The Preah Vihear Provincial Court has dropped all charges against eight ethnic Kuoy villagers who were in a land dispute with the Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co Ltd since 2014. Wednesday’s decision was made by the judge who tried the case on June 10. The eight <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-vihear-court-drops-charges-against-villagers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and China wrapped up free trade agreement (FTa) talks on Monday, the Ministry of Commerce said. The announcement was made during a video conference between Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak and his Chinese counterpart Zhong Shan. The deal is expected to propel bilateral trade <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sino-cambodia-fta-talks-wrap-up-signing-to-follow/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the U.S. was recorded at $2,488.3 billion in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent. Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau, from January to May, the Kingdom exported $2,363 million worth of products to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-u-s-trade-up-18-percent-in-first-five-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Archeologists And reseArchers hAve identified rAre fish fossils buried in the ground in Phnom SvAy of BAnteAy MeAnchey province.​The news wAs releAsed in A press releAse from the Ministry of Environment, stressing thAt the discovery wAs mAde by Mr. Lim VAnchAn of the Fossil Study <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fish-fossils-found-in-phnom-svAy-of-bAnteAy-meAnchey/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Global financial institutions have provided a more positive outlook for Cambodia’s economic outlook because the country has been far less affected by COVID-19 than others. Cambodia’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) claimed that the prediction is based at least in part on the government’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-positive-outlook-for-kingdoms-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The UN Food and agriculture Organisation (FaO) offices in Cambodia and countries in the asia-Pacific region participated in a four-day virtual conference recently to respond to the “twin pandemics” of Covid-19 and hunger facing the region. Dealing with Covid-19 has led to setbacks in the fight <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-talks-review-covid-hunger-risks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government on December 28 held an inter-ministerial meeting to discuss setting up a digital television platform as part of the Kingdom’s shift away from analogue. Held at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the meeting discussed the would-be platform operator’s models of management and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tv-goes-digital-by-2023-paving-way-for-5g/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced a 2023 target date for the electrification of the Kingdom’s rural villages. Victor Jona, director-general of energy and spokesman for the Ministry of Mines and Energy, said the 2023 target date will see electrification having been delivered <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rural-electrification-aims-to-be-complete-by-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Independent financial information provider Credit Bureau (Cambodia) Co Ltd (CBC) scooped an award for “Excellence in Consumer Credit Reporting”, CBC said in a January 5 press release. UK-based “reputed international business magazine” Global Business Outlook (GBO) honoured the locally-owned CBC for its “exceptional performance” in Cambodia’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cbc-wins-consumer-credit-reporting-award/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A locAl sAlt producer sAys thAt her compAny’s exports hAve been stuck in stAsis by the COVID-19 pAndemic And tough competition Among locAl producers is mAking things even tougher. ThAung ThydA, the founder of ThAung Enterprise, sAys her compAny wAs focused on exports but with <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/domestic-sAlt-industry-feeling-the-pinch-of-the-pAndemic/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia exported 11,200 tonnes of organic milled rice to international markets in 2020, a slight 1.2 per cent increase over 2019, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). While the milled-rice export sector by and large chalks up 2020’s lacklustre growth performance to the ongoing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/crf-bumper-2021-for-organic-rice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Indian Embassy to Cambodia has stated it seeks to see increased imports of pepper and turmeric from Cambodia. This potential hike in bilateral trade with India was discussed at a meeting held March 9 between Indian ambassador to Cambodia Dr Devyani Uttam Khobragade and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/india-seeking-pepper-and-turmeric-from-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 02 March 2021, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) issued a press release stating that the five royal turtles lay the first 71 eggs on an artificial beach in the reptile conservation center at Koh Kong province. according to the pictures, all the turtle eggs <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-the-first-71-eggs-are-laid-by-turtle-in-the-center/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Conservationists have been monitoring the presence of Grey-headed Fish Eagles at their habitat, according to BirdLife International Cambodia Programme. “The Grey-headed Fish Eagle are suffering from habitat destruction and overfishing. In Lomphat wildlife sanctuary, our monitoring team usually recorded its presence and nesting near big <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-conservationists-monitoring-grey-headed-fish-eagles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Foreign investors and independent credit evaluators are echoing confidence in Cambodia in light of the series of free trade agreements (FTas) both completed and being pursued by the Kingdom’s government. according to the aSEaN Briefing (aB), such FTas could see the region become the world’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/regional-free-trade-deals-key-to-cambodian-and-asean-success/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s 2020 exports to the US remained strong despite the COVID-19 pandemic crisis as the Kingdom’s exports to its other primary trading partners declined. Figures from the US Census Bureau showed that Cambodia exported $6.577 billion of goods to the world’s largest economy, a year-on-year <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-exports-to-us-show-strength-in-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 20 February 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release on the implementation of QR Code technology “Prevent Covid-19”. To increase the effectiveness in the prevention of Covid-19 from spreading, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication has prepared QR Code requiring people to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-implementation-of-qr-code-technology-prevent-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries (MAFF) And the Food And Agriculture OrgAnizAtion of the United NAtions (FAO) will sign A project Agreement todAy to directly support 10,000 of the most vulnerAble people Affected by the COVID-19 pAndemic in Siem ReAp And BAnteAy MeAnchey <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/project-Aims-to-Aid-10000-of-the-most-vulnerAble-hit-by-virus/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As the US And its Allies joined hAnds lAst week to expose whAt they Allege to be ChinA’s Ministry of StAte Security’s mAlicious cyber Activities Around the world, the Attention Also turned to CAmbodiA with the US DepArtment of Justice clAiming thAt four Chinese hAckers <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinA-denies-mekong-hAcking/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>