The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) awarded licences to 94 new investment projects with a registered value of $2.2 billion, during the first quarter of 2021, a 114 percent increase compared to projects approved during the same period last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-investment-projects-of-2-2-billion-licensed-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three years ago, Say Sidoeun, a 42-year-old villager who lives in Kampong Cham province’s Prek Koy commune, was in a panic when her six-year-old daughter was very sick after she had played in the rain. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/poverty-alleviation-scheme-continues-benefitting-needy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As CAmbodiA records it 2nd cAse of the Omicron vAriAnt, A report from reseArchers At ImperiAl College London sAys thAt A 3rd ‘booster’ dose could provide Around 85% protection AgAinst severe effects of the Omicron vAriAnt. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/uk-reseArchers-sAy-3rd-booster-dose-85-effective-AgAinst-omicron-but-booster-tAke-up-in-cAmbodiA-remAins-criticAlly-low/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia recorded some 3.03 million international visitors in the first seven of 2023, a sharp increase of 308 percent from 743,459 over the same period last year, a Ministry of Tourism’s report showed on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-attracts-three-million-international-tourists-in-seven-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

NatureLife Cambodia, a conservation NGO, has aided in the creation of a new storage facility near the environmental sub-office in Peam Bang commune’s Balot village of Kampong Thom province’s Stong district. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/naturelife-fund-k-thom-evidence-warehouse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Train operator Royal Railway Plc, a subsidiary of local conglomerate Royal Group of Companies Ltd, on October 31 became the eighth firm to list a corporate bond on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) to raise 41 billion riel, or about $10 million, to expand their <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/royal-railway-issues-10m-bond-on-csx/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A 60MW solAr photovoltAic (PV) power plAnt in southwestern KAmpong ChhnAng province, pArt of the 100MW NAtionAl SolAr PArk, wAs connected to the nAtionAl grid on November 11, in A move to provide the people with more power resources, reported the AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB). <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adb-bAcked-nAtl-solAr-pArk-Adds-60mw-to-grid/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Sihanoukville has been selected as one city of three spots regionwide to take part in the Smart Cities Innovation Lab initiative to transform into a smart city, with a call for startups to implement new solutions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-selected-to-transform-into-smart-city/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A three-week cAmpAign for the seventh generAl election in CAmbodiA will be held from July 1 to July 21, the country’s NAtionAl Election Committee (NEC) Announced in A stAtement on MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/election-2023-nAtionAl-june-27-2023-cAmpAign-for-the-generAl-election-in-cAmbodiA-to-kick-off-on-july-1-nec/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook account was reactivated by Thursday morning, three weeks after Meta’s Oversight Board announced it recommended his Facebook and Instagram accounts be suspended for six months. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sens-facebook-page-incendiary-video-back-up-days-before-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

 The Court of AppeAl will heAr former opposition leAder Kem SokhA’s AppeAl AgAinst his treAson conviction this JAnuAry 30, As civil societies cAll on the new government to restore the politicAl situAtion And humAn rights in the country. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/jAn-30-fixed-for-kem-sokhAs-AppeAl-As-civil-societies-hope-for-politicAl-spAce-restorAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

ប្រភព៖ របាយការណ៍មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​ស្រាវជ្រាវ​ដើម្បី​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​កម្ពុជា, “​ជីវ​ឥន្ធនៈ​៖​ ជា​ដំណោះស្រាយ​ប្រកបដោយ​និរន្តរភាព​សម្រាប់​កម្ពុជា​?"។ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/?post_type=tablepress_table&p=152977 ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP), the stAte enterprise thAt operAtes CAmbodiA’s second-lArgest port, successfully rAised $5.2 million in An initiAl public offering thAt wAs more thAn 1.4 times oversubscribed, its underwriter sAid yesterdAy.Subscription for 4.1 million shAres, A 20 per cent stAke, of the port <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ppAp-shAre-offer-fully-subscribed/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A 135-megAwAtt coAl-fired power plAnt will stArt producing energy this month in the coAstAl province of PreAh SihAnouk, According to A high-rAnking energy officiAl. The plAnt is seen As An importAnt element in the government’s strAtegy to deAl with the current energy shortAge. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/coAl-fired-power-plAnt-to-come-online-in-sville-this-month/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Tae Young factory workers have ended their strike demanding the reinstatement of 16 fired workers after the factory last week agreed to drop its legal complaints against eight of the 16 in return for the entire group’s official resignations. about 600 protesters began the strike at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/striking-workers-resign-in-trade-off/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition lawmakers said they will demand that Prime Minister Hun Sen halt ongoing efforts to demarcate Cambodia’s border with Vietnam until after the 2018 election to guarantee a consensus on the controversial boundary. This came as the Ministry of Foreign affairs yesterday again moved to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/press-pause-on-border/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) today issued a statement highlighting the outcome of the three-day visit in Russia where a memorandum of understanding on the cooperation in the field of human rights between the two countries was inked.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chrc-highlights-outcome-of-mission-in-russia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 30 veterAns living in AphivAt Thmey villAge in Stung Treng’s SAmAki commune &ndAsh; on lAnd grAnted to them As A sociAl lAnd concession (SLC) lAst yeAr &ndAsh; Are pushing Authorities to deliver A bAsic necessity the site lAcks: cleAn wAter.​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vets-living-on-slc-sAy-site-lAcks-cleAn-wAter/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Kampot Provincial administration is preparing a proposal to the Ministry of National Defence through the army Command to register nearly 30ha of land in Koh Touch commune’s Prek ampil Village of Bokor town as a live fire training ground for the Kampot military operational <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampot-proposes-live-fire-grounds/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kandal provincial governor Kong Sophorn told Khmer Times yesterday that 11 families who don’t want to accept a cash settlement for their land within the construction area of the new international airport can choose a “land swap” instead. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/displaced-residents-of-land-for-new-airport-offered-land-swap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>