Cambodia’s Biz Fair is making a return after a pandemic-fuelled hiatus and is expected to attract 500,000 visitors to the five-day event hosted at a newly-developed stretch of coastline close to Sihanoukville. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/biz-fair-to-attract-500000-visitors-to-cambodias-coast/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Post and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth encouraged female students to join a new digital competition. The format features training, a digital bootcamp and a pitch contest for each team’s finished product.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-contest-encourages-women-to-get-involved-in-digital-skills-tech/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A series of contrActs hAve been implemented by 40 communities And six production groups, including A memorAndum of understAnding (MoU) with A microfinAnce institution to guArAntee pAyment At hArvest time to 2,236 fArming fAmilies. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/contrActs-signed-with-fArming-fAmilies-And-rice-production-groups/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A former member of the prominent environmentAl group Mother NAture Apologized to the government, denounced his former orgAnizAtion And Announced he would stArt A new NGO with the sAme nAme in A video on FebruAry 28. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/environmentAl-Activists-Align-with-government-lAunch-new-mother-nAture-ngo/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A compAny linked to the son of tycoon Ly Yong PhAt received A 6,234 hectAre concession inside Botum SAkor NAtionAl PArk, According to A JAnuAry sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen And published on WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tycoons-son-receives-6234-hectAres-in-botum-sAkor-nAtionAl-pArk/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A new cement plAnt with A totAl investment cApitAl of $95 million will be built in PcheAv villAge, Treng commune, RAttAnAk Mondul district, BAttAmbAng province, According to A press releAse of the Council for the Development of CAmbodiA (CDC) mAde public MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/95-million-cement-plAnt-to-AppeAr-in-bAttAmbAng-province/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia exported 103 tonnes of the renowned Kampot pepper, registered as a Geographical Indication in the European Union, last year, recording a decrease of 11 percent compared to 2022, a report of the Kampot Pepper Promotion association showed yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-exports-over-100-tonnes-of-kampot-pepper/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has authorised the FOCUS Consortium to initiate a feasibility study on an investment project for constructing a new airport in Mondulkiri province, envisioning it as part of a satellite town development initiative. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/feasibility-study-on-mondulkiri-airport-greenlighted-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Wanli Tire Co Ltd, a State-owned enterprise based in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, has begun construction of a new-phase production base amid a recovery of the country’s tire industry last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wanli-tire-eyes-major-capacity-expansion-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a series of negotiations spanning nearly five years, the Cambodian and Philippines governments have concluded the final draft of a double taxation agreement (DTa) between the two nations, in a bid to improve trade and ease investment mechanisms. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-seals-dta-deal-with-philippines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Labour Confederation is requesting that the Government and Supreme Council of the Magistracy to find justice for union leader, Mam Rithy, after he was arrested for making a comment on a video two years ago about the arrest of a female union leader. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/calls-for-justice-for-jailed-union-leader/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

According to A press releAse from the ASEAN+3 MAcroeconomic ReseArch Office (AMRO) on ThursdAy, CAmbodiA’s economy is predicted to grow robustly in 2024, driven by A rise in exports And A continued tourism recovery. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Amro-forecAsts-rosier-growth-for-cAmbodiA-in-2024/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Laos wants to start construction this year on the $3.8 billion (Bt115 billion) Thai-financed Xayaburi hydropower plant on the Mekong River after changing the design of the dam to placate neighbouring countries opposed to the project. Laos completed a review of the dam recently to ease <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/laos-aims-to-build-mekong-dam-this-year-testing-neighbours/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The United Nations in Cambodia has taken a beating in recent months. The UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal has been plagued by high-profile resignations and accusations of political interference. Elsewhere human rights activists have criticised the UN’s failure to take a firm stance against an increasingly <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/monitoring-for-nothing-is-the-ilos-better-factories-programme-failing-the-kingdoms-garment-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a fiery speech attended by thousands, opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday vowed that his party would boycott the National assembly if a thorough investigation of election results is not undertaken and vowed mass demonstrations if preliminary numbers aren’t revised to reflect a Cambodia National <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/we-are-not-afraid-rainsy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Over the past three weeks, a standoff between the long-ruling CPP and newly strengthened opposition CNRP has made for an increasingly tense political environment. But almost entirely missing from the equation has been Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose last public appearance was 18 days ago when <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-mute-after-initial%e2%80%88election-remarks-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Vietnamese Hoang anh Gia Lai (HaGL) company, the majority shareholder of several economic land concessions in Ratanakkiri province, on Friday rebuffed accusations that it had logged forests and forced evictions, claiming that its activities improved the environment and the livelihoods of locals. Through several companies, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vn-rubber-company-says-it-improves-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Interior announced Tuesday in a last minute meeting that it would allow the opposition CNRP to take 1,000 people through the streets of Phnom Penh to deliver a petition to the U.N. and eight foreign embassies during its three-day mass demonstration that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-reverses-ban-agrees-to-cnrp-march/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

His party is reeling from its worst-ever election result. His political opponents have grown bold and vocal. His people are protesting on the streets. So why is Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen smiling? The long-ruling autocrat emerged beaming from lengthy closed-door meetings this week with his <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/punished-at-the-polls-cambodias-long-serving-pm-is-smiling-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

SIEM PANG DISTRICT, Stung Treng province &ndAsh; For the elite few grAnted the right to level swAthes of woodlAnd in the north of this remote province, the timber trAde is worth A fortune. For the Forestry AdministrAtion&mdAsh;the government body chArged with policing logging&mdAsh;business is Also booming. While <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/stung-treng-villAgers-cAught-in-forestry-rAcket/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>