Construction work on a massive tyre factory in Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) is expected to be completed by May, according to Preah Sihanouk Provincial administration spokesman Kheang Phearom on January 3. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/big-0-3b-tyre-plant-finished-by-may/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister has congratulated General Department of Taxation (GDT) chief Kong Vibol on a job well done after the agency last year collected revenues equivalent to 122.54 per cent of the target set by the annual financial management law, in the “highest surplus of all <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-pats-gdt-chief-on-back-after-record-tax-revenues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported 107,938 tons of dry rubber in the first five months of 2023, up 2.5 percent from the 105,248 tons recorded in the same period last year, said a report from the General Directorate of Rubber on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/145-8-million-earned-by-cambodia-from-rubber-exports-of-108000-tonnes-in-first-five-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 122 nearly extinct Royal Turtle babies hatched in an artificial sandbank at the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Center (KKRCC) in southwest Cambodia’s Koh Kong province so far this year, said a KKRCC’s report on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/122-rare-royal-turtles-hatch-in-captivity-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen lauded the Royal Group’s energy purchase agreement on exporting renewable energy to Singapore via submarine high-voltage transmission, terming it a milestone in the country’s energy development. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-lauds-royal-groups-renewable-power-export-deal-with-singapore/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has announced the launch of a pilot project that will provide social security to the capital’s self-employed tuk-tuk drivers. The drivers will be eligible for public health insurance from april 1 onwards. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nssf-preps-pilot-for-tuk-tuk-coverage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported 139,220 tons of dry rubber in the first half of 2023, up 2.72 percent from 135,537 tons over the same period last year, said a report from the General Directorate of Rubber on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-makes-187-million-from-rubber-exports-of-nearly-140000-tonnes-in-h1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported 242,304 tons of dry rubber in the first nine months of 2023, up 3.5 percent from 234,100 tons over the same period last year, said a report from the General Directorate of Rubber on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-makes-320-5-mln-from-rubber-exports-in-first-9-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AheAd of the 113th AnniversAry of InternAtionAl Women’s DAy on MArch 8, the Ministry of Tourism Addressed women’s role in the digitAlisAtion of CAmbodiA’s economy At A speciAl event on their premises in Phnom Penh on FridAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/minister-cAlls-for-womens-role-in-digitAlisAtion-of-economy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia had exported 90,153 tons of milled rice in the first two months of 2024, down 7.2 percent from 97,153 tons over the same period 2023, said a Cambodia Rice Federation’s report released on Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-rice-export-down-7-2-pct-in-first-2-months-of-2024/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s exports to the European Union (EU) last year were worth $3.66 billion &ndash; a more than nine percent decrease from the $4.04 billion registered in 2022, according to the Ministry of Commerce. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-exports-to-eu-down-9-3-in-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

There are other companies operating in similar form to disgraced former Oknha Leng Channa’s now-defunct Brilliant City World Co Ltd, which secretly defrauded people, Ky Tech, head of the government’s legal team, warned during a meeting attended by 267 people from several provinces in Phnom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-warns-of-fraudulent-companies-urges-cautious-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 06 September 2021, the National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development issued a press release on consultation workshop on the draft national program for sub-national democratic development program phase II.The National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development will hold a consultative workshop on the draft national <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/consultation-workshop-on-the-draft-national-program-for-sub-national-democratic-development-program-phase-ii-2021-2030/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five opposition parties that have been pushing for a change in the electoral law called for a constitutional amendment to reform membership of the National Election Committee.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/five-parties-urge-changes-to-the-electoral-laws/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The new government has abandoned plans to build a $1.5 billion 700-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power project in Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province, deciding instead to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-hun-manet-aborts-coal-power-plant-project-in-botum-sakor-district/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has expressed concerns that recent money laundering cases involving huge sums will see Cambodia placed on a global financial blacklist. He called on the authorities to crack down hard on the crime or the Kingdom would be “dead” as it <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-concerned-over-laundering/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health said the dengue epidemic had been relieved to a manageable level despite the fact that to date, the number of people who suffered from it this year is almost three times higher than in the same period last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dengue-at-manageable-level/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party’s (CNRP) lawmakers continued their boycott of the National assembly session on Tuesday. CNRP spokesman Yem Punharith said that the lawmakers of the CNRP didn’t attend today’s session of the National assembly because solutions to the election disputes have not yet <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/na-spokesman-says-oppositions-boycott-makes-no-impact-on-session/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A rAnking Chinese ChAmber of Commerce officiAl hAs reveAled to Khmer Times thAt ChinA mAy prioritise supply CAmbodiA for its immediAte rAw mAteriAls need to Allow the fActories here to continue operAting.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-mAy-prioritise-cAmbodiA-in-meeting-rAw-mAteriAls-demAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As COVID-19 continues to cArve out A pAth of economic destruction in the Kingdom, severAl finAnciAl institutions Are considering re-clAssifying their loAn-repAyment structures to help relieve customers in fiscAl trouble, in line with recent guidelines releAsed by the NAtionAl BAnk of CAmbodiA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/nAtions-bAnks-Adopt-nbcs-covid-19-crisis-meAsures/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>