AcAdemics At the RoyAl University of LAw And Economics defended bAnning thesis topics for fourth-yeAr students, Arguing thAt subjects such As illegAl drug use And lAnd disputes Are written About too often At the school. In A Feb. 2 letter posted online And signed by the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAn-on-thesis-topics-needed-scholArs-sAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has chosen representatives of two obscure NGOs to send to an annual meeting between civil society groups and regional leaders during next month’s asean summit in Phnom Penh, sparking an outcry among other non-governmental groups that say this will prevent critics from being <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-picks-ngos-for-asean-meet-10/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 05 April 2019, the Office of the Council of Ministers issued A press releAse on the result of the CAmbodiAn CAbinet meeting which wAs held At the PeAce PAlAce.  After listening to the reports And comments, the CAbinet meeting decided to Approve the following:DrAft <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-on-the-results-of-the-cAmbodiAn-cAbinet-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

On 01 August 2019, the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion of CAmbodiA posted A press releAse on the outcome of the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM), ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting InterfAce with the ASEAN IntergovernmentAl Commission on HumAn Rights And the Meeting <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/pleAse-releAse-outcomes-of-the-52nd-AseAn-foriegn-ministers-meeting-30-31-july-2019-bAngkok/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Following the release of the Ministry of Environment’s annual report, eco-activists have urged it to crack down on influential oknhas who allegedly flouted the Kingdom’s environmental protection laws. a total of 278 cases of natural resource crimes were sent to Cambodian courts in the first <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-urged-to-pursue-corrupt-oknhas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 7 October 2019, the union, association, and civil society organizations issued a joint statement to show their disappointment over the Notification No. 035 of Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, dated October 5, 2019, on “reauthorization of self-employed foreigners”. The allowance of self-employed foreigners in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/joint-statement-allowing-self-employed-foreigners-is-taking-the-occupation-of-the-cambodian-citizens-and-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The US Embassy yesterday hit back at unsubstantiated claims of a United States-backed conspiracy to topple the government disseminated by pro-government media outlet Fresh News, even as local news reported that the Interior Ministry would investigate the purported plot.​   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-denies-conspiracy-to-topple-cambodian-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia last week asked the United States to increase investments in the Kingdom, claiming that working conditions here have improved dramatically in recent years. The appeal was made by Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak in a meeting on Friday with US ambassador Patrick Murphy. Mr Sorasak <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-companies-urged-to-invest-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) governor Chea Chanto said on Monday that the Kingdom’s economy has maintained robust growth with low and manageable inflation which paves a favourable path for the banking sector’s continuous development. Meanwhile, fintech is playing an important role in the financial <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/strong-growth-projected-for-cambodias-banking-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government will ramp up the budget for provinces by more than $276 million next year to provide high quality and efficient services to the public, an increase of 32.28 percent from this year’s budget.​ Public Functions Minister Pich Bunthin yesterday said at a workshop <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-to-ramp-up-provincial-budgets-by-276-million-next-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

New EU ambassador to Cambodia Carmen Moreno met with National assembly president Heng Samrin and expressed her interest in helping Cambodia retain the “Everything But arms” (EBa) agreement. Moreno paid a courtesy call on Samrin at the National assembly on Tuesday on her first day <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-ambassador-expresses-hope-for-kingdom-retaining-eba-status/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s largest mobile phone company CamGSM Co. Ltd., which operates under the MobiTel brand name, has been accused by three other firms in the market of refusing to pay more than $1.5 million owed to them in interconnection fees. In a letter to Telecommunications Minister So Khun dated <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/telecom-firms-say-mobitel-owes-1-5m-in-connection-fees/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mission to exAmine politicAl rights in CAmbodiA hAs been increAsingly overshAdowed by the Kingdom’s dire lAnd rights situAtion, the 2012 report from CAmbodiA’s UN speciAl rApporteur on the situAtion of humAn rights, published yesterdAy, shows. CAmbodiA’s rApporteur, SuryA Subedi, conducted two fAct-finding missions to CAmbodiA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAnd-rights-worry-un/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 60 fArmers met yesterdAy in Phnom Penh to rise their concerns About the lAw on the mAnAgement of fArmlAnd thAt is currently being drAfted by the Ministry of Agriculture, which critics sAy will legAlize lAnd grAbbing. The lAtest public version of the drAft lAw grAnts power <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fArmers-concerned-thAt-drAft-lAw-will-legAlize-lAnd-grAbs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s businesses need to dramatically improve their accounting standards if they are to attract interest from investors abroad and reach the standards necessary to list on the recently launched stock market, experts and government officials said yesterday. Speaking at the National Conference on accountancy in Phnom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firms-need-to-improve-accounting-standards/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Although the CAmbodiAn government hAs projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Around 7 percent this yeAr, A bit higher thAn come other internAtionAl finAnciAl orgAnizAtions like the AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) And the InternAtionAl MonetAry Fund (IMF), it does not meAn thAt the country’s projection could not <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-import-export-the-first-hAlf-yeAr-AnAlysis/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

China has done a lot to support Cambodia over the years, with millions of dollars in aid, loans and investment. But after reports last week that China has pledged another $500 million in soft loans and grants-and publicly thanked Cambodia for its support in Southeast <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-says-no-strings-attached-in-recent-chinese-aid-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ASEAN senior officiAls on energy gAthered here on MondAy to discuss And prepAre documents for the 30th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting And relAted meetings to be held on Sept. 12. The two-dAy prepArAtory meeting, under the theme “ASEAN Green Connectivity”, wAs chAired by Tun <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-senior-officiAls-meet-AheAd-of-30th-AseAn-ministers-on-energy-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Charoen Pokphand Group is leaning towards investing more in Indochinese countries in light of their growing economies and regional trade liberalisation through the asean Economic Community in 2015. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam have a wealth of natural resources that could support the group’s products from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cp-group-plans-more-investment-in-indochina/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Norwegian energy firm Eltek Valere won an injunction from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court earlier this month against the Thai-owned mobile operator Mfone after it filed a complaint claiming that Mfone had failed to pay $3.73 million in service charges, court documents obtained Friday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-issues-injunction-over-mfone-debt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>