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>

The government last week approved the construction of a hydroelectric dam and supplemental solar power stations with a total electrical capacity of 220MW, as the Kingdom continues battling a national electricity shortage. according to Prime Minister Hun Sen, Cambodia is currently facing a 400MW power <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hydrodam-solar-power-stations-are-approved/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After the Ministry of LAbour denied A food service union officiAl registrAtion, A union officiAl is crying foul, Asserting thAt Authorities Are discriminAting AgAinst her group &ndAsh; A chArge the government denies. The CAmbodiAn Food And Service Worker FederAtion (CFSWF), A 4,000-member union representing workers in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/no-union-for-workers-in-food-biz/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A new report on illegAl logging in CAmbodiA’s northeAstern forests portrAys A single compAny with essentiAlly A monopoly on the illicit trAde. Tek VAnnArA, executive director of NGO Forum, sAid the report could be A tool to find A solution to combAt deforestAtion. “We <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/in-northeAst-one-compAny-controls-neArly-All-illegAl-logging-report/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A blAze Authorities hAve Attributed to A forest fire ripped through A neArly 4,000-cubic-metre timber stockpile on A sociAl lAnd concession in PreAh ViheAr’s Kulen district on the weekend, Although the compAny yesterdAy sAid it suspected A cAse of Arson. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/preAh-viheAr-blAze-rAzes-timber/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Shanghai-listed Guangzhou Yuetai Group will purchase $49.2 million in assets in Cambodia by buying a 45 percent stake in a local property development firm and a 19 percent stake in a Cambodian import-export company, the company said in a filing yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-firm-snaps-up-49-2m-in-local-assets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A five-month protest Aimed At A Phnom Penh bus compAny cAme to An end on ThursdAy when SoryA TrAnsportAtion CompAny reinstAted three of 17 drivers it fired in April. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/soryA-bus-hullAbAloo-At-An-end/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of nine MontAgnArd Asylum seekers hiding out in RAtAnAkkiri province hAd A close brush with lAw enforcement officiAls yesterdAy, even As A new group of the VietnAmese ethnic minority crossed the border into CAmbodiA, A rights group And A villAger helping the hiding <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/montAgnArds-flee-rkiri-police-sAid/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A defrocked monk who wAs hAnded A one-yeAr jAil sentence for obstructing officiAls during A wAve of Arrests of Activists And opposition figures in Phnom Penh lAst yeAr wAs on WednesdAy questioned over An AdditionAl chArge of “joining A criminAl AssociAtion,” A humAn rights monitor <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/jAiled-ex-monk-questioned-over-third-chArge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Source: ភ្នាក់ងារដឹកនាំ និងសហដឹកនាំវេទិកាឆ្លើយតបមនុស្សធម៌, ទាញចេញពី Cambodia Disaster Management Reference Handbook 2020 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/?post_type=tablepress_table&p=155011 ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the province being the second largest economic hub in Cambodia, the Preah Sihanouk Provincial administration has put in place a number of plans to support the socio-economic and tourism sectors for quality and sustainable growth. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-sihanouk-provincial-administration-to-support-sustainable-growth-of-various-sectors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The remote village of Sre Veal Koet, Cambodia, lies at the end of a dusty road 36 kilometers (approx. 22 miles) from the nearest health center. The road isn’t always dusty; in the rainy season, it becomes deep mud. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/traditional-birth-attendants-watch-over-mothers-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>