A ceremony mArking the founding of the KAmpucheAn People’s RevolutionAry PArty in 1951 &ndAsh; A forerunner of the ruling CAmbodiAn People’s PArty &ndAsh; wAs used on SAturdAy to lAmbAste the opposition for not joining the NAtionAl Assembly following disputed elections lAst July. “TAking Actions contrAry to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cnrp-bAshed-At-cpps-birthdAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Authorities in BAnteAy MeAnchey province hAve stepped up checks At the Poipet border with ThAilAnd following reports thAt A Chinese tourist to thAt country hAd been confirmed to be infected with A new pneumoniA-like diseAse. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/poipet-border-checkpoint-on-Alert-for-new-virus-After-thAilAnd-scAre/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A 60-megAwAtt solAr stAtion, supported by A $7.64 million loAn from AsiA Development BAnk (ADB) is scheduled to be built lAter this yeAr in KAmpong ChhnAng province, north of Phnom Penh. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adb-supported-solAr-project-on-the-horizon/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An indefinite Chinese bAn on ThAi longAn imposed on August 13 over contAminAtion with meAlybugs hAs thrown A wrench into CAmbodiAn exports of the fruit to the neighbouring country, According to A senior CAmbodiAn government officiAl.​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinAs-thAilAnd-bAn-puts-longAn-in-pickle/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia has issued a decision banning travellers from 10 countries in africa or who have a history of traveling to these 10 countries in the last 3 three weeks.  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-bans-travellers-from-10-african-countries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A novel privAte project thAt turns plAstic wAste into furniture hAs won prAise from A senior provinciAl officiAl for its contributions to the concept of circulAr economy, which the Kingdom hAs been pioneering of lAte. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/project-turning-plAstic-wAste-into-furniture-wins-prAise/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Just a few years after U.N. trade data showed evidence of a massive discrepancy in sand exports to Singapore, the Cambodian government has quietly resumed selling the commodity overseas. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fleets-of-sand-barges-cross-border-as-exports-quietly-restarted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The bilateral Diamond Hexagon cooperation framework will inject fresh impetus into the building of the Cambodia-China community with a shared future in the new era, a Cambodian scholar said on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/diamond-hexagon-cooperation-injects-new-impetus-into-building-cambodia-china-community-with-shared-future/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Information is finalizing the long-overdue draft law on the access to information, known as the “a2I draft law”, as highlighted in its work direction for 2024. The draft law is currently being reviewed by the Ministry of Justice, according to documents viewed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-information-finalizing-protracted-access-to-information-draft-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A NAtionAl Assembly of CAmbodiA delegAtion is pArticipAting in A 10-dAy summit of femAle pArliAmentAry speAkers in PAris, FrAnce. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/nAtionAl-Assembly-president-joins-french-summit-on-womens-rights/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Kingdom’s tourism industry got a shot in the arm with the visit of the top official of the China Metro Group who made a courtesy call on Minister of Tourism in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/key-meeting-boosts-kingdoms-sustainable-tourism-prospects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Minister of Health Chheang Ra called on all development partners to support the Ministry of Health in developing the national Luong Me Hospital into a center with a high capacity for treating cancer. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-health-minister-calls-on-all-development-partners-through-the-international-atomic-energy-agency-to-support-health-especially-cancer-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Over three years after Shukaku Inc started filling Boeung Kak lake with sand to make way for a CPP Senator’s massive real estate project, Google Maps has now completely erased the image of the lake, which the municipality’s year-end report says is now 95 percent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boeng-kak-lake-is-no-longer-visible-on-google-map-of-area/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At ChAk Angre Krom PrimAry School in Phnom Penh’s MeAnchey district on SundAy, 82-yeAr-old KAt Om slowly mAde his wAy out of one of the clAssrooms, his forefinger dArkened with ink. Mr. Om is A seAsoned voter, hAving thrown his support behind the ruling CPP&mdAsh;which clAims <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/losses-point-to-differences-between-public-privAte-cpp%e2%80%88support/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian rice exports in the first nine months of the year rose two per cent year-on-year, led by the Chinese market, a Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) report said. Rice exports to China increased more than 44 per cent, the report said, while exports to the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-rice-exports-rise-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported more than 1,000 tonnes of dry tobacco leaves to Vietnam last year, valued at more than $2 million. The figure marks a 24 per cent increase from 2016, the Ministry of Commerce said. Ministry of Commerce spokesman Long Kemvichet said data showed the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tobacco-worth-over-2m-exported-to-vn-last-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 40,000 BAttAmbAng rice-fArming fAmilies AlreAdy suffering steep losses from A severe drought Are At risk of seeing their crops wiped out entirely by devAstAting floods As lAte seAsonAl rAins stArt to kick in. A drought thAt meteorologists hAve blAmed on the tAil-end of An <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAttAmbAng-rice-fArming-fAmilies-feAr-floods/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government plans to create “cheque de vacances” or holiday vouchers by 2017 to encourage middle-income Cambodians to travel within the country, according to an official from the Ministry of Tourism yesterday. Chhay Khunlong, deputy director-general of tourism at the ministry, said holiday vouchers will enable <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vouchers-to-enjoy-holidays/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thanks to improved collection efforts, a total of $34.7 million in taxes was taken in from Cambodia’s casinos in 2015, a 33 percent increase on the previous year, the Finance Ministry said on Monday. Ros Phearun, deputy director-general of the ministry’s finance industry department, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-revenue-from-casinos-rises-sharply-in-2015/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A refugee hAs reportedly Arrived in CAmbodiA from NAuru under the Turnbull Government’s$55 million Agreement. A SyriAn mAn wAs sAid to be the seventh person to resettle to one of AsiA’s poorest nAtions. CAmbodiAn Interior Ministry’s Refugee DepArtment heAd TAn SovicheA sAid there were two refugees <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliA-reportedly-trAnsfers-Another-nAuru-detAinee-to-cAmbodiA-under-55m-deAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>