Khleang Huot, Deputy Governor of Phnom Penh, issued a call for the residents of the capital to join the authorities’ efforts to crackdown on illegally operated pawnshops. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-official-calls-for-participation-in-crackdown-on-illegal-pawnshops/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Some Cambodian migrant workers currently employed in Thailand are worried about an apparent tightening of labour law enforcement after some Thai companies were found to have brought workers there without proper documents, according to a prominent NGO working with the migrants in the neighbouring country. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-law-enforcement-worries-migrants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Political parties that have registered with the Ministry of Interior have the right to operate freely and without discrimination, a senior official said, though some parties and civil society organisations remain concerned about practices that could give some an unfair competitive advantage. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/parties-free-to-operate-without-discrimination/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In the wake of the recent boat capsize tragedy which claimed the lives of 11 students, the Education Ministry is pushing for measures to enhance safety, including an end to the use of modes of transport which pose a risk to passengers. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pushing-for-safety-ministry-issues-guidelines-on-students-travel-to-school/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

National Election Committee (NEC) chairman Prach Chan, in a video clip on the NEC’s official YouTube channel, has called on everyone eligible to ensure they are able to vote in next year’s national election. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-chair-asks-voters-to-check-list-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia exported a total of $4,703 million worth of goods to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member countries in the first nine months of this year, an increase of six percent when compared with the same period last year. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-export-to-rcep-member-countries-up-6/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Commerce and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea last Thursday held a workshop on dissemination of the benefits and export procedures to local exporters under the Cambodia-Korean Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), which is scheduled to come into force next month. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-korea-fta-export-benefits-deliberated/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 15 July 2022, the Royal Government of Cambodia has posted a press release on the guidelines of the Royal Government of Cambodia on additional measures for continuing impact management and supporting the recovery of the tourism sector. According to the press release, the government has href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-guidelines-of-the-royal-government-of-cambodia-on-additional-measures-for-continuing-impact-management-and-supporting-the-recovery-of-the-tourism-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Justice Koeut Rith has set up a working group to review and advise on the penalty provisions of the draft laws on fisheries, forestry and protected natural areas before submitting them to the Council of Ministers for approval. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/conservation-draft-laws-go-under-review-by-ministrys-working-group/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A team of five architecture students from two different universities in Phnom Penh won the rooftop cafeteria design competition organised by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Cambodia, with the results announced on International Youth Day (IYD). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fao-announces-winners-of-green-architecture-contest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

After months of authorities’ denials, Interior Minister Sar Kheng acknowledged foreign nationals had been trafficked into Cambodia, passed around gambling and other syndicates, faced violence and threats, and were calling out for help and rescue for more than a year. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interior-minister-expresses-regret-about-year-of-human-trafficking/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of National Defence will be distributing applications to prospective students from February 1-15 as it looks to recruit a new generation of military trainees to meet the needs of various units of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rcaf-begins-first-recruitment-drive-since-onset-of-pandemic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Police claim 19 Japanese nationals who were removed from a Sihanoukville compound last week were not held against their will and are being investigated for alleged criminal activity, according to National Police spokesperson Chhay Kim Khoeun. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-claim-japanese-malaysian-nationals-removed-from-compound-not-confined-against-will/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs expressed its dismay regarding the use of inappropriate and immoral language on social media by a small number of individuals. It considered these acts as having damaged the honour and dignity of Cambodian women as well as being detrimental to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/womens-affairs-ministry-urges-end-to-misogynistic-language/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $43 million project in Cambodia to enhance the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers, local communities and other value chain actors of the Northern Tonle Sap Basin to the increasing threats associated with climate change. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-backed-climate-fund-okays-43m-plan-for-tonle-sap-farmers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $43 million project to enhance the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers, local communities and other value chain actors of the Northern Tonle Sap Basin to cope with the increasing threats of climate change in the Kingdom. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gcf-43m-aid-gfor-six-year-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Banteay Meanchey provincial governor Um Reatrey said agriculture is the life blood of the border province, were 85 per cent of the province’s 800,000 strong population are involved in cultivating crops. The province harvests between 900,000 and one million tonnes of rice a year. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/b-meanchey-credits-vast-irrigation-system-with-farming-success/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Due to the slower global economic recovery and conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, the government has issued guidelines aimed at maintaining the stability of the construction and real estate sector, considered a priority sector to support overall economic growth in Cambodia. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/guidelines-issued-to-stabilize-construction-and-retail-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Families facing eviction to make way for a $1.5 billion airport under construction in Kandal province continue to contest the compensation being offered by the project’s developer. This week the company began directly negotiating with some of the more than 60 families who had still href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kandal-airport-developer-begins-direct-negotiations-with-households-seeking-better-compensation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom’s park rangers play a vital role in protecting the precious natural resources of Cambodia’s protected areas. They sometimes spend weeks on patrol deep in the most remote parts of the country, monitoring wildlife and keeping an eye out for the perpetrator of forest href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gender-no-barrier-among-ministrys-sanctuary-rangers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...