Land policy and administration

Officials from the Departments of Land Management, Urban Planning, Construction and Cadastral Affairs of Tbong Khmum and Svay Rieng provinces have begun to prepare over 300 plots of social land concessions for members of the police and armed forces stationed along the Cambodia-Vietnam border, and ...

The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration has warned several families not to be fooled by the claims of land brokers who sold them land which belongs to Canadia Bank Plc. ... ...

The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration has scheduled March 3 as the next date for mediation between real estate developer Borey VIP, its creditors and more than 350 families who say they have paid for homes which have not been built. ... ...

Oknha Sok Kong received 11,177 hectares of land inside Preah Monivong Bokor National Park via an August 4, 2022 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, published in the Council of Ministers’ Royal Gazette last week. ... ...

 Preav Hun cultivated bananas and mangos in the Areng valley of the Cardamom mountains for more than 25 years, but for the past six months Ministry of Environment officials have banned him and his indigenous Chorng neighbors from farming as the government rezones the protected ...

The Kandal Provincial Administration held a meeting to prepare for the launch of Arey Ksat and Sampov Poun towns after the government decided on their new designation. ... ...

Nearly 500 families living in Tumnob 94 in Kandal province are worried about forced evictions after authorities claimed they were living in slums and illegally while the citizens claim that they had lived in the area for more than 30 years and had valid residence ...

The Ministry of Interior has ordered the Tbong Khmum provincial governor to resolve land issues for more than 200 families in Memot and Tambor district, Tbong Khmum provinces after more than 10 years of dispute with private companies and authorities and seeking intervention from the ...

Villagers say Koh Kong provincial authorities have threatened to arrest residents and use bulldozers to demolish more than 100 of their plantation huts. ... ...

Civil society organizations call on government to revoke land title legalized as legal entities on more than 8,000 square meters that is considered as a violation on the law and detrimental to the beauty of the coastal area. ... ...

Preah Sihanouk provincial officials said Thursday that authorities had demolished a fence built directly on O’Chheuteal beach overnight after social media criticism and news reports. ... ...

The owner of a concrete-and-brick wall being built directly on Sihanoukville’s O’Chheuteal beach in recent weeks remains a mystery, with authorities and workers alike refusing to say who is cordoning off the public beach. ... ...

 Hundreds of families living along both sides of the so-called “94 canal” and facing relocation to make way for a new airport in Kandal province called for authorities to give them land titles, on-site development and an end to intimidation, during a public forum in ...

Some 40 villagers blocked a national road in Preah Sihanouk this week, lighting smoking fires and wielding sticks in front of authorities in a land dispute in an area that has seen prior violence and conflicting claims among military and powerful individuals. ... ...

Three families in Preah Sihanouk province, including that of a military veteran, are calling on army commander Hun Manet to resolve their long-standing land dispute against a local businessperson. ... ...

The government continued the trend of giving state institutions and private individuals tracts of land on Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tamok lake, handing over 70 hectares to state utilities supplier Electricite du Cambodge. ... ...

About 100 communities with land issues from three communes in Kampong Speu province gathered in front of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction to urge the ministry to expedite resolve their land dispute with Tycoon Ly Yong Phat Company. ... ...

Nearly 100 people have land dispute with Ly Yong Phat sugar plantation in Kampong Speu province gather in front of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction on the morning of January 26, 2023 to request this ministry to expedite the demolition procedure ...

A leaked report from experts at an international body overseeing Angkor Archaeological Park reiterated past congratulations for Cambodia’s efforts to dismantle illegal structures in heritage areas amid mass evictions of roughly 10,000 families from the site. ... ...

The community has expressed concern that if nearly 5,000 hectares of the Rattanak Rukha community forest, part of the Monk's community forestry, is cut off to the citizens, it will result in the loss of forests and wildlife habitats of all kinds live in this ...

Relatives of infamous Pheapimex CEO Choeung Sopheap received forest land in the center of Kirirom National Park, while a minister, tycoons and an apparent relative of first lady Bun Rany all received state land, according to official documents published in late December. ... ...

Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court has summoned two land activists in the Lapeang community to stand trial in mid-January in connection with a land dispute last year in Tamol Leu village, Koh Thkov commune, Choul Kiri district, Kampong Chhnang province. ... ...

Kandal residents affected by the new airport development said they were told by company workers to dismantle small sheds they use to house animals, causing anxiety among people that their land could be cleared soon. ... ...

The Ministry of Interior has announced the establishment of 15 new villages in Pursat province. The new villages have been separated from existing ones in order to bring public services closer to the people and in a timely manner, as well as to address challenges ...