Cambodia and Japan’s bilateral trade rose by 13 percent last year to $2,292 million, according to a recent report from the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-and-japan-2-3-billion-record-trade-in-2019/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A 27 yeAr old femAle pAssenger, Chen Moumou, of ZhAnjiAng, GuAngdong,  wAs tested positive for COVID-19 on ArrivAl in GuAngdong on 25th MArch, 2020. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pAssenger-from-cAmbodiA-detected-covid-19-positive-in-chinA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Wildlife AlliAnce CAmbodiA (WAC) And the PrAmbei Mom Forest Community (PMFC) hAve united to protect A forest AreA spAnning 937hA Across KAmpong Speu province to conserve its broAd biodiversity. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngos-unite-to-protect-937hA-forest-in-kAmpong-speu/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s government is pushing for free-trade agreement (FTa) talks with potential partners while seeking Russian’s help for a Eurasian Economic Union (EaEU) free trade agreement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-pushes-hard-on-free-trade-agreements/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bidding on the rubbish collection contracts in the Kingdom’s capital have now closed, after applications first opened on Feb 25 this year, according to a Phnom Penh Municipal spokesperson yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penhs-rubbish-tender-bidding-concludes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Interior Minister Sar Kheng has ordered all governors of provinces bordering Thailand to prevent migrant workers from sneaking into Thailand in a move to curb the coronavirus. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-asks-provincial-governors-to-stem-illegal-border-crossings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health in a news release this morning announced this and said that the two new cases are both Cambodian men, aged 22 and 29, from Kampong Cham province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-covid-19-positives-rise-to-128-three-active-cases-currently/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Foreign AffAirs hAs questioned VietnAmese AmbAssAdor to CAmbodiA Vu QuAng Minh over the setting up of tents by its soldiers in A disputed border AreA in KAndAl province. .. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vietnAm-AmbAssAdor-questioned-over-border-tents/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia airports, the longstanding concessionaire of Cambodia’s network of 3 international airports unveiled a 20-year development and investment program for the international airport in Sihanoukville. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/masterplan-lays-out-future-developments-of-airport-in-sihanoukville/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has requested financial institutions to reduce credit-related fees and lift fines until the end of December 2020, according to a letter it wrote. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-nbc-guidelines-on-financial-institutions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Environment Ministry yesterday refuted a claim by Wildlife alliance that more than 200 hectares of mangrove forest had been cleared inside protected areas in Koh Kong province’s Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-refutes-ngos-claim-about-cleared-protected-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 99.7 percent of the total 10 million workforces in Cambodia have jobs, according to a message of Prime Minister Hun Sen on the 134th International Labour Day. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unemployment-rate-in-cambodia-at-0-3-percent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thai Fermentation Industry Co Ltd which produces Rachachuros Genuine MSG, donated $155,000 to the Ministry of Foreign affairs in a bid to support the Cambodia government to combat the COVID-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-company-donates-covid-19-aid-to-the-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported 186,205 tonnes of cashew nut to foreign markets in the first four months of this year, according to a report from the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-exported-over-186000-tonnes-of-cashew-nuts-in-first-4-months-of-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee claims to have signed up more than half a million people in its first four days of voter registration. The registration period, which began on Thursday and ends on December 1, requires more than 100,000 Cambodian citizens to be registered each day. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-registers-500k-voters-in-first-four-days/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a bid to assist the Cambodian government in the fight against Covid-19, the Indian embassy in Phnom Penh on Monday donated protective supplies to the Chey Chumneas Referral Hospital in Kandal province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/india-aids-kingdoms-fight-against-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng said on Monday that the capital will boast a total of 27 pedestrian overpasses if the public approves the five now in the trial phase. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capital-to-construct-27-overpasses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport will delay school openings and high school graduation examinations until the end of the year to prevent a second wave of COVID-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-delay-school-opening-till-years-end/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health announced yesterday that in the first nine months of this year, there has been a 70 percent decrease in malaria cases when compared to the same period last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/70-percent-decline-in-malaria-cases/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for countries in the region to increase digital connection development in a bid to help the economy recover after the COVID-19 pandemic. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-seeks-more-digitalisation-across-region/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>