The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has issued new guidelines for integrating basic life skills training into public primary and secondary school curricula. This initiative aims to equip students with practical skills for real-life challenges and career development. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-education-issues-new-life-skills-training-guidelines-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

With women constituting 61 percent of entrepreneurs in Cambodia, including 62 percent of micro-sized businesses and 26 percent of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), their success is crucial to the growth of the economy, said Chea Ratha, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce, recently. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/womens-success-key-to-cambodias-growth-says-ratha/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

With 24 more projects getting the approval for incentives under the ‘Special Investment Promotion Programme for Preah Sihanouk Province’ initiated by Prime Minister Hun Manet in January this year, the total number of projects under the scheme rose to 85. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-recognises-womens-essential-role-in-cambodias-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Vongsey Vissoth, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers and Chairman of National Archives of Cambodia has instructed the council working group to update the archives law to match the current situation in Cambodia, especially with respect to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/council-of-ministers-to-update-law-on-archives/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Health Chheang Ra led a delegation from the Ministry of Health to the 16th ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting (AHMM) and related meetings in Vientiane, Laos. The delegation will highlight several key topics and outcomes achieved by the Cambodian health sector and discussed health href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/health-minister-attends-ahmm-related-meetings-in-laos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has committed an additional $3 million to fund the second phase of the “Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives Preservation and Digitisation” project, which aims to address challenges that remain in ensuring the quality and accessibility of the archives. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koica-commits-additional-3-million-to-fund-tuol-sleng-digital-archives-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Following false claims that territory is being ceded as part of the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA) cooperation, Prime Minister Hun Manet announced a significant new border land policy aimed at utilising citizens to protect Cambodia’s land and prevent encroachment, thereby safeguarding territorial integrity. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/territorial-guardians-pm-announces-policy-using-citizens-to-prevent-border-land-encroachments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has unveiled an ambitious plan to transform 7,000 public schools to replicate the success of Wat Bo Primary School in Siem Reap, known for its high-quality education and exemplary student behaviour. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-plans-for-7000-schools-to-replicate-wat-bo-schools-success/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia attracted 391 fixed-asset investments worth $7.5 billion in the first year of the 7th Mandate of the new government with China topping the list of sources, a report from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) showed yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-attracts-7-5-billion-investments-in-govts-first-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Dr. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of Cambodia, presided over the opening ceremony of the three-day France-Cambodia Business Forum, held at the Sofitel Phokeethra Phnom Penh this morning. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-and-france-exchange-two-mous-on-trade-and-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In a remarkable ten-year effort, Conservation International Cambodia (CI Cambodia) has restored approximately 600 hectares of the Tonle Sap’s flooded forest, a critical ecosystem within Cambodia’s largest freshwater lake. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-decade-of-effort-restoring-the-tonle-sap-flooded-forests-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s exports of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFT) increased by 16.89 percent in the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year, earning the country $6.15 billion, according to the trade data released by the General Department of Customs and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gft-exports-rise-17-percent-in-first-half-of-2024/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Workers will begin clearing forestland in Stung Treng province as early as next week in preparation for the controversial 400-megawatt Lower Sesan 2 dam, district officials and villagers said yesterday. The hydropower project, funded by Vietnam Electricity (EVN), will flood tens of thousands of hectares of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/work-to-begin-on-controversial-dam-in-stung-treng-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Environment sought permission from the Ministry of National Defence to arm municipal and provincial rangers with 1,210 rifles in response to one of its rangers being killed and two others critically assaulted while out on patrol in Mondulkiri and Kampong Thom provinces. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/forest-rangers-seek-1210-rifles-after-serious-attacks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

An American horticulturalist is in Cambodia providing training in a unique farming method that proponents believe can improve food security in some of the country’s remotest regions.      href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/spinning-straw-into-food-security/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that the state’s institutions will be further strengthened after the opposition ended a 10-months long boycott of parliament over disputed election results in July last year. “The normalcy of all state institutions in the legislative, executive and judicial href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-says-states-institutions-to-be-strengthened-after-opposition-ends-parliament-boycott/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of garment workers traveled from a Kompong Chhnang factory to Phnom Penh on Monday to petition the Ministry of Labor to intervene in their dispute with factory management. About 3,000 workers from the Chinese-owned Jiun Ye Garment factory have been striking since August 18, accusing href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-take-pay-dispute-to-ministry-of-labor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A group of families involved in a land dispute with a businessman in Battambang province will today submit petitions to the National Assembly and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet to plead for intervention. The more than 300 families, from Bavel district’s Boeng Bram commune, maintain that href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/battambang-families-to-petition-prime-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Om Yintieng, Chairman of Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit, on Tuesday afternoon vehemently rejected an NGO report claiming that the country’s integrity system is weak and requires significant improvement. The official’s remarks came after the TI Cambodia, a branch of the Berlin-based TI, released its 233-page assessment href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-anti-graft-chief-rebukes-report-on-weak-credibility-system/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In April, 18-year-old Sophoth illegally crossed the Thai-Cambodian border to work at a factory. In July, he was arrested and sent back through a legal border checkpoint. His journey mirrors that of many Cambodian workers who continue to cross into Thailand each month despite the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/migrants-still-slipping-through-closed-thai-cambodian-border-despite-pandemic-fears/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...