Cambodia attracted 113 fixed-asset investment projects worth $1.1 billion in the first half of 2023, creating some 122,000 new jobs, said a Council for the Development of Cambodia’s report on Tuesday.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-attracts-1-1-bln-fixed-asset-investment-in-h1-of-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has formed an inter-ministerial taskforce or commission to expedite the implementation of the Phnom Penh-Siem Reap Expressway (PP-SR Expressway) project proposed by the Chinese infrastructure construction firm China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), said a senior official of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-forms-taskforce-to-expedite-pp-sr-expressway-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Last month, concerned about a reported rise in HIV cases, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that there is no discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community in Cambodia while reaffirming there would be no marriage equality law. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-says-no-need-for-legalized-same-sex-marriage-but-lgbtq-community-says-otherwise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia recorded a nine percent year-on-year growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) at 185.7 trillion riel ($45.8 billion) in the first quarter of 2023, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) revealed via Twitter yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/foreign-investments-up-45-8b-in-q123-nbc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Today’s world is a digital world. We use technology for work, study, communicating and play. We use apps such as Whatsapp, Google, and Instagram; but what role does gender play in how we can use technology? <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/girls-digital-literacy-in-the-east-asia-and-pacific-region-spotlight-on-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia imported a total of $456.673 million worth of “rot’yon” -class automotive motor vehicles in the first half of 2023, down 19.90 per cent year-on-year from $570.099 million, according to the Ministry of Commerce. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/h1-vehicle-imports-slow-down-by-20-on-year-to-457m/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Pursuant to the recommendation of Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training is co-developing a national policy on vocational training for 1.5 million young people in poor and vulnerable families with the Royal Government paying tuition fees and monthly stipends. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-labour-to-provide-vocational-training-to-1-5-million-young-people-from-poor-and-vulnerable-families/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government, with support from China, has issued more than $230 million to build a 1,600-metre bridge across the Mekong River with free access to connect with the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway, providing people with more convenience to cross the bridge. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/230m-mekong-river-bridge-to-connect-with-pp-bavet-expressway/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia recorded some 2.57 million international visitors in the first half of 2023, a sharp increase of 409 percent from 506,762 over the same period last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-attracts-2-57-mln-intl-tourists-in-h1-of-2023-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a joint effort between the Ministry of Environment and Ecobatt Energy Investment International (Ecobatt), over 30 tonnes of electronic waste, including used cell batteries and electrical equipment, were collected between august 2022 and October 2023. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ecobatt-environment-ministry-tackle-e-waste/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Vietnam always supports Cambodia’s national construction and development, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen PhuTrong told President of the Cambodian National assembly (Na)KhuonSudary, during a reception in Hanoi, Vietnam on Dec. 1. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpv-general-secretary-vietnam-supports-cambodias-national-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiA Development BAnk (ADB) in collAborAtion with the Ministry of Public Works And TrAnsport (MPWT) hAs successfully built A 20-hectAre controlled lAndfill in BAttAmbAng province, Aiming to serve 126,000 people in the community with the cApAcity to remove 100 tonnes of trAsh dAily for <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adb-mpwt-build-6-28-million-lAndfill-project-in-bAttAmbAng/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

King Norodom Sihamoni has issued a Royal Kram promulgating the 2024 Law on Financial Management after the National assembly (Na) approved it on November 16 and the Senate reviewed it on November 24. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/king-promulgates-2024-budget-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) and the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) have scheduled a private sector forum between Cambodia and the United arab Emirates for the first quarter of next year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/expanding-investment-networks-cambodia-uae-forum-set-for-24/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia on Friday celebrated its success in hosting Southeast asian (SEa) Games for the first time, saying that the biennial multi-sport event has given a boost to the country’s sports, tourism and economy. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-celebrates-success-in-first-time-hosting-of-sea-games/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Timor-Leste has signed an agreement to buy 4,000 tons of rice from Cambodia for the first time after the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on rice trade on October 20, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MoC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/timor-leste-buys-4000-tons-of-cambodia-rice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Locals from some communities with ongoing land disputes are not optimistic about the government’s new out-of-court dispute resolution authority. Prime Minister Hun Manet announced last month that the government body could resolve civil matters more quickly than Cambodia’s courts, but land disputants are wary of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-disputants-doubtful-that-new-government-authority-will-bring-justice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

According to A stAtement from the World BAnk on November 22, to Assist CAmbodiA in its efforts to strengthen wAter And sAnitAtion services, the project will reAch more thAn 175,000 people in the tArget provinces of BAttAmbAng, PursAt, Mondulkiri And KAndAl. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/world-bAnk-Approves-163m-wAter-And-sAnitAtion-project/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

At An AnnuAl growth rAte of 14.34 percent, the fAstest growth in electricity generAtion in the Kingdom will be in the solAr sector in the coming yeArs, A lAtest study by the Economic ReseArch Institute for AseAn And EAst AsiA hAs reveAled. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/solAr-to-remAin-fAstest-growing-power-source/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Under its Pentagonal Strategy, the Prime Minister Hun Manet&ndash;led government has set a two-year goal of transforming between 500 and 1,000 public schools into model ones by improving their quality from the kindergarten up to high school level. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/raising-standards-govt-sets-2-yrs-to-create-up-to-1000-model-public-schools/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>