Construction of a house for preserving remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who had laid down their lives during wartime in Cambodia started in the Cambodian province of Battambang on July 13. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/work-starts-on-house-for-preserving-vietnamese-martyrs-remains-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Visiting President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General assembly abdulla Shahid on Monday praised Cambodia for its key contribution to keeping peace in the world, according to a senior Cambodian official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unga-president-hails-cambodia-for-its-key-contribution-to-un-peacekeeping-missions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The World Bank in a report has estimated that some 460,000 people in Cambodia have fallen below poverty income thresholds since the onset of COVID-19 in 2020. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/covid-19-pandemic-pushes-460000-people-in-cambodia-to-fall-below-poverty-line/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Timor-Leste on air transport services, aiming to boost bilateral trade between the two countries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mou-to-boost-aviation-ties-with-timor-leste/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a heartfelt letter to the people, King Norodom Sihamoni has appealed to all Cambodian citizens to participate in the upcoming national elections on July 23. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/king-appeals-to-citizens-to-cast-ballots-in-national-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A workshop on “combAting fAke news for journAlists” in the second phAse, funded by the LAncAng-Mekong CooperAtion (LMC) SpeciAl Fund, kicked off here on ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lmc-funded-workshop-on-combAting-fAke-news-held-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia reports a record-breaking 122 Royal Turtle hatchlings at the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Center (KKRCC) during the 2023 breeding season. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/record-number-of-royal-turtle-hatchlings-born-at-wcs-cambodias-koh-kong-reptile-conservation-center/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two agreements on recruitment of Cambodian workers will be signed before Prime Minister anwar Ibrahim in Cambodia today when he makes a one-day visit to the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysian-pm-to-witness-deals-on-recruitment-of-cambodia-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

New garment manufacturing investments are being drawn to Cambodia, as confirmed by the Cambodia Investment Board (CIB), a division of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-greenlights-manufacturing-investments-exceeding-50-million/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Manet has imposed a one-year moratorium on hiring new government servants. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/recruitment-of-civil-servants-for-this-year-on-hold/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has won two prestigious awards from the World Travel awards for 2023, the country’s Ministry of Tourism said in a news release on Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-wins-2-world-travel-awards/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) conducted a policy dialogue with the Japanese ambassador on the implementation of the development projects for the sustainable socio-economic development of the Kingdom. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-japan-discuss-execution-of-development-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has seen more than $5 billion approved construction projects in 2023, as per data with CBRE Cambodia. This is a 79 percent increase compared to the previous year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/construction-sees-revival-with-5-billion-approved-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Information has commenced the process of drafting a National Charter for Professional Journalism. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-to-develop-charter-for-professional-journalism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A month After the Ministry of Environment (MoE) signed A memorAndum of understAnding (MoU) with the Ministry of TrAde, Industry &Amp; Energy of the Republic of KoreA (MOTIE) on the implementAtion of Article 6 of the PAris Agreement, Verywords FridAy lAunched the KoreA-CAmbodiA greenhouse gAs <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-koreA-lAunch-cArbon-reduction-project/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 200 workers at Shinglecom Cambodia garment factory protested yesterday outside the facility in the capital’s Dangkor district, demanding that a representative of their newly formed union be rehired. Yang Thaisan, secretary-general of the Union Federation for Labour Rights at the factory, said union representative <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fiery-start-for-new-union-at-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ten homes housing 16 families in the capital’s Meanchey district were destroyed early Monday by fire, which police said was caused by an electrical malfunction. The homeowners, however, believe the blaze was caused by arson. Kong Thou, deputy chief of the Municipal Fire Office, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/blaze-in-meanchey-destroys-10-homes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported more rice to China than the EU for the first time during the first half of this year, a report from the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality said. The report shows that the Kingdom’s rice exports during the first <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-rice-exports-to-china-exceed-those-to-eu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday shot another arrow at the Kingdom’s relations with the US, calling his country’s yet-unpaid loan of $500 million borrowed by the regime of Lon Nol “a very dirty debt”. He contrasted that by praising Japan for its aid to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-praises-japans-lending-policies-while-lashing-out-again-at-us/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Prime Minister Hun Sen-led Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), which many consider as having already won July’s national elections with no major rival in sight, is planning to bring influential senior military officials into the Kingdom’s legislature by nominating them as candidates, an act seen <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ruling-cpp-fields-candidates-from-armed-forces-police-for-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>