The Transport Ministry seized 642 overloaded trucks throughout the country and leveraged fines worth more than $250,000 last month. The ministry issued a report on Wednesday, saying it had seized 642 overloaded trucks nationwide and issued fines totaling $267,627 during the month. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/spike-in-seizures-of-overloaded-trucks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Siem Reap is littered with trash and local young people have had enough. Once a month since March, monks and youth volunteers from NGOs, businesses and public schools have joined together to clean up their neighbourhood and promote awareness of how rubbish affects people’s lives. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%8f%e1%9e%b6%e1%9f%86%e1%9e%84%e1%9e%96%e1%9e%b8%e1%9e%81%e1%9f%82%e1%9e%98%e1%9e%b8%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%b6-%e1%9e%99%e1%9e%bb%e1%9e%9c%e1%9e%87%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%bd%e1%9e%98%e1%9e%82%e1%9f%92/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s first draft national strategy on promoting the riel is to be finalised next month and has been sent to the economic and financial policy committee of the Ministry of Economy and Finance for review and endorsement by end of the year. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/riel-strategy-takes-shape/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Indonesia’s ambassador to Cambodia says a new chamber of commerce will help his country find more business opportunities in the Kingdom and boost bilateral trade. The Indonesia Chamber of Commerce Cambodia (IndoCham) was formed this month. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-indonesia-chamber-of-commerce-promises-boost-in-trade-ambassador/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, this morning called on all stakeholders to continue paying high attention to replanting trees and preserving the forests. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/his-majesty-the-king-calls-for-continued-tree-planting-and-forest-preservation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The successful hosting of the 21st Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its related summits here in November was definitely the biggest achievement of Cambodia in 2012 despite some sad events such as the death of the venerated former King Norodom href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/yearender-hosting-asean-summit-tops-major-achievements-of-cambodia-in-2012/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In an effort to address speech and communication disorders, which affect about one in 25 people countrywide, Unicef Cam­bo­dia awarded the organization OIC: The Cambodia Project a $42,000 grant on Wednesday to provide informal speech therapy training to Cambodians. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngo-gets-unicef-aid-for-speech-therapy-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Voter registration has fallen far behind schedule over the past two weeks, with enrolment dropping to just 30,000 a day from a target of 100,000, according to official figures, leaving more than 2 million Cambodians at risk of not registering to vote in time. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/voter-registration-drive-falls-behind-schedule/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Financial literacy as a school subject to increase students’ knowledge about money will be introduced nationwide through the first phase of the Cambodian School Curriculum Project, with the Ministry of Education collaborating with the National Bank of Cambodia, Asian Development Bank, Good Return and the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/schools-to-teach-financial-literacy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

More than 500 dead Cambodians were repatriated from Thailand in the first six months of 2017, according to an Interior Ministry official. Chou Bun Eng, secretary of state at the ministry, said yesterday the 500 bodies were repatriated through three checkpoints in Banteay Meanchey province. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thailand-repatriates-500-dead-cambodians/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Foreign Affairs Ministry expects to complete construction on its first training institute for local diplomats in the next 18 months, officials said Monday. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokes-man Chum Sounry said work on the National Institute for Diplomatic and Relations of International Study began in December. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-to-build-first-diplomatic-institute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s fisheries sector that plays a vital role in food security and improving nutrition, generated a slightly improved income of more than $275,000 in the first half of the year, according to a report released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fisheries-earnings-on-the-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) will host a competition on November 1 to determine the finest rice in Cambodia, with the winning brand representing the kingdom at the ninth edition of the World’s Best Rice Competition Program, which will take place a few days later href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/best-rice-to-be-decided-in-national-competition/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday discussed their political differences on telephone, a senior opposition official confirmed. “They had met on the telephone this (Wednesday) morning for about 45 minutes to discuss about the current political dispute,” Eng Chhay Eang, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-opposition-chief-discuss-political-row-over-phone/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Industry Science Technology and Innovation, Tourism and the Post and Telecommunications ministries will join the newly launched Cambodia Data Exchange (CamDX) platform to exchange data with other ministries as well as with the private sector. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/camdx-to-add-three-more-ministries-to-its-network/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Tourism ministers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam held a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss ways to boost tourism in all the four countries, creating a four country tourist destination. At the meeting on September 13, attended by over 200 delegates and investors, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-laos-myanmar-and-vietnam-discuss-ways-to-boost-tourism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Around 100 people upset over the installation of new electricity transmission towers by the national electricity company, Electricite du Cambodge (EdC), protested on Friday morning in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district to demand a halt in the placement of the towers, or suitable compensation, protesters and officials href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-protest-electricity-towers-near-their-homes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government has borrowed $732.06 million in the form of concessional loans from development partners (DPs), amounting to 74.83 percent of the debt ceiling of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) approved by the National Assembly last year, according to the latest report on Cambodia’s public debt. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/public-debt-figures-released/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

At least 19 people were killed and thousands have been evacuated from their homes in Cambodia due floods caused by heavy rains and overflowing rivers, an official said Saturday. According to the official, more than 8,000 families have been evacuated to higher grounds, Xinhua reported. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/19-killed-in-cambodia-floods/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Researchers in Colombia have conducted a promising randomised trial of a vaccine for the dengue virus, a disease that affects thousands of Cambodians every year, according to results published in the September issue of The Lancet. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vaccine-trial-for-dengue-promising/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...