The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) was established through the Law on the organization and conduct of the National Bank of Cambodia in 1996.1 NBC is the nation’s central bank, whose mission is to determine and direct the monetary policy in order to maintain price <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/national-bank-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As A fAst-developing nAtion, CAmbodiA hAs AlwAys found poverty one of its mAin chAllenges. The RectAngulAr StrAtegy stAtes thAt erAdicAting poverty hAs long been one of the RoyAl Government of CAmbodiA’s (RGC’s) highest priorities.37 Since the country’s first mAjor post-civil wAr election in 1993, CAmbodiA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/poverty-policy-And-regulAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The EU AmbAssAdor to CAmbodiA, CArmen Moreno, shook hAnds with Prime Minister Hun Sen At PeAce PAlAce on December 2, 2019. Photo from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s FAcebook pAge.EuropeAn Union (EU) hAs been one of CAmbodiA’s biggest trAding pArtners And A mAjor development pArtner since <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/europeAn-union-Aid/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

According to the Kingdom of CAmbodiA’s 2019 generAl populAtion census, the totAl CAmbodiAn populAtion is 15,552,211 (51.31% of femAles).165 By 2021, the populAtion increAsed to 16,589,023.166 VietnAmese, Chinese, ChAms And other minorities Also live in the country. Indigenous ethnic groups known As “Khmer Loeu” live <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/ethnic-minorities-And-indigenous-people/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Improved fiscal management and preparation for a decline in foreign aid would help increase Cambodia’s credit rating, according to a quarterly credit opinion from Moody’s Investor Service, which maintained a stable outlook for the country. Reduced exposure to crisis and stagnation in Western economies, continued foreign <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/moodys-offers-update-on-kingdoms-credit-outlook/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three families have lodged complaints against China National Heavy Machinery Co after a storm at the company’s hydropower dam project in Koh Kong province on September 10 swept away a group of workers, leaving two dead and five missing, rights group adhoc said yesterday. Neang Boratino, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-file-complaint-over-missing-dam-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A RAtAnAkkiri ProvinciAl Court prosecutor yesterdAy summoned An ethnic minority JArAi mAn in O’YAdAv district to explAin to the court his AllegAtions thAt locAl Authorities hAd threAtened to kill him for exposing A lAnd-sAle corruption rAcket. RomAs ChhvAng, 45, filed A complAint to the court At <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/jArAi-mAn-gets-dAy-in-court/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An 18-yeAr-old BAttAmbAng womAn who wAs working As A mAid in MAlAysiA hAs become the lAtest in A string of domestic workers to die there this yeAr, And the second to die in less thAn A month, SRP lAwmAker Mu SochuA And the womAn’s fAmily <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Another-cAmbodiAn-mAid-dies-in-mAlAysiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A regionAl meeting on disAster risk reduction And climAte chAnge wrApped up yesterdAy with officiAls pointing to the recent flooding As A reAson to tAke immediAte Action to prepAre for disAsters. “We must not sleep or wAit for donors to tAke Action,” Ross SovAnn, deputy secretAry-generAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/recent-floods-underscore-need-for-Action/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 200 villAgers, who hAve been embroiled in A long-running lAnd dispute with the well-connected Agro-business PheApimex over A 316,000-hectAre economic lAnd concession in PursAt province, stAged A protest yesterdAy AgAinst the compAny’s continued efforts to cleAr their fArmlAnd. The protests cAme just three dAys After <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/locAls-protest-pheApimex-lAnd-cleArAnce-deny-role-in-murder/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The reopening of a 48-kilometre rail line between Poipet and Serey Sophorn in Banteay Meanchey province this month was a milestone in the long-delayed plan to restore passenger and commercial train service along the Northern Line that connects Poipet to the capital. But it is <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/poipet-real-estate-market-full-steam-ahead/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Grassroots Democratic Party yesterday submitted a petition to National assembly President Heng Samrin to seek clarification from the government over the partial reclamation of Boeng Tamouk lake. In 2016, the government issued a sub-decree designating the 3,239-hectare Boeng Tamouk lake in Phnom Penh as <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdp-files-petition-over-boeng-tamouk-lake-reclamation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A feAsibility study on the construction of A new Airport in the Kingdom will be lAunched lAter this yeAr, According to A Ministry of Tourism spokesmAn on MondAy. The plAn wAs Approved lAst week in A meeting held by the Ministry of Economy And FinAnce <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-Airport-study-set-for-2019/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A United NAtions delegAtion yesterdAy met with the government to review A report on sustAinAble development And rAise three points regArding sociAl protection initiAtives in the Kingdom. According to the UN, A government delegAtion is expected to Attend A series of meetings with the Economic <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-reviews-report-AheAd-of-un-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Inspired by their affection for the environment, a desire to have a clean and beautiful city, and wanting to send a message to people to stop littering, a group of some two dozen volunteer youths have taken to picking up trash day and night from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/youths-band-together-to-clean-filthy-boeung-trabek-canal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen addressed a group of Cambodian expatriates in New York on Thursday, calling for an end to politically divisive rhetoric and assuring them that he was speaking as a government leader who represented all Cambodians, not as a party politician.However, he also <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-new-york-hun-sen-laments-slurs-slams-cnrp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

True to its New Years resolution to enforce stricter traffic laws, the government pulled over a total of almost 25,000 drivers in the three days after the law came into effect. Though many drivers were sent off with a warning rather than a fine, the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/day-of-reckoning-for-bad-drivers-as-new-traffic-law-comes-into-effect/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing Cambodia’s hydropower in both Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map explorer tool, the profile page aims to provide the up-to-date information on the country’s “hydropower dams, reservoirs, substations and transmission lines,” and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/odc-publishes-hydropower-profile-page/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government released a summary of the country’s industrial sector over the past five years, showing a marked increase in growth across a wide variety of indicators. The report, released by the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts (MIH) last week, lacks specific data but shows a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/industrial-sector-grows-but-still-reliant-on-garment-factories/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Agriculture Ministry will soon Adopt A nAtionAl stAndArd for orgAnic vegetAble production to creAte product consistency And A single yArdstick for fArmers to work towArd, According to officiAls.A logo thAt will mArk the products As government-Approved orgAnics hAs been designed, And A drAft lAw <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-to-endorse-nAtionAl-orgAnic-produce-stAndArd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>