From 08 &ndash; 11 May 2023, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) attended the 42nd annual Conference of the International association for Impact assessment under the theme of “Resilience through impact assessment and leadership” at Kuching, Malaysia. as part of the partnership on technical assistance for developing <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/the-42nd-annual-conference-of-the-international-association-for-impact-assessment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Justice and Soul Foundation has opened its first cosmetology school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Kate Korpi Salon has been built to teach sustainable cosmetology skills to survivors of the sex trafficking industry. What started as an idea discussed over a cup of coffee five <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/justice-and-soul-opens-1st-cosmetology-school-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Buoyed by strong demand from the economies of Europe and North america, the total amount of garment, shoe and textile exports that left Cambodia last year was on target to surpass the $4 billion mark, dwarfing 2010’s total of $2.88 billion, the Garment Manufacturers association <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-shoe-exports-set-to-surpass-4bn/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government must act now in order to avoid a “tsunami” of tobacco-related deaths in the coming years, according to the co-author of a new report on smoking that appears in the Journal of the american Medical association on Wednesday. Research for the study, Smoking prevalence <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tsunami-of-tobacco-linked-deaths-predicted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Frequent power outages in Phnom Penh, a result of a shortage of supply and overuse by consumers, is harming the competitiveness of Cambodian products, industry insiders said yesterday. In addition to the challenges of expensive electricity prices, an ongoing issue for production costs, unreliable supply during <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/blackouts-leading-to-reduced-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 300 workers, including tAxi drivers And mArket vendors, protested in front of the Poipet InternAtionAl Border Checkpoint on ThursdAy to voice their Anger At Authorities on both sides of the ThAi-CAmbodiAn border. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tAxi-drivers-mArket-sellers-protest-in-poipet/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two Southeast asian countries not particularly known for large agricultural exports, Myanmar and Cambodia, have both declared that they want to participate in the global rice business by intensifying rice farming and milling across their respective countries with the help of foreign investors, including from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/myanmar-cambodia-seek-investors-for-rice-business/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said yesterday that about $4 million was being spent on the upcoming national exam and that strict rules will ensure a fair contest. “Each candidate costs an estimated 140,000 riel [$35] that the ministry will spend for whole process of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-4m-spent-on-national-exam-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five Cambodian workers imprisoned in a Malaysian jail were repatriated yesterday, with 13 more expected to make their way back to the Kingdom in the coming days. all 18 were jailed for allegedly lacking the proper work permits and all had been brought to Malaysia by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maids-repatriated-from-malaysia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Turkey has opened an embassy in Cambodia to boost friendship and cooperation between the two countries, the Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation said Saturday. Turkey decided to open the embassy “after the general elections were organized in a smooth, democratic, free and fair <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/turkey-opens-embassy-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is planning to send a second consignment of 40 tons of milled rice to China as a part of the approval process for rice exports to China. In april, China had rejected a sample consignment of about 48 tons <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-plans-to-send-second-test-consignment-of-rice-to-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two garment workers who broke away from the only union operating at their factory in Kompong Speu province in an attempt to provide workers an alternate choice for representation were charged Wednesday with a slew of crimes and are being held in provisional detention, officials <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-arrested-amid-dispute-between-unions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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In the first semester of the year, the number of demonstration and riot up but crime down, said a report of the Phnom Penh Police Commissariat. During that period, there were 236 cases of demonstrations and riots, up 55 cases compared to the same period of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/demonstration-and-riot-up-but-crime-down/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia will host the 22nd asean Banking Conference and the 49th asean Banking Council Meeting, association of Banks in Cambodia (aBC) president In Channy said on Thursday. Channy told The Post that the event will be organised by the aBC and will be held from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-set-to-host-asean-banking-meet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Freight Forwarders association (CFFa) yesterday said the on-going COVID-19 pandemic is seriously damaging logistic providers, with about 10 to 15 percent heading for bankruptcy in the upcoming months. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/up-to-15-percent-of-logistics-providers-heading-for-bankruptcy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The speed of the government’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign will provide significant opportunities for Cambodia to welcome back fully-vaccinated international visitors, as the Kingdom gears up to host the aSEaN Tourism Forum (aTF) on January 16-22, Cambodia association of Travel agents (Cata) president Chhay Sivlin affirmed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-association-of-travel-agents-reopen-tourism-quickly-to-put-cambodia-on-the-map/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Banking Jobs and Skills Summit 2023 is set to take place from September 29-30 at the National University of Management (NUM), featuring around 20 financial institutions and offering thousands of job opportunities to students. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/banking-summit-set-to-offer-students-thousands-of-jobs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>