The three-day Advocacy Training Workshop for Least Developed Countries opened in Siem Reap yesterday, government officials said.

The workshop, to address ways for Cambodia to achieve the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals by 2015, was attended by representatives from relevant government ministries and civil society bodies. Over the past decade, Cambodia had achieved “impressive economic growth, averaging around 7 – 10 percent per year”, Minister of Planning, Chhay Than told the workshop.