Retail price of gasoline drops
Starting yesterday, the price of regular gasoline in the Kingdom is 3,950 riel ($0.97) per litre, amounting to a reduction of 200 riel per litre following a series of tax cuts announced last month by Prime Minister Hun Sen as well as price reductions implemented <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/retail-price-of-gasoline-drops/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50506822/retail-price-of-gasoline-drops/
CSX developing app for securities trading
A new online trAding plAtform is being developed to spur interest in CAmbodiA’s sleepy stock mArket by Allowing trAders to Access the exchAnge remotely viA softwAre compAtible with smArtphones, A bourse spokesmAn sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/csx-developing-App-for-securities-trAding/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/csx-developing-app-securities-trading
Cambodia prepares βtravel bubbleβ plan to aid tourism
The Ministry of Tourism is moving to restore the devastated tourism sector by preparing a so-called travel bubble plan to gradually receive international tourists, even if the Kingdom is seeing a rise in new cases of COVID-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-prepares-travel-bubble-plan-to-aid-tourism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50751509/cambodia-prepares-travel-bubble-plan-to-aid-tourism/
The Ministry of National Defense vaccinates 286,442 armed forces personnel as of April 17
The report of the Ministry of National Defense of Cambodia said they vaccinated a total of 286,442 armed forces members, comprising the first jab while a further 138,130 have already been administered with their second jabs to protect themselves against COVID-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%80%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%bd%e1%9e%84%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%96%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%87%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%8f%e1%9e%b7%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%94%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%93%e2%80%8b/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50840482/the-ministry-of-national-defense-vaccinates-286442-armed-forces-personnel-as-of-april-17/
Fleeing uncertainty: Cambodia to accept 300 Afghan refugees temporarily
Amid the ongoing situAtion in AfghAnistAn, CAmbodiA hAs Agreed in principle to temporArily Accept 300 AfghAn refugees with some conditions before they Are grAnted Asylum in A third country, A move the government sAid is due to humAnitAriAn reAsons. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fleeing-uncertAinty-cAmbodiA-to-Accept-300-AfghAn-refugees-temporArily/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50925303/cambodia-to-accept-300-afghan-refugees-temporarily/
Eight month exports valued at 11.08 bn
Cambodia’s exports in the first eight months this year saw a decrease, official figures showed. Its exports were worth $11.086 billion, inching down 5.3 percent compared with the same period last year, according to a study by the Ministry of Commerce. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eight-month-exports-valued-at-11-08-bn/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50934036/eight-month-exports-valued-at-11-08-bn/
98% villages electrified but power used drops
The consumption of electricity in the country has dropped to just over 2,000 megawatts in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, causing a huge loss to the government. Cambodia has a capacity to supply about 3,800 megawatts. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/98-villages-electrified-but-power-used-drops/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501077941/98-villages-electrified-but-power-used-drops/
Cambodiaβs exports $4.6B to RCEP markets in first 7 months
Cambodia has exported goods worth $4.59 billion to member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in the first seven months of 2023, a 21 percent increase compared to the same period of the previous year, said a statement by the Ministry of Commerce <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-exports-4-6b-to-rcep-markets-in-first-7-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501346750/cambodias-exports-4-6b-to-rcep-markets-in-first-7-months/
Rice export boom seen following EU court victory
A mArked uptick in IndicA rice exports to EuropeAn mArkets is expected After CAmbodiA won A chAllenge AgAinst the EuropeAn Commission’s (EC) 2019 decision to remove tAriff preferences on imports of the rice from the Kingdom for three yeArs, on grounds thAt the shipments were <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rice-export-boom-seen-following-eu-court-victory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-export-boom-seen-following-eu-court-victory
Australia announces new solar farm in Kratie province
The Cambodia-australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development (CaPRED), a flagship economic development program funded by the australian government, will establish a solar electricity farm in Kampong Cham commune in Sambour district, Kratie province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/australia-announces-new-solar-farm-in-kratie-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/australia-announces-new-solar-farm-kratie-province
Social health insurance scheme extended to tuk-tuk drivers
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is rolling out a pilot of its Social Health Insurance scheme for tuk-tuk drivers in the capital in april as part of a move to extend social security coverage to the nation’s informal workers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/social-health-insurance-scheme-extended-to-tuk-tuk-drivers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-social-health-insurance-scheme-extended-to-tuk-tuk-drivers
Angkor Park revenue surges by β300%β in 2023
Over 600,000 international tourists purchased tickets to the angkor archaeological Park in the first 10 months of 2023, boosting revenue for angkor Enterprise – a state body tasked with overseeing ticket sales – to nearly $28 million. This represents a staggering increase of over 300% <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angkor-park-revenue-surges-by-300-in-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-park-revenue-surges-300-2023
SE Asian startups poised for growth
Golden Gate Ventures recently closed a new $60 million fund for Southeast asia’s rapidly-growing startup ecosystem. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/se-asian-startups-poised-for-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
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No HIV outbreak in Kandal, health officials say
Health officials say they now doubt there is a new outbreak of HIV in Kandal province, following an investigation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-hiv-outbreak-in-kandal-health-officials-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/no-hiv-outbreak-in-kandal-health-officials-say/3219656.html
Project to stop violence against women launched
A new project Aimed At reducing violence AgAinst women in the Kingdom wAs lAunched yesterdAy At the Hotel CAmbodiAnA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/project-to-stop-violence-AgAinst-women-lAunched/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26174/project-to-stop-violence-against-women-launched/
Funcinpec shoots down rumours of Chinese VP
The royalist Funcinpec party yesterday denied local media reports that it had appointed a Chinese national as vice president. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/funcinpec-shoots-down-rumours-of-chinese-vp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/funcinpec-shoots-down-rumours-chinese-vp
Lao President in Cambodia for state visit
Mr. Choummaly Sayasone, President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, is paying a two-day state visit to Cambodia starting Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lao-president-in-cambodia-for-state-visit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
The Cambodia Heraldβ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/lao-president-in-cambodia-for-state-visit-8239
Cambodia condemns terrorism act Australia's Sydney
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday condemned the terror act of taking civilians hostage in a cafe in australia’s Sydney. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-condemns-terrorism-act-australias-sydney/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2014-12/16/c_133858471.htm
Cambodia to host talks on protecting heritage
Cambodia will this week host a regional seminar on the Unesco convention for the protection of cultural heritage during armed conflicts. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-host-talks-on-protecting-heritage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Michelle Vachon
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-to-host-talks-on-protecting-heritage-93055/