Cambodia’s biggest export-earning segment of garments, footwear and travel (GFT) goods extended its lean patch into the seventh month of the year, as the exports recorded a decline of 20.44 percent in the January to July period of 2023. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-gft-exports-at-6-27-billion-in-7-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) will review the voter list and update it accordingly after a nationwaide voter registration exercise is carried out from October to December. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-to-update-voter-list-after-three-month-registration-exercise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A surprising AppeArAnce by former ThAi prime ministers ThAksin ShinAwAtrA And his sister Yingluck in CAmbodiA on August 5 hAs spArked much chAtter. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/thAi-cAmbodiAn-relAtions-unAffected-by-thAksins-visit/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has demonstrated remarkable dedication and commitment to achieving its goals of turning the country into an upper-middle-income economy by 2030 and a high-income economy by 2050. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/digital-roadmap-to-an-innovation-driven-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At the World Cities Summit 2022 in SingApore, A city stAte leAder sAid developing strAtegies thAt involve citizen pArticipAtion And innovAtion Are key to creAting sustAinAble cities into the future. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/citizen-pArticipAtion-And-innovAtion-key-to-sustAinAble-cities/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 150 families in Men Chey commune, Romduol district, Svay Rieng province, ask commune authorities to help resolve land issues after claiming they were affected by a canal development project of the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology in the area. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-150-families-in-svay-rieng-province-ask-local-authorities-to-help-resolve-land-issues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s natural fisheries resources have declined so significantly that they fail to meet consumers’ daily needs, according to a Wonders of the Mekong project statement on September 12. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mekong-project-vows-to-invest-in-aquaculture/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Siem Reap-angkor International airport is still on track to open in October 2023, with work on Phase I reaching 44 per cent as of end-September, according to a senior civil aviation official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-s-reap-airport-44-done-still-set-to-open-in-oct-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Environment and the asia Foundation are committed to strengthening solid waste management and ensuring a clean, sanitary, and comfortable environment in Cambodia through fostering community clean-up initiatives and cooperation on solid waste management. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-collaborates-for-cleaner-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Interior is in the process of reviewing a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) which focuses on law enforcement cooperation with its Nigerian counterparts. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nigerian-law-enforcement-mou-review-accelerating/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A report on the decline in sAlAries in CAmbodiA’s textile And AppArel industry thAt wAs produced by four NGOs And unions hAs been rejected by the Ministry of LAbour And VocAtionAl TrAining. ​  <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-of-lAbour-rejects-ngo-report-on-workers-loss-of-wAges/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister of Nepal  Pushpa Kamal Dahal has recently addressed a congratulatory letter to Dr Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, expressing his optimism over the relationship between the two countries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-nepal-relationship-to-be-strengthened/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ASEAN SecretAry-GenerAl KAo Kim Hourn expressed optimism with the implementAtion of the RegionAl Comprehensive Economic PArtnership (RCEP) Agreement in A trAnspArent mAnner, As businesses in the region hAve wider opportunities to trAde And invest now. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-sec-gen-ApplAuds-implementAtion-of-rcep/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The new government under the leadership of Prime Minister Hun Manet will make use of optimum technology to push forward its socio-economic policy agendas to transform the rectangle into Pentagon Strategy, said a statement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-to-use-tech-to-fructify-economic-agenda/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, which took effect last year, has given an extra boost to trade exchanges in the region, a Cambodian senior official and experts said on Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rcep-gives-extra-boost-to-regional-trade-development-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has exported 456,581 tons of milled rice in the first nine months of 2023, bagging a total revenue of $327 million, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF)’s press release said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-earns-327-4m-from-rice-export-in-9-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

During a meeting to discuss water resources with officials from the Japanese Embassy in Cambodia, Thor Chetha, the minister of Water Resources and Meteorology, proposed that Japan assist in addressing the nation’s flooding and drought issues. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-asks-japan-for-flooding-support/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The leaders of Cambodia and Malaysia shared their expectation for a deeper cooperation during their bilateral talks on the side-lines of the 43rd aSEaN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-and-malaysian-leaders-look-for-more-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

This commitment was made during a working discussion between  Neth Pheaktra, Minister of Information and  Devyani Khobragade, ambassador of India to Cambodia on the afternoon of September 6, 2023 at the Ministry of Information. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-india-vow-to-strengthen-cooperation-in-information-dissemination-and-training-of-human-resources-in-the-field-of-information/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kuy indigenous peoples in Preah Vihear province’s Chheb district invoked ancestral spirits and held a “curse ceremony” to hex powerful people, including department of environment officials who they say are violating their land rights. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ethnic-kuy-put-curse-on-environment-officials-building-cow-stable-in-wildlife-sanctuary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>