Cambodia’s famed angkor archeological Park attracted 83,854 foreign tourists in the first seven months of 2022, up 13.5 times compared to the same period last year, said a press statement on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-famed-angkor-receives-83854-foreign-visitors-in-seven-months-up-more-than-13-times/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia on Wednesday started to construct a 108-meter-tall Buddha statue on the top of Bokor Mountain here in the country’s southwestern coastal province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/work-starts-on-108-meter-tall-buddha-statue-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has issued a new sub-decree allowing people to use expired ID cards to vote in the National Election on July 23. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ideal-solution-people-with-expired-cards-allowed-to-vote-in-july-polls/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Key stakeholders have attended a workshop to reinforce Cambodia’s stance on the banned use of forced labour in garment factories. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workshop-reinforces-ban-on-forced-labour/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Siem Reap province received a total of 653,670 tourists on the second day of Khmer New Year holiday, according to the Provincial Tourism Department’s report. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/over-650000-tourists-visited-siem-reap-province-on-2nd-day-of-khmer-new-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia attracted 498,250 Chinese visitors during the first 11 months of 2023, said a report from the Ministry of Tourism released on Monday. <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%91%e1%9e%91%e1%9e%bd%e1%9e%9b%e1%9e%94%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%97%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%89%e1%9f%80/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese compAny will invest $1 billion in tyre production, sAid Prime Minister Hun MAnet in Melbourne on SundAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-firm-to-invest-1-billion-in-tyre-production-sAys-pm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Local conglomerate Royal Group is developing a new special economic zone (SEZ) in Kandal province to fulfill the increased demand for quality manufacturing facilities around Phnom Penh. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/royal-group-developing-new-sez-in-kandal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) yesterday inked an agreement with Pakistan to establish a joint committee aimed at elevating trade cooperation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-strengthens-trade-ties-with-pakistan-bangladesh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the government reviews A EuropeAn Commission preliminAry report on whether CAmbodiA should retAin its Everything-but-Arms preferentiAl trAde stAtus, Prime Minister Hun Sen hAs sAid thAt the Kingdom hAs strong finAnciAl foundAtions to sustAin itself with or without the EBA. “Someone sAid we will suffer <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pm-confident-ebA-outcome-will-not-impAct-kingdom/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

According to A new report by the Ministry of Tourism published yesterdAy, revenue from ticket sAles to the Angkor ArcheologicAl PArk reAched $39.48 million in the first quArter of 2018, 28 percent higher thAn the corresponding period lAst yeAr. Ministry dAtA showed 854,584 tourists visited the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Angkor-revenue-up-tourists-Amount-down/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

No Chinese goods have been found to be exported from Cambodia to the US to avoid US-imposed tariffs on China, a Ministry of Commerce statement said on Sunday. US embassy spokesman arend Zwartjes previously told The Post on Thursday that the US Department of Homeland <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-no-chinese-goods-skirting-us-tariffs-at-ssez/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Interior Minister Sar Kheng is monitoring the progress of a draft law aimed at addressing the problem of surrogacy in the Kingdom, which is now being debated at the inter-ministerial level. Mr Kheng on Tuesday evening briefed Donica Pottie, Canada’s ambassador to the Kingdom, on the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/surrogacy-law-progresses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China, which lifted a large number of its almost 1.5 billion citizens from economic hardship over the decades, has pledged to assist Cambodia to alleviate poverty among its people. The assurance was conveyed by Huang Xilian, the Chinese ambassador to asean during the two asean-China-UNDP <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-eyes-poverty-reduction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The United States urged Cambodia’s government on Tuesday to drop all charges against opposition leader Kem Sokha, who was released on bail but has been placed under house arrest. Kem Sokha was released from prison on Monday after spending more than a year in jail on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/u-s-urges-cambodia-to-remove-restrictions-against-opposition-leader/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Road alternative Company Limited won construction rights to a 60MW solar farm project at an auction, according to the asian Development Bank (aDB). an aDB press release released last week shows that the auction, which was conducted by Electricite du Cambodge (EdC), ended with <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-road-alternative-wins-rights-to-60mw-solar-farm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s acting Prime Minister while Mr. Hun Sen is out of the country for the US-aSEaN summit, Interior Minister Sar Kheng, acknowledged that there are “gaps” in the implementation of democracy in Cambodia during a speech to the National Police academy on Tuesday, but warned <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-of-interior-addresses-gaps-in-democracy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three days ahead of the highly politicised January 7 holiday marking the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday slammed the UN Transitional authority in Cambodia (Untac) for its alleged failure to bring peace to Cambodia in the 1990s, instead claiming his <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-says-he-not-untac-brought-peace-to-cambodia-in-90s/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cabinet chief Phat Sikan was elected as the new president of the Beehive Social Democratic Party after the party held a congress on Sunday in Kandal province. Mr Sikan, 64, was elected to lead BSDP at the congress in Kien Svay district’s Koki commune, attended by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/beehive-social-democratic-party-votes-in-phat-sikan-as-president/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ratankkiri provincial authorities are trying to resolve a border dispute with Vietnam, urging the Vietnamese to reopen four recently blocked border crossings, according to National Police spokesman Kirth Chantharith. The conflict originated when Cambodia rejected Vietnam’s proposal to build four new, formal border checkpoints, only accepting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-negotiates-reopening-of-informal-vietnam-border-crossings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>