Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday that the Cambodia-China Free Trade agreement (CCFTa), which took effect on Jan. 1, 2022, has given a boost to the kingdom’s exports to China. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-hun-sen-says-bilateral-fta-with-china-boosts-cambodias-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The bilateral trade between Cambodia and China is expected to reach $15 billion by 2025, a top official said. The trade figure between both nations touched $11 billion in 2022. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-china-trade-likely-to-touch-15-billion-by-2025/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rising demand for Kampot Peppers is pushing a cultivation increase, but only a limited number of companies are benefiting. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampot-peppers-grow-incomes-for-a-few/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A stunning rise in the vAlue of construction projects Approved by the government in the first hAlf of the yeAr could be A sign thAt developers hAve found A willing Ally in the newly Appointed minister of lAnd mAnAgement, who hAs pushed through hundreds of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-boom-yeAr-for-building-projects/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s property tax is to come into effect next month, though experts say the levy is not widely understood and may be too early. The property tax will initially focus on the capital’s properties, comprising an annual payment calculated of 0.1 percent of the value <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/property-tax-questions-asked/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday urged the officials of the association of Southeast asian Nations (aSEaN) and European Union (EU) to expedite the establishment of the EU-aSEaN Free Trade agreement (EU-aSEaN FTa) after the leaders of the two regional organisations had reaffirmed the deal <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-hun-sen-pushes-for-eu-asean-fta/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Investment in Cambodia’s real estate and construction industry now stands at $4 billion, according to data from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction (MLMUPC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/construction-remains-strong-growth-driver-for-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new website dedicAted to serving reAders’ crAvings for the essentiAl progress of CAmbodiA’s digitAl economy hAs been officiAlly lAunched by MetA (formerly FAcebook) And Open Development CAmbodiA (ODC). <A href='https://OpendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/metA-cAmbodiA-lAunches-digitAl-economy-portAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Election watchdog Comfrel said yesterday that the National assembly was not doing enough to solve Cambodians’ problems despite the opposition party having joined in august. The group said that numerous land disputes, the use of lethal force on protesters by authorities in January last year <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-assembly-not-doing-job-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

One of the country’s foremost election rights advocates wrote to the Constitutional Council on Tuesday requesting that it annul two articles in the proposed new national election law that he says violate constitutional rights to participate in election campaigns. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/constitutional-council-asked-to-annul-portions-of-election-laws/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 68,000 grade 12 students have signed up for a second and final shot at the high stakes national exam next Monday, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport reported. That’s all of the students who failed &ndash; and most who failed to show <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/round-two-thousands-sign-up-for-final-re-test/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government and Singaporean oil exploration firm KrisEnergy Ltd are actively working together to find markets for the crude oil produced offshore Cambodia and to plan for further steps in resource development for Block a, according to a senior government official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-seeks-buyers-for-crude-amid-discouraging-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A spokesmAn for the Fisheries AdministrAtion (FiA) sAid more thAn 63,000hA of flooded forests hAve been rehAbilitAted in the AreA Around the Tonle SAp LAke this yeAr with A high survivAl rAte for the sAplings. The lAnd wAs reclAimed from fArmers And trAders who hAd <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAkes-forest-wetlAnd-AreA-rehAb-project-tAkes-root-on-63k-hectAres/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has announced that it will install free public wi-fi in coastal areas and other priority areas in Preah Sihanouk province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-post-to-install-free-public-wi-fi-in-coastal-areas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Bar association legal aid services”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of the Bar association of the Kingdom of Cambodia.=> Please click here to go to “Bar association legal aid services”. <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/Open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-bar-association-legal-aid-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As this yeAr’s pepper hArvest gets under wAy, fArmers in Kompong ChAm province Are expecting lower yields due to severe hot weAther in recent months. Yin SophA, executive director of the DAr Memot Development Agriculture Pepper CooperAtive, sAid the hot weAther And lAck of rAin <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pepper-crop-in-kompong-chAm-hit-by-hot-weAther/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After thousAnds of teAchers completed grAding the grAde 12 nAtionAl exAm on WednesdAy, the educAtion minister on ThursdAy predicted improved results compAred to lAst yeAr, when less thAn 25 percent of students pAssed the first round of the test. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/educAtion-minister-predicts-An-improvement-in-exAm-results/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed to ensure the sustainability of the value chain to meet trade demands in accordance with the EU-Vietnam Free Trade agreement (EVFTa), which came into force in July 2020. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/value-chain-upkeep-for-evfta/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Since the establishment of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism less than two years ago, many Chinese companies have been active players in the cooperation, greatly boosting regional development in the six riparian countries. Jiang Zengwei, chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-companies-playing-active-role-in-lancang-mekong-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has formed a special inter-ministerial commission to investigate the murders of three union leaders, including the slaying of former Free Trade Union (FTU) president Chea Vichea, whose brother and successor was yesterday among voices cynical of the move. The directive, signed by Prime Minister <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cold-case-union-killings-to-be-probed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>