The Royal Government of Cambodia always pays high attention to child welfare by considering it as a key priority sector, said Prime Minister Hun Sen. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/child-welfare-a-priority-sector-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The owner of a concrete-and-brick wall being built directly on Sihanoukville’s O’Chheuteal beach in recent weeks remains a mystery, with authorities and workers alike refusing to say who is cordoning off the public beach. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/owner-behind-sihanoukville-fence-construction-still-a-mystery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday issued a notification on focusing on mine action management to achieve a mine free year by 2025. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-has-issued-a-notification-to-achieve-a-mine-free-2025/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Canadian-owned company EnerCam Resources Co Ltd (EnerCam) is studying the possibility of investing in oil extraction from Cambodia’s offshore Block a after the government terminated an agreement with Singapore-based KrisEnergy Ltd, after the oil and gas exploration company went bankrupt last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/canada-firm-mulls-offshore-oil-extraction-in-kingdoms-block-a/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A resurgent economy And efforts to crAck down on smuggling hAve led to A lArge increAse in petroleum imports, According to experts. CAmbodiA hAs imported 756,139 tonnes worth US$692 million in the first hAlf of the yeAr, from 440,607 tonnes worth $296 million in the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/petroleum-imports-surge-on-economic-growth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Tiffany &amp; Company is quietly building a diamond-polishing factory in Cambodia, a country popularly associated more with killing fields and land mines than baubles. Some of Japan’s biggest manufacturers are also rushing to set up operations in Phnom Penh to make wiring harnesses for cars and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wary-of-china-companies-head-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn Development BAnk hAs renewed the push for CAmbodiA And the AsiAn region to refocus its efforts AwAy from the current “OceAn Economy” And towArds A new, more sustAinAble “Blue Economy”, As yesterdAy mArked World OceAns DAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/world-oceAns-dAy-prompts-re-think-A-push-towArds-A-blue-economy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Airline pAssengers who Are diplomAts And officiAls of internAtionAl orgAnisAtions holding Type A And B visAs for trAvel to CAmbodiA Are exempted from pAying Covid-19 testing fees, sAid the Ministry of HeAlth in its lAtest Adjustment of rules on WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-exempts-visA-A-And-b-holders-from-covid-fees/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

“COVID-19 vaccines are a very powerful tool, but not a silver bullet to end the pandemic,” reiterated the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative Office for Cambodia in a statement on aug. 12, warning people of vaccine optimism. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/who-cambodia-covid-19-vaccines-are-a-very-powerful-tool-but-not-a-silver-bullet-to-end-the-pandemic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen will meet with the talented students who received a Grade a in the recent high school diploma exams &ndash; also known as baccalaureate II, or Bacc II’ &ndash; in an event to be held in Phnom Penh on February 28. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/grade-a-students-reach-record-set-to-meet-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rounding off a week that included two violent clashes with police and the charging and release of four protesters, Boeng Kak lake villagers yesterday daubed paper sheets with their blood in a symbolic call to end what they consider judicial intimidation. about 50 villagers gathered at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-a-call-to-find-justice-boeng-kak-lake-villagers-draw-blood/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

CSX chief executive Hong Sok Hour explains how the exchange will function on its first day of trading and into the future. The way to begin trading on the CSX is to open an account with any one of a dozen securities firms which are licensed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/open-an-account-at-a-securities-firm-and-get-ready-to-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Education and training” under Social development in both Khmer and English.=>Please click here to get into Education and training topic page. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-education-and-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Chinese company Jiangsu Lianfa Textile Co Ltd plans to invest in cotton in Pursat province to process fabrics and supply the Kingdom’s garment factories, according to the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-firm-plans-to-invest-in-cotton-if-second-test-a-success/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the countries aiming to achieve $6 billion in bilateral trade by 2020, China on Tuesday said Cambodia’s low sanitary and phytosanitary standards stand in the way of achieving their mutual trade goals, particularly when it comes to agricultural goods. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-says-low-sanitary-standards-in-cambodia-a-barrier-to-more-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday told Sar Kheng and other government officials not to respond to an unnamed group who he said had urged the Minister of Interior to stage a coup against the leader of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). He said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-ignore-groups-calls-to-stage-a-coup-detat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While some Cambodian migrant workers in South Korea are happy to have relieved family debt burden at home, others are working in “not-good” conditions and without clear objectives. at around 6pm, 21 workers leave a reservoir construction site in the city of Gimpo, around 15km <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lack-of-future-plans-a-concern-for-migrant-workers-in-south-korea/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new profile page on “Environmental impact assessments”. This page shows completed environmental and social impact assessment reports (EIas). The reports contain information such as company profile, address, registered investment capital, company registration date and code, contract duration, project size, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-profile-page-on-environmental-impacts-assessments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government will hold a meeting with gasoline companies on October 1st aiming to ask those companies to reduce the price of gasoline.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-commerce-to-hold-a-meeting-with-gasoline-companies%e2%80%8b-next-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Drivers on Cambodia’s chaotic streets are often quick to criticize the traffic police, who seem unable to bring things under control. However, the drivers themselves forget that poor driving and the ignoring of traffic laws lead to so many snarls. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/quick-to-criticize-drivers-forget-they-have-a-role-in-snarled-traffic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>