CMA CGM GROUP, A world’s lArgest shipping And logistics compAny, is intended to expAnd its investment in CAmbodiA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-lArge-french-logistics-compAny-plAns-to-expAnd-investment-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The third ring road has been named “Xi Jinping Boulevard”, 60 years after a major thoroughfare in Phnom Penh was named Mao Tse-Tung Boulevard by King Norodom Sihanouk in honor of the iconic Chinese leader. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/third-ring-road-named-xi-jinping-boulevard-a-symbol-of-cambodia-chinas-steel-relationship/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Ministry of Women’s affairs and its partners have been developing an app, called GBV Safe app, to prevent gender-based violence. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-developing-a-mobile-application-to-prevent-gender-based-violence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a remarkable ten-year effort, Conservation International Cambodia (CI Cambodia) has restored approximately 600 hectares of the Tonle Sap’s flooded forest, a critical ecosystem within Cambodia’s largest freshwater lake. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-decade-of-effort-restoring-the-tonle-sap-flooded-forests-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a remarkable ten-year effort, Conservation International Cambodia (CI Cambodia) has restored approximately 600 hectares of the Tonle Sap’s flooded forest, a critical ecosystem within Cambodia’s largest freshwater lake. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-decade-of-effort-restoring-the-tonle-sap-flooded-forests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The governor of Takeo province has granted one week’s grace to sellers and vendors of alcoholic drinks and wines to remove all billboards and signage that advertises alcoholic products, or face legal consequences. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vendors-given-a-week-to-remove-alcohol-ads-in-takeo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh, Cambodia The Ministry of Economy and Finance has announced the formation of a Special Tax audit Unit, designed to address taxpayer concerns more efficiently. This new unit, which holds departmental status, will operate under the General Department of Taxation’s jurisdiction. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-government-establishes-a-special-tax-audit-unit-to-help-taxpayers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ongoing crisis is reminder of a significant portion of the world population currently lacking adequate access to basic hand-washing facilities.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/clean-water-plays-a-crucial-role-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior officiAl of the GenerAl DepArtment of Petroleum At the Ministry of Mines And Energy sAid the ministry is reviewing A request letter from SingApore-listed compAny KrisEnergy Asking for A delAy to the stArt of oil extrAction in CAmbodiA Block A. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/krisenergy-seeks-AdditionAl-delAy-to-cAmbodiA-block-A-scheduled-oil-extrAction/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Sinosteel Equipment Co Ltd and Royal Group wholly-owned Cambodia Bodong Shaguo Energy Co Ltd signed an Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the new 700 mW coal-fired power plant project. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/royal-group-a-step-closer-to-new-coal-fired-power-plant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A floAting community in Tonle SAp LAke in Keo Por commune, Puok district of Siem ReAp province is AwAre of environmentAl impAct cAused by plAstic wAstes &ndAsh; thAnks to their pArticipAtion in A cAmpAign to cleAr the lAke from plAstic. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-floAting-community-in-siem-reAp-Adopting-plAstic-free-ApproAch-to-combAt-pollution/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The subcommittee on research and monitoring of COVID-19 announced this evening that a total of 788 workers and related employees from a total of 36 factories have been found be infected with COVID-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/total-of-788-garment-workers-from-36-factories-found-to-be-covid-19-positive-in-less-than-a-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Domestic revenue is an increasingly vital source of financing for development in the Kingdom, amounting to 19 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) last year and expected to reach 22.5 per cent by end-2025, the UN said on July 16. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/domestic-revenue-a-vital-source-of-development-financing-un-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AquAculture production could experience A mArginAl decline this yeAr As discourAging prices And other mArket forces prompt fArmers to reduce the Amount of juvenile fish used to stock their ponds, or go As fAr As to temporArily hAlt operAtions, According to the CAmbodiAn AquAculturist AssociAtion <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sinking-feeling-cAA-mAking-A-splAsh-over-AquAculture-As-sector-flounders/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said there are pressing reasons to strengthen multilateralism and rules-based international cooperation as interference by foreign powers and use of military force only bring on even worse tragedies rather than offering any solutions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rules-based-intl-co-op-a-key-in-times-of-peril-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s election commission said on Tuesday (aug 1) that nearly half a million ballots were spoiled in the national election last month, which critics have called a sham as all opposition parties were barred from contesting. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-half-a-million-spoiled-ballots-in-cambodia-election-poll-body/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Press freedom groups and foreign donors on Friday discussed the potential benefits and goals of establishing a national press council, including developing a standardized code of ethics for journalists nationwide and promoting public trust and self-regulation in the industry. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/press-freedom-groups-donors-tout-benefits-of-a-national-press-council/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) are committed to strengthening cooperation towards building a common Cambodian-Chinese community of destiny in the new era. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-and-chinese-communist-party-vow-to-strengthen-community-building-of-a-common-destiny/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and the US traded goods worth $8.510 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, marking gains of 21.79 per cent on-year, with Cambodian exports to the world’s largest economy accounting for a 96.56 per cent share, according to the General Department of Customs <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-goods-exports-to-us-rise-nearly-a-quarter-on-year-to-8-2b/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A study on over 3,200 microfinAnce borrowers from 450 villAges in 10 provinces in the country hAs reveAled thAt two thirds of them hAve seen An improvement in their lives, According to the CAmbodiAn MicrofinAnce AssociAtion (CMA). <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/microfinAnce-hAs-improved-A-mAjority-of-peoples-life-cmA-study/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>