A rice-husk powered power plant will officially open in Kampong Speu at the end of the year, set to provide electricity to the district’s rice millers, according to officials from operator Golden Rice Cambodia. The US$2 million generator is set to supply power to all of ...

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 ...

Four days after the EU imposed tariffs on rice imported from Cambodia, China agreed on Monday to increase its import quota for Cambodian rice to 400,000 tonnes this year from the previous 300,000 tonnes. If Cambodia can supply the quantity under the new Chinese quota, ...

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 ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is in the progress of archiving the old website “opendevelopmentcambodia.net” by moving it to the new address at “archive.opendevelopmentcambodia.net”. Once the process is entirely completed, the address “www.opendevelopmentcambodia.net” will be re-used to replace “https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/” as the only official website address of ...

A decorative gate erected in Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park for the upcoming Khmer New Year festivities was burned down in the early hours of yesterday morning, following a backlash against its so-called Vietnamese design. Siem Reap Deputy Governor Bun Tharith said the gate – ...

Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia has issued a directive to ensure smooth communication contributing to the control of COVID-19 in Cambodia. ...

A Cambodian government decision to postpone building new hydropower dams on the Mekong river has been welcomed by campaigners, who say it will provide welcome relief to the tens of thousands of people whose livelihood depend upon its rich resources. ...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia as the country celebrates Independence Day, according to the press service of the Belarusian leader. ...

Construction of a multi-purpose port is set to start mid-September in the coastal province of Kep. The project will take 24 months to complete, becoming the first ever port in the province. ...

Investing in the stock exchange can be a successful way of making money, whether as a source of additional cash to supplement income, generating “passive income” or even in achieving “financial freedom”. ...

A new win-win monument will be built in Oddar Meanchey province to promote a culture of gratitude, a sub-committee on the construction of the monument announced on January 10. ...

A novel private project that turns plastic waste into furniture has won praise from a senior provincial official for its contributions to the concept of circular economy, which the Kingdom has been pioneering of late. ...

Residents of Kampong Sralao II commune in Preah Vihear province’s Chhep district have reported that around 200ha of their community forest land has been encroached upon by squatters from other provinces. ...

Dr. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, will participate in the Fourth Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Leaders’ Meeting to be held via videoconference on Dec. 25, 2023. ...

Minister of Commerce Cham Nimul addressed concerns surrounding the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA), which has led to fears among some that it could result in the loss of Cambodian territory. ...

A National Assembly of Cambodia delegation is participating in a 10-day summit of female parliamentary speakers in Paris, France. ...

Seng Pha, 63, is unable to read the leaflets of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) posted on the wall of her wooden house, but she recognizes one of the candidates running for commune chief, out of a total of 35, in Boeung Kak II commune. ...

Royalist party Fun­cinpec has joined the opposition in calling for international involvement in an investigation into election irregularities. “I have issued a request to ask for the creation of an independent committee to investigate the irregularities,” Funcinpec secretary-general Nhek Bun Chhay said. While the party failed to ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Bar association legal aid services”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia.=> Please click here to go to “Bar association legal aid services”. ...