundreds more, officials warned Sunday. Koh andet commune chief Yan Yet said at least 16 homes have been dismantled since <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hundreds-threatened-by-erosion-of-mekong-banks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday that the country needed to prepare more measures to curb the spread of H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which broke out the worst last year and this year. “We have done a lot to control the spread of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-needs-more-actions-to-curb-bird-flu-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ang MeAlAtey, the former president of BAnteAy MeAnchey ProvinciAl Court, wAs Appointed president of the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court on MondAy, ending the eight-yeAr tenure of Chiv Keng. Justice Minister Ang Vong VAthAnA And Supreme Court President Dith Munty presided over the ceremony of Around 100 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/b-meAnchey-court-chief-moved-to-phnom-penh/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Mondolkiri provincial villagers on Tuesday accused authorities there of colluding with a development company involved in serious deforestation. The Phnong minority villagers say the wife of the deputy provincial governor owns the company, Villas Development, which is allegedly involved in illegal logging. The activists spoke Tuesday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-accuse-mondolkiri-company-of-major-deforestation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AheAd of todAy’s heAring on CAmbodiA’s record At the UN HumAn Rights Council in GenevA, opposition figures And AnAlysts sAid the ruling CAmbodiAn People’s PArty hAs reverted to fAmiliAr tActics of post-election suppression. AnAlysts yesterdAy sAid thAt the breAking up of CAmbodiA NAtionAl Rescue PArty-led protests <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-deAdlock-but-old-tActics-AnAlysts-sAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

With momentum gathering behind a movement to renovate rather than raze Phnom Penh’s famous White Building, City Hall on Thursday backtracked on its assertion earlier this week that the building was destined for demolition. On Tuesday, Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong said the iconic apartment block <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-backtracks-amid-white-building-outcry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Turkish investors have expressed interest in seeking investment partners in Cambodia in the electricity production and electronics sectors. Guven Uckan, the head of the Electrical Electronics and Services Exporters’ association (EESEa), said Cambodia had great potential for investment, with a number of Turkish investors currently doing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/turkish-investors-eye-electronics-electricity-production-in-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea has topped more than $657 million for the first nine months of this year. according to Ministry of Commerce data obtained by The Post on Monday, the figure is a little more than $100 million shy of the $769 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bilateral-trade-with-south-korea-tops-657m/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Land Management Ministry has announced it has officially registered thousands of hectares of land for scores of ethnic minority communities across the Kingdom.​ In a statement issued after the meeting, the ministry said so far it has registered 28,522 hectares of indigenous land to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-highlights-work-to-register-indigenous-lands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japan’s aeon Mall Co is to spend more than $200 million building its third shopping mall in Phnom Penh as the firm eyes the Kingdom’s burgeoning middle-class. Construction on aeon Mall 3 in the capital’s Meanchey district is to begin early next year as a result <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/council-approves-aeon-3-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Conservationists have found more than 400 eggs of the asian Giant Softshell Turtle along the Mekong River in Kratie province since the beginning of November. a Wildlife Conservation Society statement yesterday said that the conservationists from Community Fisheries, Fisheries administration and WCS found 13 nests <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-400-endangered-turtle-eggs-found-in-kratie/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Stung Treng provincial police on Sunday sent one of seven men detained over the transportation of illegal timber to court. Provincial police chief Mao Dara said the Vietnamese man was sent to the provincial court after being accused of transporting nearly 200 pieces of beng timber <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/courts-charge-s-treng-men-for-transporting-illegal-timber/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japanese International Cooperation agency (Jica) representatives have sought support from Siem Reap’s apsara National authority (aNa) to transform the ancient capital into a smart city. The call was made in February last year after the government approved three cities to join the asean Smart Cities <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/jica-seeks-to-turn-pp-towns-into-smart-cities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two separate complaints were filed at the Mondulkiri Provincial Court against four people including the first deputy chief of Bou Sra commune, in Pech Chreada district, and a provincial deputy governor. The case concerned the issuance of land titles on forest land and secretly digging <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lawsuit-filed-against-local-mondulkiri-leaders/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After imposing A bAn on ArrivAls of citizens from US, GermAny, FrAnce, SpAin, ItAly And IrAn SAturdAy, Prime Minister Hun Sen hAs issued An order lAte yesterdAy,  urging CAmbodiAns to refrAin from trAvelling to Europe, the United StAtes, And IrAn to Avoid Covid-19 pAndemic. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-bAns-All-citizens-of-country-from-trAvelling-to-eu-us-And-irAn-in-move-to-curb-covid-19-spreAd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>