The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) on September 1 deployed Phase II of its online business registration platform, known as the “Single Portal”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/2nd-phase-of-business-registration-system-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An AnnuAl reporting requirement under the contentious LAw on AssociAtions And NGOs, or LANGO, is being intentionAlly misinterpreted by locAl police, According to A group of NGOs in OddAr MeAnchey province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/weekly-check-in-rejected-by-ngos-in-oddAr-meAnchey/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After grAduAting from Setec Institute in Phnom Penh in 2014 with A degree in informAtion technology, Chhit ChAnmony, 23, is confident in her Ability to build A website using vArious scripts. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/progrAm-builds-mobile-App-skills-for-cAmbodiAn-coders/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Some 40 local and international journalists from several media outlets in Cambodia released an open letter on Thursday, calling for the court to drop charges against two former Radio Free asia (RFa) reporters. The call comes following the release of journalists Uon Chhin and Yeang <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/journos-drop-rfa-charges/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s first ever computing camp is due to be held in Siem Reap this month to promote literacy on cyber security, open-source software, social innovation and the benefits of open data, according to its organizers.The five-day ICT Camp 2018, organized by open Development Cambodia (ODC), <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-host-first-it-camp-in-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Civil society organisations (CSOs) and communities have urged the government and relevant institutions to make Environmental Impact assessments (EIas) public, but officials say they are required to follow the policies of confidentiality of private firms. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/csos-urge-ministry-to-release-the-full-eia-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Uncertainty over business conditions and the impact of the spread of Covid-19 has prompted the Ministry of Commerce to postpone the issuing of fines until July for online business owners who are late to apply for e-commerce permits or licences. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/deadline-for-online-business-registration-now-extended-to-july/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Business Registration System on Information Technology Platform (OBR) Phase 2 will be launched on Sept 1 and will expand its services to many sectors. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phase-two-of-online-business-registration-to-be-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian and Vietnamese Defense Ministries on Friday signed two documents relevant to a joint venture for establishing a quarry and a rubber plantation project in Cambodia. according to a document briefed to reporters at the signing ceremony, the two deals included a quarry site establishment in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-vietnamese-militaries-ink-deals-for-quarry-rubber-development-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) has rapped the Provincial Election Committee (PEC) for going against the Election Law to allow a polls watchdog to send volunteers to monitor the political situation during the election period. But a Committee for Free and Fair Elections (Comfrel) official <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-nec-chides-pec-on-monitors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 16 July 2019, the AustrAliAn EmbAssy in CAmbodiA Announced the lAunching of “CAmbodiA-AustrAliA WAter Utility Improvement ProgrAm (WUIP)”. The progrAm will support CAmbodiAn wAter operAtors to improve wAter service delivery Across CAmbodiA. The WUIP will connect South EAst WAter, A mAjor wAter utility bAsed <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-lAunch-of-the-cAmbodiA-AustrAliA-wAter-utility-improvement-progrAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen today announced plans to offer free health care to cyclo drivers and to form a foundation to help preserve them as a tourist attraction. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-courts-cyclo-drivers-with-free-health-care-new-preservation-foundation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The election watchdog Comfrel has issued a new app that will help voters monitor the work of lawmakers. The app is now available to the public, but it remains to be seen how widespread it will become in Cambodia, where technological literacy remains low. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/election-monitor-launches-new-app-for-voters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japan will provide Cambodia for JPY 1,338 million ($9.7 million) for the implementation of the project for the Establishment of a Nationwide Continuously Operating Reference Station Network, according to Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation’s press release and obtained by aKP today. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-to-offer-grant-aid-in-support-of-cadastral-surveying-and-land-registration-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak has asked Canada to explore the possibility of establishing a bilateral free trade agreement (FTa) with the Kingdom as soon as practicable to improve trade flows between the two countries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/commerce-chief-asks-canada-to-mull-cambodia-trade-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 26 March 2023, the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries issued a press release on RFa’s denial of information regarding agricultural markets.The General Department of agriculture claims that RFa’s coverage of “Farmers in Kandal province desperate to grow crops after plowing vegetables due to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-rfas-denial-of-information-regarding-agricultural-markets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has invited Russian investors to consider taking part in Cambodia’s oil sector. The invitation was made following Cambodia’s recent start of oil production in its maritime territory. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/russian-investment-sought-for-oil-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Marine Conservation Cambodia (MCC) and the Kampot provincial Fisheries administration (Fia) observed an unusual member of a pod of humpback whales swimming in the Prek Tnaot River in Kampot province on May 30. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mixed-dolphin-pod-raises-eyebrows/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Multiple Cambodian HIV NGOs yesterday questioned the wisdom of discontinuing mass HIV testing at Kandal province’s Peam village, where a disproportionate cluster of infections has been discovered in recent weeks. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-say-hiv-tests-in-peam-must-go-on/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said Cambodia will end the land registration in 2023. addressing to the closing ceremony of the annual meeting of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction and the inauguration ceremony of the National Construction Laboratory, held Tuesday, Mr Hun <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-committed-to-end-land-title-registration-next-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>