Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered his officials to intervene in helping four Cambodian river cruise vessels which are stuck at Vietnam’s water border as its authorities denied their docking due to fear of a COVID-19 outbreak. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/four-cambodian-river-cruise-vessels-denied-docking-in-vietnam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday shut down the border with Vietnam amid COVID-19 fears. “We will be closing down the border [today],” Mr Hun Sen said. “This is not a response to Vietnam’s closure of its border with us.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-closes-border-with-vietnam-over-outbreak/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia​ and​ Vietnam​ have​ agreed​ to​ allow​ cargo​ trailers​ to​ enter​ the​ common​ Bavet-Moc​ Bai​ border,​ located​ in​ Cambodia’​ Svay​ Rieng​ province​ (Bavet)​ and​ Vietnam’s​ Tay​ Ninh​ province​ (Moc​ Bai)​ after​ movement​ restrictions​ were​ enforced​ to​ prevent​ a​ Covid-19​ outbreak.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cross-border-deal-inked-to-maintain-trade-amid-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers, Hing Thorasky, has issued a report ordering ministers and three provincial governors to check for irregularities among lower-level officers who have illegally seized public land. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/governors-told-to-look-at-public-land-seizures/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has recorded a staggering 40 percent decline in flights coming in or going out due to COVID-19. Of the three international airports, Siem Reap is the worst hit as international flights have all but dried off with many countries going into lockdown mode. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-aviation-sector-hard-hit-by-coronavirus-pandemic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Interior Minister Sar Kheng issued a warning against five high-ranking police officers in Kampong Thom province after they failed to carry out their duties. However, details of their offence were not disclosed, documents obtained yesterday revealed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/high-ranking-police-officers-disciplined-for-negligence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Saturday charged and detained two land brokers accused of defrauding $1.5 million from a real estate businessman living in Phnom Penh over the sale of nearly 200 hectares of land in Kampong Speu province’s Oudong district last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/municipal-court-charges-two-men-for-land-fraud/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Four Bunong and an adhoc official filed a joint lawsuit against Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary head Prum Vibol Ratanak at the Mondulkiri Provincial Court for failing to stop illegal land occupation and the buying and selling of forest land. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sanctuary-head-sued-for-not-stopping-forest-occupations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to three new investment projects with a total investment capital of $246.1 million. according to the council, the newly approved projects are expected to create some 1,547 jobs for the locals. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-investment-projects-worth-246-million-approved-to-create-1500-jobs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has issued a six-point message on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of International Children’s Day on June 1, Cambodian Children’s Day, also on June 1 and the 19th anniversary of the World Day against Child Labour on June 12. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-marks-intl-children-day-with-call-for-improvements-in-welfare/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The representatives of the Cambodian Livestock Raisers association said that if we use the $ 1 billion to raise pigs and poultry locally, we could generate more jobs for the people in the country and they do not need to migrate to work in a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-spent-nearly-1-billion-on-import-pigs-and-poultries-each-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Sixteen local NGOs released a joint statement Thursday calling on Prime Minister Hun Sen to publicly repudiate National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha’s January 15 speech in which he said he learned strategy from adolf Hitler. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-call-on-hun-sen-to-shun-hitler-comments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Eight men who were arrested last week for their alleged involvement in the arson of a decorative gateway built for the angkor Sankranta New Year festival in Siem Reap City were charged Friday and sent to the provincial prison, officials said Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eight-charged-jailed-over-gateway-arson/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

UK retailer Marks &amp; Spencer and the Garment Manufacturers association of Cambodia (GMaC) have disputed the details of a report alleging labour rights abuses are still rife in the country’s garment factories, with both claiming they are committed to providing and supporting safe working conditions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-labour-abuse-claims-disputed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Labour announced on Monday that a further 25,588 workers of 67 enterprises in the garment and tourism sectors will be paid allowances from the government after facing suspension or unemployment amid the coronavirus pandemic. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-further-out-of-work-allowances-paid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will host its seventh annual Macroeconomic Conference under the theme “Discussion of Cambodia’s Economic Development Models” to gather input from academics, researchers, industry insiders and economists about how to structure the economy in a post-Covid-19 world. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nbc-meet-set-to-shape-post-covid-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The third round of  negotiations for the free trade agreement between Cambodia and China has completely solved all the remaining issues in the agreement text and approved in principal with regard  to  market access on  goods and services, according to a statement from ministry of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-china-fta-to-be-signed-by-end-this-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Starting May 1, the traffic police will enforce a new sub-decree which increases traffic violation fines to three to five times their current rates. Officials expect the additional money gained from the increased fines will be used to reduce traffic accidents. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bigger-traffic-fines-from-may-1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>