Speaking at the event on the capital’s Chroy Changvar peninsula, Hun Sen appealed to both the “greatest power country” and democratic nations to avoid making such mistakes in the future. The prime minister did not mention any state by name, referring only to the “greatest power <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-calls-on-west-to-learn-from-past-and-avoid-a-third-mistake/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “SDG 4 Quality education”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic page on SDG 4, you will get <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sdg-4-quality-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 17 June 2019, Prey Lang Community Network of four provinces such as Kratie, Stung Treng, Preah Vihear, and Kampong Thom, released a statement on the increase of illegal logging and many illegal activities in the Prey Lang forest. The majority of illegal activities found <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/prey-lang-community-network-a-statement-on-the-rapid-increase-in-forestry-crimes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” in both Khmer and English languages, together with the detail on the transition from MDGs to SDGs in Cambodia, localization of the SDGs, global means of implementation, national means of implementation, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sustainable-development-goals-sdgs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “SDG 1 No poverty”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic pages on SDG 1, you will get <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sdg-1-no-poverty/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new profile page on “access to public services.” Together with a plenty of information on transportation, health services and centers, public schools, civil status and data: services and fees.=>Please click here to get in to access to public services profile page. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-profile-page-on-access-to-public-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National assembly will hold a plenary meeting on October 20th to vote for a draft-amended law on Commune/Sangkat Election. CPP wants the electoral campaign period shall be 10 days, while CNRP demands for 15-day, CPP spokesman said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-national-assembly-to-approve-a-draft-amended-commune-election-law-next-month-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National assembly will hold a plenary meeting on October 20th to vote for a draft-amended law on Commune/Sangkat Election. CPP wants the electoral campaign period shall be 10 days, while CNRP demands for 15-day, CPP spokesman said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-national-assembly-to-approve-a-draft-amended-commune-election-law-next-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dozen hundred protesters from across Phnom Penh Municipality staged a protest in front of the National assembly this morning, demanding the Na’s current first deputy president Kem Sokha, to step down from his position. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-protest-stages-to-oust-kem-sokha-from-position-at-the-national-assembly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Labor Ministry on Tuesday warned unions that if they failed to reach a consensus on a new minimum wage for the garment sector ahead of Friday’s Labor advisory Committee meeting on the issue, the committee would not consider any proposal from the unions at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-tells-unions-to-pick-a-minimum-wage-or-lose-their-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ApsArA Authority in cooperAtion with the PreAh ViheAr provinciAl Authorities will estAblish A joint-committee to combAt illegAl logging And lAnd encroAchments within conservAtion site in Koh Ker temple. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-joint-committee-will-estAblish-to-combAt-illegAl-logging-At-koh-ker-temple/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Importers can expect a substantial increase in the “specific tax” component of certain products, especially automobiles and auto spare parts, according to a sub-decree by the Customs and Excise Department released yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-auto-importers-cast-a-wary-eye-on-govt-tax-decree/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government yesterday significantly upped the garment and footwear sector’s minimum wage to $170 a month, from $153, the highest increase in wages in the past two years and one that comes ahead of a crucial national election next July. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/big-boost-for-garment-sector-minimum-wage-though-some-see-a-political-motive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Global payments giant Visa is the first international financial firm to announce the roll out of a payment solution in Cambodia for quick response codes, or QR codes, those pixelated black and white squares designed to be read by a smartphone camera that have begun <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/qr-codes-could-prove-to-be-a-digital-alternative-to-cash-for-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two newly elected opposition commune chiefs in Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville are struggling to dislodge their Cambodian People’s Party predecessors following their recent swearing in to office. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/old-cpp-chiefs-a-bane-for-new-cnrp-ones-in-phnom-penh-sihanoukville/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen used a public speech yesterday to mercilessly mock former opposition leader Sam Rainsy, taunting him to make good on a promise to return to Cambodia, sarcastically referring to him as a “hero” and even singing a few bars of a classic <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-taunts-sam-rainsy-branding-him-a-coward-for-not-returning-home/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Korea is joining hands with Cambodian investor to establish the biggest shopping mall of international standard in Phnom Penh to correspond to the capital’s increasingly modernising lifestyle. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/korea-and-local-investors-to-establish-a-modern-shopping-mall-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AsiA And the PAcific continued As A hot spot for internAtionAl tourism in 2012, AttrActing whAt is expected to be in excess of 350 million internAtionAl visitor ArrivAls, expAnding its collective inbound count by more thAn 5% And generAting more thAn 18 million AdditionAl foreign visits, yeAr-on-yeAr. Within this <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/growing-tourism-A-positive-sign-AsiA-And-pAcific-continue-As-trAvel-hot-spots/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Banteay Chhmar Community-Based Tourism project is a group of local villagers from the Banteay Chhmar community dedicated to preserving and protecting the cultural heritage of their local temple site. Khiri Travel is aiming to create a responsible tourism industry in the town of Banteay Chhmar. The CBT <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/khiri-travel-helps-cambodias-banteay-chhmar-community-with-a-new-tourism-product/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

“The shortage of trained teachers at all levels of education but particularly at the primary level is the single most important constraint on narrowing the country’s skill gap”, argues a Working Paper entitled “Cambodia’s Skill Gap: an anatomy of Issues and Policy Options”, published by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/cambodia-needs-more-and-better-teachers-says-a-cdri-working-paper-released-today/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>