Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall is warning residents the authorities will begin demolishing  nearly 30 illegally built houses along canals and sidewalks in Sihanoukville’s Buon commune after Provincial Governor Kuoch Chamroeun ordered them to do so this week. “Provincial authorities have sent a letter to 29 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-illegal-buildings-to-be-demolished-in-sihanoukville/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government said it expects the European Commission to consider its efforts to comply with the “Everything But arms” (EBa) regulations and the impact on one million workers should access to the agreement be suspended in February. The Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/europe-expected-to-consider-eba-efforts-impact/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has urged Ratanakkiri provincial authorities to do more to eliminate crimes in the province. Speaking during the appointment ceremony of the chair of the Cambodian People’s Party’s working group for Ratanakkiri on Friday, Sar Kheng, who is also deputy prime <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-urges-officials-in-ratanakkiri-to-prevent-crime/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and Sweden on Monday announced continued bilateral cooperation in the Kingdom’s labour and vocational training sector. The collaboration was made known at the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training during a meeting between Minister Ith Sam Heng and Swedish ambassador Bjorn Haggmark. In an <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-sweden-talk-about-further-developing-cooperation-on-labour/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported some 202,318 tonnes of cashew nuts last year to foreign markets, up nearly 100 per cent from 2018’s 101,973 tonnes, a Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report said. Khan Samban, director of the ministry’s Department of agro-Industry, told The Post that the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cashew-nut-exports-nearly-double-in-2019/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Plans for a new airport investment have been unveiled in Koh Kong province, southwest of Phnom Penh. The district currently has two airports &ndash; one under construction and another which has been abandoned for years. The government agreed to the investment for the new airport <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/plans-for-new-airport-in-koh-kong-province-unveiled/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron said reforms to the education curriculum is aimed at raising its standards and quality to compete with countries in the region that exhibited better academic performance. In a lecture to trainee teachers at the National Institute <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/educational-reforms-unveiled/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thai-based Precise Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd is planning to build an electric equipment plant in Pursat province to cash in on the high demand in the Kingdom. The announcement was made during a meeting between Pursat provincial governor Mao Thornin and the firm’s representatives on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-firm-to-build-plant-in-pursat-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives of Japanese companies and investors on Wednesday submitted a list of policy recommendations to the government concerning 21 challenges to the Kingdom’s business climate. Japanese ambassador to Cambodia Masahiro Mikami and leaders of the Japanese Business association in Cambodia (JBaC), Japan International Cooperation agency and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-calls-for-policy-changes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 20 journalists gathered on Tuesday at the Corner of Media Landscape in a meeting organised by the Cambodian Journalists alliance (CamboJa) and the Cambodia Center for Independent Media (CCIM).​ The journalists held discussions on the challenges faced in the sector, including the difficulty in obtaining <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/camboja-pushes-for-further-press-law-amendments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 9 April, UN experts sent A communicAtion expressing concerns over CAmbodiA’s drAft lAw on the mAnAgement of the nAtion during stAte of emergency. According to the independent experts, if Adopted As is, the lAw mAy restrict the right to freedom of expression, right to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/u-n-concern-over-cAmbodiA-lAw-on-the-mAnAgement-of-the-nAtion-during-stAte-of-emergency/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday called for the public’s continued prudence and vigilance to prevent a second wave of coronavirus outbreak in the Kingdom. The call comes after the last of all 122 COVID-19 patients diagnosed in the Kingdom has recovered from the deadly <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-last-virus-victim-discharged/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Russian Federation has requested a journalist-free environment for Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during most of his three-day state visit to the Kingdom, which began last night. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/journalists-banned-from-covering-medvedev-visit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the interest rate cap of 18 percent in full force for all new and restructured microfinance loans after the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) issued a populist measure to curb high interest rates, microfinance institutions (MFIs) are starting to give predictions for lower profits <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mfis-predict-lower-earnings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At A TuesdAy meeting with officiAls, the RAtAnAkkiri governor, And commune And district Authorities, Minister of Environment SAy SAm Al sAid lAnd steAling is rAmpAnt And hAs not slowed down in the province. SAm Al sAid locAl officiAls hAve been involved in severAl illegAl lAnd <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sAm-Al-urges-officiAls-to-stop-rAmpAnt-lAnd-steAling-in-rAtAnAkkiri/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As of MAy, government dAtA shows COVID-19 forced the closure of neArly 3,000 tourism-bAsed business And left more thAn 45,045 stAff members unemployed. The unemployment And rising debt would severely Affect the sociAl economy while the Minister of Tourism estimAted thAt the tourism sector would <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tourism-sAvAged-by-covid-19/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian rice exports to the US could face full tariffs after a lobby group called for the imposition of full tariffs on the crop. Currently, the Kingdom’s rice enjoys some tax-protection under what is known as the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)-eligible commodities list. However, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-lobby-group-calls-for-full-taxes-on-all-cambodian-rice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) has asked the state-owned agricultural and Rural Development Bank (aRDB) to extend its loan repayment period to 12 months to help rice millers buy paddy. The request was made on Wednesday at a meeting with Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/crf-requests-year-long-loans-for-rice-millers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 26 October 2020, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge has posted a press release regarding the statistic of COVID-19 diagnose and testing. IPC has performed over 100,000 COVID-19 diagnostic test and has detected 287 positive individual since the start of the pandemic. IPC will continue to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-one-hundred-thousand-covid-19-rt-pcr-test-performed-by-the-institut-pasteur-du-cambodge/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>