The Phnom Penh Municipal administration calls on residents in the capital’s 14 districts who have received their second dose of Covid-19 vaccine to get their booster shot after a four-month interval. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-to-kick-off-covid-booster-shot-campaign-oct-11/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior Ministry of HeAlth officiAl sAid most Covid-19 pAtients who hAd died were unvAccinAted, while the deAth of vAccinAted people wAs cAused by underlying heAlth problems. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/unvAccinAted-people-the-mAjority-of-covid-fAtAlities/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Kamrieng district police in Battambang province are searching for a suspected people broker who fled after 38 individuals were arrested while attempting to illegally cross the border into Thailand on the night of august 21 near the Ou Chamlang Bridge in Ou Chamlang village of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/38-heading-to-thailand-busted-hopping-border/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen blasted unnamed analysts for statements indicating their desire to bring the Paris Peace agreements back into force somehow. He said that calling for a reversion to that agreement was tantamount to calling for foreigners to take control of the country again. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-blasts-analysts-for-untac-era-nostalgia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Covid-19 pandemic brought high-rise building construction in Preah Sihanouk province to a halt when it began, resulting in several business disputes that four real estate companies are now working together to solve, according to provincial governor Kuch Chamroeun. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firms-seek-to-resume-high-rise-construction-in-sihanoukville/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported more than 100,000 tonnes of natural rubber latex in the first five months of 2022, an increase of three per cent year-on-year, amid a four per cent drop in the wholesale going-rate for the milky-white exudate at top-quality, according to the General Directorate <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/january-may-rubber-exports-bounce-up-3-on-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A business delegAtion, who Are members of the CAmbodiA ChAmber of Commerce (CCC), will fly to two cities in the US from MAy 8 to 15 Along with Prime Minister Hun Sen to meet the AmericAn businesspeople during the US-AseAn Summit in WAshington. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-us-biz-leAders-set-to-meet-At-us-AseAn-summit/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen reminded the public of the importance of employing preventative measures against the Covid-19 virus. a new variant, XBB.1.5, was recently identified, although no cases have yet been detected in the Kingdom. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-urges-boosters-amid-risks-of-new-variants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

New Minister of Interior Sar Sokha has requested that officials in his ministry examine the possibility of lowering the prices of Cambodian passports, noting that current prices are relatively high. Speaking to officials at the Ministry of Interior on September 4, Sokha said the move would <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sokha-calls-for-cheaper-passports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra recently met with Japanese ambassador atsushi Ueno to explore ways to enhance media collaboration between the two countries. Pheaktra emphasised the need to combat fake news, stating at his September 6 meeting with Ueno that it poses a threat to society. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-collaboration-on-enhancing-media-eyed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The construction of the 230kV Oddor Meanchey to East Siem Reap Grid Substation transmission line project worth $50 million has been completed over 95 percent as of the end of June of this year two years after novated to ODM Power Line Company Limited (OPL), <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/50m-oddor-meanchey-east-siem-reap-transmission-line-nears-completion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh will not see boat racing during the occasion of Water Festival Celebration this year, although the traditional event can still be organised in provinces across the country, according to a decision made during the Council of Ministers meeting on September 9. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-water-festival-for-phnom-penh-say-council-of-ministers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National Election Committee (NEC) chairman Prach Chan, in a video clip on the NEC’s official YouTube channel, has called on everyone eligible to ensure they are able to vote in next year’s national election. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-chair-asks-voters-to-check-list-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of National Defence will be distributing applications to prospective students from February 1-15 as it looks to recruit a new generation of military trainees to meet the needs of various units of the Royal Cambodian armed Forces (RCaF). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rcaf-begins-first-recruitment-drive-since-onset-of-pandemic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen confirmed in a message on the occasion of the 137th anniversary of International Labor Day on May 1, that currently there are about 1.3 million Cambodian workers abroad, while the employment rate in the country remained at 99.3 percent. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-has-1-3-million-migrant-workers-abroad-while-domestic-employment-rate-is-over-99-percent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported 176,581 tons of milled rice in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, up 3.5 percent from 170,539 tons in the same period last year, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said in a report released on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-milled-rice-export-up-3-5-pct-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the six months from January to June 2023, Cambodia earned $17,877,418 from the sale of tickets to angkor, with a total of 385,769 foreign tourists. This is according to the press release of angkor Enterprise on July 6. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/over-17m-from-angkor-wat-ticket-sales-january-to-june/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen, in his capacity as president of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), had a meeting with Nguyen Phu Trong, the leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), in Hanoi over the weekend to discuss the situations for each party. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-holds-annual-summit-with-vietnams-ruling-party/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Last month, concerned about a reported rise in HIV cases, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that there is no discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community in Cambodia while reaffirming there would be no marriage equality law. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-says-no-need-for-legalized-same-sex-marriage-but-lgbtq-community-says-otherwise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia recorded some 2.57 million international visitors in the first half of 2023, a sharp increase of 409 percent from 506,762 over the same period last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-attracts-2-57-mln-intl-tourists-in-h1-of-2023-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>