“Cambodia needs more and better teachers”, says a CDRI working paper released today
“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>
Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI)
Cambodia can gain a decent share in Chinese rice import market, say experts
A U.S. bAsed Agriculture consultAncy firm hAs urged CAmbodiA rice exporters to focus on promoting their exports to the Chinese mArket As it hAs A huge untApped potentiAl for more imports in the future, According to locAl sources. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-cAn-gAin-A-decent-shAre-in-chinese-rice-import-mArket-sAy-experts/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Oryza News Staff
http://www.oryza.com/news/rice-news/cambodia-can-gain-decent-share-chinese-rice-import-market-say-experts
Interior Ministry receives Sourn Serey Ratha's letter, seeking to establish a political party
The Ministry of Interior received a letter Monday from Sourn Serey Ratha who is seeking permission to form ‘Khmer People Power Party’. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interior-ministry-receives-sourn-serey-rathas-letter-seeking-to-establish-a-political-party/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/interior-ministry-receives-sourn-serey-rathas-letter-seeking-to-establish-a-political-party-7863
Notification on the prohibition of using of a drone in Phnom Penh city
On 16 February 2015, Phnom Penh Capital Hall issued a notification on the prohibition of using of a drone in the geography of Phnom Penh city to ensure respect for citizen’s rights and maintain security, safety and public order. In case of necessity, a user <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/notification-on-the-prohibition-of-using-of-a-drone-in-phnom-penh-city/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phnom Penh Capital Hall
Court delays trial due to lack of A/C, denies bail to woman
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday delayed the trial of a woman whose family has been locked in a lengthy land dispute with real estate tycoon Khun Sear because the air conditioning in the courtroom was not working, a decision that was followed by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-delays-trial-due-to-lack-of-ac-denies-bail-to-woman/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ben Sokhean and Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-delays-trial-due-to-lack-of-ac-denies-bail-to-woman-80237/
Cambodia’s election body to make the disabled a priority in next elections
Cambodia’s National Election Committee (NEC) will make the disabled a top priority in political participation and include related policy in the country’s new election law to ensure them equality in the next nationwide elections, an agency official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-election-body-to-make-the-disabled-a-priority-in-next-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Multilateralism, a key tool for current global issues
Multilateralism is a very important tool to solve challenges being faced by the world, mainly the least developed countries (LDCs). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/multilateralism-a-key-tool-for-current-global-issues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50948436/multilateralism-a-key-tool-for-current-global-issues/
New ‘Taxation Law’ a shot in the arm for taxpayers
The new Taxation Law encompassing the earlier provisions of the taxation law (1997), annual budget laws of the Kingdom of Cambodia time and decrees and codes of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) and the State of Cambodia (SOC) is seen as simple, flexible and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-taxation-law-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-taxpayers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501302182/new-taxation-law-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-taxpayers/
A grade grads meeting PM
The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport said the more than 1,000 students who earned a grades in last year’s high school examinations are set for their February 2 meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-grade-grads-meeting-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grade-grads-meeting-pm
Government cuts 67 hectares of Boeung Ta Mok to a director of a real estate company
The government, through a sub-decree, cut off 67 hectares of Boeung Ta Mok in Phnom Penh to a businessman who have ties to Prim Minister Hun Sen’s daughter. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-cuts-67-hectares-of-boeung-ta-mok-to-a-director-of-a-real-estate-company/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mech Dara
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/18/orkide-director-gets-67-hectares-on-boeng-tamok/
Omicron spread forces PM Hun Sen to postpone meeting with Grade A students
Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced the postponement of his planned get-together with the 1,753 students who have got their baccalaureate with grade a, due to the fast spreading Omicron variant. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/omicron-spread-forces-pm-hun-sen-to-postpone-meeting-with-grade-a-students/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501025306/omicron-spread-forces-pm-hun-sen-to-postpone-meeting-with-grade-a-students/
Press release: Stung Sen was internationally recognized as a fifth Ramsar Site in Cambodia
On 06 November 2018, Ministry of Environment issued a press release announcing to the public that Stung Sen, which is the tallest and pristine seasonally flooded freshwater swamp forest of the Tonle Sap Great Lake, has been designated as a Wetland of International Importance (also known <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-stung-sen-was-internationally-recognized-as-a-fifth-ramsar-site-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry of Environment
‘Middle way’, outside shot: GDP members see victory in July election as a possibility
Ever since the dissolution of the main opposition, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, the progressive Grassroots Democracy Party has found itself between a rock and a hard place. Many have called for them to boycott an election that is no longer fully democratic. as one <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/middle-way-outside-shot-gdp-members-see-victory-in-july-election-as-a-possibility/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Andrew Nachemson and Yon Sineat
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-post-depth-politics/middle-way-outside-shot-gdp-members-see-victory-july-election
Press release related to a news article on "Ethnic cultural centre in land dispute"
On 6 March 2019, the Ministry of Mines and Energy published an press release on a news article of Phnom Penh Post on “Ethnic cultural centre in land dispute” which posted on page 8, released on Wednesday, 06 March 2019. In the news article, quoted <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-related-to-a-news-article-on-ethnic-cultural-centre-in-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry of Mines and Energy
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “SDG 14 Life below water”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “SDG 14 Life below water”, 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 14, you will <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sdg-14-life-below-water/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
As Cambodian democracy weakens, U.S. imposes sanctions on a high-ranking Cambodian official
Cambodia’s democracy has been in increasing trouble in recent months, with Prime Minister Hun Sen dissolving the main opposition party and cracking down on independent media. Now there’s a sign that the U.S. government is paying attention. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/as-cambodian-democracy-weakens-u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-a-high-ranking-cambodian-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
King Norodom Sihamoni departs this morning for a 3-day visit in Lao PDR
His Majesty, King Norodom Sihamoni of the Kingdom of Cambodia, departed this morning for a 3-day official visit to Laos PDR at the invitation of Lao President Choummaly Sayasone. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/king-norodom-sihamoni-departs-this-morning-for-a-3-day-visit-in-lao-pdr/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/king-norodom-sihamoni-departs-this-morning-for-a-3-day-visit-in-lao-pdr-9111
Condo boom in Cambodia's capital driven by expat demand and a leap of faith
High-rise apartments are springing up across Cambodia’s capital, part of a property boom led by expat demand, while developers are also betting the country’s growing middle class will shed a traditional distaste for “living on top of each other”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/condo-boom-in-cambodias-capital-driven-by-expat-demand-and-a-leap-of-faith/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Prak Chan Thul, Aradhana Aravindan
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/02/cambodia-condominiums-idUSL3N12N3UL20151102
Union reps suspended after more than a thousand strike in election day pay row
Ten union representatives were yesterday suspended from the Southland garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district after more than a thousand workers went on strike to protest the factory’s decisions about time taken off for voting in Sunday’s commune elections. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-reps-suspended-after-more-than-a-thousand-strike-in-election-day-pay-row/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Post staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-reps-suspended-after-more-thousand-strike-election-day-pay-row
Ministry of Public Works discusses with a Chinese developer on capital city sky train
Cambodia’s Senior Minister and Minister of Public Works and Transport Minister H.E. Sun Chanthol has held a discussion with Chairman of China Sky Railway Group Mr. Tang Tong on Phnom Penh sky train, according to the ministry’s news release. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-public-works-discusses-with-a-chinese-developer-on-capital-city-sky-train/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khan Sophirom
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=106480