A multi-pArty MoU hAs been signed to explore wAys to extend CAmbodiA’s sociAl security scheme to fArmers who Are At high risk from the vulnerAbilities of climAte chAnge <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/project-lAunched-to-include-At-risk-fArmers-in-sociAl-security-scheme/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Indonesian President Joko Jokowi Widodo shared the country’s desire to be involved in infrastructure development projects in Cambodia as a form of commitment to expand economic ties between the two countries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indonesias-jokowi-wants-country-to-take-part-in-cambodias-infrastructure-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A representAtive of the NAtionAl Election Committee (NEC) reported thAt About 440,000 spoilt bAllots hAd been logged over the July 23-24 period. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/About-440000-spoilt-bAllots-logged-in-july-23-nAtionAl-election-nec/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) on WednesdAy Approved A $40 million policy-bAsed loAn to support the Government’s efforts to further enhAnce public service delivery. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adb-Approves-40m-loAn-to-improve-public-services/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government will organise a grand celebration of the 15th anniversary of the inscription of Preah Vihear Temple on the UNESCO World Heritage List on July 7. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/big-celebration-to-mark-preah-vihear-temple-listing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Manet will pay a one-day official visit to Thailand next month to strengthen the bilateral ties, according to an informed diplomatic source. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-will-visit-bangkok-next-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Chinese publicly-listed manufacturer, Mesnac Co., Ltd, announced plans this month to invest in a new manufacturing facility in Cambodia focussed on the production of tyre mould products. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/qingdao-based-tyre-manufacturer-announces-kingdom-investment-plans/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China has granted some $131 million in aid to the Cambodian military. It comes as yet another sign that the Kingdom is strengthening strategic ties with its asian neighbour to counter increasingly cold relations with the United States. The aid was announced as part of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-continues-china-tilt-as-ties-with-the-us-slide-on-interference-in-kingdoms-internal-affairs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia can meet its 100,000 tonne annual export target to Indonesia if more focus is placed on fragrant rice, exporters have said. In 2012, Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to export 100,000 tonnes of rice to Indonesia annually, but the target was never <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/focusing-on-fragrant-rice-will-help-meet-export-target-to-indonesia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Salt producers in the Kingdom will meet next week to finalise import quotas in line with domestic demand, the chief technical officer of the Kep-Kampot Salt Producers community (KKSPC) said on Sunday. Last month, the KKSPC said Cambodia needed to import approximately 30,000 tonnes of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/salt-body-to-name-quota-for-imports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the yeAr-end festivities get into high geAr, provinciAl tourism officiAls Are reporting A shArp increAse in CAmbodiAns trAvelling to populAr holidAy spots Across the country to ring in the New YeAr.The temple town of Siem ReAp this yeAr is seeing An increAse in hotel <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAns-filling-mAjority-of-hotel-rooms-this-new-yeArs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

 In September 2015, a Facebook page bearing the name of Prime Minister Hun Sen notched up its millionth “like.” Until then, the long-serving Cambodian leader had denied ever using social media, making fun of political rivals, like opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who were active online. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/with-connectivity-boom-cambodias-political-battles-shift-online/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) ‒ a listed company on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) ‒ reveled on Friday that by 2020, 50 percent of the company’s revenue would be generated by sales of services. This new target was made after PPSEZ informed the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ppsezs-rethink-after-sharp-profit-fall/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday appeared to take a veiled swipe at the United States, insinuating that they were responsible for the decades of bloody civil war that engulfed Cambodia.Speaking ahead of today’s 24th anniversary of the Paris Peace accords, which paved the way for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-reflects-on-civil-wars-origin/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Information Ministry has banned journalists from publishing any information about the results of the next elections before the ministry does to avoid what they claim would cause “confusion to the public.” Information Minister Khieu Kanharith told a seminar on Tuesday that the ministry was ordering <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/election-reporting-banned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Governor acknowledged that the recently implemented village-commune safety policy has been less than effective after recent crime statistics showed an increase in crime in 2016 compared with the previous year.according to a City Hall meeting held over the past two days, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/crime-rates-rising-say-city-hall/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Human Rights Party closed yesterday of its own accord, officially removing itself from any conversation about potential challengers to the ruling party in the absence of the CNRP. The move was met with mixed responses yesterday &ndash; with some lamenting the loss of a “back-up” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kem-sokhas-human-rights-party-decides-to-close/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mobile operator Beeline announced Friday the appointment of the company’s second new general-director in less than three months. Said abbadi, who formerly worked as CEO of Newroz Telecom in Kurdistan, started as Beeline Cambodia’s new boss on July 17, the company said in a statement. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/beeline-appoints-second-boss-in-three-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The plane carrying the body of late King Father Norodom Sihanouk touched down this afternoon. The body made its way to the Royal Palace in a procession attended by more than 100,000 mourners. Even hours before the Boeing 747 carrying the late King Father arrived from Beijing, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanouks-body-returns-to-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia has issued a directive to ensure smooth communication contributing to the control of COVID-19 in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/telecommunication-measure-responding-to-covid-19-established-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>