Ministry warns state forest land grabber of legal action
The Ministry of Environment has warned of legal action against a woman and her australian husband for illegally occupying and selling 50ha of land in the protected area of Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in Pramuoy commune’s Stung Thmey village of Pursat province’s Veal Veng district. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-warns-state-forest-land-grabber-of-legal-action/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-warns-state-forest-land-grabber-legal-action
NEC explains rule change reasoning
The National Election Committee (NEC) held a meeting to explain the changes in election rules and procedures to three political parties that were demanding that the electoral body keep them unchanged from the previous elections. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-explains-rule-change-reasoning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-explains-rule-change-reasoning
New GMAC chairman elected to develop textile industry
The Garment Manufacturers association of Cambodia (GMaC) held its 15th annual General Meeting on Saturday to announce the results of work done during the last term and elect a new chairman and executive committee members for the 2022-2023 term. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-gmac-chairman-elected-to-develop-textile-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501007947/new-gmac-chairman-elected-to-develop-textile-industry/
Kingdom on track for LDC graduation
The UN’s latest evaluation of Cambodia states that the Kingdom has fulfilled the three basic conditions necessary for graduation from least developed country (LDC) status, including a gross national income (GNI) per capita of $1,377 which surpasses the $1,222 threshold, according to Minister of Planning <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-on-track-for-ldc-graduation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-track-ldc-graduation
World Bank financing will strengthen learning, access to education in Cambodia
The World Bank has approved financing, along with a grant from the Global Partnership for Education, will provide $69.25 million in new funding to help Cambodia improve equitable access to basic education and respond rapidly to crises affecting the education system. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%a0%e1%9e%b7%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%89%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%89%e1%9e%94%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%94%e1%9e%91%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%93%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%94%e1%9e%9f%e1%9f%8b%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%92%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%b6/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501010317/world-bank-financing-will-strengthen-learning-access-to-education-in-cambodia/
Number of factories ticks up
Although economic hAngovers persisted from 2020 &ndAsh; widely regArded As the worst yeAr for CAmbodiA’s economic growth in more thAn two decAdes &ndAsh; the number of lArge-scAle fActories in operAtion mAnAged to Avoid slipping into A downtrend throughout 2021, According to Minister of Industry, Science, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/number-of-fActories-ticks-up/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/number-factories-ticks
Demerit points, fines: Nat’l Police train officers in new technology
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport, in collaboration with the National Police, conducted a training course for 57 traffic police officers. The training was required, as new systems have been introduced which will allow officers to issue fines and demerit points to errant drivers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/demerit-points-fines-natl-police-train-officers-in-new-technology/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Press release on the decision to lift the travel restriction for travelers from 10 African countries
On 08 February 2022, the Ministry of Health has posted a press release on the decision to lift the travel restriction for travelers from 10 african countries.The 10 countries include Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, angola and Zambia. Following the travel <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-decision-to-lift-the-travel-restriction-for-travelers-from-10-african-countries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry of Health
Capital's Covid authority orders end to NagaWorld rallies
The Phnom Penh Commission to Combat Covid-19, led by the capital’s municipal administration, issued a directive telling former workers of NagaWorld integrated resort to immediately halt protests, and ordering them to practice coronavirus health measures to prevent the pathogen from spreading among them and their <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capitals-covid-authority-orders-end-to-nagaworld-rallies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capitals-covid-authority-orders-end-nagaworld-rallies
Adhoc report false: officials
Officials from the Pursat and Mondulkiri provincial administrations have rejected the findings of a new adhoc report which claimed that wrongful arrest, allegations and detention of people involved in land disputes was rampant, and that corruption was rife in the mediation of such cases. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/adhoc-report-false-officials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/adhoc-report-false-officials
Diversification key to economic growth: World Bank
Cambodia was among the Greater East asian countries hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. However meaningful steps to spur domestic investment, greater productivity among businesses and workers, and a more diversified export portfolio will be key to regain sustained economic growth, according to the World <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/diversification-key-to-economic-growth-world-bank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/diversification-key-economic-growth-world-bank
Elephant herd with babies found in M’kiri sanctuary
The Ministry of Environment expects the number of AsiAn elephAnts in CAmbodiA to increAse After pArk rAngers in Mondulkiri province And reseArchers from World Wildlife Fund for NAture CAmbodiA (WWF CAmbodiA) spotted A herd of the AnimAls in Sre Pok Wildlife SAnctuAry on MArch 16. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/elephAnt-herd-with-bAbies-found-in-mkiri-sAnctuAry/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elephant-herd-babies-found-mkiri-sanctuary
State land in protected area not for sale: official
A senior Ministry of Environment officiAl urged commune And district AdministrAtions to stop signing certificAtes of trAnsfer of rights, lAnd use ApplicAtions, or sAle or purchAse letters for stAte lAnd within nAturAl protected AreAs And biodiversity corridors under their jurisdiction. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/stAte-lAnd-in-protected-AreA-not-for-sAle-officiAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/state-land-protected-area-not-sale-official
Hun Sen: Enjoy Khmer New Year, but take precautions
Thanks to a steady decrease in Covid-19 cases, Prime Minister Hun Sen has permitted the return of Khmer New Year celebrations in mid-april, though he urges the public to continue practising all preventive measures that have so far succeeded in slowing the spread of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-enjoy-khmer-new-year-but-take-precautions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-enjoy-khmer-new-year-take-precautions
Ministry, USAID, UC Berkeley launch digital skills project
The US Agency for InternAtionAl Development (USAID) And the University of CAliforniA, Berkeley &ndAsh; in collAborAtion with the CAmbodiAn Ministry of EducAtion, Youth, And Sports &ndAsh; lAunched A five-yeAr digitAl skill development project with $15 million in USAID funding. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-usAid-uc-berkeley-lAunch-digitAl-skills-project/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-usaid-uc-berkeley-launch-digital-skills-project
Angelina Jolie’s visit invaluable boon for tourism, insiders say
The arrival of Hollywood starlet angelina Jolie in Cambodia during the Covid-19 crisis serves as invaluable promotion of the Kingdom as a safe tourist destination and comes as the greatest boost in its efforts to attract tourists since its November reopening, according to industry insiders. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angelina-jolies-visit-invaluable-boon-for-tourism-insiders-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angelina-jolies-visit-invaluable-boon-tourism-insiders-say
Kingdom successfully hosts 40th ASEANAPOL Conference
Cambodia successfully hosted the 40th aSEaN National Police (aSEaNaPOL) Conference and associated events over March 1-5, where member countries, dialogue partners and observers came together in a show of the “spirit of cooperation”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-successfully-hosts-40th-aseanapol-conference/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-successfully-hosts-40th-aseanapol-conference
Wind storm whips O Meanchey province, destroys 80 dwellings
The Oddar Meanchey provincial Disaster Management Committee announced that one person was injured and 80 homes were damaged – along with the loss of the roof of a school – by heavy rain and strong winds on the evening of March 5. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wind-storm-whips-o-meanchey-province-destroys-80-dwellings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wind-storm-whips-o-meanchey-province-destroys-80-dwellings
H.E. Deputy Prime Minister PRAK Sokhonn welcomes Mr. Lin Baifeng, Huawei Group Senior Vice President and Asia Pacific Region President
On 24 March 2022, the Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the meeting between H.E. Deputy Prime Minister PRaK Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation, and Mr. Lin Baifeng, Huawei Group Senior Vice President <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/h-e-deputy-prime-minister-prak-sokhonn-welcomes-mr-lin-baifeng-huawei-group-senior-vice-president-and-asia-pacific-region-president/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation