A senior militAry delegAtion led by Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh is Attending the VietnAm &ndAsh; CAmbodiA DiAlogue on NAtionAl Defence Policies, from October 18-20 in CAmbodiA, As pArt of the 2015 CooperAtion PlAn between the two Ministries of NAtionAl Defence. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vietnAm-cAmbodiA-hold-first-defence-policy-diAlogue/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Citing low water levels of the Tonle Sap as the cause, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday justified his decision to call off the upcoming Water Festival in Phnom Penh in a speech in Kampot, even as some observers suggested political concerns motivated the event’s abrupt <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/races-hung-out-to-dry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Several families affected by the construction of the Lower Sesan II dam yesterday renewed their calls for the government to demarcate boundaries so they can stay on their “ancestral land,” while others who chose to relocate painted a grim picture of squalid conditions in their <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-complain-about-dam-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The country’s election authority released its official results for the June 4 commune elections on schedule on Sunday, calling 1,156 out of a total 1,646 communes for the CPP, which also won 6,503 of the 11,572 council seats up for grabs. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-releases-official-june-4-election-results/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Grassroots Democracy Party, co-founded by slain political analyst Kem Ley, has announced it will compete in the national elections next year in all provinces, though analysts yesterday doubted that it would be able to mount a serious challenge to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/former-party-of-kem-ley-to-run-nationwide-in-2018/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia will have a new British ambassador in June. Tina Redshaw, most recently the British consul general to the Chinese city of Chongqing from 2013 until 2016, will take over the role from Bill Longhurst, according to an announcement from British Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-uk-envoy-incoming/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

CNRP vice president Kem Sokha will next week leave the safety of the opposition’s headquarters in Phnom Penh for only the second time since police attempted to arrest him six months ago, with a party official saying he plans to attend Tuesday’s sitting of parliament. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kem-sokha-headed-to-national-assembly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 96 percent of tariffs in asean have been eliminated, but certain parts of the 10-nation economic bloc including Cambodia lag behind others in full implementation of the asean Trade in Goods agreement (atiga), the Ministry of Commerce said in a Facebook post yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-lags-asean-peers-in-eliminating-tariffs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged CPP leaders at all levels to work twice as hard serving the nation by swiftly implementing party policies. He made the call in a 15-minute audio recording sent to party members following the dissolution of the CNRP last week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-rallies-party/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hundreds of people from 10 villages in Svay Rieng province’s Krasaing commune claim that Mittapheap Rubber Tree Company has been clearing parts of their community-owned forest illegally for more than a year. On Tuesday, residents involved in the land dispute took matters into their own hands. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/confiscated-bulldozer-rejected/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The border with Cambodia still sits as the core of a dispute between the two countries &ndash; although things look calm on the surface, as politically “viral” groups in Thailand remain busy with other issues. However, feelings could heat up if the power arrangement in Bangkok <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-vihear-dilemma-demands-more-than-military-skills/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The head of the National assembly’s commission on public health submitted a letter to the assembly’s president on Thursday requesting that the government find funds to help HIV-positive villagers in Battambang province’s Roka commune pay back the debts they have incurred due to the virus. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lawmaker-requests-funds-to-help-pay-hiv-villagers-debt-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Tuesday informed Indian ambassador Dinesh Patnaik that Cambodia wants plans to build an angkor Wat replica in that country scrapped entirely, ministry spokesman Chum Sunry told reporters after a meeting between the two officials to mark Mr. Patnaik’s last day <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/request-to-stop-indian-temple-moot-as-not-angkor-wat-copy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

King Norodom Sihamoni has issued a Royal Decree appointing Prach Chan as the chairman of the National Election Committee (NEC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chan-confirmed-as-new-nec-chairman-by-national-assembly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Preah Vihear authorities yesterday started work on building a  Visitor Centre for tourists to the region’s famous Preah Vihear temple.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-vihear-temple-to-get-visitors-centre/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two new investment projects worth a combined $5.5 million have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/5-5-mn-of-investments-in-new-apparel-projects-will-create-1200-jobs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government will continue providing cash assistance to about 700,000 families hit by COVID-19 for another three months from October to December, according to a decision released on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-provides-cash-assistance-to-pandemic-hit-families-for-another-3-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A few yeArs Ago, BAnteAy Srei district of Siem ReAp province wAsn’t receiving much Attention from citizens or tourists. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAntey-srei-governor-illuminAting-district-with-plAns-to-fire-up-tourism/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Authorities of Phnom Penh cApitAl city hAs just issued A regulAtion to deAl with the growing number of Omicron vAriAnt infections in CAmbodiA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-tightens-pAndemic-prevention-meAsures-As-omicron-rAges/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The United States is a “talented” hunter for “evidence” that could tarnish the reputation of its rivals. This time, the hunter &ndash; out to stigmatize China &ndash; turns to Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/u-s-coercive-diplomacy-has-no-market-on-china-cambodia-naval-facility/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>