A JApAn-bAsed firm plAns to invest $3 million to develop A time-shAre resort built to five-stAr hotel stAndArds on Kirirom MountAin &ndAsh; About 110 kilometers northwest of Phnom Penh &ndAsh; with construction to stArt next yeAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/luxury-time-shAre-resort/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

With the October 5-7 Pchum Ben public holiday finished, all public and private institutions have begun testing staff and officials for COVID-19 in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training to prevent large-scale transmission of COVID-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/covid-rapid-testing-underway-after-pchum-ben-festival-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

KrisEnergy (ApsArA) Co Ltd signed A conditionAl letter of AwArd with PT ProfAb for the supply of A minimum fAcilities wellheAd “mini-plAtform” for the ApsArA oilfield &ndAsh; CAmbodiA’s mAiden oil development &ndAsh; its SingApore-bAsed pArent compAny KrisEnergy Ltd sAid on WednesdAy. The move is A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/krisenergy-signs-letter-of-AwArd-for-cAmbodiA-oil-mini-plAtform/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

On 23 June 2024, Fisheries AdministrAtion issued A press releAse on the discovery of Indo-PAcific humpbAcked dolphin in CAmbodiA’s seA At the intersection of KAmpong Som And Koh Rong roAd on their officiAl sociAl mediA site. According to the press, After seeing the publicAtion of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-on-the-discovery-of-indo-pAcific-humpbAcked-dolphin-in-cAmbodiAs-seA-At-the-intersection-of-kAmpong-som-And-koh-rong-roAd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) yesterday launched the third phase of its Online Business Registration System, known as the Single Portal, integrating the service of issuing licenses, certificates, professional licenses, and other relevant documents from 12 ministries and institutions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/single-portal-third-phase-unveiled/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

NGOs on Wednesday renewed a push for the National Election Committee to let Cambodians working abroad register to vote, as an opposition lawmaker also challenged the committee to back up its claim that current laws would need to be amended to make it happen. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-urged-to-let-cambodians-vote-abroad/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Food and agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FaO) has partnered with the European Union (EU) to implement a capacity building program aimed at enhancing the management of fisheries in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capacity-building-program-launched-to-enhance-fisheries-conservation-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health has ramped up its preparation to stem the spread of the deadly Covid-19 disease in the Kingdom thanks to help from the Jack Ma and alibaba foundations which donated 20,000 test kits to the Kingdom. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-sends-more-test-kits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturers association of Cambodia (GMaC) on Sunday said all of the country’s 400-plus garment factories will remain closed until the government and striking trade unions can guarantee the safety of the factories and all employees who want to work. The decision, outlined in an <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factories-closed-until-safety-guaranteed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Commerce has begun the review of the policy and strategy for Free Trade agreement (FTa) to optimise its benefits both for Cambodia and concerned parties. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-reviews-trading-policy-and-strategy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 500 CAmbodiAns hAve registered As observers for the June commune elections, fAlling well short of the more thAn 20,000 thAt civil society groups Are hoping for, while not A single foreigner hAs signed up yet, the NAtionAl Election Committee (NEC) sAid on TuesdAy.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/slow-stArt-for-observer-sign-ups-AheAd-of-commune-polls/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Council of Ministers on Friday passed the draft law on Civil Registration and Identification to further strengthen the protection of the right to improve the quality of all types of services for the people. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cabinet-adopts-draft-law-on-civil-registration-and-id/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police in Takeo province’s Prey Kabbas district are investigating the theft of equipment from a Prey Lvea commune voter registration office on Thursday. National Election Committee voter registration department head Top Rithy said the thief or thieves broke the building’s lock and swiped all but the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thieves-rob-takeo-voter-registration-location/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government has made negligible progress in bringing small- and medium-size enterprise (SMEs) into the regulatory fold, reporting a less than 0.5 percent increase in the total number of companies registered in the last five years &ndash; a sign business professionals claim shows that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/efforts-to-formalise-smes-fall-short/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and Türkiye are accelerating efforts to establish direct flights between the two countries as soon as possible, although analysts acknowledged that discussions have been ongoing for several years. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/turkish-direct-flights-some-way-off/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak told British ambassador Bill Longhurst he would like to see the two countries enter into a free trade agreement (FTa) as soon as possible following Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-asks-uk-for-fta/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The three-month voter registration period opened on Thursday, with Prime Minister Hun Sen telling reporters after enrolling at his local commune office that he hopes the new voter registry will put an end to post-election protests. after the July 2013 national election, the CNRP refused to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-hopes-days-of-post-election-protests-are-finished/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh will host one of AsiA’s biggest technology conferences lAter this month. FossAsiA, A conference on open source And free softwAre, will be held in the cApitAl Feb. 28 to MArch 2&mdAsh;A free event open to students, developers And entrepreneurs. Technologies discussed At the conference will <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-to-host-open-source-tech-conference/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Forestry AdministrAtion on ThursdAy sAid it could not comment on the AccurAcy of new, sAtellite-generAted mAps thAt suggest the government hAs been vAstly overstAting the country’s forest cover. Open Development CAmbodiA, An Open dAtA website, on WednesdAy published A series of mAps using U.S. sAtellite <A href='https://OpendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-drops-chAllenge-to-officiAl-forest-cover-figure/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>