The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) is currently going over its first-ever initial public offering (IPO) eligibility review application for a company to list on its Growth Board since the secondary board was launched in 2015, its vice-chairman Ha Jong-weon told The Post on December 14. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/csx-reviews-first-application-for-growth-board-ipo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

From recycled bicycles to second-hand mannequins, thrift shops push quirky finds to the limits which in the past has split perceptions. However, as consumer demands continue to shift, a combination of factors has exponentially spurred the pre-owned goods market, trend analysts say is only set <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/resale-market-booms-amid-changing-consumer-and-eco-trends/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) has just issued a directive this morning through Prime Minister Hun Sen in his special statement broadcast live from his residence in Takhmao city, Kandal province by the TVK to allow private educational institutions to resume physical <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-private-schools-can-now-resume-today/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS Cambodia) Nest Protection Team, in collaboration with the Fisheries administration, have found five nests of the critically endangered Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle (also known as frog-headed turtle) during the 2020 breeding season on a beach along the Mekong River in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wcs-cambodia-finds-five-nests-of-frog-headed-turtle/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said that although the world is united in fighting Covid-19 and has yet to achieve complete victory over the outbreak, Cambodia will forge ahead with the opening of the 2020-2021 academic year on January 11, celebrating the theme “a new life <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/2020-2021-academic-year-commences/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Commerce on January 6 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan’s Yamato Green Co Ltd to develop value chains for agribusiness products. Having registered with the Ministry of Commerce on april 22, Yamato Green has had relative success in growing safe <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-japan-agri-firm-ink-mou/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) sAid it hAd received neArly 20,000 declArAtions of Assets And liAbilities from officiAls Across All ministries And provinciAl AdministrAtions in A period of just 10 dAys, from JAnuAry 1 to 10. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Acu-receives-20k-Asset-declArAtions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Toronto-listed AsiA Green Biotechnology Corp (AGB) hAs inked A memorAndum of understAnding (MoU) with the Prek LeAp NAtionAl Institute of Agriculture in Phnom Penh (Prek LeAp) to AdvAnce production techniques of medicinAl And commerciAl crops. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAnAdA-fArm-inks-mou-with-prek-leAp-Agriculture-college/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The legendary forest Prey Lang has given way to agricultural land, resulting in the migration of young Cambodians in search of work and, perhaps most crucially, a degradation of the area’s environment. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/green-project-to-spur-bio-and-economic-diversity-in-prey-lang/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tax revenue from Cambodia’s casino industry cratered in 2020 as Covid-19 prompted the government to tighten entry restrictions, limiting the number of international visitors to the Kingdom, according to a Ministry of Economy and Finance senior official on March 21. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-revenue-from-casino-sector-drops/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Koh Kong provincial officials have ordered local developer Leang Him to remove soil she used to illegally fill in a creek and mangrove forest in Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondul Seima district. Local authorities said the instructions were followed after Leang received an administrative <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-kong-demands-sanctuary-creek-fix/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) approved in principle the listing eligibility of a privately-owned small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) on its Growth Board, CSX vice-chairman Ha Jong-weon told The Post on March 22. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sme-gets-in-principle-nod-for-ipo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Svay Leu district forestry administration office in Siem Reap province has given a month’s notice to the owners of homemade tractors impounded last week for transporting illegal timber. authorities warned that if no action was taken the administration would take the case to court. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/six-illegal-logging-tractors-seized/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government of Japan has agreed to provide a total of $116,174 in assistance to Cambodia for the development of an eight-lane running track at the National Institute of Physical Education and Sport (NIPES) and for the construction of hand washing stations for six schools <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-grants-more-than-116000-to-aid-nipes-and-six-schools/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 27 March 2021, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued a press release that the earth hour in 2021 goes through digital (social media) emphasis the need for collective actions to protect nature as our shared home. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-earth-hour-in-2021/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

US-based pizza chain Papa John’s International Inc on april 7 unveiled plans to open 15 new outlets in the Kingdom over the next three years. Papa John’s opened its flagship store in Phnom Penh late last month, the company said in a press release. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/papa-johns-set-to-open-15-stores-in-kingdom-over-next-three-years/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported $99.07 million worth of merchandise to South Korea in the first quarter of 2021, marking a marginal increase of more than five per cent from $93.85 in January-March of last year despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, according to data from the Korea International <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-maintains-export-growth-to-south-korea/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 12 April 2021, the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion issued A press releAse on the COVID-19 vAccinAtion for Foreign Non-GovernmentAl OrgAnizAtions (FNGOs). The vAccinAtion process will be injected for foreign stAff, And their​​ fAmily members, As well As CAmbodiAn stAff of Foreign <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-on-the-covid-19-vAccinAtion-for-foreign-non-governmentAl-orgAnizAtions-fngos/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Authorities hAve decided to lock down SAmhAn MArket, Also known As Toul SAngke MArket, SAngkAt Toul SAngke I, KhAn Russey Keo, Phnom Penh on the night of April 18, 2021, After the Authorities cooperAted with A teAm of heAlth officiAls to find people with Covid-19 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%95%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9A%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%91%e1%9e%bd%e1%9e%9b%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%84%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%80%e1%9f%82%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%8f%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9A%e1%9e%bc%e1%9e%9c/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>