The government has called on poor families to apply to commune authorities for evaluation to receive financial support during the Covid-19 crisis. a $300 million budget has been planned for implementation within a year.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-told-to-register-for-cash-handouts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Indian ambassador Devyani Khobragade yesterday sent a message to express thanks to the Cambodian government for lifting a temporary ban on travel from India after the Covid-19 situation there has improved. . <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indian-government-thanks-cambodia-for-lifting-travel-ban/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Friends of the Mekong should play a more critical role in realising the objectives of the Basin Development Strategy for the Mekong River Basin 2021-2030, a transformative blueprint for improving the state of the basin over the next decade, the Mekong River Commission (MRC)’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mrc-secretariat-ceo-urges-deeper-engagement-during-friends-of-the-mekong-ministerial-meeting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) on September 16 provided a funeral grant of 10 million riel ($2,500) to the bereaved family of an unnamed civil servant who died in a tragic work accident. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nssf-provides-2500-funeral-grant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has declared that Preah Sihanouk province must not develop a reputation for being a “crime base”, insisting that its image must be restored ahead of the Commune Council Election in order to regain the trust of foreign investors. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-sihanouk-not-to-be-crime-base/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior heAlth ministry officiAl reiterAted thAt getting A combinAtion of different Covid-19 vAccines Approved by the World HeAlth OrgAnisAtion (WHO) for emergency use is hArmless. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vAndine-covid-vAccines-hArmless-protect-heAlth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia exported a total of 362,708 tonnes of milled rice in the first seven months of this year, earning some $253 million in revenue, a Cambodia Rice Federation’s report said on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-milled-rice-export-bags-253-million-in-january-july-period/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported 401,699 tonnes of milled rice in the first eight months of 2023, earning a total revenue of $278.6 million, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said in a news release on Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-earns-278-6-million-from-milled-rice-export-in-january-august/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AustrAliAn mining compAny RenAissAnce MinerAls hAs produced its first gold in CAmbodiA’s Mondulkiri province, eArning the CAmbodiA government $5.1 million in tAxes, A senior government officiAl sAid on TuesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliAn-miners-find-gold-in-mondulkiri/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s lawyers said in a Tuesday statement that they were denied access to their client in violation of his rights, preventing them from discussing a planned appeal against his treason conviction. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/detained-ex-opposition-leader-kem-sokha-blocked-from-meeting-with-his-lawyers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia recorded a record number of dengue fever cases in the first nine months of 2023, reaching 21,568. This marks a huge 184 percent hike from the same period last year, with the population urged to take precautions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/spike-in-dengue-fever-cases/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the government threAtens to prosecute those who speAk out AgAinst the mAps it uses to demArcAte the border with VietnAm, one opposition lAwmAker sAys he hAs found A mAp in the United StAtes’ LibrAry of Congress thAt he clAims could shine new light on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cnrps-um-sAm-An-sustAins-rhetoric-on-mAp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday issued an order for a week-long ban on all travel across the country from one district to another in a move to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the Kingdom. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-imposes-seven-days-travel-restriction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Justice plans to launch a six-month campaign to clear a backlog of some 10,000 court cases, of which 70 per cent involve drug crimes, said Ministry of Justice spokesman Chin Malin. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-to-clear-case-backlog/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sre Ampoum commune police in Pech ChreAdA district, Mondulkiri province, summoned two members of An ethnic minority group on WednesdAy to clArify A lAnd dispute After they published A FAcebook post clAiming the lAnd is illegAlly occupied. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mondulkiri-police-summon-two-in-lAnd-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The head of the youth group seen leading a protest outside the National assembly in October &ndash; attendees of which brutally assaulted two opposition lawmakers &ndash; is an assistant to Prime Minister Hun Sen, according to a decree released online.​​​​​​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/protest-leader-assistant-to-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The owner of a provincial radio station, Sok Oudom, maintained he had not incited villagers in Kampong Chhnang province against the military during his incitement trial on Tuesday, with a verdict expected on November 17. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-chhnang-journalist-denies-inciting-villagers-against-military/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A prominent environmentAl wAtchdog heAd hAs sent A letter to KAmpong Speu provinciAl governor Vei SAmnAng requesting he reclAim 1,500hA thAt wAs encroAched on in OrAl district’s TAsAl commune As stAte property. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/governor-requested-to-reclAim-lAnd-in-kAmpong-speu/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

According to A Ministry of Tourism report releAsed todAy, over 450,000 people were reported to hAve visited tourist destinAtions Across CAmbodiA yesterdAy, in A mAssive boost for the Kingdom’s hArd-hit sector. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pchum-ben-provides-boost-in-tourism-Across-kingdom/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has approved in principle the construction of a new domestic airport in Mondulkiri province under a public-private partnership (PPP). The approval was signed by the Council of Ministers’ Permanent Secretary of State Hing Thoraxy on New Year’s Eve. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/approval-in-principle-for-new-airport/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>