The Phnom Penh government is planning to take action against illegal petrol stations around the city, and has counted 205 of them so far. Chreang Sophan, Phnom Penh deputy governor, said at the opening of a Total station in Tuol Kork district on Monday that the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hits-brakes-on-illegal-gas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After winning the World’s Best Rice AwArd for two yeArs running At the World Rice Conference, CAmbodiA hAs been selected to host this yeAr’s AnnuAl event. The World Rice Conference is A networking event thAt brings together rice industry professionAls from All over the world. InitiAted <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-to-host-rice-event/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Information Minister Khieu Kanharith this week launched a marketing campaign titled “Get Your Sexy Back,” aimed at promoting a culture of moderate alcohol consumption among young people by linking excessive drinking to a loss of sexual attractiveness. Launched on Monday and presided over by the long-serving <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/information-minister-launches-get-your-sexy-back-campaign/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The names of lawmakers selected to head five new opposition-led commissions in the National assembly have been officially announced to Cambodia National Rescue Party members, a senior party official told the Post yesterday. according to the CNRP official, who asked to remain anonymous, of the five <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-commission-heads-leaked/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Driven by garment and improved agricultural export markets, Cambodia has bucked the wider trend of slowing Southeast asian economies, according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for asia and the Pacific (ESCaP). ESCaP’s semi-annual Economic and Social Survey of asia and the Pacific, published <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-economy-bucks-regional-trend/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With security footage of elephants, clouded leopards and other wildlife caught on hidden cameras in Cambodia’s Eastern Plains flashing on a TV screen, Toby Eastoe of Conservation International noted that their cameras also catch other activity. Presenters ranging from anti-corruption advocates to health service workers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-society-tech-team-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia was in discussions with the Chinese government on funding for a 250-kilometre stretch of rail line between Phnom Penh and Vietnam, in what Cambodian officials yesterday called a move away from a “complicated” asian Development Bank loan. Va Sim Sorya, director general at the Ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-may-fund-cambodia-vietnam-rail/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hidden at the end of a pathway that breaks off from Mao Tse Tung Boulevard in Phnom Penh is a temple of a different kind, where seances are sacrosant and French writer Victor Hugo &ndash; author of Les Miserables &ndash; is considered a saint. Worshippers there practise Caodaism, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sanctuary-from-the-storm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of NGOs yesterdAy cAlled for more detAiled informAtion on nAtionAl budgets to be mAde public before their ApprovAl, mAintAining thAt the public hAd A right to know About And comment on the expenditures thAt would ultimAtely Affect their dAy-to-dAy lives. Tek VAnnArA, director of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngos-cAll-for-open-budget-process/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Military police in Mondolkiri province say they are searching for a guard working for a local rubber company who allegedly injured three villagers Saturday when he fired a bullet in their direction that ricocheted off a rock, prompting questions about the firm’s use of armed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rubber-firm-guard-sought-over-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Four Cambodian garment workers were slightly injured on Tuesday after part of the floor in a garment factory collapsed into a pond built underneath, a local police chief confirmed. The incident occurred at 10:00 a.m. (local time) at Nishiku Enterprise in Bati district of southern Takeo <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-factory-floor-collapse-injures-4-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Forestry AdministrAtion sAid yesterdAy thAt forestry crime, mostly timber And wildlife, hAs increAsed 19 percent in 2020 compAred to the sAme period in 2019. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/slight-increAse-in-2020-forest-crime-cAses/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The crisis in Myanmar has proven beneficial for Kampong Speu as at least 20 entities have relocated to this province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/up-to-20-myanmar-enterprises-are-reportedly-relocating-to-kampong-speu-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Floods over the past four months in the Kingdom affected more than 45,000 families across 17 provinces, the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/floods-affected-45000-families-in-17-provinces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) yesterday met Roeuida El Hage, Representative of Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to Cambodia to assess the human rights condition in Cambodia and to strengthen the cooperation between the two human rights organisations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chrc-ohchr-discuss-human-rights-situation-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn has dismissed the recent news spread by some media outlets concerning Ream Naval Base. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-foreign-minister-rejects-accusations-concerning-ream-naval-base/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At KAnthA BophA HospitAl, the need for blood hAs grown while the number of blood donors hAs decreAsed since MAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kAnthA-bophA-hospitAl-fAces-blood-supply-woes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) has approved 1,679 construction projects nationwide on 2.2 million square metres at about $952 million in the first five months of this year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/952-million-construction-projects-approved-in-five-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Trapaing Sangke Community of Kampot province has received two awards from the aSEaN Community, the aSEaN Standard Tourism Community award and the aSEaN Standard Tourism Community Guesthouse award. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trapaing-sangke-community-wins-two-asean-ecotourism-awards/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the new mandated government, Cambodia’s policy toward China remains unchanged, based on the spirit of traditional friendship, mutual trust and win-win cooperation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-policy-toward-china-remains-unchanged-says-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>