The National Election Committee’s $1 million pilot project last month to test its new computerized voter registration system revealed that the registration process is inefficient and needs to be sped up, a group of NGOs calling itself the Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA) said at a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-say-nec-has-to-work-on-speed-efficiency-of-voter-list/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A trained medical staff listens to the heartbeat of an infant at 16 Makara hospital in Preah Vihear, Cambodia. Photo by The World Bank, taken on 30 January 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Social development addresses profound social problems,1 especially poverty, unemployment and social exclusion, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/social-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Flooded forest in Cambodia. Photo by Andrea Kirkby, taken 11 May 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.A 1993 royal decree designated 23 protected areas covering about 3,273,300 ha, equal to around 18% of the country’s total land area, and brought them under the jurisdiction of the Ministry href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/types-of-state-protected-areas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 05 July 2017, Pursat Provincial Government, through the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, published a notice on the publication of cadastral documents, including cadastral maps and lists of title holders, which are derived from the land valuation and data collection conducted href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/notice-on-the-publication-of-cadastral-documents/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

About 500 people representing nearly 1,000 people from 5 communes gathered to submit a petition to the commune authorities in Sre Ambel district, find a suitable land solution for them. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-1000-people-in-koh-kong-province-submit-a-petition-to-the-commune-authorities-to-find-a-land-solution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 02 September 2021, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a notification on​ launch of the national post and telecommunications business and information application through e-Registration for the national levelThe e-Registration system will make it easy and fast for operators or business owners to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/launch-of-the-national-post-and-telecommunications-business-and-information-application-through-e-registration-for-the-national-level/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Angkor Wat Temple, one of the World Heritage Sites, received 2.06 million foreign visitors last year, up 28 percent compared to 1.61 million in a year earlier, a tourism report said Tuesday. The temple greeted 339,530 South Koreans last year, up 23 percent year-on-year; href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-world-heritage-angkor-wat-attracts-2-06-mln-foreigners-in-2012/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has undergone rapid economic development in recent decades, with GDP per capita tripled between 1999 and 2013. However, mainly due to three decades of war and political turmoil which severely damaged the country’s infrastructure, the country still lacks the means required for energy sector href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/energy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government is to ask Thailand for help to build a hydropower plant in the border province of Koh Kong. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-seeks-hydropower-deal-with-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s commitment to reform public financial management through a financial management information system (FMIS) is on the right track. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-change-to-electronic-system-to-manage-national-budget/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh International Airport set a new record for passenger traffic yesterday afternoon, breaking the 3 million mark in one year for the first time since it reopened after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, according to a press release from Cambodia Airports, the French-owned href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capitals-airport-soars-to-3-million-passenger-mark/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The World Bank’s private sector arm may be doing more harm than good when it invests in private equity firms, banks and other financial intermediaries, global development group Oxfam said in a report on Wednesday. In one project indirectly sponsored by the bank’s International Finance Corporation href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-may-be-blind-to-harm-of-financial-investments-oxfam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

India is set to bring new development opportunities to Cambodia as it challenges China’s established influence in Southeast Asia, experts say.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-set-to-benefit-as-india-acts-east/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

More than 90 percent of construction workers in the capital do not receive paid holiday, a survey into the industry has revealed. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/construction-workers-denied-paid-leave/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee will on Thursday hold a meeting to discuss the registration of migrant workers to vote in the upcoming 2018 national election. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-to-meet-over-migrants-voting-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Commerce has committed to joining up with the Thai Embassy in Cambodia to build a favourable business and investment climate between the Asean neighbours. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-links-set-to-boost-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy and a convoy of CNRP officials had a rocky tour through the northwestern province of Oddar Meanchey on Wednesday.    href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-visit-to-oddar-meanchey-marked-by-obstacles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government through the Ministry of Tourism is set to give a major boost to the country’s tourism sector to bolster the economy, said Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-wants-to-boost-tourism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday said he would “eliminate” opponents who dare to protest against his government during a speech in which he also declared that he personally ordered the military to deploy around the CNRP’s headquarters late last month. Speaking at a graduation ceremony href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-vows-to-eliminate-opponents-who-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...