Cambodia and the United Kingdom (UK) have convened a meeting to discuss a sustainable investment opportunity in Cambodia. The meeting took place through a video conference under the presidency of Sok Chenda Sophea, Minister attached to Prime Minister and Secretary General of the Council for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-uk-discuss-sustainable-investment-opportunity-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Preah Vihear province’s Kulen district administration is investigating a land dispute in Phnom Tbeng II commune’s Kdak village after a provincial court deputy prosecutor, Vuth Savy, was beaten while leading a force to stop forest encroachment in the area on March 24. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-disputants-beat-prosecutor-for-intervening/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ApsArA NAtionAl Authority (ANA), A body tAsked with mAnAging the Angkor ArchAelogicAl PArk, is instAlling A net in the roof of the Angkor WAt gAllery to prevent bAts from entering the structure As BAt urine is A source of moisture And sAlinity which combined <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAt-proof-netting-At-Angkor-wAt-instAlled-to-stop-stone-erosion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Supreme Court has issued a summons for the founder of the National Heart Party (NHP), Siem Phluk, ordering that he appear with legal counsel at a hearing on December 24 to resolve a complaint he filed against the Ministry of Interior for refusing to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/natl-heart-party-ready-for-hearing-over-registration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite a modest improvement in the Covid-19 situation in Cambodia, the number of new projects outside of special economic zones (SEZ) approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) saw a sharp decline in January-November 2021 compared to the same period a year <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-non-sez-projects-fall-24-11/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is seeking more economic, trade, and investment ties with Francophonie nations, Prime Minister Hun Sen told visiting Secretary-General of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) Louise Mushikiwabo at a meeting yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-seeks-more-economic-cooperation-with-oif-nations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mondulkiri provincial governor Thong Savon has advised environmental officials at the Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary to look for a suitable location to establish a wildlife breeding station and possibly establish a zoo in tandem with it to draw tourists, according to provincial administration spokesman Cheak Mengheang. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mondulkiri-plans-wildlife-breeding-station-zoo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior Ministry of Environment officiAl spoke About its five-point recommendAtion for the successful implementAtion of the Long-term StrAtegy for CArbon NeutrAlity (LTS4CN) As A long-term vision, in response to globAl climAte chAnge And As A move towArds zero emissions in CAmbodiA by 2050. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/environment-ministry-shAres-five-point-plAn-for-cArbon-neutrAlity/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After A two-yeAr Covid-19 hiAtus, Prime Minister Hun Sen on June 13 Announced A pAy rAise for more thAn 360,000 civil servAnts effective in 2023, with heAlth And educAtion officiAls receiving the highest rAise And now eArning A bAse sAlAry of 1.5 million riel ($375). <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pm-civil-servAnts-to-get-pAy-rAise/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Chhorn Phalla became one of Cambodia’s prominent forest defenders, fronting a press conference two years ago about local authorities’ alleged complicity in illegal deforestation, violence against him at a public forum, and having a shelter burned down on his plantation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wife-mourns-ratanakiri-environmentalists-imprisonment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Stung Treng spokesperson hAs defended the use of violence in Arrests relAted to “red-hAnded” crimes As he responded to A video of seemingly unnecessAry violence while hAndcuffing A mAn in front of his young child. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/stung-treng-Authorities-defend-violent-Arrest-methods/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

International airports in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville welcomed a combined 3.4 million passengers in the eight-month period of this year, a staggering 180 percent increase over the same period in 2022, a senior official at the State Secretariat of Civil aviation said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/international-airports-welcome-3-4m-passengers-in-eight-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Delegates from China and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday started a three-day field visit to Cambodia to conduct a feasibility study for piloting climate-resilient water and sanitation (WaSH) technologies and solutions in the kingdom, said a UNICEF’s press statement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unicef-partners-with-china-to-pilot-climate-resilient-wash-technologies-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia received some 3.5 million foreign visitors in the first eight months of 2023, a year-on-year increase by 250.8 percent, but a decrease by 19.7 percent compared to the same period in 2019, according to a report of the Ministry of Tourism. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/foreign-arrivals-up-250-8-in-first-eight-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Canada-owned EnerCam Exploration Ltd, through its subsidiary angkor Resources Corp, has completed a community assessment mission on Block VIII, a 7.3sq km oil and gas license, with a focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles and corporate social responsibility (CSR). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/enercam-pioneers-onshore-oilfield-exploration-esg-csr/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The China-proposed Global Development Initiative will create a platform for joint growth and see more benefits go to Cambodia due to its cooperation with China to build a community with a shared future, officials and business leaders said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdi-helps-cambodian-infrastructure-promotes-trade-links-among-countries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Trucks loaded with Vietnamese durians lined up for customs inspections recently at the China and Vietnam Youyi Pass, a border crossing located in a natural gap between a series of steep cliffs and hills covered in conifers and bamboo on the border of the two <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rcep-enables-trade-among-asian-neighbours-to-ripen/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The International Financial Corporation (IFC) on February 16 announced that it had inked a new “collaboration agreement” with local WorldBridge Group and Singapore’s YCH Group for the development of the Phnom Penh Logistics Complex (PPLC) as a “smart logistics hub” in Southeast asia, in a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-banks-ifc-inks-deal-on-key-logistics-hub/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

World Vision Cambodia (WVC) has extended a helping hand to more than 4.5 million vulnerable individuals, with a major focus on the country’s youth. In light of these achievements, the organisation has announced a strategic five-year plan to ensure sustainable wellbeing for an additional five <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-vision-cambodia-aid-over-4-5m-vulnerable-people/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s four gold companies refined around 5,300 kg of gold ore, a semi-finished product that is smelted at a mine, as of 2022, paying royalties of $8 million and $1.5 million as tax income, a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance showed yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gold-refines-reach-5-3-tons-in-2022-paying-nearly-10m-in-tax/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>