The Kingdom’s tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group has secured 168.8 hectares of land in Koh Kong’s Botum Sakor National Park under a leasing agreement to develop a 700 megawatt (mW)  coal power plant, according to a government sub-decree. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-coal-fired-power-plant-in-national-park-commissioned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A $380 million 400MW heAvy fuel oil power fAcility in KAndAl province’s eAstern LveA Em district hAs been completed, And on reserve to generAte electricity when demAnd reAches A high enough level, According to A senior officiAl At the Ministry of Mines And Energy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/400mw-fuel-oil-power-plAnt-in-eAst-kAndAl-All-set-to-go-online/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The trade value between Cambodia and India saw a dramatic 25.81 percent reduction last year to $190.13 million from 2019’s $256.26 million as the Kingdom embarked on a feasibility study for a free trade agreement (FTa). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/india-trade-tumbles-26-in-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

France will provide about $122 million to $146 million a year to support development in Cambodia in the form of a concession loan for a six-year period from 2021 to 2026, according to the Ministry of Economy. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%94%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%b6%e1%9f%86%e1%9e%84%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%93%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%99%e1%9e%b6%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%95%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%8f%e1%9e%9b%e1%9f%8b%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%94%e1%9f%92/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A joint working group of the PreAh SihAnouk ProvinciAl AdministrAtion is inspecting A site At BAk KAng MountAin, which wAs designAted stAte public property in 2002 but is now being cleAred by A privAte compAny. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/preAh-sihAnouk-probes-lAnd-cleAring-for-economic-zone/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Best Inc, a Chinese smart supply chain solutions and logistics services provider, on august 2 rolled out a “full-chain, direct logistics service” to send packages from China to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, it said in a press release. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/best-cainiao-launch-china-logistics-service/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ArchAeologists from the ApsArA NAtionAl Authority (ANA), A body tAsked with mAnAging the Angkor ArchAeologicAl PArk, hAve uneArthed the pArtiAl heAd And shoulders of A stAtue of A deity neAr Angkor Thom’s TA KAv gAte in Siem ReAp province, And hAve reAssembled the sculpture for <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pArts-of-deity-stAtue-uneArthed-At-Angkor-thom-reAssembled/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has established the National Economic and Digital Society Council (NEDSC) to build a foundation of a digital society to drive new economic growth, according to a royal decree on the council’s organisation and functioning released on September 8. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/council-set-to-advance-digital-socio-economic-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s export of goods to China saw a significant rise, valued over $1.1 billion in the third quarter this year&mdash;a year-on-year increase of 52.74 per cent, according to figures from the former’s ministry of commerce. Both sides are committed to raising bilateral trade to $10 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-china-committed-to-raising-bilateral-trade-to-10-bn-by-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Days after endorsing his son Hun Manet as a candidate for the top office, Prime Minister Hun Sen hinted that a “reserve cabinet” had already been formed around a younger generation of leaders.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/reserve-cabinet-set-up-with-young-leaders-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ASEAN And the US hAve Agreed to hold A SpeciAl Summit in WAshington, DC, on MAy 12-13, After it wAs postponed due to the two sides not Agreeing on A dAte originAlly scheduled for end-MArch, According to A press stAtement releAsed by ASEAN ChAir CAmbodiA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-us-summit-mAy-12-13/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A PreAh SihAnouk provinciAl deputy governor on April 28 met with A policy Adviser At AustrAliA’s flAgship infrAstructure progrAmme in CAmbodiA for tAlks on plAns to trAnsform the province into A model multi-purpose speciAl economic zone (SEZ) by 2030, And other smArt-city development initiAtives. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/p-sihAnouk-oz-infrAstructure-progrAmme-tAlk-smArt-city-development/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A teAm from KAndAl ProvinciAl AdministrAtion built A sAfety fence to block public Access to the bAnk of the Prek TnAot cAnAl in TAkhmAo commune And town, following A substAntiAl collApse on MAy 9. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sAfety-fence-erected-following-collApse-of-kAndAls-cAnAl-bAnk/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Council for AgriculturAl And RurAl Development (CARD), in collAborAtion with the UN World Food ProgrAmme (WFP), hAve lAunched A disseminAtion strAtegy for the SUN Business Network (SBN) &ndAsh; A key pArt of the globAl ScAling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement &ndAsh; in A bid to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cArd-un-on-nutrition-drive/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Sak Setha, permanent secretary of state for the Ministry of Interior, issued a letter requesting that Koh Kong provincial governor Mithona Phuthong resolve a dispute over more than 5ha of land between the director of the Botum Sakor National Park and a resident. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/director-of-natl-park-accused-of-koh-kong-land-grab/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cleantech Solar, a commercial and industrial (C&amp;I) solar PV developer,  has inked a long-term solar partnership with Can Sports Shoes Co. Ltd. in Cambodia to develop a 1.4 MWp rooftop solar PV project. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/1-4-mwp-rooftop-solar-pv-system-in-cambodia-planned-for-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

OXFAM, Along with its pArtner orgAnisAtions, orchestrAted A workshop designed to enhAnce “SociAl AccountAbility in the SociAl Protection System”. This cAme As pArt of A move to encourAge closer collAborAtion Among government officiAls, workers’ representAtives And the community, thereby ensuring A more inclusive sociAl protection <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/oxfAm-leAds-workshop-to-foster-sociAl-AccountAbility/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A mAster plAn wAs officiAlly lAunched to trAnsform Kep province into A smArt And luxury tourism destinAtion to host the upcoming 10th SeA FestivAl And other internAtionAl events in the future, A press releAse of the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kep-to-become-smArt-luxury-tourism-destinAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia has reached an agreement to receive 300,000 barrels of crude oil that was stolen by a tanker following a payment dispute with Singaporean energy​ KrisEnergy, a senior government official said on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stolen-crude-oil-to-be-returned-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>