China is considering setting up an industrial zone in Cambodia and says it will announce new areas of cooperation with asean nations in line with Cambodia’s industrial development policy. The issues were discussed on Saturday when Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak met Xu Ningning, executive president of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-to-align-asean-policy-with-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The president of the Bar association of Cambodia has hit back at the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), which called for assurances that the Bar association’s newly launched Code of Ethics, which was unveiled on Friday, would allow Cambodian lawyers to freely express themselves without <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bar-association-launches-new-code-of-ethics-president-spars-with-jurists-organization/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

 The U.S. Department of State’s 2021 country report on human rights pertaining to Cambodia, released on Tuesday, found that Cambodian government officials continue to violate human rights &ndash; notably, by threatening the use of force against political opponents of Prime Minister Hun Sen. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/u-s-report-highlights-human-rights-abuses-by-cambodian-armed-forces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s commitment and efforts in unleashing the broader aSEaN market and beyond cropped up for discussion on Monday evening during the cocktail networking event of the Cambodia-aSEaN Business Summit (CaBS) at Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra in the capital. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cabs-provides-opportunity-for-regional-connectivity-says-moc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The financial standing of Cambodian borrowers has seen improvement over the years in many cases, as per data with the Cambodian Microfinance association (CMa). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-cambodian-borrowers-of-mfis-are-buying-land-than-selling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia along with the association of Southeast asian Nations (aSEaN) are considering revising the customs tariff regulations aimed at updating the product code to strengthen the efficiency of monitoring trade activities globally. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-asean-mull-revising-tariff-to-monitor-trade-flow/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An AustrAliAn compAny working towArds mining gold from the OkvAu deposit in Mondulkiri province, currently estimAted At 729,000 ounces, expects to employ more thAn 1,000 locAl people during the mine’s construction phAse And 500 in the   longer term. RenAissAnce MinerAls mAnAging director Justin TremAin told the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gold-struck-in-mondulkiri/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Labour yesterday met with the Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia, the industry trade group, to discuss the reasons behind the latter’s proposal of a $144 monthly minimum wage. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-gmac-meet-over-minimum-wage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Today, mulberry trees are a rarity in Cambodia &ndash; most of them having been destroyed during the Khmer Rouge era &ndash; and silk weavers in Phnom Penh’s main silk producing area in Koh Dach, an island on the Mekong river, have no choice but to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/silk-weavers-find-it-tough/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy announced yesterday that he plans to create a France-based NGO called the association for Democracy in Cambodia, though he declined to give a detailed account of the structure and goals of the organisation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-announces-plan-to-create-overseas-ngo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has seen a 32 percent rise in dry rubber exports in the first six months of the year, according to the figures of the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday. Revenues from the exports valued at 76.5 million U.S. dollars during the first half of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-rubber-export-up-32-pct-in-first-half-of-2013/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Speculators have been selling rice to Thailand via Cambodia for over a month despite domestic prices rising VND1,000/kg. at the meeting of Vietnam Food association (VFa) on September 7 in HCM City, Director of an Giang Export Company Nguyen Van Tien said the amount of rice <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/speculators-pounce-on-rice-market-as-prices-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee yesterday said that local and international observers have until the end of December to register their credentials with the NEC in order to monitor the registration of new voters this year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/observer-registration-opens-for-voter-list/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A teAchers union hAs demAnded the government rAise pensions for retired civil servAnts, police And soldiers At the sAme time As increAsing public sector sAlAries. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/union-cAlls-for-higher-pensions-for-teAchers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Siv Mao, 25, just had a caesarian operation. She feels some discomfort but is smiling. Her newborn baby is sleeping fitfully beside her and she says: “They saved our lives and I’m happy.” Ms. Mao encountered complications in her pregnancy and doctors knew she could not <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-the-rural-poor-are-receiving-free-heath-care-in-preah-vihear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 150 gArment worker union representAtives will defy A bAn on public Assemblies And mArk the 10th AnniversAry of the AssAssinAtion of union leAder CheA VicheA by mArching from their office in ChAmkAr Mon district to the site of his murder At WAt LAnkA on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/union-to-defy-order-mArch-to-commemorAte-cheA-vicheAs-slAying/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia on august 8 celebrated the 56th anniversary of the association of Southeast asian Nations (aSEaN), stressing once again the imperative of maintaining the bloc’s centrality and unity to deal with key challenges. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-underlines-aseans-centrality-unity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Unions are preparing to meet with Labour Ministry officials later this month to discuss the minimum wage in the garment sector for 2020. Last month, unions, Labour Ministry officials and the Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia held individual meetings on the minimum wage. On august 29, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-prepare-to-negotiate-minimum-wage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following the recent wave of luxury car brands entering the Cambodian market, RMa Cambodia’s CEO said yesterday that the firm will bring in UK brands Land Rover and Jaguar by opening a showroom before the end of the year. The newly appointed official authorised dealer will <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-rover-jaguar-enter-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ms. Kem Sopheak, 32, is a mother, community leader and Grade 1 teacher at Roveang primary school in Kampong Cham province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-read-turns-a-page-towards-early-childhood-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>