China has provided a grant of $2.5 million to support the Cambodian Mine action Centre (CMaC) ordnance clearance operations. The funds will cover operations for the 12 months of 2022, according to CMaC director general Heng Ratana. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-gives-2-5m-grant-to-cmac/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Interest in “Southern Phnom Penh” has gained substantial traction over the past five years since plans for Hun Sen Boulevard were unveiled, triggering a frenzy of real estate speculation, CBRE Cambodia reported on august 12. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capitals-south-an-improving-foundation-to-build-on-cbre/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

King Norodom Sihamoni in a congratulatory letter to President of Hungary J&aacute;nos &aacute;der on September 10 to mark the 65th anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the two countries had also expressed his intention to visit the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/king-pm-congratulate-hungary-over-anniversary-of-diplomatic-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen tells customers affected by investing in Gold FX (GOLDFX INVESTMENT CO., LTD) to file a complaint to the court to seek justice in case the two parties do not reach compromise. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-advises-victims-to-sue-gold-fx-if-no-compromise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam an, a member of the Standing Committee of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), said that the CPP adopted five measures for activists of the party to implement during the upcoming Commune Election campaign.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%82%e1%9e%8e%e1%9e%94%e1%9e%80%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9f%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%94%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%87%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%87%e1%9e%93%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%98%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%96%e1%9e%bb%e1%9e%87/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian bicycle manufacturers earned more than $400 million from exports in the year to aug 31, according to the Commerce Ministry. Shipments were 24.5 percent higher than the first eight months of 2020. If overseas demand remains strong, 12-month exports are likely to exceed last <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bicycle-exports-jump-nearly-25-so-far-this-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With almost one million people out during the recent Water Festival holidays, a few hundred of them were found with mild symptoms of the Covid-19, thanks to the majority of them being double vaccinated. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/water-festival-holidays-inflamed-mild-c-19-symptoms-among-some-revellers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A KAmpong ChAm ProvinciAl AdministrAtion committee to provide electricity for All villAges Across the province by 2025 hAs Announced there Are only two more villAges in rurAl AreAs thAt don’t hAve electricity becAuse there is no investor interested to work on them. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/k-chAm-on-trAck-to-provide-100-electricity-in-province/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Another 3.5 million doses of SinovAc Covid-19 vAccines donAted by ChinA touched down At Phnom Penh InternAtionAl Airport on MArch 30, just A dAy After the first shipment of 1.5 million doses Arrived.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/five-million-chinA-vAccines-Arrive-over-two-dAy-period/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia will donate 10 vaccination vehicles to Laos in a handover ceremony slated to take place on March 12 at the Trapeang Kriel International Border checkpoint in Stung Treng province, bordering Laos’ Champasak province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-donates-extra-vaccination-trucks-to-help-neighbouring-laos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) has disqualified from the upcoming commune council election 20 Candlelight Party candidates who were discovered to be illiterate, according to a notice dated March 18. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-bans-candidates-illiterate-in-khmer/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The 10 vaccination vehicles donated by the Cambodian government to Laos were delivered to the country on March 12. The vehicles will provide a boost to the neighbouring nation’s vaccination drive as well as bilateral relations between the two countries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-donation-of-vaccine-vehicles-delivered-to-laos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China has topped the list of buyers of Cambodian milled rice for the first five months of 2022, accounting for more than half of the Kingdom’s total exports of the commodity, which has seen a nearly 22 per cent year-on-year surge overall. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-cambodias-largest-milled-rice-buyer-in-5-months-with-52-69-share/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has reached out to a prominent US-based law firm to clear up confusion surrounding US-Cambodia relations. The premier said the services are warranted as relations between the two nations are currently at an unprecedented level, stressing that they are the best <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firm-to-clear-up-fallacies-of-kingdom-us-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia attracted some 268,130 Chinese tourists during the first half of 2023, up 771.8 percent from 30,754 in the same period last year, said a Ministry of Tourism report released on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-receives-268130-chinese-tourists-in-h1-up-771-8-pct/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s famed angkor archaeological Park attracted 134,152 foreign tourists in the first nine months of 2022, an increase of 2,075 percent compared to the same period last year, said a press statement on Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-famed-angkor-registers-20-fold-increase-in-intl-tourist-arrivals-in-first-9-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged squatters who have yet to relocate from angkor archaeological Park to Run Ta Ek village not to fall victim to unnamed opposition political party members inciting them to hold out for a higher amount of compensation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/futile-hold-outs-pm-warns-angkor-park-squatters-against-inciters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An electronic dAtA interchAnge (EDI) system is still on trAck to be lAunched At the Kingdom’s ports on August 17, to effect A lArge-scAle modernisAtion of entry-exit nAvigAtion control in CAmbodiA, switching from mAnuAl to online, the public works ministry confirmed on June 24. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/port-edi-still-due-for-Aug-17-lAunch-ministry-confirms/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A survey hAs reveAled thAt more thAn hAlf of respondents wAnt ASEAN countries to stop building new coAl plAnts immediAtely, while Almost two-thirds wAnt their countries to phAse out coAl consumption either immediAtely or by 2030. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-mAjority-wAnt-end-to-coAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>