Cambodia exported $13.525 billion worth of goods to international markets in the January-July period of 2023, a year-on-year decrease of 2 percent, a report of the General Department of Customs and Excise showed on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-exports-earn-13-billion-in-january-july-period/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported nearly $20.5 billion worth of goods in the first 11 months of 2023, a slight increase of 1.2% year-on-year, according to a report released recently by the General Department of Customs and Excise. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-export-turnover-slightly-rises-in-11-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thirteen Boeung Kak lake women who were sentenced to two and a half years in jail on Thursday following a lawyer-free trial that lasted just three hours will appeal their convictions, their distraught supporters said yesterday. as the reality of the trial, which rights groups have <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boeung-kak-13-to-appeal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A KAndAl province businessmAn yesterdAy denied involvement in illegAl lAnd trAnsActions After villAgers in KhsAch KAndAl district lAst week Alleged he illegAlly bought And filled pArts of A seAsonAl lAke used for communAl fishing And fArming. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/illegAl-lAnd-sAles-denied-in-kAndAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A conservAtion NGO officiAl yesterdAy sAid he plAnned to Ask microfinAnce lenders to better scrutinise their loAns After A spAte of cAses over the lAst month showed thAt such loAns hAd been used by illegAl loggers to purchAse chAinsAws And trActors for trAnsporting timber. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mfi-loAns-used-for-illegAl-logging/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AsiA Injury Prevention (AIP) FoundAtion, supported by The UPS FoundAtion, hAs lAunched A globAl internet cAmpAign to collect ten thousAnd pledges in support of the motorcycle pAssenger, including child helmet lAw in CAmbodiA, According to its stAtement obtAined ThursdAy by The CAmbodiA HerAld. The cAmpAign <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AsiA-injury-prevention-lAunches-internet-cAmpAign-in-support-for-cAmbodiAs-child-helmet-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Hundreds of families in Koh Kong province’s Khmara Phoumint City are suffering from a shortage of water, which is provided by a reservoir that dried up during the hot season, local officials said yesterday. Smach Meanchey and Dang Tong communes typically receive water from the Cham <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-kong-water-shortage-leaves-families-dry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Water Supply authority (PPWSa) installed a solar power generation system last week in an effort to reduce electricity bills by about $200,000 a year. The solar power system, which was funded by the Japanese government, was installed at the PPWSa’s water treatment facility <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/solar-move-at-ppwsa-to-cut-costs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of CAmbodiA’s businessmen will Attend the upcoming trAde exhibition in MAcAu this yeAr, sAid ministry of commerce. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-to-Attend-trAde-exhibition-in-mAcAu/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Villagers in a remote district of northeast Cambodia’s Kratie province say obtaining medical treatment has become extremely difficult since the government reinforced a ban on unlicensed health workers and clinics earlier this month in the wake of a mass HIV infection last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-villagers-say-medical-treatment-is-a-pain-following-government-directive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training conducted a meeting with recruitment agencies to discuss about the procedure preparation for Cambodia laborers legally go to Thailand. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/ministry-of-labor-and-vocational-training-on-the-procedure-to-transfer-legal-cambodian-laborers-to-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Government officials have claimed the country could see an end to malnutrition and hunger following a decade of food security improvements and increased rice yields. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-claim-end-to-hunger-in-sight-thanks-to-rice-surplus/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government seized more than 7,000 cubic meters of illegally logged wood last year, according to a report released by the Ministry of agriculture on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-government-seized-more-than-7000-cubic-meters-of-illegally-logged-wood-last-year-according-to-a-report-released-by-the-ministry-of-agriculture-on-thursday/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian and Russian experts yesterday concluded discussions on the possibility of constructing and establishing a Nuclear Science and Technology Centre in the Kingdom.​ The discussion, which was held in Siem Reap province over two days, took place at the 3rd meeting of a Cambodia-Russia joint <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-in-talks-with-russia-for-nuclear-science/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and Indonesia plan to host a Trade and Investment Forum early in June in an effort to attract more Indonesian investors to the Kingdom. The plans were revealed after a meeting between Indonesian ambassador to Cambodia Sudirman Haseng and Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-wants-to-attract-more-indonesian-investors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the Covid-19 pandemic cutting into the global vehicle and parts manufacturing industry and transforming Cambodians’ spending habits, imports have seen a sharp decline this year. Cambodia imported $600.903 million worth of vehicles and parts in the first five months of the year, plunging 17.39 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/brakes-put-on-auto-imports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Customs officials and local police yesterday raided a motorbike market in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district they said was illegally selling vehicles without licence plates or paperwork. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rogue-moto-market-raided-but-no-arrests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new study exAmining the development of heAlth cAre in post-conflict societies suggests thAt the influx of NGOs in CAmbodiA mAy hAve weAkened the government heAlth sector. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngos-mAy-hAve-stymied-government-heAlth-cAre-report/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology issued a statement yesterday encouraging the Kingdom’s citizens to be cautious around lightning storms, which occur frequently between March and July. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/storm-season-on-horizon-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday questioned an elderly tycoon who was jailed earlier this month in a real estate dispute with his brother, also a prominent businessman. Huot Seng Long, 76, who also uses the name Thai Seng Long, was questioned in a closed-door <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-questions-tycoon-in-dispute-with-his-brother/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>