Education across Cambodia is set to receive a boost after the World Bank gave the green light for $79.5 million in additional financing to expand activities that are improving access to quality education nationwide. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-to-improve-education-for-disadvantaged-kids-with-79-5m-fund/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Smart waste collection through the mobile app “Smart Clean Siem Reap” was launched as a pilot project in four villages in Siem Reap town’s Slakram commune on June 5. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/smart-waste-collection-mobile-app-pilot-launched-in-siem-reap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In accordance with a recently released legal update from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), new procedures have been defined to provide income tax incentives to companies involved in expanding their Qualified Investment Projects (QIPs) in the Kingdom. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-incentives-offered-for-expansion-of-qualified-investment-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A totAl of 10,786 women work in government decision-mAking positions At nAtionAl And sub-nAtionAl levels out of 39,594 people, equivAlent to 27 percent, Hun MAny, Minister of Civil Service, sAid reporting figures for the first three months of 2024. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/27-of-decision-mAking-roles-in-government-held-by-women/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Manet Monday called for processing aquaculture to ensure the needs of the people and exporting, while Cambodia achieved a total of 314,000 tonnes of freshwater and marine aquaculture in 2023. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-calls-for-promotion-of-aquaculture/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Pursat provincial authorities are preparing a new location of over 150 hectares for people who volunteer to relocate from the Phnom 1500 eco-tourism site and have given 30 days to those who have not yet agreed to abide by the government’s land policy and move. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pursat-prepares-relocation-area-for-residents-of-phnom-1500-eco-tourism-site/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A study hAs reveAled thAt RAtAnAkiri province rAnks first for girls being mArried before the Age of 18, while TAkeo province rAnked lAst out of nine tArget provinces, with Authorities pledging to eliminAte child, eArly And forced mArriAges. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/reseArch-reveAls-rAtAnAkiri-leAds-in-child-mArriAges/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia highlighted its Development Cooperation and Partnership Strategy (DCPS 2024-2028) during a 2024 high level political forum on sustainable development under the theme “reinforcing the 2030 agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crisis”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-plans-for-transition-out-of-ldc-status/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new report exploring dAtA from the CAmbodiA TrAdemArk DAtAbAse hAs confirmed thAt 135,000 ApplicAtions for trAde mArk protections were filed over the previous three decAdes, from JAnuAry 1991 to July 2024. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/trAde-mArk-filings-reAch-135000-in-three-decAdes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian government has mobilized about $62 million from local investors through the issuance of government bonds in the first semester of this year to support public investment projects, according to a report by the National Bank of Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-mobilizes-62m-through-govt-bonds/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government generated $2,909 million in revenue from tax and customs in the first half of 2024, representing 46 percent of the target set for 2024, a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance showed on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-collects-3b-in-tax-revenue-in-h1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion Sok ChendA SopheA will leAd A delegAtion to the 9th Mekong-LAncAng CooperAtion (MLC) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in ChiAng MAi, ThAilAnd on August 16 At the invitAtion of his ThAi counterpArt MAris SAngiAmpongsA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/top-diplomAt-to-tAke-pArt-in-mlc-foreign-ministers-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Manet has expressed optimism that the ongoing construction of the Kampong Kor Dam and water diversion Stung Slap Dam will give a major boost to agricultural productivity in Kampong Thom province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-expects-new-dams-to-irrigate-over-120000-hectares-in-k-thom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Food and agriculture Organization (FaO) of the UN and the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries signed the “Cambodia Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Project”, supported by the Pandemic Fund with a $19.5 million grant. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fao-cambodia-sign-19-5m-grant-for-pandemic-preparedness/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 300 hectares of dry season rice in Kampong Cham’s Cheung Prey and Batheay districts have been affected by a lack of water, while the flash floods in Kampong Thom province have begun to recede, reducing some of the damage to affected crops. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/water-shortages-floods-impact-rice-crops-in-kampong-cham-kampong-thom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior officiAl At the Ministry of Women’s AffAirs hAs urged for humAn trAfficking prevention by promoting women’s economic empowerment And identifying the needs And opportunities for women working in the informAl economy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAl-urges-womens-economic-empowerment-to-combAt-humAn-trAfficking-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Environment is conducting a study on Cambodia’s current forest canopy to facilitate successful tree planting and expansion, aiming to increase the country’s green cover to 60 per cent over the next 25 years. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-breaks-ground-on-first-of-five-regional-tree-nurseries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and China have agreed to enhance their current and future cooperation on security issues, with a focus on tracking down and repatriating those guilty of committing transnational crimes, while also strengthening the capacity of law enforcement officials in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-china-sharpen-efforts-to-suppress-transnational-crime/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health reported a successful mission on the control of dengue fever nationwide, highlighting the remarkable decrease in infection rates for the first nine months of 2024 compared to the same period last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/health-ministry-reports-dengue-control-success/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Environment ministers and deputy ministers from the six countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have endorsed a new five-year environmental strategy. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gms-countries-endorse-1b-plan-for-climate-resilience-and-sustainability/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>