Cambodia views 2023 as a pivotal year for attracting more foreign tourists. After the devastating impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak, the year should considerably assist Cambodia in overcoming the crisis that has enveloped the tourism sector, which is regarded one of the four pillars on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/2023-is-a-pivotal-year-for-cambodia-to-attract-more-foreign-tourists/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s goods exports to Vietnam reached $1.324 billion in the first five months of 2023, up 22.69 per cent year-on-year from $1.079 billion and up 83.92 per cent half-on-half from $719.79 million, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-exports-to-vietnam-surge-by-nearly-a-quarter-to-1-3b/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

That is the picture sketched by the World Bank, which forecast Tuesday that the world economy will expand just 2.4% this year. That would be down from 2.6% growth in 2023, 3% in 2022 and a galloping 6.2% in 2021, which reflected the robust recovery href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/global-economy-will-slow-for-a-third-straight-year-in-2024-world-bank-predicts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Authorities have revealed plans to increase primary education from half a day to a full day in 50 schools to increase the level of learning, with calls being made for teachers’ pay to be increased in accordance with the additional time spent teaching. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-outlines-plans-to-increase-education-to-a-full-day-in-50-primary-schools/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Behind the traffic police station in Kampong Chhnang town, set against the picturesque backdrop of the Tonle Sap, immigration officials gathered thousands of ethnic Vietnamese to begin a nationwide process of revoking “improperly” issued documents this week. The plan to review birth certificates, identity cards, passports href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/under-a-controversial-new-plan-by-the-ministry-of-interior-ethnic-vietnamese-some-living-in-cambodia-for-generations-begin-to-see-documents-revoked/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Coronavirus cases are continuing to soar and the number has surpassed the 1,000 mark with more than half of them linked to the February 20 Community Incident. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/surge-in-cases-a-matter-of-concern-with-number-surpassing-1000/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A good relationship with the Cambodian government would be a prerequisite for the resumption of negotiations on overlapping claims to natural gas resources in the Gulf of Thailand, experts said, but warned of a return to a cold conflict if there were mutual reservations. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-pheu-thai-led-government-could-revive-talks-with-cambodia-on-gas-exploration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has stated that ‘the 2023 general election is a true reflection of Cambodia’s democratic maturity with its exceptional voter participation and its election legitimacy as attested by the diversity of national and international observer teams.’ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/2023-general-election-is-a-true-reflection-of-the-countrys-democratic-maturity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Two energy investment projects were officially inked here yesterday to expand electricity access in Cambodia, according to the Ministry of Mines and Energy. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-energy-investment-projects-comprising-a-hydropower-plant-and-transmission-line-officially-signed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen , Head of the Royal Government has instructed the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to study the feasibility of improving the existing railway system in Cambodia into a high-speed railway. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-study-upgrade-of-existing-railway-to-a-high-speed-railway-from-poipet-phnom-penh-sihanoukville/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

According to the World Food Programme (WFP), United Nations World Food Programme in partnership with Agricultural Marketing Office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’  Market & Seasonal Monitoring Update, in December 2022, the cost of the basic food basket  (BFB) in Cambodia had href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cost-of-a-basic-food-basket-in-cambodia-declined-by-2-7-percent-in-december-2022/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The 18th Annual Cambodia STEM Festival (ACSF) is taking place at Aeon Mall Mean Chey on May 10-11, 2024, marking yet another successful year of inspiring innovation and promoting STEM education. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/18th-annual-cambodia-stem-festival-a-resounding-success-in-promoting-green-innovation-and-sustainability/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A $3.1 million garment factory will be built in Bati district of Takeo province, creating 702 jobs for the locals. The update was shared in a press release from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) yesterday following its approval of the investment project. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-3-1-million-garment-factory-project-in-takeo-province-to-create-more-than-700-jobs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Minister of Post and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth said that the Ministry will launch a Rapid Test soon for only $ 2, which is easy to use and high quality. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-will-launch-a-new-covid-rapid-test-kit-for-only-2-soon/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Minister of Post and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth said that the Ministry will launch a Rapid Test soon for only $ 2, which is easy to use and high quality. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-will-launch-a-new-covid-rapid-test-kit-for-only-2-soon-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Bangkok will organise a Webinar on “Connecting Digital Opportunities between Thailand and Cambodia” this week, in cooperation with the Department of East Asian Affairs, Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Studies Centre (ISC). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-embassy-to-organise-a-webinar-on-connecting-digital-opportunities-between-thailand-and-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The number of road accidents saw a decrease of around 18 percent or 533 cases in the first eleven months of this year, compared to the same period in 2020. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/18-percent-drop-in-traffic-accidents-in-first-11-months-as-year-draw-to-a-close/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy on Sep 20, issued a press release on the reduction of electricity prices for industrial and agricultural consumers. The immediate solution came on the advice of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday in Takeo province during a meeting with href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-mines-and-energy-announces-a-reduction-in-electricity-prices-for-industrial-and-agricultural-consumers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On Friday, more than 20 representatives of the Kuy indigenous group in Ngon commune, Sandan district, Kampong Thom province gathered in front of the Kampong Thom Provincial Court while an indigenous witness testifies to the case of their representative involved in a land dispute. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indigenous-people-gather-in-front-of-kampong-thom-provincial-court-as-a-witness-testifies-in-their-land-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

After graduating from college, Yue Xiduo, a man born in the 1990s, joined a tire company in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone, Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia. The man said he chose to work here because the special economic zone is an important project for a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-special-economic-zone-a-platform-for-cross-border-investment-along-the-bri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...