The General Directorate of Rubber announced a joint study on family-owned rubber plantations in three provinces to better understand how growers have responded to the sharp drop in rubber prices over the past nine years. The average cost of rubber has fallen from around $4,600 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/governments-study-aims-to-expand-rubber-revenue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Passenger taxi boat traffic has dropped by about five per cent compared to the same period last year, despite the government providing free service for garment workers until next year, Phnom Penh autonomous Bus Transportation authority director Ean Sokhim said on Monday. In 2018, the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/passenger-taxi-boat-ridership-sinks-despite-free-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said on Wednesday that the establishment of Phnom Penh and provincial one-window service offices will not reduce the power of provincial departments. He also shared his plans of constructing a “unified provincial administration” in which provincial governors, councillors and department <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-pushes-unified-provincial-administrations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tourism industry officials and representatives expressed concern that the outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) will devastate Cambodia’s tourism industry following the Kingdom’s first documented case in the coastal province of Sihanoukville on Monday. at a press conference late on Monday, Minister of Health <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wuhan-coronavirus-tourism-industry-could-hit-turbulence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mondulkiri Provincial Court on Tuesday charged a man who allegedly set traps resulting in the deaths of several species of wild animals in Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary. Deputy prosecutor Mam Vanda yesterday identified the accused as Hok Vann, 19, from Koh Nhek district’s Nang Khy lik <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/man-held-for-allegedly-setting-traps-which-killed-wildlife/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s exports to the US were worth more than $5 billion last year, a sharp year-on-year increase. The latest data from the US trade office shows that Cambodian exports to the world’s largest economy skyrocketed last year, growing by 40 per cent to reach $5.36 billion. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-exports-to-the-us-soar/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Organic vegetable retailer Natural agriculture Village has introduced QR codes on its product packaging, which will allow consumers to see where their produce comes from. Natural agriculture Village president Bun Sieng, who is also a member of local distributor Green Gold, told The Post on Sunday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/organic-vegetable-retailer-unveils-qr-code-scheme-for-origin-source/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has postponed secondary and high school examinations this year to contain Covid-19 infections. In a letter on Wednesday the ministry said: “In the 2019-2020 academic year, the Ministry of Education will continue implementing new reforms to all kinds <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/schools-out-for-the-year-but-studying-and-exams-to-go-on/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As resentment continues to fester Among villAgers who hAve tested positive for HIV in BAttAmbAng province’s RokA commune, the fAmily of the unlicensed doctor Accused of spreAding the virus hAs fled their home out of concern for their sAfety. Mr. Chrin’s dAughter, Chrin ReAksA, sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fAmily-of-bAttAmbAng-doctor-flees-home/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The first human rights benchmark of renewable energy companies reveals serious weaknesses in industry efforts to protect workers and communities, creating risks in a sector vital to countering the climate crisis, according to the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC). However, Cambodia, which aims <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/human-rights-issues-alleged-in-renewable-energy-sector-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kingdom’s vehicles business has seen a drop in both sales and imports by an estimated 30 percent because of the impact of COVID-19. Figures from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) shows that the COVID-19 crisis has caused the country’s imports to fall <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/car-industry-slumps-by-30-as-purchasing-power-wanes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia recorded 14.8 million mobile internet subscribers, accounting for 90 percent of the population, by May 2020, down 2.36 percent compared to May last year, according to a Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) report on Monday. In contrast, the number of fixed internet subscribers increased by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-records-14-8-million-mobile-internet-subscribers-as-of-may-down-2-36-percent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have recorded lower sales during the pandemic while 39 per cent of them have trimmed down their staff, a Facebook survey found. among the business owners in Cambodia who responded, the State of Small Businesses survey found that 52 per <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/survey-sheds-light-on-coronavirus-restricted-smbs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Environment and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Cambodia) will this year take to social media to celebrate Earth Hour under the theme “Love Nature”.  Environment ministry spokesperson Neth Pheaktra said the ministry would not hold a public gathering to celebrate the event <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wwf-cambodia-ministry-set-to-celebrate-earth-hour-on-mar-27/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The public has been urged to stop using fires to collect bees, catch animals or clear land in forests. In a letter dated January 20, the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said burning grasses and other unsanctioned activities like harvesting forests or clearing them for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/public-warned-against-igniting-forest-fires/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has issued a sub-decree establishing the Tuolporn Taley Boeung Sne Multiple Use area covering 3,557ha in one town and three districts of Prey Veng province.​ The sub-decree’s stated purpose is to ensure the preservation of the natural beauty, ecology, biodiversity, environment and culture while <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/natural-area-selected-as-sustainable-use-park/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kampot Provincial administration has decided to set up a commission for the suppression of fisheries offences. Provincial hall spokesman Vit Vathana told The Post on May 19 that the commission will carry out measures such as spreading the word about restricted conservation areas, educating <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampot-creates-commission-to-tackle-fisheries-crimes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A recent survey of 100 people in BAttAmbAng And KAmpong ChhnAng provinces And Phnom Penh by civil society orgAnisAtions reveAled thAt 85 per cent of women Are still interested in entering politics, especiAlly through the commune And generAl elections in 2022 And 2023 respectively. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/survey-reveAls-womens-politicAl-interest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the US remained resilient in the first half of 2021, clocking in at $3.8402 billion, or a 32.8 per cent surge from the $2.8917 billion booked in the same period last year, despite the profound implications of the Covid-19 pandemic <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-us-trade-surges-33-in-six-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia will receive new biometric surveillance and DNa screening equipment as part of its latest deal reinforcing law enforcement cooperation with China, prompting a leading human rights group to call for the government to come clean about its plans for the technology. The deal was signed last <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/surveillance-tools-dna-screening-equipment-part-of-cambodias-new-security-deal-with-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>