Cambodia exported 153,688 tonnes of milled rice in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, representing a 77,260-tonne or 33.45-per-cent drop from the 230,948 tonnes posted in January-March 2020, according to Minister of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/milled-rice-exports-plunge-33-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Century Entertainment has confirmed the opening target  and relocation  of a new casino to Dara Sakor. The project had been delayed since January. The delay was down to pandemic related business conditions including logistics problems in the delivery of essential equipment.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/delayed-new-casino-confirms-opening-target/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

CAMBODIA’s finAnciAl sector will not fAce A shortAge of cAsh to lend to locAl enterprises And AccelerAte business Anytime soon, According to AssociAtion of BAnks in CAmbodiA (ABC) president In ChAnny. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Abc-no-shortAge-in-cApitAl-for-lending/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Environment and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Cambodia officially launched a solar power plant and battery storage system at the Kesor Kol Sok an Phnom Kulen Research and Conservation Centre on Kulen mountain in Siem Reap province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/research-centre-adds-solar-power-station-in-siem-reap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Early harvest season prices for cashew nuts appear to be promising but farmers in some provinces are facing a possible delay in the start of the harvest because of unfavorable weather conditions. The harvest season of the cashew nut generally begins in February and continues <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cashew-prices-promising-in-early-harvest-but-poor-weather-hits-yield/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government’s project to support phase II of the Implementation of the Social accountability Framework (ISaF) for a period of five years was launched on February 18 with officials saying that there were many areas in need of reforms at the sub-national level even though <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-expands-public-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Small businesses raising questions about the process of applying for a loan through the newly formed Credit Guarantee Corporation of Cambodia (CGCC)’s Business Recovery Guarantee Scheme (BRGS), has prompted CGCC’s chief executive officer Mr. Wong Keet Loong to provide an overview of how the scheme <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cgcc-executive-clarifies-business-recovery-guarantee-scheme-process/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An officiAl from the Ministry of Commerce sAid the RegionAl Comprehensive Economic PArtnership Agreement (RCEP) will definitely open up opportunities for CAmbodiA. He wAs speAking in response to A report releAsed by the United NAtions Conference on TrAde And Development (UNCTAD) citing potentiAl serious negAtive <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/moc-responds-to-un-study-citing-negAtive-rcep-impAct-on-revenue/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has imposed inter-provincial travel ban from april 7-20 in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19. However, Phnom Penh and neighbouring Kandal province are treated as one administrative region, so travel between them can continue.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-imposes-inter-province-travel-ban-ahead-of-new-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 22 April 2021, the GArment MAnufActurers AssociAtion in CAmbodiA (GMAC) issued An AppeAl to All owners/directors of GMAC fActory members in the lockdown regions to kindly consider A certAin Amount of cAsh AllowAnces to employees Aim to fAcilitAte the dAily livelihood of vulnerAble workers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/gmAc-AppeAl-to-owners-directors-of-gmAc-fActory-members/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Residents in designated red zones in the capital are flocking to get their samples taken for Covid-19 testing, after the Phnom Penh Municipal Hall issued a directive mandating that each and every single one of them does so or face legal action. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/red-zone-residents-gather-en-masse-for-covid-test/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has issued a decision establishing an inter-ministerial committee to study and prepare legal standards regarding the title of Oknha &mdash; an honorific bestowed on those who have made significant contributions to national development &mdash; with provisions that allow for the official revocation of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/committee-created-to-vet-oknhas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new gArment fActory project invested in by the Ruixue Group of ChinA through its locAl subsidiAry Ruixue (CAmbodiA) Co Ltd hAs been Approved by the Council for Development of CAmbodiA (CDC). The $4.5 million project will be built in KhAn Sen Sok. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-gArment-fActory-set-for-phnom-penh/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 30 families from the Kreung indigenous community in Talat commune’s Rumpat and Talat villages in Stung Treng province’s Sesan district claimed that a private company had cleared their plantations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firm-accused-of-grabbing-indigenous-communitys-land-in-stung-treng/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) nominated Prach Chan, head of the National assembly’s (Na) First Commission, as the new chairman of the National Election Committee (NEC). The nomination will now be forwarded to the Na Plenary session for a vote of confidence. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-nominates-prach-chan-as-chairman-of-electoral-commission/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has lifted a ban on the import of frozen meats and other frozen items classified as “high-risk” originating from India, amid recent improvements in the South asian country’s epidemiological situation and as all samples of frozen meat imports have tested negative for the novel <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-lifts-ban-on-frozen-items-shipped-in-from-india/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The first annual Mekong-U.S. Partnership Senior Meeting was held on June 29. The meeting’s main focus was the progress of a secure, prosperous, and open Mekong sub-region, among other things. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mekong-u-s-partnership-senior-meeting-held-to-discuss-covid-19-response/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

United Russia Party chairman Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president and prime minister, yesterday promised Prime Minister Hun Sen that Russia will provide vaccines to help Cambodia fight Covid-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/russian-vaccine-promise-ex-president-gives-assurance-during-online-conference/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officers from the Directorate-General of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF) launched a campaign on June 29 to enforce the Ministry of Health ban on the sales of Covid-19 antibody rapid test kits in markets and pharmacies across the capital. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ccf-enforces-ban-on-covid-19-antibody-rapid-test-kits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Since November 2020, the Ministry of Environment has implemented a policy of providing more livestock to people living in protected areas to help increase income and boost the livelihoods of families living in these areas with an aim to reduce committing forest crime, hunting, logging <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-environment-to-provide-more-livestock-to-protected-areas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>