This year, Cambodia and australia celebrated the 70th anniversary of their diplomatic relations. Ties were first established in 1952, a year before Cambodia attained its independence from the French. Over the decades, the two countries in the Indo-Pacific have proven to be great cooperative partners <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bringing-cambodia-australia-ties-to-a-higher-level-70-years-on/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than one million people in Cambodia still live in fear and work in areas contaminated by mines and explosive remnants of war (ERWs), a senior official said here on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/landmines-pose-threat-to-over-a-million-people-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Withdrawal of Everything But arms (EBa) from Cambodia has evoked mixed reaction from economic experts and labour unions in the country. While economic experts claimed it would not affect badly, labour unions have raised concerns and urged the government to deal with European Union (EU) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-confident-while-labour-unions-warn-against-eba-exit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese firm hAs expressed its interest to invest in the AgriculturAl sector, pArticulArly in cAssAvA And corn cultivAtion And forAge plAnt breeding in the centrAl province of KAmpong Thom. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-chinese-firm-interested-in-AgriculturAl-investment-in-kAmpong-thom-province/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Commerce has put Cambodian milled-rice exports to the Middle East as a priority for ongoing talks on the Cambodia-United arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement (CaM-UaE CEPa), according to minister Pan Sorasak. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-exports-to-mid-east-a-priority-for-trade-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has decided to extend by another year, its cash subsidy for the poor programme. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-extends-cash-aid-for-the-poor-programme-by-a-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AcAdemics And students from the University of SAlford hAve returned from An outreAch trip to CAmbodiA where they met with A number of prosthetic users, including An elephAnt. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-elephAnt-with-A-prosthetic-leg-visited-by-uk-teAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 170 Cambodian micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have successfully transitioned their businesses online as part of a digital drive to become more resilient in the future, under a UNDP-led programme. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/digitalisation-drive-gives-msmes-a-business-boost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dr. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, yesterday reassured that the Royal Government’s vision 2030 and 2050 is not a dream. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-says-vision-2050-is-not-a-dream/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

From 19-21 December 2023, the Forestry AdministrAtion of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries, the Ministry of Environment (MoE), the UN-REDD ProgrAmme And the Food And Agriculture OrgAnizAtion of the United NAtions (FAO) jointly orgAnized the Projects Completion Workshop on the ‘UN-REDD initiAtive on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pArtners-hold-A-projects-completion-workshop-for-key-forestry-initiAtives/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), a Consultative Group on the International agricultural Research (CGIaR) on asian Mega-Deltas (aMD), in collaboration with the General Department of agriculture (GDa), launched the “Climate Smart Map” (CS-Map), to guide local-level assessment and planning for climate resilience. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-partners-launch-a-tool-to-understand-climate-risks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said today that declaring a state of emergency will be unlikely as COVID-19 is under control. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/declaring-a-state-of-emergency-is-unlikely-pm-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kep Provincial administration, through the General Department of Prisons (GDP), has requested that 5ha of land be designated as state private property to be used for the construction of a new provincial prison in andong Sar village of Damnak Changaur district’s Poang Teuk commune. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kep-plans-prison-intended-to-be-a-place-of-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia will hold a joint press conference on December 9 to update the Kingdom on the SaRS-CoV-2 coronavirus variant Omicron. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/health-ministry-who-cambodia-all-set-for-omicron-variant-qa/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has initiated the implementation of two mechanisms in the Myanmar crisis, namely, a ceasefire and the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people in need without discrimination. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mechanisms-for-myanmar-are-for-a-ceasefire-and-humanitarian-assistance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China is an increasingly important export destination for Cambodia’s agricultural commodities, thanks to the Cambodia-China Free Trade agreement (CCFTa), which went into effect on January 1, 2022. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-agricultural-commodities-target-china-as-a-key-export-destination/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

South Korea has successfully exported its premium beef, Hanwoo, to Cambodia for the first time, marking a significant milestone in eight years of quarantine negotiations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/korean-premium-beef-hanwoo-finds-a-new-market-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Chea Somethy, Minister of Social affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation encouraged drug addicts to engage in sports and patiently create a new future while assuring them that society does not stigmatise victims or people who have a history of drug use. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rehabilitating-drug-users-urged-to-strive-for-a-new-life/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite rising crackdowns and inspections, vehicular violations continue to be recorded in the hundreds. at least 227 vehicles were inspected and fined by the police on august 28 including 178 motorcycles and 49 cars. This is according to Lt. Gen. Chhay Kim Khoeun, Deputy Commissioner <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-220-vehicles-fined-for-violations-in-a-single-day/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The region and the globe remain in the grip of a slew of intractable crises on top of the persistent effects of Covid-19, posing precarious economic headwinds and dampening growth prospects for the coming years. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-a-bright-spot-in-gloomy-global-outlook-says-imf-chief/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>