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The amount of financing available to support Cambodia’s development is expected to double to $23.4 billion by 2025, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It said the available funds would account for nearly 70 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). ...

The European Union (EU) is committing to handover to the Royal Government through the Europe Investment Bank (EIB) a grant of more than $17 million for the country’s rural infrastructure development. ...

Cambodia has expressed continuing support for the Non-Aligned Movement, which the country has been part of since the 1950s. ...

Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng urged all authorities in the capital to apply strict measures in schools, markets and businesses to prevent the spread of Covid-19 before the expected reopening of all sectors. ...

The National Assembly’s (NA) Standing Committee is set to send the draft amendments to articles of the Constitution aiming to mandate single-citizenship for the nation’s top office holders to the expert committee for review. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen is set to lead the 13th Asia-Europe summit (ASEM13), which Cambodia will host via video conference due to the pandemic on November 25-26. ...

A senior Cambodian diplomat called on Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries to renew their commitments to multilateralism and to find solutions to common challenges that all nations can support as no single country can address these global issues alone. ...

The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) dispatched a group of professionals to retrieve a relic of the war that ravaged the country – a uxo. ...

China’s top political advisor Wang Yang met with Cambodia’s Senate President Samdech Say Chhum via video link. ...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident representative for Cambodia Yasuhisa Ojima is optimistic that Cambodia’s economy will see a quick recovery that reflects the “proactive measures” taken by the government to blunt the socio-economic impacts of Covid-19. ...

The results of a crucial ongoing study will enable Cambodia to set out a framework of strategies to enhance the efficiency of the trade facilitation environment and the Kingdom’s competitiveness on the international stage, according to General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) director-general Kun ...

Cambodia will further expand bilateral ties with Kazakhstan for the mutual benefit of the two countries as well as cooperation with the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building in Asia (CICA). ...

With the minimum wage hike on the horizon, many garment workers who are working hard at low wages and still not able to pay for rent, food and send money home to their families hope their situation will soon change. ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Cambodia said that the country should not revert the progress made so far in Cambodia. ...

The Cambodian Minister of Agriculture expressed gratitude and requested the continued aid from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in a call with ADB’S Country Director for Cambodia. ...

Kep Provincial Administration aims to start upgrading the coastal road linking the city hall of Kep to the Angkol area, south of Kep city. ...

King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday endorsed in principle the new draft Constitutional Amendment limiting the top four national positions to only Khmer nationality, thereby easing its passage through the legislatures without stumbling blocks. ...

Two locally-listed firms on October 8 reported recoveries in business performance this year thanks to improvements across regional and global economies as they emerge from the Covid-19 health crisis. ...

Authorities in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district have dismantled more than 10 stalls that were illegally built on a drainage system and encroached on the road by 2m in Trapeang Krasang village and commune. ...

A senior Ministry of Health official said most Covid-19 patients who had died were unvaccinated, while the death of vaccinated people was caused by underlying health problems. ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has registered 1,359ha of land as the O’Bosleav Forest Community Land in Kampong Thom province in an effort to implement a REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) project to preserve forests for carbon forest sales. ...

Chreav commune authorities in Siem Reap town will excavate an ancient pond known as Trapeang Hae Phka in Bos Kralanh village for preservation to attract tourists and create jobs or businesses for residents. ...

A large national library on the campus of the National University of Battambang (NUBB) in Battambang province will be inaugurated next month to let students conduct more research on subjects and technical skills in areas such as agriculture and technology. ...

The pandemic and its subsequent effect on the livelihood of Cambodians, pushed some people in the country to attempt to drastic measures to support themselves and their family. ...