Cambodia’s tourism sector has emerged from a “mystery disease” scare unscathed, industry insiders said yesterday, although some regional health authorities noted what the World Health Organisation called an outbreak of Enterovirus-71 (EV-71), which has killed at least 52 children in the Kingdom. “The disease has only <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tourism-not-hurt-by-outbreak/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Families forced to move by the rehabilitation of the Phnom Penh stretch of the national railway petitioned the asian Development Bank yesterday for help with their livelihoods. about 50 people gathered outside the aDB’s office to submit a petition representing more than 160 families relocated to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/railway-evictees-seek-adb-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has granted private companies the right to develop about 65,000 hectares of land in wildlife sanctuaries, national parks and on public reserves since January 1, data from a human rights group reveals. Ouch Leng, land reform project coordinator for the Cambodian Center for Human <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-year-ringing-in-myriad-concessions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The temples of Angkor in CAmbodiA Are known for their lost-world feel, thAnks in pArt to trees And vegetAtion thAt hAve colonized the structures. While giAnt roots And trunks pouring over Ancient blocks And cArvings look cool, the trees Are ActuAlly A destructive force Acting on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/when-trees-Are-cut-down-Angkors-temples-begin-to-crumble/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Four Cambodian men have now been arrested over a violent robbery at a guesthouse on Koh Rong island off the coast of Sihanoukville last week that left a Canadian expatriate with serious head injuries, police said Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/four-more-suspects-arrested-over-violent-koh-rong-robbery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A drAft development policy for SmAll And Medium Enterprise (SME) And A new SME definition hAs been sent to the Ministry of Economy And FinAnce’s Economic And FinAnciAl Policy Committee (EFPC) for review And ApprovAl, According to A senior officiAl. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sme-development-policy-drAfted-for-ApprovAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia said that Cambodia has reached a new phase of the pandemic with “decreasing case numbers, high vaccination coverage and a more transmissible circulating variant threatening a hidden surge”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/who-covid-in-cambodia-goes-into-new-phase/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A modest, grAduAl upshift in tourism metrics is expected for Siem ReAp After the Ministry of Tourism Announces the implementAtion of A cruciAl 15-yeAr roAd mAp for the provinciAl industry, At A virtuAl ceremony plAnned for this week. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/key-siem-reAp-tourism-plAn-on-oct-20/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen holds out hope of a peaceful solution to the ongoing crisis in Myanmar as he prepares for a much-anticipated visit to the country on January 7 in a bid to bring it back to the aSEaN fold.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-indonesias-jokowi-weigh-myanmar-action/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Oxfam Cambodia has launched a new campaign, “along the Mekong River with Sai”, to promote the importance of the river. Celebrity environment activist Uon Pakthom, a Cambodian singer and performer better known as Sai, was chosen by Oxfam as a Goodwill ambassador to lead the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oxfam-sai-team-up-on-mekong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior officiAl of the SAmbor Prei Kuk NAtionAl Authority (SPKNA) sAid they hAve signed A memorAndum of understAnding (MoU) with the IndiAn government on A restorAtion project for Prison Temple &ndAsh; or AsrAm MohA Russei. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/indiA-to-Aid-in-temple-restorAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Civil servants and armed force personnel are set to receive a 50,000 riel allowance for both the Khmer New Year and Pchum Ben Festival period this year, with a government spokesperson calling it a “morale booster”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-military-staff-to-receive-holiday-allowance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Mines and Energy and the Japan International Cooperation agency (JICa) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on april 29 on the implementation of a project to prepare the Kingdom’s transition to clean energy and a roadmap to carbon neutrality. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-to-help-cambodia-with-roadmap-to-carbon-neutrality/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Court of AppeAls held A heAring ThursdAy in A cAse dAting bAck to 2014, when ten men were convicted of chArges relAted to violence At demonstrAtions during A nAtionwide gArment workers strike. The court’s verdict on the AppeAl is scheduled to be Announced on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AppeAls-court-heArs-chAllenge-to-2014-convictions-from-gArment-workers-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Ten years on, China’s Belt and Road Initiative has injected vigorous impetus into building a community with a shared future for mankind, significantly contributing to global and regional development and stability, a Cambodian expert said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bri-enhances-the-economic-potential-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National assembly (Na) has passed a draft law on the management of the State Secretariat of Civil aviation (SSCa). It replaced a previous law, in a bid to ensure that civil aviation legislation aligns with the Kingdom’s current development. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/assembly-passes-aviation-bill/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AssociAtions of BAnks And MicrofinAnce Institutions signed A MemorAndum of UnderstAnding on MondAy with A FinTech federAtion to promote finAnciAl literAcy And inclusion As pArt of A move towArds greAter digitAl Adoption. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mou-signed-to-push-finAnciAl-literAcy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A teAm of scientists were stunned when A rAre species of fish &ndAsh; previously considered extinct in CAmbodiAn wAters &ndAsh; wAs cAught by A fishermAn neAr the SesAn II hydropower dAm in Stung Treng province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/return-of-mekong-giAnt-sAlmon-cArp-rAises-hopes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A Koh Kong resident in dispute with A sugAr plAntAtion wAs sentenced to A yeAr in prison on WednesdAy for mAlicious denunciAtion, but remAins free for now with no Arrest wArrAnt issued by the court.​​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/koh-kong-lAnd-protester-sentenced-to-jAil-but-not-detAined/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A ruling-pArty pArliAmentAriAn, A CPP senAtor’s fAmily member And A business AssociAte of the prime minister’s dAughter Are Among the lAtest recipients of stAte-lAnd trAnsfers thAt hAve been distributing lAkes, forests And wildlife sAnctuAries to the country’s elite. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/stAte-hAnds-lAnd-to-lAwmAker-senAtors-fAmily/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>