All pagodas ordered to cancel KNY celebrations
Cambodia Monk Committee has asked all pagodas across the country to cancel the Khmer New Year celebrations in a bid to contain the coronavirus pandemic. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/all-pagodas-ordered-to-cancel-kny-celebrations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50710991/all-pagodas-ordered-to-cancel-kny-celebrations/
Winds of change for energy industry
A leAding SoutheAst AsiA energy firm’s plAns to creAte the Kingdom’s first wind turbine fArm Are one step closer to being reAlised. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/winds-of-chAnge-for-energy-industry/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50716170/gold-mine-extraction-expected-this-year-with-more-than-40-exploration-licences-issued/
1,000 luxury trees planted to mark the 70th anniversary of Cambodia-U.S. relations
Some 1,000 luxury tree saplings have been planted along National Road 6a from Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar roundabout to the boundary of Kandal province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/1000-luxury-trees-planted-to-mark-the-70th-anniversary-of-cambodia-u-s-relations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718837/1000-luxury-trees-planted-to-mark-the-70th-anniversary-of-cambodia-u-s-relations/
NGOs push for greater number of observers
A group of non-profits hAve bAnded together to push for the recruitment of thousAnds more election observers they sAy Are necessAry for the June 4 commune elections. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngos-push-for-greAter-number-of-observers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-push-greater-number-observers-0
Prime Minister calls for ministries to cut spending amid lower tax revenue
Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked ministries to be careful with operational expenditure in a bid to save money due to declining national revenue. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-calls-for-ministries-to-cut-spending-amid-lower-tax-revenue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Record number of Asian openbill stork nests discovered
BirdLife International Cambodia recently discovered a record number of over 2,000 asian openbill stork nests in Takeo province’s Boeng Prek Lapou Protected Landscape. .. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/record-number-of-asian-openbill-stork-nests-discovered/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50776744/record-number-of-asian-openbill-stork-nests-discovered/
Wastewater treatment plant in Southern Phnom Penh to be built in late April
A wAstewAter treAtment plAnt with the cApAcity of treAting 5,000 cubic metres of wAstewAter per dAy will be constructed At the end of April 2021. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/wAstewAter-treAtment-plAnt-in-southern-phnom-penh-to-be-built-in-lAte-April/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50814427/wastewater-treatment-plant-in-southern-phnom-penh-to-be-built-in-late-april/
Foreign visitors to Cambodia decrease by 94 pct in Q1
Cambodia received 70,901 international visitors in the January-March quarter (Q1) of 2021, down 94 percent from 1.15 million in the same period of last year, the Tourism Ministry said in a report released on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/foreign-visitors-to-cambodia-decrease-by-94-pct-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50856597/foreign-visitors-to-cambodia-decrease-by-94-pct-in-q1/
Illegal company stopped from filling flooded forest in Banteay Meanchey
An illegAl compAny thAt wAs not identified wAs stopped by Authorities from filling in A protected flooded forest AreA in BAnteAy MeAnchey province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/illegAl-compAny-stopped-from-filling-flooded-forest-in-bAnteAy-meAnchey/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50866527/illegal-company-stopped-from-filling-flooded-forest-in-banteay-meanchey/
Some respite: PP City Hall allows dine-ins at eateries again with strict conditions
In a bid to ease the burden faced by eateries in the capital, Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday revoked its ban on dine-ins with certain conditions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/some-respite-pp-city-hall-allows-dine-ins-at-eateries-again-with-strict-conditions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Cambodia urges int'l support for climate change action
A senior Ministry of Environment officiAl cAlled for funding support from All countries to Address climAte chAnge issues in the post-Covid-19 pAndemic. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-urges-intl-support-for-climAte-chAnge-Action/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-urges-intl-support-climate-change-action
Cambodia hands over 200,000 Sinopharm donation to Vietnam
Cambodia yesterday handed over 200,000 doses of Sinopharm as a donation to Vietnam to help in the fight against Covid-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-hands-over-200000-sinopharm-donation-to-vietnam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50961970/cambodia-hands-over-200000-sinopharm-donation-to-vietnam/
Non-rice agricultural product export nets $3.16 Billion in 2021
Cambodia exported some 5.18 million tonnes of non-rice agricultural products in 2021, a 48.14 percent increase compared to the same period last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/non-rice-agricultural-product-export-nets-3-16-billion-in-2021-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501000187/non-rice-agricultural-product-export-nets-3-16-billion-in-2021/
Kingdom exports over 100,000 tonnes of rice to China under sixth MoU
The Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) said the Kingdom exported more than 100,000 tonnes of rice to China as part of the Sixth Memorandum of Understanding, which provides a quota of 400,000 tonnes rice exports from Cambodia to China. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-exports-over-100000-tonnes-of-rice-to-china-under-sixth-mou/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501037594/kingdom-exports-over-100000-tonnes-of-rice-to-china-under-sixth-mou/
PM to talk post-Covid ASEAN plans at WEF meet
Prime Minister Hun Sen is set to deliver a speech on the Strategic Outlook on aSEaN during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual Meeting in Switzerland. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-to-talk-post-covid-asean-plans-at-wef-meet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-talk-post-covid-asean-plans-wef-meet
Cambodia exported more than $3 billion worth of agricultural products in 10 months
From January to October 2022, Cambodia saw a revenue of more than $3 billion from the exports of agricultural products, said the Ministry of agricultural. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-exported-more-than-3-billion-worth-of-agricultural-products-in-10-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501205851/cambodia-exported-more-than-3-billion-worth-of-agricultural-products-in-10-months/
Expired ID cards to be okayed for 2023 National Election
The government will issue a sub-decree to extend the validity of expired ID cards to enable people to cast their ballot for the National Election on July 23. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/expired-id-cards-to-be-okayed-for-2023-national-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501229685/expired-id-cards-to-be-okayed-for-2023-national-election/
Pakistan eager to boost trade, investment relations with ASEAN
A five-member delegAtion from CAmbodiA Attended the ASEAN-PAkistAn Business Opportunities Conference 2023, which concluded in LAhore, PAkistAn, on FridAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pAkistAn-eAger-to-boost-trAde-investment-relAtions-with-AseAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501342387/pakistan-eager-to-boost-trade-investment-relations-with-asean/
Voice of Democracy to resume broadcasting overseas, unaffiliated with CCIM
The government-shuttered media outlet Voice of Democracy (VOD) announced it will resume broadcasting from the United States beginning in October, according to a Tuesday press release posted on the VOD Khmer Facebook page. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/voice-of-democracy-to-resume-broadcasting-overseas-unaffiliated-with-ccim/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khuon Narim and Jack Brook
https://cambojanews.com/voice-of-democracy-to-resume-broadcasting-overseas-unaffiliated-with-ccim/
Soramitsu, the little-known blockchain firm behind Southeast Asiaβs digital payment systems
Soramitsu, a Japanese company riding the wave of blockchain-based products supporting digital payments, has landed several deals with central banks. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/soramitsu-the-little-known-blockchain-firm-behind-southeast-asias-digital-payment-systems/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363859/soramitsu-the-little-known-blockchain-firm-behind-southeast-asias-digital-payment-systems/