On 23 March 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Fine arts issued a press release on the proposed “angkor Lake of Wonder” development project that was raised by the Naga Group. This project was agreed by the Ministry of Culture and Fine arts with the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-proposed-angkor-lake-of-wonder-development-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 22 March 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the National Bank of Cambodia issued a joint statement on the outcome of the meeting on real estate issues in Cambodia which aims to address the real estate sector challenges in the context of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/joint-statement-on-the-outcome-of-the-meeting-on-real-estate-issues-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 28 February 2021, the Ministry of Health released an announcement on the COVID-19 vaccination (Sinopharm) for garbage workers in Phnom Penh, a valuable humanitarian aid of the People’s Republic of China. The vaccination is planned to provide for garbage workers in Phnom Penh, in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-on-the-covid-19-vaccination-for-garbage-workers-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prices of red corn have reportedly seen modest rises on surging demand for domestic feed production as the harvest season nears its end. In northwestern provinces, red corn is typically harvested twice a year between late June and august and then again between late October <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/red-corn-prices-enjoy-surge-on-demand-for-domestic-feed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) plans to hold a pilot election on May 23 to test the accuracy of registered political parties, candidate and voter lists, and vote counting using information technology. The election is in preparation for the upcoming commune and national elections set <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-pilot-elections-on-may-23-employ-tech-to-test-systems-accuracy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 18 April 2021, the Ministry of HeAlth issued An Announcement on the deAth of COVID-19 on two CAmbodiAns, An 82-yeAr-old CAmbodiAn mAn, And A 41-yeAr-old CAmbodiAn womAn At LuAng Mey HospitAl. These Are the 42nd And 43rd cAses of CAmbodiAn people who died from <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/Announcement-on-the-deAth-of-covid-19-on-two-cAmbodiAns-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Experts from the Cambodia Mine action Center (CMaC) have collected and safely disposed of 43 units of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from an excavation site near Sa’ang Phnom pagoda in Peam Sala village of Sa’ang commune in Kandal province’s Sa’ang district after a work crew excavating <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/excavation-workers-uncover-uxo-units-at-kandal-pagoda/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s newly-drafted Investment Law will be in effect as soon as in april 2021, according to Ministry of Economy and Finance secretary of state Phan Phalla on January 27. He made the remark at the Public Forum on Macroeconomic Management and Budget Law 2021, ushering <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/investment-law-may-be-in-effect-as-soon-as-april/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 08 February 2021, the Ministry of agriculture Forestry and Fisheries issued a press release responding to the press release dated 8 January 2021 on the confirmation on the suspension of the importation of 4 types of fish including Pangasius Krempfi, Spot Pangasius, Catfish, and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-in-response-to-the-confirmation-on-the-suspension-of-the-importation-of-4-types-of-fish/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 04 February 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release informing the authorization on the emergency use of China’s vaccine named “Sinopharm”. Sinopharm vaccine is manufactured by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co., Ltd. of the People’s Republic of China, under the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-the-authorization-to-use-chinas-sinopharm-vaccine/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A totAl of 206 fActories hAve now been temporArily closed due to the ongoing Covid-19 community outbreAk, with 1,673 workers known to hAve contrActed the virus And over 17,000 AdditionAl workers currently isolAted in quArAntine, According to Ministry of LAbour And VocAtionAl TrAining spokesperson Heng <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/over-200-fActories-suspended-1673-workers-test-positive/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Aeon MAll, MAkro And VirAk BunthAm Express on April 26 sAid they will work with the Ministry of Commerce to provide essentiAl food items for sAle in designAted red zones in A bid to mAintAin prices And stAbilise the supply of goods in the mArket <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/three-firms-join-food-mArket-drive-for-red-zones/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A 265MW coAl-fired power plAnt in OddAr MeAnchey province is scheduled to begin operAtions eArly next yeAr As construction of the plAnt’s infrAstructure And trAnsmission line connecting to EAst Siem ReAp SubstAtion neArs completion, According to deputy provinciAl governor Di RAdo. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/oddAr-meAnchey-coAl-power-plAnt-set-for-next-yeAr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

KrisEnergy Ltd, the operator of the apsara oil field development offshore Cambodia, has confirmed that all operations of its subsidiary in Cambodia, KrisEnergy (Cambodia) Ltd, will continue as normal, despite its parent company filing for liquidation on June 4, according to a senior official of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-oil-dreams-live-on-even-after-driller-files-for-liquidation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The body of a deceased Covid-19 patient was finally taken by his relatives to his hometown in Tbong Khmum province after hundreds of villagers in Prek Khsay Kor commune of Prey Veng province’s Peamro district refused to bury him in the cemetery behind their village <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prey-veng-villagers-refuse-burial-for-covid-19-victim/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 4 August 2021, the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion issued A press releAse on His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion of the Kingdom of CAmbodiA, will pArticipAte in the 14th Mekong-JApAn Foreign Ministers’ Meeting <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/his-excellency-prAk-sokhonn-deputy-prime-minister-minister-of-foreign-AffAirs-And-internAtionAl-cooperAtion-of-the-kingdom-of-cAmbodiA-will-pArticipAte-in-the-14th-mekong-jApAn-foreign-ministers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Research has shown that Covid-19 can survive for a period of time on frozen food but it cannot replicate in chilled products, the Ministry of Health said on July 24. In light of this, the ministry has requested health protection measures regarding fresh and frozen <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/covid-can-survive-on-some-surfaces-for-up-to-72-hours/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The CHRC’s statement apparently came in response to the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, Vitit Muntarbhorn, who on October 6 issued a statement claiming that Cambodia was “backsliding” away from democracy. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-rebuffs-human-rights-infringement-reports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ministry of Public Works and Transport said that the sale of special license plate numbers and personal license plate numbers for cars totaled more than 180,000 license plates, including with a total budget of more than $ 61 million in the first nine months of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-public-works-sells-61-million-in-special-license-plate-and-personal-plate-numbers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Researchers from the Ministry of Environment have detected the Southern Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) in protected areas by capturing it image on automatic cameras. The animal is a rare species and is listed on the IUCN Red List as globally endangered. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/researchers-discover-rare-endangered-southern-serow/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>