The number of students who passed the lower secondary exam this year was 94.78%, said the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/over-94-of-lower-secondary-students-pass-diploma-exams/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

 China will hold a joint military exercise with five Southeast Asian countries this month, with experts saying on Sunday that the move is conducive to the safeguarding of regional peace and stability amid repeated provocations by the Philippines over Chinese islands and reefs in the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-to-hold-military-drills-with-se-asian-countries-amid-tensions-in-south-china-sea/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ambassador of African country Kenya, Richard Titus Ekai, told Deputy Prime Minister Sok An on Wednesday that he would like to see direct flights between Phnom Penh and Nairobi. Sok An met Kenyan Ambassador Ekai at his office to discuss the initiative regarding direct flights href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kenya-wants-flights-and-rice-imports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

លោក សរ ខេង ​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ ​ព្រមានចាត់វិធានការ​តាមផ្លូវច្បាប់​ដល់ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី និង​អ្នក​ចូល​រួម​​ធ្វើមហាបាតុប្រឆាំង​នឹង​លទ្ធផល នៃការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោតសភាអាណត្តិ​ទី៥​ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២៨​ ខែ​កក្កដា ឆ្នាំ ២០១៣​។ លិខិតចុះថ្ងៃទី៨ ខែសីហា ផ្ញើជូនលោក សម រង្ស៊ី ប្រធានគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ បានព្រមានលោក សម រង្ស៊ី ឲ្យ​​ទទួលខុសត្រូវ​ចំពោះមុខ​ច្បាប់ ​បើសិនជា​ ពួកគេ​ធ្វើបាតុកម្ម​ប្រឆាំង នឹង​លទ្ធផល នៃ​ការបោះឆ្នោត ហើយ​បាតុ​​កម្ម​នោះ​ បែរជា​បង្ក​ទៅជា​អំពើហិង្សា​ ឬ​ប៉ះពាល់​ដល់សន្តិសុខ​ជាតិ ​និង​បំផ្លាញ​ទ្រព្យ​សម្បត្តិ​សាធារណៈឬ​ឯកជននោះ។ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី មេដឹកនាំបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង បានព្រមានដឹកនាំ​ម្ចាស់ឆ្នោត​តាម​ខេត្ត​ក្រុង​នានា ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម ប្រឆាំង​លទ្ធផលបោះ​ឆ្នោត​សភាអាណត្តិទី៥ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី​២៨ ខែកក្កដា ដោយយល់ថា មាន​ការលួច​បន្លំសន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត និងមានភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី​ផ្សេងៗ​ក្នុងអំឡុងពេលបោះឆ្នោត។ ប៉ុន្តែលោក សម រង្ស៊ី href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%9b%e1%9f%84%e1%9e%80-%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%9a-%e1%9e%81%e1%9f%81%e1%9e%84-%e1%9e%96%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%98%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%93%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%9b%e1%9f%84%e1%9e%80%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%98/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Some questions remain about whether hydro dams on the upper Mekong River in China exacerbated conditions during Cambodia’s devastating drought of 2010, environmental groups say, as China’s dam program powers ahead. When the first power-generating unit was switched on last month at China’s giant 262-metre tall href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/questions-over-china-dams/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 13 July 2021, Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a message of H.E. Mr. MIKAMI Masahiro, Ambassador of Japan to the Kingdom of Cambodia, on the provision of vaccines.The Japanese Government has announced it will provide approximately one million doses of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/message-of-h-e-mr-mikami-masahiro-ambassador-of-japan-to-the-kingdom-of-cambodia-on-the-provision-of-vaccines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh said foreign investors with production bases in Thailand ought to consider Cambodia for future expansion because of the Kingdom’s greater resistance to floods. Speaking at Phnom Penh Honda’s 20th anniversary yesterday, the Commerce minister said that while Cambodia faces floods each href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/looking-for-a-flood-of-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A new real estate joint venture between local Sonatra Group and Japan’s Grand Corp launched a $6.5 million condominium project in BKK1 yesterday. The 26-storey tower, with 50 units, will be built with high-quality, energy-saving Japanese equipment, according to the new firm’s chief executive, Jun Takeguchi. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-condominium-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

CAMBODIA’S opposition has rejected the claim of victory by the ruling party of strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen in weekend elections, alleging widespread irregularities. “The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) cannot accept the results of the fifth parliamentary election because the CNRP has found a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-oppn-rejects-election-result/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) yesterday concluded its first-of-its-kind joint military-to-military humanitarian exercise in the health emergencies and disaster relief operations. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-cambodia-peace-angel-drill-ends-on-high-note/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Inspection announced a meeting between the Minister of Inspection Huot Hak and Alissar Chaker, Country Representative of the United Nations Development Program in Cambodia (UNDP Cambodia) on Wednesday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-inspection-and-undp-discuss-new-training-courses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected that Cambodia will have a very low inflationary rate to 3.5 per cent this year, which is 0.1 per cent below the goverment’s new revision but 0.5 per cent higher than the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Cambodia’s government in August also revised inflation href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/inflation-low-in-2012-imf/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Gender inequality in education is still palpable in Cambodia, causing women to be undervalued in the workplace and their potential to be untapped, the Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs said during the celebration of the United Nations International Day of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/education-ushers-women-into-workforce/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Former Khmer Rouge cadres who in return for laying down their weapons and swearing allegiance to the Cambodian government were granted plots of land in what is now Kampot province say local authorities aren’t respecting the deal. Representatives of 80 families in the province’s Chhouk district told the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-title-deals-for-former-khmer-rouge-in-question/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Garment factory workers who set tyres ablaze during a strike on Friday claimed yesterday they were burned when police pushed them into their own fire. Snguon Vannary was one of several workers who said his feet had been burned when police broke up the strike at href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tae-young-strikers-claim-police-abuse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Time is running out to rid the proposed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration of clauses that would restrict peoples’ rights rather than protect and enhance them, civil society groups said yesterday. Nay Vanda, deputy head of the monitoring section of rights group Adhoc, said civil society groups needed more href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/window-closing-on-ahrd-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Bankers have raised no concerns over the National Bank of Cambodia’s increase to the reserve requirement rate in order to maintain the stabilization of cash flow and inflation during a time of global financial difficulty. The increase, from 12 to 12.5 per cent, issued late last month, was href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/reserve-rate-doesnt-worry-local-banks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government on Friday pledged a 20 per cent increase to the base salary of civil servants year-on-year in a move one government official insisted was based on economics, not politics. The announcement was made in a statement released over the weekend outlining government spending for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-pledges-pay-boost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

 Year 2023 witnessed the spectacular emergence of Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) as a force to reckon with, as its enterprises hit 7.13 percent of the Kingdom’s total trade turnover, up from a mere 0.88 percent in 2013. In just nine months of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ssez-conducts-2-5b-trade-in-nine-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Residents of Kratie province had an education in conservation yesterday as the government and outside partners reiterated a September sub-decree banning gill nets on a sizable stretch of the Mekong in a bid to protect the badly endangered Mekong River dolphin. Touch Seang Tana, head of the Commission href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kratie-meet-pushes-dolphin-protection/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...