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>

A senior officiAl At the Council of Ministers wArned owners of right-hAnd drive vehicles thAt they must chAnge their vehicles over to left-hAnd drive by June, 2022, or risk hAving them seized And destroyed. He Also noted thAt beginning in 2021 All privAtely owned vehicles <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/right-hAnd-drive-vehicles-no-longer-Allowed-After-june-2022/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia is set to release a new 30,000-riel banknote to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1991 Paris Peace agreements, signed on October 23, and the return of the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk to the Kingdom after spending most of the two decades prior <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-30000-riel-bill-to-mark-1991-paris-peace-agreements/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 21 November 2021, the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion issued A press releAse on SAmdech AkkA MohA SenA PAdei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of CAmbodiA, will pArticipAte in the ASEAN-ChinA SpeciAl Summit to commemorAte the 30th AnniversAry of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/sAmdech-AkkA-mohA-senA-pAdei-techo-hun-sen-prime-minister-of-the-kingdom-of-cAmbodiA-will-pArticipAte-in-the-AseAn-chinA-speciAl-summit-to-commemorAte-the-30th-AnniversAry-of-AseAn-chinA-diAlogue-re/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Senate on November 2 unanimously approved the draft amendments to several articles of the Constitution mandating single-citizenship for holders of the top four national institutions. according to the press statement released after its session, a total of 57 out of 62 Senators were present <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/senate-okays-dual-citizen-edits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 17 December 2021, the Embassy of Japan in Cambodia issued a press release on providing waste collection trucks.Japanese Government has agreed to provide Grant assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects, KUSaNONE, US$245,215, for providing waste collection trucks to 10 provinces in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/providing-waste-collection-trucks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has issued 36 certificates for the import and export of a total of $24 million worth of precious and industrial-grade rough gemstones in 2021, down by 45 per cent from $43.7 million in 2020, covered by 45 permits, according to Ministry of Commerce data.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rough-gemstone-import-export-down-45/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 06 January 2022, the Ministry of Tourism issued a notice on free online Chinese language trainingTo help improve the quality of tourism services and promote the skill development and human resources in the tourism sector, the Ministry of Tourism will open an online tourism <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/free-online-chinese-language-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In order to boost the vaccination rate to achieve the goal of herd immunity against Covid-19 especially the Omicron variant of concern, the Health Ministry will arrange a vaccination space directly at schools specifically for students and at factories for workers. It will also speed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-vaccination-campaign-at-schools-and-factories/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) has selected 175 members of the municipal and provincial electoral commissions to serve in the upcoming commune council elections. according to a press release issued by the NEC on January 30, the 175 candidates all passed an exam which tested <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-selects-members-ahead-of-upcoming-commune-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Any Assessment of CAmbodiA should tAke into Account All sources of the Assessment, underlined SecretAry of StAte of the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion (MFAIC) Luy DAvid in A recent meeting viA videoconference with Professor Vitit MuntArbhorn, SpeciAl RApporteur on the situAtion of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/foreign-ministry-cAlls-for-considerAtion-of-All-sources-for-Any-Assessment-on-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>