About 200 Boeung KAk residents gAthered in front of the US EmbAssy in Phnom Penh yesterdAy, seeking help from US AmbAssAdor CArol Rodley in lobbying to hAve their housing requirements fulfilled. Arrriving At the embAssy yesterdAy At 7:30 Am, villAger were told by A guArd thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/boeng-kAk-residents-Ask-us-embAssy-for-help/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s opposition leader yesterday lauded the success of aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party in Myanmar’s historic election, an outcome he said will help pave the way for his party’s own electoral victory.In a post on his Facebook page, Cambodia National <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/myanmar-opposition-victory-resonates-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has issued a sub-decree to increase the monthly salary of government contract officials from $162.5 to $167.5 starting next month. The sub-decree, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on December 4, said the government has decided to increase the salary by $5 for the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-contract-officials-to-get-5-raise-in-wages-next-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Joint UN Programme on HIV/aIDS (UNaIDS) said new HIV infections have been reduced by 95 per cent in Cambodia since their peak in 1997. a report by UNaIDS pointed out that 880 people were newly infected with aIDS last year, compared to 16,500 in 1997. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unaids-infections-of-hiv-down-95-from-1997-peak/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

VimpelCom Ltd., the Russian mobile telephone operator that runs the Beeline brand in Cambodia, is reviewing its assets in Cambodia to decide whether it should stop doing business here or merge with another firm in the country, an official at the company said yesterday. “We will <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/beeline-weighs-future-options-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Constitutional Council will resume their inquiries Tuesday into the opposition party’s poll complaints regarding the alleged irregularities of the election, according to the general secretariat of the Constitutional Council. In a statement issued Saturday, the council had already resolved 14 complaints among the 33 received <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/constitutional-council-to-resume-inquiries-tuesday/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy was scheduled to depart for the Netherlands last night to attend a Liberal International conference in Rotterdam with other leaders of liberal parties from around the world. CNRP Vice-President Kem Sokha is also out of the country touring Cambodian communities in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-leaves-for-netherlands-as-sokha-tours-us/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The construction of the Don Sahong hydropower dam in Laos has affected the habitats of Mekong River dolphins, causing their numbers to dwindle in Stung Treng province. The dwindling numbers are causing a decline in tourists who wish to see them, resulting in loss of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/losing-dolphins-for-more-hydropower/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed for the continued efforts to eliminate malaria in the Kingdom despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The call was made in a statement issued yesterday ahead of the World Malaria Day on april 25. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-encourages-malaria-response-amid-pandemic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cellcard has today announced Cambodia’s first 5G use case &ndash; a telemedicine service at four locations across Phnom Penh to help the nation’s most critically ill during the Covid-19 crisis. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cellcard-announces-cambodias-first-5g-use-case-to-help-the-kingdom-during-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Malaysian-based electrical power technology company Pestech International Bhd inked a contract to construct the $7.34 million 230/11kV Okvau Transmission Substation, leading Malaysian business publisher The Edge Media Group Pte Ltd reported on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysian-firm-to-build-substation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The tourism industry has always been considered as a major player in the rapid economic growth of the Kingdom. However, in the first quarter of 2020, the typically booming industry was abruptly brought to its knees due to COVID-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/coronavirus-pandemic-prove-catastrophic-for-tour-guides/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The value of Cambodian real estate has not shown signs of decline in recent weeks, despite the Covid-19 pandemic bringing market activity to a virtual standstill, industry insiders said on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pandemic-brings-real-estate-activity-to-near-nil/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

“I am looking at the possibility in article 22 of the Constitution to request the King to declare a state of emergency. I don’t want to use it, but if my appeal [to the people] is ineffective, article 22 of the Constitution will be used. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-mulling-emergency-as-virus-cases-rise-to-96/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government criticised a report released by amnesty International on their website yesterday. The report speaks about human rights violations committed over the government’s “war on drug” campaign. It has resulted in tens of thousands of people being arrested since it started in 2017. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-rejects-ngo-report-on-war-on-drugs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ninety-two villagers have fallen ill in a mysterious outbreak in Poipet town, Banteay Meanchey provincial Department of Health director Le Chan Sangvat said on Tuesday. None of the cases are life-threatening, but 10 of the victims have been warded in hospital. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/illness-strikes-92-in-poipet-leaves-10-hospitalised/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS Cambodia) Nest Protection Team, in collaboration with the Fisheries administration, have found five nests of the critically endangered Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle (also known as frog-headed turtle) during the 2020 breeding season on a beach along the Mekong River in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wcs-cambodia-finds-five-nests-of-frog-headed-turtle/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities hAve decided to lock down SAmhAn MArket, Also known As Toul SAngke MArket, SAngkAt Toul SAngke I, KhAn Russey Keo, Phnom Penh on the night of April 18, 2021, After the Authorities cooperAted with A teAm of heAlth officiAls to find people with Covid-19 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%95%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9A%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%91%e1%9e%bd%e1%9e%9b%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%84%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%80%e1%9f%82%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%8f%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9A%e1%9e%bc%e1%9e%9c/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government’s project to support phase II of the Implementation of the Social accountability Framework (ISaF) for a period of five years was launched on February 18 with officials saying that there were many areas in need of reforms at the sub-national level even though <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-expands-public-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>