The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) and the New Zealand Embassy to Cambodia on Monday organised a joint discussion to further promote bilateral development cooperation programmes responding to the needs of the Kingdom and other aSEaN countries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-new-zealand-keen-on-building-up-development-policies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three villagers from Cambodia traveled to Thailand to file documents against one of the world’s largest sugar manufacturers, Thai-owned Mitr Phol Sugar Co Ltd, at a Thai court on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-court-fixes-may-9-hearing-for-oddar-meanchey-villagers-versus-global-sugar-producer-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following the announcement that The Phnom Penh Post, and Post Khmer, its Khmer language sister paper, will cease publication in print form on March 29, several social observers, government officials, intellectuals and readers were prompted to share their thoughts at the end of more than <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/commentators-have-their-say-on-end-of-the-posts-print-publication/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) earned value-added tax (VaT) of $75.5 million on e-commerce in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 71 percent from $44 million recorded in 2022, an official report showed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-nets-75-million-from-e-commerce/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At leAst 30 AssociAtions And non-governmentAl orgAnizAtions (NGOs) hAve signed An Agreement with the Ministry of SociAl AffAirs, VeterAns And Youth RehAbilitAtion to lAunch A three-yeAr sociAl AssistAnce project in CAmbodiA worth more thAn $18.5 million. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-of-sociAl-AffAirs-signs-Agreement-with-30-AssociAtions-And-ngos-on-3-yeAr-development-project/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

AheAd of the 113th AnniversAry of InternAtionAl Women’s DAy on MArch 8, the Ministry of Tourism Addressed women’s role in the digitAlisAtion of CAmbodiA’s economy At A speciAl event on their premises in Phnom Penh on FridAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/minister-cAlls-for-womens-role-in-digitAlisAtion-of-economy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Kep provincial governor Som Piseth has issued a reminder that all advertising licences in the province are now due for renewal. Businesses which fail to comply will be fined, and may face temporary suspension, or even the closure, of their operations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kep-issues-reminder-to-renew-ad-licences-or-face-fines-and-closure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia had exported 90,153 tons of milled rice in the first two months of 2024, down 7.2 percent from 97,153 tons over the same period 2023, said a Cambodia Rice Federation’s report released on Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-rice-export-down-7-2-pct-in-first-2-months-of-2024/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Information has reiterated calls for news writers and media outlets to uphold and adhere to editorial principles, emphasising their role in fostering the professional values of Cambodian journalism, following the ministry’s revocation of a media group’s business license for “serious breaches of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/info-ministry-urges-ethical-practices-in-journalism-media/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Financial literacy among Cambodia’s youth is slated to receive a boost after an agreement was signed between SOSORO Museum and the association of Banks in Cambodia (aBC) to enhance youth’s educational awareness about their money affairs. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mou-aims-to-elevate-youth-financial-literacy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported 166,451 tons of milled rice in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, down 5.7 percent from 176,581 tons in the same period last year, a report from the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) showed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-exports-earn-123-million-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

From 2018 to 2023, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) cooperated with its partners to help a total of 43,952 children of migrant working parents enter public schools as well as childcare and educational centres managed by humanitarian organisations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-puts-more-than-40000-migrant-kids-into-schools/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s exports to the European Union (EU) last year were worth $3.66 billion &ndash; a more than nine percent decrease from the $4.04 billion registered in 2022, according to the Ministry of Commerce. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-exports-to-eu-down-9-3-in-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Mine action Center (CMaC) and SaTO KOGYO Co. Ltd signed a contract agreement for the project “construction of training facilities at the Technical Institute of Mine action in Kampong Chhang Province and the Outreach Facilities (Techo Peace Museum) in Siem Reap province”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-provides-nearly-14-million-in-grants-for-mine-action-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion (MFAIC) held tAlks with A delegAtion from the EmbAssy of JApAn (EoJ) Aimed At exchAnging views And methods to AccelerAte bAnking document procedures in receiving JApAnese grAnt Aid for development projects in the Kingdom. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-peruses-documents-for-receiving-jApAnese-Aid/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation (MFaIC) Khy Sovanratana has received a courtesy call from ambassador Kairat Sarybay, Secretary General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in asia (CICa). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-reaffirms-commitment-to-work-with-cica-for-prosperity-of-asia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sar Sokha, Interior Minister and Chairman of the National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development (NCDD), has left for an eight-day working visit to Switzerland and Germany, accompanied by a high-level delegation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sokha-seeks-more-german-and-swiss-input-on-decentralisation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

To help address climate change impacts and foster a sustainable financial ecosystem in Cambodia, International Finance Corporation (IFC) is collaborating with the association of Banks in Cambodia (aBC) to boost the capacity of local financial institutions in the climate finance space. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ifc-abc-to-boost-green-finance-support-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s trade with Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries hit $25.54 billion in the first nine months of 2024, up 17.1 percent over the same period last year, a report said on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-trade-with-rcep-countries-rises-to-over-25-bln-in-first-9-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The exchange of goods between Cambodia and Vietnam in the first three quarters of 2024 reached over $5.8 billion, a 20% increase compared to the same period in 2023, with Cambodia’s trade deficit amounting to over $360 million. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vietnam-trade-reaches-nearly-6-billion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>