Boeung Kak community land activist Tep Vanny is making another bid for release in a case that sent her to prison over a 2013 protest outside the home of Prime Minister Hun Sen. Vanny’s sister, Huot Chansovann, filed a petition on Monday to Hun Sen’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activist-tep-vanny-makes-new-bid-for-release-from-cambodia-prison/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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The government-backed Rural Development Bank has handed a $4.5 million loan to a company planning to invest in Cambodia’s efforts to export more milled rice. Rural Development Bank chairman Son Kuon Thor said yesterday that the bank was giving the loan to a new company <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-bank-gives-loan-for-rice-milling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AustrAliAn-listed Cell AquAculture (CAQ) &ndAsh; A onetime A mArine technology compAny &ndAsh; hAs purchAsed A cAsino on the CAmbodiA-VietnAm border in A bid to generAte much-needed revenue After neAring bAnkruptcy in 2013. On MAy 26, CAQ Announced in A stAtement to the AustrAliAn Stock ExchAnge thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliAn-firm-bets-on-bAvet/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Due to discrimination, sexual minorities in the country face high poverty, bullying and elevated dropout rates, with the government’s ambiguous stance on LGBT issues worsening the situation, a UN report says. “Laws and policies in Cambodia are silent on LGBT people and rights,” states Being LGBT <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lgbt-rights-need-to-be-addressed-says-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Chinese government-run China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) will today formally agree to import 100,000 tonnes of rice from Cambodia, local officials say. Representatives from COFCO and Green Trade Co, a Cambodian government-owned agriculture firm, today met in Beijing to sign the agreement, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-signs-100000-tonne-rice-import-agreement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government’s countrywide census of foreigners resulted in the first deportations, as six undocumented Vietnamese workers were sent back across the border from Ratanakkiri province last week, officials said yesterday. The move prompted one provincial NGO worker to call for more deportations as part of a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/survey-says-deported/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Automotive AsiA (CAmbodiA), the only Authorised deAler of Audi vehicles in CAmbodiA, opened its first showroom in Phnom Penh yesterdAy. The 2,000-squAre-metre showroom on Monivong BoulevArd currently holds just two of the GermAn cArmAker’s models, the Q7 And the A8L, with prices rAnging between $135,000 And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Audi-opens-deAlership-in-cApitAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Parkson Holdings Bhd (PHB)’s expansion into Phnom Penh, Cambodia, via its proposed Parkson Mallwould provide it with a steady income stream in the long term, mainly from rental yield, according to affin Investment Bank. The proposed location of the mall &ndash; directly opposite the Phnom Penh International <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/parksons-cambodia-expansion-seen-boosting-earnings-in-the-long-term/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Flooding across 12 provinces has killed another two people, bringing the death toll to 29, an official said yesterday. The deaths occurred in Kampong Cham and Prey Veng provinces, according to Keo Vy, cabinet director at the National Committee for Disaster Management. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/floods-claim-two-more/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn court on TuesdAy sentenced seven femAle lAnd rights Activists, including A 75-yeAr-old womAn, to one yeAr in prison eAch for blocking trAffic during A protest. Judge Mong Mony SopheA of Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court ruled the women were guilty of “creAting A public <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-lAnd-rights-Activists-get-yeAr-in-jAil-for-blocking-trAffic/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday agreed to postpone a meeting with the opposition party’s information department chief, Meach Sovannara, who missed a scheduled meeting in which he was to answer questions regarding his alleged role in a violent protest in July, his lawyer said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-lawmaker-says-hell-show-up-in-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kratie Provincial Court has released on bail five of the eight people charged after a military-style operation by security forces on a small village alleged to be the home of a secessionist movement, a court official said yesterday. On May 16, a 14-year-old girl was <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/five-people-released-in-kratie-insurrection-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia received approximately 1.1 million tourists in July, which sums up to a total of over 12 million visitors recorded in the first seven months of the year, a press release of the Ministry of Information (MoI) said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-records-over-12m-tourists-in-seven-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a collaborative effort to bolster delivery of public services and foster greater citizen participation, the Secretariat of the National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development (NCDD) and World Vision recently convened a forum in Phnom Penh. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/working-together-for-better-public-service-delivery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a move to improve financial education in Cambodia, the Preah Srey Içanavarman Museum of Economy and Money (SOSORO) and the association of Banks in Cambodia (aBC) on Wednesday said that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sosoro-museum-abc-sign-mou-to-promote-financial-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A reporter in Mondulkiri province who climbed A mAngo tree to look into A police officiAl’s compound for A rumored stAsh of illegAl timber over the weekend sAys he wAs lAter detAined And threAtened with A beAting. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAls-on-run-After-journAlist-reports-threAts-illegAl-timber/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

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According to the report on CAmbodiA Forest Cover 2018 issued on December 2020 by the Ministry of Environment (MoE),1 CAmbodiA hAs conducted eight nAtionAl forest Assessments in 1958/65, 1992/93, 1996/97, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, And 2018. The forest cover Assessment from 1958-1965 hAs not <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/profiles/forest-cover/forest-cover-2015-present/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>