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'>...

The Minister of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation Hem Vanndy, yesterday delivered a keynote address on the development of Cambodia’s informal economy to about 200 students at CamEd Business School. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vanndy-says-the-informal-economy-is-a-pillar-of-cambodias-2050-vision/ ' 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'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has uploaded a new library resource on​ “Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development Project III – LASED III”, which a number of environmental and social risk management documents are available to access. Those documents include Environmental and Social Management Framework href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/new-library-resource-on-land-allocation-for-social-and-economic-development-project-iii-lased-iii/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new map layer of targeted districts of the implementation plan for the social accountability framework (I-SAF) on the interactive map, under the map category of “Government”. This the spatial representation of the districts which have been selected to implement href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-published-a-new-map-layer-and-dataset-of-targeted-districts-of-the-implementation-plan-for-the-social-accountability-framework-isaf/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 17 March 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on His Excellency KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan, will lead a high delegation to pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia on 20-21 March 2022. Samdech href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/his-excellency-kishida-fumio-prime-minister-of-japan-will-lead-a-high-delegation-to-pay-an-official-visit-to-the-kingdom-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The number of Cambodia’s outbound travelers increased by 10 percent year-on-year to 871,000 last year, a report of the Ministry of Tourism showed Tuesday. Ang Kim Eang, president of Cambodia Association of Travel Agents, which represents about 220 tour and travel companies, said most of Cambodian href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/about-871000-cambodians-travel-abroad-in-2013-up-10-pct/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s much-maligned waste-collection firm Cintri yesterday used a meeting with City Hall to ask for help in collecting between $10 million and $20 million in unpaid fees it says it’s owed by residents in the capital. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cintri-says-it-is-owed-up-to-20m-by-phnom-penh-residents/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 22 March 2021, the Ministry of Tourism released an announcement on granting a grace period for exemption of cash transitional penalty on tourism businesses which aims to facilitate the businesses of tourism in Cambodia highly affected by COVID-19. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-on-the-granting-a-grace-period-for-exemption-of-cash-transitional-penalty-on-tourism-businesses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 23 March 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of a 62-year-old Cambodian woman who died from COVID-19 at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. The woman who died had lived in Steung Meanchey commune, Meanchey district, Phnom Penh. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-on-the-death-of-covid-19-on-a-62-year-old-cambodian-woman/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 02 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of a 61-year-old Cambodian woman who died from COVID-19 at Luang Mey Hospital. This case of the death woman is the 17th case, and lived in Niroth commune, Chbar Ampov district, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-on-the-death-of-covid-19-on-a-61-year-old-cambodian-woman/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On​ 11​ April​ 2021,​ the​ Ministry​ of​ Health​ issued​ an​ announcement​ on​ the​ death​ of​ a​ 72-year-old​ Cambodian​ woman​ who​ died​ from​ COVID-19​ at​ Svay​ Chrum​ Referral​ Hospital,​ Svay​ Rieng​ province.​ Notably,​ this​ case​ of​ the​ death​ woman​ is​ the​ 29th​ case,​ and​ lived​ in​ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement%e2%80%8b-on%e2%80%8b-the%e2%80%8b-death%e2%80%8b-of%e2%80%8b-covid-19%e2%80%8b-on%e2%80%8b-a%e2%80%8b-72-year-old%e2%80%8b-cambodian%e2%80%8b-woman/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On​ 12​ April​ 2021,​ the​ Ministry​ of​ Health​ issued​ an​ announcement​ on​ the​ death​ of​ a​ 61-year-old​ Cambodian​ woman​ who​ died​ from​ COVID-19​ at​ Laung​ Mey​ Hospital.​ Notably,​ this​ case​ of​ the​ death​ woman​ is​ the​ 30th​ case,​ and​ lived​ in​ Prek​ Pnov​ commune,​ Prek​ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement%e2%80%8b-on%e2%80%8b-the%e2%80%8b-death%e2%80%8b-of%e2%80%8b-covid-19%e2%80%8b-on%e2%80%8b-a%e2%80%8b-61-year-old%e2%80%8b-cambodian%e2%80%8b-woman/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On​ 30​ April​ 2021,​ the​ Ministry​ of​ Health​ issued​ an​ announcement​ on​ the​ death​ of​ a​ 41-year-old​ Chinese​ man​ who​ died​ from​ COVID-19​ at​ Khmer-Soviet​ Frienship​ Hospital.​ This​ case​ of​ the​ death​ man​ is​ the​ 92nd​ case​ who​ lived​ in​ Por​ Senchey​ district,​ Phnom​ Penh.  href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement%e2%80%8b-on%e2%80%8b-the%e2%80%8b-death%e2%80%8b-of%e2%80%8b-covid-19%e2%80%8b-on%e2%80%8b-a%e2%80%8b-41-year-old%e2%80%8b-chinese%e2%80%8b-man/ ' 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'>...

“I was shocked to see a 30-year-old woman bedridden with diabetes, to the point of losing consciousness, swollen due to kidney failure and unable to urinate,” said Minister of Health Chheang Ra, expressing his concern about the rising incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and Cambodia’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/diabetes-a-hidden-killer-amidst-cambodias-ageing-population-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 05 June 2023, National Election Committee has posted an announcement regarding the NEC meeting to disseminate the principles of organizing Q&A programs and renting airtime on political party policies with representatives of radio and television stations and non-governmental organizations on their official website. According to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-the-nec-held-a-meeting-to-disseminate-the-principles-of-organizing-qa-programs-and-renting-airtime-on-political-party-policies-with-representatives-of-radio-and-television-stations-and/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...