The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB)Approved A $127.8 million loAn on FridAy to expAnd the construction of trAnsmission lines And substAtions, Aiming to help provide Phnom Penh And three other provinces with A stAble And reliAble electricity supply. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adb-provides-127-8-million-loAn-for-reliAble-electricity-infrAstructure/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Kandal province announced that four of the province’s 11 districts have achieved Open Defecation Free (ODF) status. authorities called on the other districts to join in with efforts to achieve ODF status by year’s end. <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kandal-on-target-to-meet-annual-sanitation-goals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Siem Reap provincial authorities and several partner organisations have announced their joint commitment to achieve open defecation free (ODF) status across the province by early 2024. More than 80 per cent of the province has been declared ODF thus far. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/s-reap-to-attain-odf-status-by-early-2024-officials-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kampong Speu province will announce formally in February that it has achieved Open Defecation Free (ODF) status, after evaluations were completed late last year. The announcement will make the province the fourth in Cambodia to reach the benchmark. <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-speu-set-to-announce-odf-status-next-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prey Veng became an open defecation-free province yesterday following Svay Rieng province.​​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prey-veng-an-open-defecation-free-province-after-svay-rieng/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Rural Development confirmed that in 2022, the ministry had declared 472 communes in 39 districts in the country to have Open Defecation Free (ODF) status. <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/over-470-communes-nationwide-declared-odf/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Photo Credit: Emanuel Feld (CC BY-Sa) a dozen young Cambodians and expatriates gathered in a ground floor meeting space off of Wat Bottum Park in the morning of april 20, 2014. after a round of introductions and snacks, laptops were opened and participants began the task of translating the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/open-data-handbook-translate-a-thon/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Six provinces are set to be declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) by the end of the year, bringing the number of provinces to achieve ODF status to 13 of Cambodia’s 25 capital and provinces. <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-over-half-of-kingdom-odf-by-end-of-24/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five provinces in northeast Cambodia still have a high percentage of households without a toilet, while the majority of households in Svay Rieng, Prey Veng, Battambang, Kandal, and Phnom Penh have access to toilets, according to the findings of the recent population census. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/home-toilet-access-improving/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As CAmbodiA swelters under one of the most extreme heAtwAves in recent yeArs &ndAsh; with temperAtures predicted to reAch 42 °C &ndAsh; neighbouring ThAilAnd hAs seen At leAst 30 deAths Attributed to the high temperAtures this yeAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AsiA-heAtwAve-ministry-sAys-cAmbodiA-temperAtures-could-reAch-42-c-As-At-leAst-30-die-in-thAilAnd-from-heAt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) is working in close collAborAtion with the Ministry of RurAl Development on trAnsport infrAstructure, wAter supply And sAnitAtion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-Adb-prioritise-wAter-Access-rurAl-sAnitAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Garment workers in Phnom Penh and Kandal, Takeo and Kampong Chhnang provinces have asked their companies to install water mist fans in the factory amid rising temperatures. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-workers-request-for-water-mist-fans-as-rising-temperatures-affect-health-and-productivity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 26 April 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries issued A press releAse on the prepArAtion And response to hot weAther.LAte ArrivAl conditions with low to moderAte rAinfAll And the possibility of A dry seAson thAt cAn occur And lAst from eArly July <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-on-prevention-And-response-to-hot-weAther-problems/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Low electrification rates and over-dependence on fossil fuel imports have contributed to Cambodia’s abysmally low ranking in the new World Economic Forum’s Global Energy architecture Performance Index Report for 2014. Cambodia ranked 120 out of 124 nations, with a so-called Energy architecture Performance Index (EaPI) score <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-low-on-energy-ranking/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia will join an international convention on the registration of industrial designs next month, furthering the scope of the county’s intellectual property protections, a government official said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-joins-intl-system-for-registry-of-industrial-designs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported 607,000 tonnes of Raw Cashew Nuts (RCN) to Vietnam in the first eight months of 2023 earning $820 million, a decrease of 15.8 percent compared to the same period last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cashew-exports-to-vietnam-decline-16-says-cac/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The General Department of administration of the Ministry of Interior held a review meeting to discuss the registration of associations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/number-of-associations-ngos-grows-while-many-inactive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology is expecting temperatures to hit highs in some parts of the country until early May as a health official warns against entailing ailments. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/heatwave-to-hit-before-rainy-season-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Shenzhen Urban Planning and Design Institute has been commissioned to undertake a masterplan to transform Sihanoukville into a modern sprawling metropolis, using the Shenzhen experience as its secret recipe. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shenzhen-institute-of-planning-to-undertake-sihanoukville-masterplan/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The education minister’s message for students finishing high school has been heard loud and clear since the reform of the national completion exam four years ago: Merit will buy you a pass grade&mdash;not money. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/exam-reform-subtracts-poor-from-equation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>