National Assembly passes five-year $26.6B spending plan

The single-party National Assembly on Thursday approved the 2014 to 2018 National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP), which will cost an estimated $26.58 billion to implement. An extradition agreement between Cambodia and Vietnam was also passed. Approved earlier this month by the Council of Ministers, it is the first time that an NSDP—the government’s blueprint for national policy and development targets—has been pushed through parliament in the absence of opposition lawmakers. …

Hul Reaksmey
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