Traffic accidents killed at least 40 people and injured 80 during the Lunar New Year celebration since Friday. A National Police report yesterday said this was more than the 29 deaths and 65 people with  injuries recorded during the same period last year. Lieutenant General href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/at-least-40-killed-in-road-crashes-during-lunar-new-year-festival/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Shipments of goods between the Kingdom and China are declining amid the Covid-19 outbreak, according to local logistics experts. SHA Transport Express CEO Khut Saroeun told The Post that there has been a 10 per cent drop in import-export activity between the two economies. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/imports-down-over-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The EU Commission on Wednesday announced the partial withdrawal of the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, citing a serious and systematic violation by Cambodia of principles in the four core human and labour rights. The suspension affects one-fifth or €1 billion ($1.08 billion) of Cambodia’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-partially-withdraws-eba/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Two men were seriously injured in an explosion of a 74 mm unexploded shell ordnance at Huy Tbong village in Pailin province. Lieutenant Colonel Kong Samnang, deputy police chief of Pailin city, said yesterday the explosion of the ordnance, which occurred at around 5pm on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/uxo-explosion-in-pailin-province-injures-two-men/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Greenrich Group Co., Ltd. investing in Koh Kong province has exported over 110,000 tonnes of wood strips. The update was provided by the company’s representative Mr. Rattana to Veng Sakhon, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and Mrs. Mithona Phouthorng, Governor of Koh Kong province href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-110000-tonnes-of-wood-strips-exported-from-koh-kong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Kandal provincial governor Kong Sophorn yesterday promised to provide clean and safe water access for all by 2023. Currently, around 81 percent of households in the province have access. Speaking during a press conference held at the Council of Ministers, Mr Sophorn said people across href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kandal-aims-for-full-clean-water-access-by-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Aviation revenues have been released by government officials who were hesitant to reveal details but said yesterday the figures had increased by about three per cent. Mao Havannal, secretary of state for the Civil Aviation Secretariat, said after yesterday’s opening of a seminar on aviation insurance that href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/aviation-revenue-released-no-clear-figures/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Australia will continue the implementation of Cambodia-Australia agricultural valuable chain programme worth between $80 to US$100 million. The plan was floated when Veng Sakhon, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Pablo Kang, Ambassador of Australia to Cambodia jointly chaired a demonstration of rice production href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/australia-reaffirms-support-for-cambodias-agricultural-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Interior has announced that the authentication of residence books and family books will now fall under the purview of the commune instead of district administrations. A ministry press release entitled Transferring of the police chiefs in providing residence and family books dated href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/family-and-residence-books-put-under-commune-control/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak has encouraged Japanese investors to invest in the fields of industry and agricultural product processing in Cambodia. The call was made when he received a delegation of Japanese Business Association of Cambodia (JBAC) at the ministry Thursday. In the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-japanese-investments-on-industry-and-agro-processing-sought/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The last decade was golden for Cambodian agriculture. The annual agricultural sector growth of 5.3% between 2004 and 2012 was one of the highest in the world, according to a new World Bank report, Cambodian Agriculture in Transition: Opportunities and Risks , prepared with the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-agriculture-in-transition-opportunities-and-risks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Preah Vihear Provincial Court has dropped all charges against eight ethnic Kuoy villagers who were in a land dispute with the Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co Ltd since 2014. Wednesday’s decision was made by the judge who tried the case on June 10. The eight href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-vihear-court-drops-charges-against-villagers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and China wrapped up free trade agreement (FTA) talks on Monday, the Ministry of Commerce said. The announcement was made during a video conference between Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak and his Chinese counterpart Zhong Shan. The deal is expected to propel bilateral trade href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sino-cambodia-fta-talks-wrap-up-signing-to-follow/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the U.S. was recorded at $2,488.3 billion in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent. Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau, from January to May, the Kingdom exported $2,363 million worth of products to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-u-s-trade-up-18-percent-in-first-five-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Archeologists and researchers have identified rare fish fossils buried in the ground in Phnom Svay of Banteay Meanchey province.​The news was released in a press release from the Ministry of Environment, stressing that the discovery was made by Mr. Lim Vanchan of the Fossil Study href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fish-fossils-found-in-phnom-svay-of-banteay-meanchey/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Global financial institutions have provided a more positive outlook for Cambodia’s economic outlook because the country has been far less affected by COVID-19 than others. Cambodia’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) claimed that the prediction is based at least in part on the government’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-positive-outlook-for-kingdoms-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) offices in Cambodia and countries in the Asia-Pacific region participated in a four-day virtual conference recently to respond to the “twin pandemics” of Covid-19 and hunger facing the region. Dealing with Covid-19 has led to setbacks in the fight href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-talks-review-covid-hunger-risks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government on December 28 held an inter-ministerial meeting to discuss setting up a digital television platform as part of the Kingdom’s shift away from analogue. Held at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the meeting discussed the would-be platform operator’s models of management and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tv-goes-digital-by-2023-paving-way-for-5g/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced a 2023 target date for the electrification of the Kingdom’s rural villages. Victor Jona, director-general of energy and spokesman for the Ministry of Mines and Energy, said the 2023 target date will see electrification having been delivered href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rural-electrification-aims-to-be-complete-by-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Independent financial information provider Credit Bureau (Cambodia) Co Ltd (CBC) scooped an award for “Excellence in Consumer Credit Reporting”, CBC said in a January 5 press release. UK-based “reputed international business magazine” Global Business Outlook (GBO) honoured the locally-owned CBC for its “exceptional performance” in Cambodia’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cbc-wins-consumer-credit-reporting-award/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...