Timor-Leste has signed an agreement to buy 4,000 tons of rice from Cambodia for the first time after the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on rice trade on October 20, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MoC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/timor-leste-buys-4000-tons-of-cambodia-rice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia recorded 4.4 million international tourist arrivals in the first 10 months of 2023, a sharp increase of around 180 percent from 1.57 million over the same period last year, Tourism Minister SokSoken said here on Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-attracts-4-4-mln-intl-tourists-in-first-10-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Senate president Hun Sen has requested South Korean president Yoon Suk-Yeol to consider upgrading Cambodia-Korea relations to a “comprehensive strategic partnership” within the next three years, as the two countries prepare to celebrate their 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-urges-upgrade-to-comprehensive-cambodia-korea-partnership/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Manet has asked all tyre factories in the country to use domestic rubber as raw material inputs, creating a market for rubber plantation farmers even as two more tyre factory projects have received in-principle approval for investment in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/use-domestic-rubber-as-raw-material-pm-tells-tyre-factories/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Global Tower Corporation Pty Ltd (GTC), a prominent telecommunications infrastructure company in Cambodia, has secured $19.97 million in financing from Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad (EXIM Bank Malaysia) to support the expansion of essential telecommunications infrastructure across the Kingdom. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gtc-gets-19-97m-financing-from-exim-bank-for-telecom-infrastructure-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged three environmental activists with incitement to disturb social security on September 6, a move civil society groups have said is meant as a threat to others who dare to criticize the government. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-mother-nature-activists-charged-with-incitement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Cambodia’s opposition leader yesterday lauded the success of aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party in Myanmar’s historic election, an outcome he said will help pave the way for his party’s own electoral victory.In a post on his Facebook page, Cambodia National <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/myanmar-opposition-victory-resonates-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has issued a sub-decree to increase the monthly salary of government contract officials from $162.5 to $167.5 starting next month. The sub-decree, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on December 4, said the government has decided to increase the salary by $5 for the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-contract-officials-to-get-5-raise-in-wages-next-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Joint UN Programme on HIV/aIDS (UNaIDS) said new HIV infections have been reduced by 95 per cent in Cambodia since their peak in 1997. a report by UNaIDS pointed out that 880 people were newly infected with aIDS last year, compared to 16,500 in 1997. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unaids-infections-of-hiv-down-95-from-1997-peak/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

VimpelCom Ltd., the Russian mobile telephone operator that runs the Beeline brand in Cambodia, is reviewing its assets in Cambodia to decide whether it should stop doing business here or merge with another firm in the country, an official at the company said yesterday. “We will <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/beeline-weighs-future-options-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Constitutional Council will resume their inquiries Tuesday into the opposition party’s poll complaints regarding the alleged irregularities of the election, according to the general secretariat of the Constitutional Council. In a statement issued Saturday, the council had already resolved 14 complaints among the 33 received <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/constitutional-council-to-resume-inquiries-tuesday/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy was scheduled to depart for the Netherlands last night to attend a Liberal International conference in Rotterdam with other leaders of liberal parties from around the world. CNRP Vice-President Kem Sokha is also out of the country touring Cambodian communities in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-leaves-for-netherlands-as-sokha-tours-us/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The construction of the Don Sahong hydropower dam in Laos has affected the habitats of Mekong River dolphins, causing their numbers to dwindle in Stung Treng province. The dwindling numbers are causing a decline in tourists who wish to see them, resulting in loss of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/losing-dolphins-for-more-hydropower/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed for the continued efforts to eliminate malaria in the Kingdom despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The call was made in a statement issued yesterday ahead of the World Malaria Day on april 25. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-encourages-malaria-response-amid-pandemic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cellcard has today announced Cambodia’s first 5G use case &ndash; a telemedicine service at four locations across Phnom Penh to help the nation’s most critically ill during the Covid-19 crisis. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cellcard-announces-cambodias-first-5g-use-case-to-help-the-kingdom-during-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Malaysian-based electrical power technology company Pestech International Bhd inked a contract to construct the $7.34 million 230/11kV Okvau Transmission Substation, leading Malaysian business publisher The Edge Media Group Pte Ltd reported on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysian-firm-to-build-substation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The tourism industry has always been considered as a major player in the rapid economic growth of the Kingdom. However, in the first quarter of 2020, the typically booming industry was abruptly brought to its knees due to COVID-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/coronavirus-pandemic-prove-catastrophic-for-tour-guides/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The value of Cambodian real estate has not shown signs of decline in recent weeks, despite the Covid-19 pandemic bringing market activity to a virtual standstill, industry insiders said on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pandemic-brings-real-estate-activity-to-near-nil/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

“I am looking at the possibility in article 22 of the Constitution to request the King to declare a state of emergency. I don’t want to use it, but if my appeal [to the people] is ineffective, article 22 of the Constitution will be used. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-mulling-emergency-as-virus-cases-rise-to-96/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>