A Chinese stAte-owned enterprise (SOE) And public Beijing-bAsed university hAve teAmed up to provide technicAl trAining to CAmbodiAn students And other pArticipAnts, And develop their expertise in the rAilwAy industry, As the Kingdom moves to modernise its rAil infrAstructure, According to the trAnsport ministry. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kingdom-chinA-ink-rAilwAy-trAining-deAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia and Singapore have pledged to step up cooperation to bolster bilateral trade, after registering more than $5.2 billion last year, marking a nearly 50 per cent jump over 2020. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-singapore-vow-to-ramp-up-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has revealed that Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed on six per cent of the remaining undemarcated borders between the two countries, in a varied speech to members of the Cambodian diaspora in Europe, in which he also discussed the upcoming commune <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vn-kingdom-agree-major-border-line-segments-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ten of the 17 political parties which are contesting the June 5 commune council elections signed a joint letter on May 24, promising to curb the effects of alcohol use &ndash; and promote young women entrepreneurs &ndash; if they are elected.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/10-parties-sign-anti-alcohol-pledges/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hang Puthea, National Election Committee (NEC) spokesman, on Monday said that 17 political parties have fielded a total of 86,042 candidates, among them 27,813 are females, equivalent to about 32 percent. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/5-more-women-in-commune-polls/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The new Mlech Water Treatment Plant in Kampot province’s Chumkiri district, which can produce 2,000 cubic metres of clean water a day, was formally inaugurated to meet the needs of the people in the area as well as in neighbouring Takeo province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-mlech-water-treatment-plant-in-kampot-inaugurated/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Regional and international issues and how to bring the aSEaN-US partnership to another level will be discussed at length as Prime Minister Hun Sen and his ministers arrive in Washington, DC, for a special summit on May 12-13. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-heads-to-washington-for-asean-us-special-summit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A high-level consultAtive meeting on ASEAN humAnitAriAn AssistAnce to MyAnmAr will be chAired by Minister of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion PrAk Sokhonn And ASEAN secretAry-generAl Lim Jock Hoi on MAy 6.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/key-AseAn-meet-on-myAnmAr-Aid-slAted-for-mAy-6/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National Election Committee (NEC) has requested citizens who do not have a national ID card to apply for an election identification document at the Commune Election Commission in their locality. They should apply within the 30 day period of May 5 to June 3. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-explains-procedures-for-voters-without-national-id-card/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Veterinarians in Svay Rieng province are set to start a campaign to vaccinate more than 400 cattle in Chantrea district against bovine pasteurellosis, with some provinces having already done so. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/svay-rieng-vets-vaccinate-cattle-for-pasteurellosis/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japan Heart, an international paediatric cancer NGO, is holding a blood donation event in collaboration with aEON Mall Phnom Penh to help counter the acute blood shortages faced by patients in Cambodia and to raise awareness of the importance of donating blood to deal with <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-heart-aeon-mall-to-hold-blood-donation-event/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement has boosted Cambodia’s economy in a big way, with export to member countries of the pact hitting $1.95 billion in the first quarter (Q1) this year &mdash;up by 11 per cent from $1.75 billion over the same <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-top-export-destinations-in-q1-2022-vietnam-china-and-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has reached out to a prominent US-based law firm to clear up confusion surrounding US-Cambodia relations. The premier said the services are warranted as relations between the two nations are currently at an unprecedented level, stressing that they are the best <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firm-to-clear-up-fallacies-of-kingdom-us-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, has started a  visit the Kingdom from Tuesday, January 10 to 20 January 2023. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lgbt-rights-in-cambodia-to-be-assessed-by-un-independent-expert/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Government of Japan will provide $186,856 to support the construction of a bridge in Kampong Speu province and the rehabilitation of irrigation facilities in Kampong Cham province, under the framework, the Grant assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project (“KUSaNONE” Grant). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-provides-186856-for-constructing-bridge-and-rehabilitating-irrigation-facilities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia have imported oil and gas products worth $3.38 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, up almost 58 percent over the same period last year, a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise said on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/3-38-billion-worth-of-oil-and-gas-products-imported-by-cambodia-in-first-11-months-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Angkor-committee-experts-reiterAte-congrAtulAtions-Amid-eviction-of-thousAnds/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

On Jan. 31, the government will hold a national discussion in Phnom Penh to discuss the potential extension of maternity leave for pregnant women who have just given birth. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/talks-to-extend-maternity-leave-to-six-months-start-tomorrow/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>