Cambodia exported over 285,589 tonnes of dry rubber from January to November, up 22 percent year on year, according to latest figures released by the country’s General Department of Rubber.

Cambodia’s Ministry of Health has lifted its restrictions on restaurants and shops which were ordered to close due to the “November 28 community incident”, Minister of Health Mam Bunheng has said.

The Cambodian Ministry of Tourism on December 26 convened a meeting among technical working groups to prepare for the implementation of a 2020-2025 roadmap on the restoration and enhancement of the sector during and after the COVID-19 crisis.

The Cambodian government on December 24 announced a seventh round of stimulus measures for the aviation and tourism sectors, aiming to boost their business activities and ease their financial burden in the face of severe challenges stemming from the spread of COVID-19.

Farmers in protected areas of Cambodia who participate in wildlife-friendly farming via the ‘Friendship Rice Project’ can expect an income boost for their wildlife organic crops, according to Khmer Times.

The European Union, Germany and France has announced a credit agreement worth 95.8 million euros (116 million USD) to Cambodia to support the Rural Infrastructure Development for Cambodia (RID4CAM) project, according to a joint press statement released on December 23.

Vietnam and Cambodia has reached a “historic milestone” after they officially exchanged the documents ratifying the “Supplementary Treaty to the 1985 Treaty on the Delimitation of National Boundaries and the 2005 Supplementary Treaty, known as the 2019 Supplementary Treaty, said Koy Pisey, Vice Chairwoman of the Cambodia Border Affairs Committee (CBAC).

Many Southeast Asian countries have taken various measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus since the number of infections have increased in the nations recently.

Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 21 for Cambodia’s Ambassador to Vietnam Chay Navuth and defence attaché Col. Rem Kan, who recently took office in Vietnam.

A delegation led by Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh offered incense to fallen soldiers at the Vietnam - Cambodia Friendship Monument in Phnom Penh on December 21.

Thai authorities announced on December 20 that the country will begin to test tens of thousands of people for coronavirus and extend curbs on movement, after a record daily surge in coronavirus cases to over 500.

Cambodia's economy is projected to contract 2 percent in 2020 but recover to a four percent growth next year, the World Bank forecast in its latest economic update for Cambodia entitled Restrained Recovery.

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union (EU), will invest 80 million EUR (about 97 million USD) in the Irrigated Agriculture Improvement Project (IAIP) to extend water supply and irrigation networks in several provinces across Cambodia.

Despite recent flash flood threats, Cambodia’s rainy-season rice production is expected to reach 8.5 million tonnes this year, a 4 percent increase from 2019, Cambodian news agency AKP reported.