Cambodia’s international trade stood at $46.82 billion in 2023, recording a decline of 1.9 percent compared to 2022. While exports were marginally up by 1.8 percent, the imports showed a decline of five percent, according to the trade data released by the General Department of ...

The number of communes and seats available for commune council members to be elected for the fifth mandate elections in 2022 has increased over the fourth mandate elections held in 2017. ...

Marking a new chapter in the Kingdom’s history, the National Assembly on the morning of August 21 convened its inaugural session under the auspices of King Norodom Sihamoni. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday named one minister and a national police chief who will become deputy prime ministers in the Cabinet in the 7th mandate led by Hun Manet. ...

Being trained to use a smartphone to report reflects the view of indigenous youth.“This training is very significant for me since I could use it to empower my community and share with outsiders who we are and what we are living with.” Mr. Lao Bundinh is ...

On 12 May 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Cambodia elected to two subsidiary bodies of the United Nations.The Kingdom of Cambodia was elected to two important position as follows:Membership to the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts ...

On 11 August 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced the upcoming official visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister to Cambodia on their social media channel. According to the announcement, His Excellency WANG Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen inaugurated Cambodia’s newest Olympic-size swimming pool in Kompong Cham province on Wednesday, a $1.5 million facility named after himself and marked as a venue for the 2023 South East Asian (SEA) Games. ...

In January 2023, the bilateral trade between Cambodia and India amounted to $37 million, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise’s report. ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Major foreign investment projects in Cambodia” adding 52 new map features​ from Council for the development of Cambodia and other sources. The foreign investment project dataset has been established to provide relevantly practical information within Cambodia’s ...

As ASEAN continues to grapple with Covid-19 cases and an uncertain recovery, its economic ministers have committed to conducting a study on a region-wide digital economy pact by 2023. ...

A Chinese firm plans to invest over US$300 million to construct a largest tyre plant at Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in Preah Sihanouk province in 2023 ...

On 08 October 2021, the Council of Ministers issued a press release on the outcomes of the Council of Ministers’ plenary session​ on October 04, 2021 to review and discuss on:Draft constitution on the amendment to the new Articles 19, 82, 106 (1), 119, and ...

On 25 February 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the results of the meeting to review the work results in 2021 and set the work direction for 2022.The meeting discussed the work progress in 2021 of the implementation of ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Education and training” under Social development in both Khmer and English.=>Please click here to get into Education and training topic page. ...

On 26 April 2018, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved US$90 million in financing to support Cambodia’s efforts in improving the quality of higher education and research in the country and broadening access to higher education for disadvantaged students. Over the next six years, ...

Kay Kimsong was fired on Monday after representatives of the new owner ordered senior staff to remove an article about the sale from its website, claiming factual inaccuracies.​ ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new profile page on “Environmental impact assessments”. This page shows completed environmental and social impact assessment reports (EIAs). The reports contain information such as company profile, address, registered investment capital, company registration date and code, contract duration, project size, ...

A new traffic law will come into force on January 1 that is hoped to reduce the number of people killed on Cambodia’s roads each year.Road accidents cost the economy an estimated $300 million annually, and the death toll from road accidents keeps rising. According ...

The government will ask for more than $100 million in concessional loans from the Japanese government to begin building a new container terminal inside Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP) early next year to handle the surging volume of containers passing through the port. ...