Prime Minister Hun Sen said Cambodia needs a stable investment from Japan to produce more items in the country and then export back to the Japanese market to scale up the level of existing relations between the two countries. He emphasised more infrastructure development and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-hun-sen-calls-for-more-japanese-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has been given a stiff tax collection target of $3.5 billion for next year, $750 million more than the current year’s budget target, said Kong Vibol, Minister attached to the Prime Minister and Delegate of the Royal Government in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdts-tax-collection-target-for-2023-up-by-750m/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem said electricity now reaches 98.5 per cent of Cambodia’s over 14,000 villages; with only a small percentage of isolated households remaining off the national grid. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/energy-minister-98-5-per-cent-of-homes-connected-to-national-grid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Medical experts have expressed concerns at the growing number of diabetes cases in Cambodia, and indeed the world. It appears that many people are unaware of the link between a poor diet and an increased risk of contracting the disease. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/too-many-still-unaware-of-diabetes-diet-link-experts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Preah Sihanouk and Koh Kong provincial administrations have instructed authorities to warn people not to cross the sea or fish, as the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has issued a warning for bad weather July 11-14. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fishing-tourist-vessels-suspended-for-four-day-storm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The introduction of a new framework to promote primary healthcare in Cambodia will help ensure that the Ministry of Health’s latest strategic plan can be implemented effectively, its senior official said. The framework will be based on the National Health Policy, the fourth phase of which <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/primary-healthcare-framework-introduced/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A report from the NAtionAl Election Committee (NEC) shows thAt from the opening of voter registrAtion until November 9, there were 303,691 new registered voters. This number indicAtes thAt more thAn 100,000 people who hAve become eligible to register hAve not yet registered. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/nec-registrAtion-of-new-voters-on-trAck-for-next-yeAr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A senior NAtionAl Election Committee (NEC) officiAl sAid there would be no extensions to voter registrAtion or the voter list review. Anyone who fAiled to register before the upcoming December 8 deAdline would be unAble to pArticipAte in next yeAr’s nAtionAl election. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/no-extensions-for-registrAtion-deAdlines-list-review-for-vote/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

While scientists have devised tools and strategies which have helped protect the Kingdom from a serious outbreak of Covid-19 &ndash; including vaccines, medication and preventive measures &ndash; Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine said it is important to remain cautious as the virus has now <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/covid-advisories-to-stay-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The threats posed by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) are more complex than they might appear at first glance, as they leave people with crippling injuries, suffering, trauma and in mourning while also disrupting development of the land they infest, said a senior <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-declared-mine-free-within-municipality/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government plans to sign a framework agreement with Beijing on November 9 on concessional financing for the construction of the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway, the second of its kind in the Kingdom, after the first high-speed thoroughfare connecting the capital to the coastal Sihanoukville. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/major-expressway-accord-inked-nov-9/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Laos has asked Cambodia to consider some areas to boost Cambodia-Laos long lasting cooperation. The request was made by Saysomphone Phomvihane, President of the National assembly of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, during a meeting with Say Chhum, President of Senate of Cambodia here in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/laos-urges-cambodia-to-boost-long-lasting-cooperation-and-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Mekong Dolphin Pleasance of Kampi village is a nature tourism destination located along the Mekong River in Kratie province. Tourists have the opportunity to witness breath-taking scenes as rare freshwater dolphins dance and swim in pairs&mdash;mother and child, sister and brother&mdash;along the surface of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampi-iillage-home-to-the-endangered-freshwater-dolphins/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) will hold a training course for officials, representatives of political parties and civil society organisation (CSOs) observers on the procedure for verifying voter list and registration. The three-day session is scheduled for September 5-7. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-set-for-voter-list-registration-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A proposed elevAted system hAs been scrApped in fAvour An underground metro. The government of CAmbodiA hAs indicAted thAt it fAvours the construction of An underground metro in Phnom Penh to improve public trAnsport within the cApitAl And the surrounding KAndAl province, insteAd of An <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%98%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%96%e1%9e%bb%e1%9e%87%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%94%e1%9e%84%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%A0%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%89%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9A%e1%9e%85%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%94/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said the government has spent more than $200 million building infrastructure in Preah Sihanouk province in order to attract investment and increase tax revenues &ndash; not to let it slide into a morass of illegal gambling and, even worse, crimes. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-investigations-show-trafficking-complaints-95-true/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

UNICEF and the NGO Save the Children jointly hosted a forum in Phnom Penh marking the 10th anniversary of the global launch of the “Children’s Rights and Business Principles”. These principles offer guidelines for businesses as they embed children’s rights into their business strategies and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unicef-government-hold-forum-on-child-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities are running a series of training courses on water rescue for the life guards of each of the province’s tourist beaches. With the assistance of the Thai embassy, the workshops began on March 13. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/p-sihanouk-thailand-train-beach-lifeguards/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s fresh banana exports to regional markets in the first quarter of the year have improved compared to 2022, mainly due to the lifting of Covid-19 lockdowns in China &ndash; the Kingdom’s biggest market &ndash; and a reduction in shipping costs, said Longmate agriculture CEO <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fresh-banana-exports-to-china-rebound/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the past year, Cambodia has managed to supply itself with 95 per cent of the meat required for domestic demand, with the domestic and export markets worth a total of more than $2 billion in value, according to Minister of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-95-self-sufficient-for-meat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>