The government approved three projects worth a total of $13.5 million last week, bringing the total number of projects in the first three weeks of this month to nine with total investment value of $1.1354 billion, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cdc-okays-new-13m-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Environment is planning to declare wild Kesor Kol plants &ndash; a type of orchid &ndash; an endangered species with increased protections, according to the ministry’s secretary of state Neth Pheaktra. Pheaktra also warned of legal action against those who collect or sell wild Kesor <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/endangered-status-mulled-for-kesor-kol/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s exports to the US was valued $6,059 million worth of goods in the first eleven months of 2020, inching up 17 percent compared to that in a year before, reflecting strong export amid the world face hard time of COVID-19 pandemic. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-export-to-us-still-on-the-rise-despite-pandemic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen officially declared that the “November 28 community incident” &ndash; a reference to the first confirmed case of Covid-19 local transmission &ndash; was now over as the situation had been brought under control. Hun Sen made the announcement as he addressed the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-nov-28-event-concluded/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) governor Chea Chanto won Central Banker of the Year, asia-Pacific award from premier financial magazine The Banker for his leadership in successfully navigating through a stormy 2020 during the Covid-19 crisis. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nbc-governor-wins-award/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 08 March 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release on the testing for positive cases of COVID-19 of those who involved in 3 massage parlors in Phnom Penh and​​ releasing the additional necessary measures to prevent the large-scale transmission in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-testing-for-positive-cases-of-covid-19-on-those-who-involved-in-3-massage-parlors-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

09 March 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance released an instruction on the requirement to work from home for a 1-week period in order to prevent COVID-19 transmission which has been continually spreading in Cambodia since the community transmission event on 20 February 2021. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-on-the-instruction-of-the-requirement-to-work-from-home-for-1-week-period/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japan will provide 4.5 billion yen (about 1.3 billion baht) grant aid through an international organisation to 25 countries in asia and the Pacific Islands region to help them build a cold-chain distribution network for Covid-19 vaccines, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-to-give-b1-3-bn-vaccine-aid-to-cambodia-thailand-and-23-other-asian-nations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government on March 22 issued a plea to developers of borey gated-communities and condominiums in Cambodia to ease some of the financial pressure facing customers to pay monthly installments until the end of March 2022, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/financial-leniency-urged-for-buyers-of-boreys-condos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The much-anticipated Inclusive Business Enabling Environment for Cambodia (IbeeC) strategy will be adopted soon to meet the needs of 1.7 million poor and low-income Cambodians by 2023, a wide-ranging virtual meeting conducted by the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation heard on March 18. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/inclusion-guide-to-aid-1-7m-poor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 19 February 2021, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications issued a press release on the National Internet Gateway responding to reactions from the public, media outlets, and non-governmental organizations who claimed that the government has the intention to collect data, listen to conversations, and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-national-internet-gateway/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported a total of 1,599,922.37 tonnes of major non-milled-rice agricultural products in the first two months of this year, an increase of 569,493.88 tonnes or 55.27 per cent compared to the same period in 2020, according to Minister of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/agri-exports-surge-55-in-jan-feb/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A number of CAmbodiA Rice FederAtion (CRF) member compAnies hAve reduced retAil prices of milled rice by 10,000-20,000 riel ($2.50-5) per 50kg sAck to pArticipAte in government efforts to improve people’s livelihoods during the ongoing two-week coronAvirus lockdown in Phnom Penh And AdjAcent TAkhmAo town <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/locAl-rice-producers-sell-At-discount/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

On 21 April 2021, the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion issued A press releAse on the humAnitAriAn AssistAnce of USD 300,000 of the Government of the SociAlist Republic of Viet NAm provided to the RoyAl Government of CAmbodiA whose Aims to join hAnds <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-the-humAnitAriAn-AssistAnce-of-the-government-of-the-sociAlist-republic-of-viet-nAm-provided-to-the-royAl-government-of-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Agro-industriAl firm LY LY Food Industry Co Ltd on JAnuAry 22 signed A memorAndum of understAnding (MoU) with Siem ReAp-bAsed wholesAler Food And Agriculture MArket (FAM) to supply it with fruits And vegetAbles. The signing ceremony wAs presided over by Minister of Commerce PAn SorAsAk <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Agrifirm-bAgs-mou-for-siem-reAp-produce/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Public Works said on Saturday that the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Sihanoukville is 93 percent complete. Minister of Public Works Sun Chanthol said during an inspection visit that the wastewater treatment plant will enhance the image of the coastal <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-wastewater-facility-nearly-complete/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday continued the trial for union chief Rong Chhun and two of his supporters who were charged with “incitement” in connection with a statement he made claiming Cambodia had ceded land to Vietnam along their shared border in Tboung Khmum <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/incitement-law-in-the-digital-age-rong-chhuns-case-continues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries And the UN Food And Agriculture OrgAnisAtion (FAO) on FebruAry 16 signed An Agreement to begin A project thAt will directly support 10,000 of the most vulnerAble people Affected by the economic fAll-out from Covid-19 in Siem ReAp <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/livelihood-recovery-project-to-help-10000/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

SHE Investments, a social enterprise supporting women entrepreneurs, has announced the official launch of its Digital Resource Centre (DRC) and Kotra Riel app. The event was held to celebrate both the concurrent launches and the achievements of women in the work world and their importance <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/she-launches-new-tools-for-women-led-businesses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>