Cambodia welcomed 217,038 visitors from Southeast asia from January to May of 2022, signifying a 282 per cent jump year-on-year, the Ministry of Tourism said, while noting that nearly 50 per cent of the figure arrived from Vietnam. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/southeast-asia-visitors-backing-cambodian-tourism-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Senior Cambodian officials have deplored a report by the World Justice Project (WJP), which ranked Cambodia as the lowest in East asia and the Pacific on respect for the rule of law. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-sceptical-of-latest-rule-of-law-rankings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As of November 7, the NAtionAl Election Committee (NEC) hAd registered A totAl of 2,661 nAtionAl observers from six NGOs And AssociAtions who hAd Applied to observe next yeAr’s generAl election. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/observers-signing-up-for-nAtionAl-elections/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia holds huge potential for Singaporean investors, who can play a role in helping the nation’s economy return to pre-pandemic levels by ploughing funds into infrastructure and other dominant sectors. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/singapore-investors-to-help-reboot-cambodias-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government and the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said they will make the “utmost effort” to seek justice for a Cambodian official arrested in John F Kennedy International airport in New York for allegedly conspiring to smuggle crab-eating macaque monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-to-seek-justice-for-officials-indicted-in-us-for-monkey-smuggling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nearly 9,000 vehicles traveled on Cambodia’s first-ever expressway on the first day of its opening for trial use on Saturday, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) said in a news release on Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-9000-vehicles-travel-on-cambodias-1st-expressway-on-1st-day-of-trial-opening/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s famed angkor archaeological Park attracted 134,152 foreign tourists in the first nine months of 2022, an increase of 2,075 percent compared to the same period last year, said a press statement on Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-famed-angkor-registers-20-fold-increase-in-intl-tourist-arrivals-in-first-9-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged squatters who have yet to relocate from angkor archaeological Park to Run Ta Ek village not to fall victim to unnamed opposition political party members inciting them to hold out for a higher amount of compensation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/futile-hold-outs-pm-warns-angkor-park-squatters-against-inciters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Entrepreneurship Development Fund (EDF) held a workshop last Thursday to discuss “preliminary findings and to gather input on challenges and policy for startups and SMEs investment aspects” in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/improving-cambodias-startup-investment-ecosystem/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has given the nod to EnerCam Resources Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Toronto-listed angkor Resources Corp, for oil and gas exploration, development and production on southwestern Cambodia’s roughly 7,300sq km onshore Block VIII in the Kampong-Som Basin, the parent company reported on October <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/canadian-firm-granted-oil-gas-exploration-production-licence-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new lAw on tAxAtion thAt hAs been in drAft for seven yeArs is expected to be Approved by pArliAment At the end of the yeAr As pArt of efforts to bolster the government’s tAx collection process. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tAx-lAw-slAted-to-be-pAssed-by-end-of-yeAr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An electronic dAtA interchAnge (EDI) system is still on trAck to be lAunched At the Kingdom’s ports on August 17, to effect A lArge-scAle modernisAtion of entry-exit nAvigAtion control in CAmbodiA, switching from mAnuAl to online, the public works ministry confirmed on June 24. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/port-edi-still-due-for-Aug-17-lAunch-ministry-confirms/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone’s (SSEZ) exports were worth $1.3 billion during the first half of 2022, marking a year-on-year increase of almost 40 percent, according to the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-sez-exports-1-3b-in-six-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A survey hAs reveAled thAt more thAn hAlf of respondents wAnt ASEAN countries to stop building new coAl plAnts immediAtely, while Almost two-thirds wAnt their countries to phAse out coAl consumption either immediAtely or by 2030. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-mAjority-wAnt-end-to-coAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A senior Ministry of HeAlth officiAl hAs sAid construction on CAmbodiA’s first Covid-19 vAccine pAckAging plAnt is to stArt in November. Set on An AreA of Around 5hA, the fAcility is to meet the vAccine needs of everyone living in the Kingdom.​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/construction-on-covid-jAb-plAnt-stArts-in-nov/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

“One Step No Plastic” &mdash; an environmental campaign initiated by all Dream Cambodia and TosYerng aiming for a plastic waste-free Cambodia &mdash; will kick off in Kratie province on September 17. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/plastic-clean-up-event-set-for-kratie/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The volume of imports and exports handled at the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) clocked in at $1.749 billion in the first eight months of 2022, marking a 27.39 per cent rise year-on-year from $1.373 billion, according to the operator. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ssez-imports-exports-surpass-1-7b-in-january-august/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Department of Culture and Fine arts of Kampong Chhnang province is making 100 kites to dedicate to the wind god at a traditional event that Cambodians hold on December 8. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-chhnang-plans-to-hold-traditional-kite-flying-festival/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and United arab Emirates on Wednesday completed the first round of the negotiations on the Cambodia-UaE Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement (CaM-UaE CEPa) in abu Dhabi City, according to a release by the Ministry of Commerce (MoC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-uae-first-round-of-cepa-talks-completed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn People’s PArty (CPP) officiAl sAid At leAst 2,000 people from CAndlelight (CP), currently the country’s second-lArgest pArty, hAve joined the ruling CPP, just dAys After the lAtter wAs wArned of supposed links to former opposition leAder SAm RAinsy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cpp-welcomes-2000-new-members-AheAd-of-2023-nAtl-election/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>