EmErald REsourcEs, thE Australian-listEd mining firm bEhind Cambodia’s Okvau gold projEct in Mondulkiri provincE, is onE stEp closEr to rEcEiving an industrial mining licEncE aftEr it signEd an EnvironmEntal contract with thE Ministry of EnvironmEnt (MoE), thE firm announcEd yEstErday. Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/EmErald-ExpEcts-licEncE-aftEr-sanctuary-rEzoning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Senior Minister and Minister of Public Works and Transport Minister H.e. Sun Chanthol has held a discussion with Chairman of China Sky Railway Group Mr. Tang Tong on Phnom Penh sky train, according to the ministry’s news release. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-public-works-discusses-with-a-chinese-developer-on-capital-city-sky-train/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Less than two weeks after it was established, the reformed National election Committee (NeC) will formally convene today for the first time to meet with delegations from Japan and the european Union (e.U.), two of the biggest past contributors to electoral reform in Cambodia. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-election-body-to-meet-japanese-european-union-diplomats/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The smoke and stench blow into the air in Phnom Penh’s huge landfill. Photo by Alan Morgan, taken on 17 September 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Air pollution originates mainly from the burning of fuels such as petroleum, diesel and coal in the transport, household, ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/air-pollution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government on Monday agreed to a comprehensive solution for rural families who have lost their land to well-connected agricultural plantations exporting sugar to the european Union (e.U.) duty free and will meet again early next month to discuss details. The decision was made at a ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministries-to-help-farmers-hurt-by-sugar-plantations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The CNRP said on Wednesday that Germany’s visiting minister for economic cooperation and development agreed to relay a message to the e.U. seeking help in mediating a resolution to current political tensions in Cambodia between the opposition and ruling CPP.   ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-asks-germany-for-help-in-mediation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government has lashed out at the U.S. and e.U. over their criticism of the detention of five current and former rights workers in Cambodia for more than a year, adopting the language of its critics by calling their statements “politically motivated.” ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-denounces-useu-criticism-of-adhoc-5-detention/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A spokesman for the newly reconstituted National election Committee (NeC) said Friday that Japan and the european Union (e.U.) have agreed to send experts to Cambodia next month to look for ways to improve the country’s flawed voter lists and to better educate voters. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-says-japan-eu-to-aid-election-reforms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

EnvironmEntal activist AlEx GonzalEz-Davidson, who was dEportEd in FEbruary last yEar, has bEEn grantEd a onE-month tourist visa through thE ForEign Ministry’s onlinE “E-visa” sErvicE, but an immigration official said yEstErday that it was unlikEly hE would bE allowEd to usE it. Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/dEportEd-spanish-activist-gEts-tourist-visa-rEturn-uncErtain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Phka Romduol rice has been crowned the best rice in the world at the prestigious World Rice Forum. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-rice-crowned-worlds-best/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Rural energy cooperative in Cambodia. Photo by Nomade Moderne, taken on 23 March 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The electricity distributed in Cambodia is partly generated within the country and partly imported. For many years, local generation was on a relatively small scale, and was ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/electricity-infrastructure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

“My regret is the lateness of land reform. And solving land disputes. [W]e should have given land titles to the people more speedily, but we delayed for 10 years giving land titles to the people,” he told Lieberman, who conducted the interview for a 2016 ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sens-biggest-regret-land-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives from the e.U., CNRP and civil society organizations put newly delivered election ink to the test on Wednesday, a week after a spokesman for the country’s top election body warned that a sample batch of the ink could be washed off using a hair ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-observers-put-election-ink-to-test/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 26 July 2022, the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued a press release on discovering Cambodia – insight into the business opportunities in Cambodia.The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), with support from the embassy of ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-discovering-cambodia-insight-into-the-business-opportunities-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will receive a concessional loan package of $53.3 million US dollars from Japan to restore the irrigation canal system and another $700,000 dollars grant aid to enhance education materials for minerals resources and topology department of the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), the ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-loans-over-53-million-to-improve-agriculture-and-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 24 August 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the official visit of H.e. Ms. Sushma Swaraj, Minister of external Affairs of the Republic of India to the Kingdom of Cambodia from 28 to 30 August 2018. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-official-visit-of-the-minister-of-external-affairs-of-the-republic-of-india-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh, on 17th August 2016, The first meeting of Cambodia-Russia joint working group on cooperation in the use of atomic energy for peaceful purpose was organized in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, presided over by H.e. Say SAMAL, Minister of environment and Chair of National Council for ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/the-first-meeting-of-cambodia-russia-joint-working-group-on-cooperation-in-the-use-of-atomic-energy-for-peaceful-purpose/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 14 February 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on outcomes of the virtual meeting between His excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and His excellency Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/outcomes-of-the-virtual-meeting-between-his-excellency-prak-sokhonn-deputy-prime-minister-minister-of-foreign-affairs-and-international-cooperation-and-his-excellency-dato-lim-jock-hoi-secretary-g/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 28 February 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on outcomes of the official visit of H.e. PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to the Republic of ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/outcomes-of-the-official-visit-of-h-e-prak-sokhonn-deputy-prime-minister-minister-of-foreign-affairs-and-international-cooperation-of-the-kingdom-of-cambodia-to-the-republic-of-turkey/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 28 July 2017, Preah Sihanouk administration, with participation from H.e. Yun Min, Preah Sihanouk Provincial Governor, has made social land concessions to 176 families in Kbal Chhay, which is located in Village 1, Sangkat 1, Sihanoukville. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-sihanouk-administration-provides-social-land-concessions-to-176-families-in-sangkat-1-sihanoukville/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...