Despite global and regional economic downturns due to ongoing geopolitical conflict, Cambodia continues to be a beacon for investments. In the first nine months of 2023, the Kingdom drew in fixed-asset investments worth $3.76 billion, marking an 8.6 per cent rise from the $3.46 billion <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-attracts-record-foreign-investment-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The meeting to deliberate on measures to curb exploitation of vulnerable people and children. The Department of Social affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation of Phnom Penh have called for a thorough investigation into the activities of brokers who exploit disabled people for financial gain. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/investigation-to-be-launched-into-trafficking-of-disabled-performers-for-street-begging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Council for Khmer Language (NCKL) has announced the publication of an updated Khmer dictionary. available in both book form and a digital format that can be used on mobile phones and computers, the compiling of the dictionary was completed last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rac-announce-launch-of-modernised-khmer-dictionary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) signed two loAn Agreements with the Ministry of Economy And FinAnce on TuesdAy for A totAl of $140 million to boost the quAlity of CAmbodiA’s workforce through technicAl And vocAtionAl educAtion And trAining (TVET) And improve public service delivery by <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adb-signs-140m-loAn-Agreement-to-boost-skills-And-public-services/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia, in collaboration with the UN and its partners, is working on strategies to support the UN’s Early Warnings for all (EW4all) initiative. This effort aims to bolster the Kingdom’s early warning systems, with a focus on adapting to climate change and mitigating the impact <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/uns-ew4all-early-warning-initiative-hold-consultations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has announced a strategy for rapid rainwater drainage from canals, streams and rivers throughout Phnom Penh to mitigate flooding during the rainy season. Ministry secretary of state Chan Sinath spoke of the plan while chairing an emergency meeting on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-outlines-plans-to-tackle-flooding-in-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister  Hun Manet has engaged in fruitful meetings with foreign dignitaries and business leaders during his trip to New York from Sept. 21 to 24 to attend the General Debate of the 78th Session of the United Nations General assembly, according to a press <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/foreign-ministry-pm-hun-manet-engages-in-fruitful-meetings-with-foreign-dignitaries-and-business-leaders-in-new-york/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s industry trade body Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) will now be known as the Textile, apparel, Footwear, and Travel Goods association in Cambodia (TaFTaC) after it was officially renamed in a recently held ceremony attended by Cambodia’s army commander Lieutenant General Hun Manet. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-textile-body-gmac-is-now-officially-renamed-taftac/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 40 people representing 250 fAmilies living next to TA Mok LAke in SAngkAt SAmrong, KhAn Prek Pnov, Phnom Penh, on MondAy filed A petition to UN High Commissioner for HumAn Rights in CAmbodiA (UN) to request this body to help monitor lAnd disputes And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/250-fAmilies-neAr-tA-mok-lAke-complAin-to-un-to-help-monitor-their-lAnd-disputes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has given the nod to EnerCam Resources Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Toronto-listed angkor Resources Corp, for oil and gas exploration, development and production on southwestern Cambodia’s roughly 7,300sq km onshore Block VIII in the Kampong-Som Basin, the parent company reported on October <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/canadian-firm-granted-oil-gas-exploration-production-licence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Sansom Mlup Prey Organisation (SMP) has dug a total of three ponds as part of its pilot project on wildlife-friendly community irrigation ponds in the Kulen Prom Tep protected area in Preah Vihear province, where most residents depend on agriculture and often face water <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-vihear-irrigation-pond-project-promising/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The “Tonle Sap Eco-Tourism Network” will be established on the occasion of the 3rd National Ecotourism Forum on November 21 and 22 2023, said Minister of Tourism Thong Khon, on October 27, at the closing ceremony for a workshop on the establishment of the forum, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-tonle-sap-eco-tourism-network-to-be-established-soon/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Planning will announce the results of the Cambodia agricultural Survey 2021 (CaS2021) early next year, while a working group will begin the 2022 agricultural survey in early October. The CaS 2020 report showed that 57 per cent of household agricultural holdings are <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/planning-ministry-to-release-2021-agricultural-survey-findings-early-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite food prices in Cambodia slightly decreasing in September compared to the previous month, some food products will remain expensive in the long-run, which impacts Cambodian food supplies and livelihoods. To save Cambodia from food inflation, the Kingdom needs to boost more local agricultural productions, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/increasing-domestic-agriculture-key-to-preventing-food-inflation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Endangered species conservation scientists from the NGO Conservation International (CI) have announced the resumption of their mission in the Veun Sai-Siem Pang National Park in Ratanakkiri and Stung Treng provinces after having made a series of discoveries since 2007 of nearly 400 groups of yellow-cheeked <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/yellow-cheeked-crested-gibbons-see-tourist-upswing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government on October 12 set up an inter-institutional commission tasked with resolving the issue of unfinished buildings in Preah Sihanouk province, most of which are owned by Chinese investors. This is according to a Council of Ministers letter issued on the same date addressed to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unfinished-p-sihanouk-building-team-formed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) of the Royal Government of Cambodia has urged its Thailand counterpart to expedite the construction of its administrative building at the Steung Bat-Ban Nong Ian International Border and prepare relevant documents so that both parties can open <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-urges-thailand-to-expedite-construction-of-border-admn-facility/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the French Development agency (aFD) and GRET Cambodia, aiming to strengthen its capacity and expand the potential of the social protection system towards sustainable growth that will also benefit agricultural workers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nssf-plans-expansion-of-benefits-into-agricultural-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nearly $700 million has been spent on the new $1.5 billion Techo International airport (TIa), the main construction work on which has reached 46 per cent as of March 31, motivated by positive tourism growth, according to a senior civil aviation official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/spending-on-capitals-new-airport-nears-700m-ssca/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The steering committee of the Cambodia National Single Window (CNSW) on Tuesday officially launched the implementation of the system for the third phase, said a press release by the CNSW. Nine ministries and several institutions of the Royal Government of Cambodia were included in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/9-ministries-institutions-included-in-national-single-window-3/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>