In a gesture of goodwill, Prime Minister Hun Sen offered government positions to unemployed Voice of Democracy (VOD) journalists. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/former-vod-staff-undecided-about-offer-of-state-employment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The construction of $230 million Stung Pursat hydropower I dam with a capacity of 80 megawatt is set to break ground soon, after the ground preparation at the construction site has been made since last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/230m-hydropower-dam-to-start-construction-in-pursat-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng appeals to all sides to continue to protect the Kingdom’s hard-won peace, claiming that “extremist” opposition groups are still attempting to sow chaos in society as a means of overthrowing the government. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/extremist-groups-seeking-to-sow-chaos-sar-kheng-warns/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tourism experts call the return to Sihanoukville of the Bahamas-flagged cruise ship the Seabourn Encore on January 28 a positive sign for the recovery of the Kingdom’s tourism sector. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cruise-ship-visit-positive-sign-of-tourism-recovery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s display of origami hearts was included in the Guinness Book of Records on Tuesday as the world’s largest show of origami hearts, breaking the previous record held by Britain, a Guinness World Records adjudicator announced. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-breaks-guinness-world-record-for-largest-display-of-origami-hearts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong has requested that France send a delegation to observe the upcoming July national election in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/natl-elections-likely-to-have-monitors-from-france-japan/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a recent interview with China state-owned Phoenix TV, Prime Minister Hun Sen shared that he believes three significant achievements have characterised his time in office. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-outlines-three-major-triumphs-as-head-of-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

 King Norodom Sihamoni issued a Royal Decree on Tuesday enabling the newly amended election law to come into force ahead of the upcoming July 23 National Election. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/king-issues-decree-ratifying-newly-amended-election-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia on Sunday called for the inclusion of the Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) agreement into the WTO programme as such a fusion will benefit the member states &ndash; including Cambodia &ndash; by enhancing the investment climate. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-bats-for-trade-cooperation-at-wto-meet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Women entrepreneurs are slated to have their digital skills elevated with the launch of a capacity building programme that aims to support their digital journey while bridging the gender gap. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/initiative-to-equip-women-entrepreneurs-with-digital-skills/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The chairman of Temasek Holdings Company, Lim, said to Cambodian Prime Minister Dr. Hun Manet that his company aims to expand its business further in the aSEaN region, of which Cambodia is also a priority. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/temasek-holdings-company-in-singapore-aims-to-expand-its-business-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In collaboration with Manulife Cambodia, the aPSaRa authority has launched the “angkor-Manulife Community Park” project, aiming to plant over 10,000 saplings in a 5.5-hectare area in angkor Park. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angkor-manulife-community-park-project-launches-with-over-10000-saplings-planted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s bicycle exports plummeted 38 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2024 with the export value going down to $205 million, according to a report released by the Ministry of Commerce. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-bicycle-exports-decline-38/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Cambodia’s trade deficit with the rest of the world continued to widen last year to $5.2 billion, as the Kingdom’s imports outstripped its exports once again, a National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) report released on Saturday said. The NBC figures revealed that the Kingdom imported $18.8 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-deficit-grows-once-more/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than two-thirds of senior officials at the General Command Headquarters of the Royal Cambodian armed Forces (RCaF) have decided to relinquish their oknha titles to maintain their roles in the armed forces, an RCaF official said. Of 61 senior officials, 45 relinquished their title <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rcaf-officials-forced-to-pick-oknha-title-or-their-position/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rhona Smith, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia on Friday issued a statement expressing “grave concerns” over the “heightened political crackdown across Cambodia”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/smith-expresses-concerns-over-cambodian-situation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government collected $2.40 billion in revenue from taxation during the first 10 months of this year &ndash; up 28.31 per cent year-on-year from $1.873 billion &ndash; a report from the General Department of Taxation (GDT) said on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-collects-2-4b-in-revenue-from-taxation-in-first-10-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

It has been five months since the government updated the country on how far along they were with the demarcation process along the border with Vietnam. Yet Prime Minister Hun Sen has an entirely different focus: the border posts slowly being replaced. In a directive sent out <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-keep-old-border-posts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Eang Sophalleth, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s assistant, yesterday said European Union ambassador Carmen Moreno praised the government’s achievements in sustainably developing the economy during a meeting with Mr Hun Sen at the Peace Palace.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-ambassador-praises-kingdoms-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>