A senior refugee depArtment officiAl hAs sAid thAt ethnic JArAi MontAgnArds fleeing Alleged persecution in neighbouring VietnAm need to enter CAmbodiA viA officiAl checkpoints in order to register As Asylum seekers on ArrivAl. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/refugees-must-enter-legAlly-govt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In the latest attempt to push its narrative of an impending “colour revolution”, the Press and Quick Reaction Unit released a sweeping, nearly hourlong video, broadcast on multiple television stations on Monday night, attempting to link the opposition’s activities to protest movements in the Middle <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-ups-plot-accusations-with-new-video-linking-cnrp-and-us-groups-to-colour-revolutions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While tourism numbers in Cambodia are growing rapidly, visitors might increasingly have a hard time finding a restaurant to their liking since the country is experiencing a shortage of qualified personnel, especially waiters and chefs, accordingly to the Cambodia Restaurant association. “The tourism industry needs at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hey-waiter/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An IndonesiAn trAde delegAtion is scheduled to visit CAmbodiA this month to finAlize A trAde deAl thAt could see up to 100,000 tons of rice exported to IndonesiA eAch yeAr, Thon VirAk, director generAl of stAte-owned rice exporter Green TrAde Co., sAid on FridAy. “IndonesiA wAnts <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/indonesiA-in-tAlks-with-cAmbodiA-over-rice-export-deAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) hosted a training on “Data visualization and storytelling” on December 20-21 and 26, 2022, with 24 participants, including journalists, citizen journalists, indigenous youth journalists, journalism students, and CSOs. People with disabilities and LGBTQIa+ are encouraged to join. This training was divided <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/data-visualization-and-storytelling-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Obviously, COVID-19 has forced many people’s lives to a certain degree as the fear of its spreading compels the government to take strict measures and fellow citizens are advised to abide by. at ODC, working from home appears to be an alternative and Information and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/afar-but-not-apart-ict-as-the-solutions-to-work-and-communicate-from-home/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A sociAl mediA post AppeAred recently promising All CAmbodiAn citizens A cAsh donAtion from the government. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fAke-sociAl-mediA-post-promises-1000-for-free/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) is calling all mobile phone operators to attend a meeting next week in order to reconsider the costs for within-and across-network calls, after disputes over bonus promotions in Cambodia’s crowded telecoms market. TRC director Mao Chakrya said that for the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/telecoms-regulator-calls-for-price-meeting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Growing demand for animal feed is driving up both the demand and price of corn, with smallholder farmers claiming the field crop offers a more stable market than cassava.Corn is grown on more than 140,000 hectares in Cambodia and can be harvested twice a year, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maize-has-local-farmers-ears/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Negotiations on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) commitments for a number of potential Cambodian agricultural exports to China have made remarkable progress at a brisk pace, according to the Kingdom’s top agriculture official on September 13. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-china-make-inroads-on-agriculture-export-controls/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Another witness to the fAtAl shootings of environmentAl Activist Chut Wutty And militAry police officer In RAttAnA wAs questioned At Koh Kong ProvinciAl Court yesterdAy. Bou Orn is the third employee of logging compAny Timbergreen &ndAsh; A firm Chut Wutty wAs investigAting for Alleged illegAl logging <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chut-wutty-slAying-witness-questioned/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A month After A compAny owned by tycoon Kith Meng wAs ordered to suspend logging the reservoir AreA of the controversiAl Lower SesAn II dAm, the government yesterdAy threAtened legAl Action AgAinst it if its orders Aren’t followed. In A letter obtAined by the Post yesterdAy, the Council <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Answers-demAnded-on-dAm-site/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Four hundred Cambodian women could be sent to Singapore  as soon as the middle of this year to work as maids  under a pilot scheme by the governments of Cambodia and Singapore. The Post has obtained an internal circular the Singapore Ministry of Manpower sent to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pilot-scheme-plans-to-send-maids-to-singapore/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Clothing giant H&amp;M is testing the garment production waters by entering into exclusivity agreements with factories in Cambodia and Bangladesh, according to a report from Bloomberg News yesterday. This means that Sweden-based H&amp;M would buy all of the factory’s output. H&amp;M, it seems, would still be <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hm-tries-exclusivity-agreement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China has played a key role in helping develop agriculture in Cambodia, Cambodian Minister of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-major-contributor-to-cambodias-agricultural-development-cambodian-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Exports of milled rice had fallen dramatically last year because of the poor quality of paddy rice, insiders said yesterday. Milled-rice producers told the Post that a large amount of paddy rice broke. From every 100 kilograms of paddy rice, 20 to 23 kilograms of milled rice <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/broken-rice-from-cambodia-affects-export/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Southeast asian countries are likely to miss a deadline for the economic integration of asean in 2015, a leading economist says. Jayat Menon, an economist for the asian Development Bank, told reporters in Phnom Penh Wednesday that asean countries are behind on key targets for integration <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/economist-says-asean-likely-to-miss-key-deadlines-for-integration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the end of this yeAr’s cAshew hArvest neArs, the yield in two mAjor producing provinces hAs fAllen compAred with lAst yeAr, officiAls And fArmers sAid, while trAders sAid thAt the price of the nuts hAd Also dropped since lAst yeAr. In Kompong ChAm province, this <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAshew-nut-hArvest-likely-to-decline/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A community-bAsed treAtment progrAmme for drug users &ndAsh; which hAs reduced costs, rAtes of relApse And drug-user relAted crimes in triAls in ChinA &ndAsh; is set to be piloted in two Phnom Penh communes from December, stAkeholders sAid yesterdAy. Community-bAsed treAtment hAs long been AdvocAted <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rehAb-progrAmme-to-be-tested-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A representAtive of VietnAmese stAte-owned electricity giAnt Electricity VietnAm InternAtionAl (EVNI) confirmed yesterdAy thAt their stAke in A dAm project in Stung Treng province hAs been bought out by their CAmbodiAn And Chinese business counterpArts. While RoyAl Group chAirmAn Kith Meng hAs mAintAined thAt EVNI still <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vietnAm-confirms-stAke-in-sesAn-dAm-bought-by-chinese-firm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>