Several ministries and the World Bank have been studying plans for a project to improve solid and plastic waste management in the towns and districts of five provinces.​​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-commits-60-million-for-five-waste-management-sites/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Samheng claimed that more than 60 per cent of women in Cambodia are business owners or entrepreneurs, a rate he said is three times higher than the US. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sixty-per-cent-of-all-women-run-business-says-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ASEAN militAry intelligence chiefs hAve Agreed to strengthen cooperAtion And build A strong militAry intelligence community which will commit to Addressing security threAts in order to mAintAin peAce And stAbility in the region. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-intelligence-militAry-ties-to-get-boost-After-pledge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement could provide a “vital impetus” to drive the Cambodian economy to exit Least Developed Country (LDC) status by 2028, according to the commerce minister on March 14.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-may-exit-ldc-by-2028-on-rcep-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health on March 17 announced that fully vaccinated inbound passengers will no longer be required to show a PCR test result proving they are negative for the coronavirus 72 hours prior to their arrival in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-scraps-pcr-rapid-tests-for-fully-vaccinated-passengers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement could provide a “vital impetus” to drive the Cambodian economy to exit Least Developed Country (LDC) status by 2028, according to the commerce minister on March 14. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-may-exit-ldc-by-2028-on-rcep/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has agreed in principle to a 1,400MW hydropower dam in Stung Treng province to be built jointly by local conglomerate Royal Group of Companies Ltd and China (Cambodia) Rich International Co Ltd.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/1-4gw-stung-treng-hydropower-dam-okayed-in-principle/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior Ministry of InformAtion officiAl urged journAlists to tAke AdvAntAge of the informAtion Age by continuing to study And improve their skills. In depth, up-to-dAte knowledge is required to provide comprehensive informAtion to the public, he sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-urges-on-the-job-skill-trAining-for-journAlists/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has paid tribute to deminers across Cambodia, whose efforts in the last 25 years have led to a dramatic decrease in mine-related casualties. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-salutes-deminers-for-sacrifices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A whopping 30 per cent of CAmbodiAn exports of textile-relAted products in 2021 went to the US, outstripping mAny mAjor buyers, despite the globAl bAttle AgAinst Covid-19, According to the Ministry of LAbour And VocAtionAl TrAining on MArch 7.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/us-buys-30-of-2021-textile-exports/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian embassy in Malaysia on March 9 issued a notice to Cambodian people, students and workers who are staying, studying and working there that the country was set to reopen. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysia-will-now-reopen-embassy-calls-for-vigilance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two Thai budget airlines have announced flights to Cambodia in a bid to spur bilateral tourism after the Covid-19 crisis, with one of them newly launching air links with the country, according to tourism ministry officials and representatives from the Kingdom’s main travel agent association. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thailand-low-cost-airlines-relaunch-open-brand-new-links-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A privAte firm hAs submitted proposAls to invest in 16 smAll ecotourism projects in Bokor NAtionAl PArk which Are currently being Assessed by the Ministry of Environment. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAtch-of-bokor-pArk-ecotourism-projects-gAuged-by-ministry/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Government of Japan has agreed to extend a total of $4.3 million in grant aid to support two projects to boost rural renewable energies and transparency in local administrations in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-grants-4-3-million-to-support-two-key-projects-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Noeleen Heyzer, the UN secretary-general’s Special Envoy on Myanmar, has shared with Prime Minister Hun Sen that she had initiated a “three-layered solution” for the ongoing crisis plaguing the bloc’s westernmost country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-myanmar-envoy-briefs-pm-on-three-layered-solution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A femAle IrrAwAddy bAby dolphin wAs found deAd by the river guArds of the Anlong KAmpi IrrAwAddy dolphin conservAtion AreA on April 24 in SAmbok commune of KrAtie province’s Chitr Borei district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAby-irrAwAddy-dolphin-found-deAd-in-Anlong-kAmpi-conservAtion-AreA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The General Department of Taxation at the Ministry of Economy and Finance collected $1,263 million as tax income from the first three months of this year, a 22 percent increase compared to the same period last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-income-collection-rises-by-22-percent-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that people in four provinces &ndash; Ratanakkiri, Mondulkiri, Stung Treng and Preah Vihear &ndash; could now decide for themselves whether to wear a mask in public.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-declares-four-provinces-mask-optional/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Industry players foresee a major upswing in the transport and logistics sector on the back of Phnom Penh’s under-construction third ring road, now 73.70 per cent completed and scheduled to be finished in the third quarter of 2023. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capitals-third-ring-road-nearly-74-finished/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said the “sluggishness” of the establishment of a Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing facility in Cambodia was due to the government not yet signing an agreement to purchase vaccines produced by the factory. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/covid-jab-making-delayed-on-lack-of-govt-purchasing-deal-hun-sen-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>