Cambodia’s exports to the European Union (EU) last year were worth $4.045 billion&mdash;a more than 25 per cent hike from the $3.229 billion registered in 2021, according to the ministry of commerce. Cambodia-EU trade was worth $4.857 billion last year, rising by 15.9 per cent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-exports-to-eu-surge-25-yoy-to-4-045-bn-in-2022/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) at a meeting on Tuesday with representatives of ministries, technical officials and members of express delivery companies discussed priorities, like the promotion of the cross-border e-commerce sector, use of risk management mechanisms, enhancing the effectiveness of tax <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdce-reviews-efficacy-of-trade-facilitations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri anwar Ibrahim for provision of support in the implementation of a privately-invested project for exporting renewable energy from Cambodia to Singapore as the former would need to install electrical cables under Malaysia’s seabed before <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-seeks-malaysias-support-in-electricity-export-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hong Kong-listed casino operator and developer NagaCorp Ltd, known for its flagship NagaWorld integrated resort in Phnom Penh, on June 4 announced that it has moved the $3.5 billion Naga 3 project’s planned completion date from September 30, 2025 to exactly four years later, in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/naga-3-pushed-back-till-sept-2029/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three ministries issued have a joint prakas on Health Equity Funds for employees in the informal tourism sector. The parkas, which was jointly signed on June 19 by Minister of Economy and Finance aun Pornmoniroth, Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng and Minister of Labour <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/informal-tourism-sector-workers-granted-nssf/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

UNESCO and the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine arts organized a Workshop on Emergency Preparedness and Underwater Cultural Heritage in Southeast asia from 25-28 October 2023 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, with the support of the UNESCO Heritage Emergency Fund (HEF) and the UNESCO Secretariat <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unesco-and-cambodia-foster-regional-dialogue-on-emergency-preparedness-and-underwater-cultural-heritage-protection/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn mediA delegAtion led by KAo ImrAn, HeAd of ArAbic News At the Ministry of InformAtion, together with their counterpArts from the Gulf CooperAtion Council (GCC) And ASEAN member countries yesterdAy visited the SAudi StAte History Exhibition, held At the heAdquArters of the SAudi <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gcc-AseAn-mediA-delegAtion-visits-sAudi-stAte-history-exhibition/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

At the invitAtion of Minister of InformAtion, Culture And Tourism of LAo PDR, SuAnesAvAnh VignAket, Sok Soken, CAmbodiAn Minister of Tourism, led A delegAtion to Attend the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2024, the 27th ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting And relAted meetings from 23rd &ndAsh; 27th JAnuAry <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sok-soken-Attends-the-AseAn-tourism-forum-2024-in-vientiAne-lAo-peoples-democrAtic-republic/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) plans to offer free healthcare to new target groups under a new programme. The first and largest group includes vendors and those who work in related informal jobs, like street vendors. He added the other target groups include digital <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nssf-health-coverage-for-more-groups/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported more than 6.13 million tonnes of agricultural products in the first half of 2024, an increase of 57 percent compared to the same period in 2023, earning more than $2.8 billion, according to a report of the General Directorate of agriculture posted by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-posts-57-rise-in-agricultural-exports-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Singapore-listed firm HLH Group is planning to expand its presence in Cambodia with 90,000 hectares of corn, rice and soybean plantations planned over the next decade in Kompong Speu and Koh Kong provinces, an official at the company said yesterday. HLH Group came under scrutiny <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hlh-to-expand-with-corn-rice-plantations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police in Kompong Chhnang Province arrested four men and confiscated two bulldozers Tuesday for illegally clearing more than 10 hectares of national forest in the Toek Phos district, officials said yesterday. District Police Chief Kim Sareth said that police apprehended the four laborers in Chorng <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/four-men-arrested-for-illegal-clearing-of-national-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The deaths of four more Cambodian over the past two weeks brings to 11 the number of people killed by Thai soldiers so far this year while illegally logging across the border. The death toll is fast approaching the 15 Cambodians killed in the entirety <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/11-cambodian-loggers-killed-in-two-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Opposition SRP has asked the government to halt plans to proceed with the next hydropower dam slated for Koh Kong, saying that experiences with dams currently in construction in the province suggest the government has been unable to control the attendant illegal logging. In <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-party-highlights-illegal-logging-near-dam-site/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japanese ambassador Masafumi Kuroki yesterday said he hoped the government arrests the gunman behind the Feb. 20 triple shooting of protesting workers in Svay Rieng province, and that safety must be ensured for investors in the special economic zone (SEZ) where the incident took place. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-ambassador-airs-concerns-over-sez-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen defended the government’s plan for Strung Treng province’s 400-megawatt Lower Sesan 2 dam project in a letter to an SRP lawmaker, and accused opposition parties, NGOs and the media of exaggerating the negative impacts of hydropower dams. In the six-page letter <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/premier-defends-sesan-dam-says-critics-are-scaremongering/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In response to the vision of land policy in Cambodia, which is to administer, manage, use and distribute land in an equitable, transparent, efficient, and sustainable manner in order to contribute to achieving national goals of poverty alleviation, ensuring food security, national resources and environmental <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/comprehensive-land-policy-is-under-construction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Environment Minister Mok Mareth yesterday asked China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to provide more details on the environmental impact of its project, though he said that exploration for oil and gas would likely begin later this month. at a meeting at the Ministry of Environment, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-ask-for-more-info-ahead-of-drilling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 45,000 hectares of land in Preah Vihear province were granted to five companies for rubber plantations on July 6 after the government reclassified the land from state public to state private land on the same day, according to the five sub-decrees signed by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/july-sub-decree-lists-preah-vihear-grants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A combined tAsk force of ThAi soldiers And nAtionAl pArk officiAls yesterdAy Arrested 38 CAmbodiAn villAgers who encroAched on the PAnom Dong RAk Wildlife SAnctuAry in ThAilAnd’s Si SA Ket province, which borders OddAr MeAnchey province. ThAi NAtionAl PArks, Wildlife And PlAnt ConservAtion DepArtment chief DAmrong <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/thAis-Arrest-38-cAmbodiAns-on-chArges-of-illegAl-logging/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>