On 10 January 2020, the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Cambodia releases a notification on measures to prevent unidentified pneumonia to all the public to be careful, especially those are planning to travel to or returning from Wuhan, Hubei Province of the People’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/ministry-of-healths-notification-on-measures-to-prevent-unidentified-pneumonia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Talking up the risk of war during the coming election campaign can be expected to bring legal action from the National Election Committee (NEC), the body’s spokesman said yesterday, a day after the premier warned he feared conflict would ensue if his ruling Cambodian People’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-warns-against-use-of-war-rhetoric/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to four more investment projects with a total investment capital of $37.6 million. according to the council’s press release issued Friday, the projects newly approved are expected to create some 6,338 jobs <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-continues-to-draw-fdi-despite-loss-of-eba-with-another-four-investment-projects-worth-37-6-million/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government approved three projects worth a total of $13.5 million last week, bringing the total number of projects in the first three weeks of this month to nine with total investment value of $1.1354 billion, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cdc-okays-new-13m-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen officially declared that the “November 28 community incident” &ndash; a reference to the first confirmed case of Covid-19 local transmission &ndash; was now over as the situation had been brought under control. Hun Sen made the announcement as he addressed the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-nov-28-event-concluded/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) governor Chea Chanto won Central Banker of the Year, asia-Pacific award from premier financial magazine The Banker for his leadership in successfully navigating through a stormy 2020 during the Covid-19 crisis. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nbc-governor-wins-award/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Another Mekong dolphin cAlf of less thAn A week-old wAs spotted on MondAy, swimming Alongside nine Adult dolphins At the KAmpi pool in KAmpi Dolphin CAnyon in SAmbok commune, Chit Borey district, KrAtie province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Another-dolphin-cAlf-spotted-in-krAtie/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore have made a significant discovery, identifying several previously unknown strains of swine flu viruses that have been circulating quietly in Cambodian pig populations for the past 15 years. This finding raises concerns about potential pandemic risks. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/study-reveals-diverse-swine-flu-strains-circulating-in-cambodian-pigs-for-15-years/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On September 7, for approximately 30 minutes, KISHIDa Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan, who was visiting Indonesia to attend the aSEaN-related Summit Meetings, held a Summit Meeting with Prime Minister Dr Hun Manet. The overview of the meeting is as follows. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-cambodia-summit-meeting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported $7.21 billion worth of products to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) members in the first 11 months of 2023, up 27 percent from 5.67 billion dollars in the same period last year, a Ministry of Commerce report said on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-exports-to-rcep-members-up-27-pct-in-11-months-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 180 families living adjacent to the Phnom Penh International airport were told yesterday that they must vacate their homes to make was for a security road to ensure the safety of U.S. President Barack Obama, who is expected to visit in November. Var Sarang, deputy <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-told-eviction-is-for-obamas-safety/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Specialists from Battambang province’s Forestry administration, along with Samlot district authorities, are conducting a joint search for arsonists responsible for the recent forest fire in the Dos Kramom mountain area located in Ta Sanh commune. The suspects are presumed to have secretly burned the forest to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/local-authorities-searching-for-forest-arsonists-in-battambang/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 18 May 2020, the Phnom Penh Municipal administration issued a notification to all restaurant owners in Phnom Penh about the precautions to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The notification stated that, if the restaurants do not comply with the Phnom Penh Municipal <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/notification-to-all-restaurant-owners-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 26 November 2020, the Embassy of Sweden in Phnom Penh issued a press release on its government’s decision to close its office in Phnom Penh by the end of 2021. In this press release, the embassy also noted that the activities of the Ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-changes-to-swedens-presence-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government has announced two months more of tax exemptions for tourism-based businesses in the hope of easing the burden during the pandemic. The extension was announced during the fifth round of COVID-19 economic measures last week as the Ministry of Tourism begins developing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-extends-tax-holiday-for-tourism-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 28 February 2021, the Ministry of Health released an announcement on the COVID-19 vaccination (Sinopharm) for garbage workers in Phnom Penh, a valuable humanitarian aid of the People’s Republic of China. The vaccination is planned to provide for garbage workers in Phnom Penh, in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-on-the-covid-19-vaccination-for-garbage-workers-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 04 February 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release informing the authorization on the emergency use of China’s vaccine named “Sinopharm”. Sinopharm vaccine is manufactured by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co., Ltd. of the People’s Republic of China, under the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-the-authorization-to-use-chinas-sinopharm-vaccine/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The body of a deceased Covid-19 patient was finally taken by his relatives to his hometown in Tbong Khmum province after hundreds of villagers in Prek Khsay Kor commune of Prey Veng province’s Peamro district refused to bury him in the cemetery behind their village <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prey-veng-villagers-refuse-burial-for-covid-19-victim/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The CHRC’s statement apparently came in response to the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, Vitit Muntarbhorn, who on October 6 issued a statement claiming that Cambodia was “backsliding” away from democracy. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-rebuffs-human-rights-infringement-reports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister-in-waiting Hun Manet is scheduled to travel to China in mid-September for the 20th China-aSEaN Expo 2023 in Nanning, the capital city of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous Region &ndash; in one of his first official trips seen by analysts as a significant step in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/manet-set-for-china-asean-expo-2023-as-head-of-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>