The first session of the Bilateral Political Consultations between Cambodia and France took place on Monday, discussing a wide range of issues, including economic and political ties, the Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation said on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bilateral-political-consultations-start-between-france-and-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kandal Provincial administration held a meeting to prepare for the launch of arey Ksat and Sampov Poun towns after the government decided on their new designation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kandal-prepares-for-launch-of-new-towns/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected $300.59 million in tax revenue last month, or about 8.42 per cent of the $3.57170 billion target set in the 2023 Law on Financial Management, marking a 4.29 per cent increase over January 2022. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-collects-over-300m-in-taxes-for-january/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict passed its first anniversary last week with no immediate signs of ending and instead growing more intense, Cambodia is analysing its impacts and the consequences of current geopolitical trends to prepare a foreign policy that serves its national interests. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/foreign-policy-tack-discussed-as-ukraine-conflict-prolongs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Environment officials and authorities in Preah Vihear province are investigating a wildfire in the Phnom Tnaot-Phnom Pok Wildlife Sanctuary that damaged more than 4,000ha of forest in recent days, said officials on March 6. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-suspect-arson-by-hunters-in-sanctuary-fire/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is a catalyst of regional economic growth, integration and connectivity in the asia Pacific, accounting for about 30 percent of global GDP and one-third of the world’s population. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fully-tapping-potential-of-rcep-by-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

USAID hAs lAunched A cAmpAign in Siem ReAp thAt Aims to support young children to thrive And reAch their full developmentAl potentiAl by promoting nurturing cAre from mAle And femAle cAregivers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/usAid-lAunches-cAmpAign-to-encourAge-eArly-childhood-development/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia exported 65,921 tons of dry rubber in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 6.8 percent from 61,739 tons in the same period last year, said a General Directorate of Rubber report on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-rubber-export-up-6-8-percent-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong co-chaired a wrap-up meeting of the Year of Law Enforcement Cooperation activities between China and Cambodia with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-and-cambodia-make-remarkable-achievements-in-the-year-of-law-enforcement-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Transport Minister said on Monday that Sihanoukville will be transformed into a regional and international port hub, pledging three new container ports of $973 million where people can exchange goods and attract investors. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-in-line-to-become-leading-international-port-hub/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

President of the Cambodian Red Cross Bun Rany released a statement ahead of International Day of the Midwife on May 5, calling for continued investment in midwifery, to ensure the present and future health of the Cambodian people. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bun-rany-calls-for-further-investment-in-midwifery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the 2023 nAtionAl election is ApproAching, the InternAtionAl RelAtions Institute At the RoyAl AcAdemy of CAmbodiA (RAC) And the Club of CAmbodiAn JournAlists (CCJ) held A two-dAy trAining workshop to highlight the key role of the mediA in the poll. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/nec-defines-mediAs-role-in-2023-generAl-election/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

With the growing reach of the Internet, better access to newer technologies, increasing digitization, and rise in income levels, the e-commerce sector in Cambodia is marching ahead on a firm growth path. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-e-commerce-market-eyes-1-78b-by-2025/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Orders for garments and footwear have not picked up in Cambodia last year, and it will continue to decline, according to a senior official of the Textile, apparel, Footwear &amp; Travel Goods association in Cambodia (TaFTaC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-exports-likely-to-decline-in-first-half-of-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China’s broader push for its pathway to modernization has fueled expectations that the nation will bring more opportunities and create a dynamic of growth that will deliver wide-ranging benefits for the world, according to business leaders and analysts. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-benefit-from-chinas-commitment-to-free-trade-and-sharing-its-large-domestic-market-with-the-world/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Construction work on a massive tyre factory in Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) is expected to be completed by May, according to Preah Sihanouk Provincial administration spokesman Kheang Phearom on January 3. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/big-0-3b-tyre-plant-finished-by-may/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister has congratulated General Department of Taxation (GDT) chief Kong Vibol on a job well done after the agency last year collected revenues equivalent to 122.54 per cent of the target set by the annual financial management law, in the “highest surplus of all <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-pats-gdt-chief-on-back-after-record-tax-revenues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that the South Korean Booyoung Group will gift the government a further 1,000 modern buses. The company handed over 200 buses to the Phnom Penh Municipal Hall in February, but suggested that the new buses be utilised in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-korean-firm-commits-to-1000-modern-bus-donation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Vietnamese and Cambodian ministries, agencies and localities will coordinate in building and perfecting legal frameworks and cooperation mechanisms to facilitate collaboration between border provinces, as agreed at a conference in the south western province of Tay Ninh on april 25. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vietnam-facilitate-cooperation-between-border-provinces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>