Burkina Faso is willing to promote bilateral relations and cooperation with Cambodia in all fields for mutual benefits, Hunbert Haddab, the special adviser of Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore, said Monday. Speaking during a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Hunbert <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/burkina-faso-expresses-desire-to-strengthen-ties-with-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s largest microfinance institution, (MFI) Prasac, has received a $60.5 million loan to strengthen its capacity in offering broader financial services in the country. On Friday, Prasac signed the agreement for the syndicate loan &ndash; provided by more than one lender &ndash; with the Netherlands Development <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/largest-mfi-prasac-gets-loan-boost-for-coffers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Direct private chartered flights from different parts of China to Cambodia are booming as the number of Chinese tourists visiting the Kingdom is mounting, industry insiders told the Post yesterday. as early as July 10, a chartered flight will launch from Wuhan, the largest city in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mainland-chartered-flights-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mobile phone operator qb has shuttered “a number” of retail showrooms in an effort to improve its business in Cambodia’s oversaturated telecommunications market, the company confirmed Wednesday. and former employees have also revealed the telecom&mdash;which is operated by Cambodia advance Communications Ltd. (CaC)&mdash;has lost nearly half <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tough-telecom-market-sees-qb-downsize-3/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While Japanese investment is soaring in Cambodia, Japanese employers say there is a shortage of Japanese-speaking staff available to fill the demand. Kong Solina, assistant to the manager of the Service and Culture Department of the Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center (CJCC), said the purpose of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/language-gap-cited-at-job-fair/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Farmers can expect better rice paddy yields this year compared to last year after the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology yesterday predicted that the rainy season would run from mid-May until November with only a short dry spell. Chhomg Sopal, agriculture development <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/long-rainy-season-to-help-increase%e2%80%88rice-yields/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In an effort to boost trade activity between Thailand and Cambodia, both countries will discuss plans for two special economic zones along the Thai-Cambodian border next month, according to the secretary of state at the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign affairs on Monday. “It will provide us <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-border-sezs-set-for-discussion-next-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hundreds of employees of Phnom Penh’s NagaWorld casino and hotel returned to work Wednesday in response to a court order telling them to end their nearly two-week-long strike. Staff demanding that the high-grossing company raise their minimum pay from $80 to $150 per month have been <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-order-ends-nagaworld-strike-sends-staff-back-to-work/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) &mdash; Floods have killed at least 20 Cambodian people, including 11 children in the last two weeks, a disaster control official said Thursday. Keo Vy, chief of the Cabinet of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said nearly 5,000 families <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/flood-death-toll-in-cambodia-rises-to-20/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ASX-listed junior Brighton Mining Group on WednesdAy Announced thAt it would buy two unlisted compAnies to gAin control of high-grAde mAngAnese project in IndonesiA, And gold projects in CAmbodiA. Brighton Mining holds A 70% shAreholding in Summer Gold Investments, which holds two minerAl concession AreAs <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/brighton-to-buy-indonesiA-mAngAnese-cAmbodiA-gold-projects/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Candidates for a government program that sends Cambodians to work in South Korea can file paperwork closer to home this year, as applications will now be distributed in 13 provinces. applications will be available until Friday in provincial labour offices in Battambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/worker-applications-eased/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Philippine Airlines plAns to lAunch flights between the Philippines And CAmbodiA, According to An AviAtion officiAl. The move would breAk the monopoly of domestic competitor Cebu PAcific Air, which stArted flying the route in April lAst yeAr. AviAtion Authorities in the Philippines sent A letter to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/philippine-Airlines-plAns-to-Add-routes-to-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In an apparent departure from the usual diet of colourless press releases and updates on the travel plans of officials, the Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick Reaction Unit website yesterday posted two articles critical of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government. The articles &ndash; Reuters’ coverage <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-news-articles-surprise-vanish/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Factories in Svay Rieng province’s Manhattan Special Economic Zone have fired or suspended at least 50 workers &ndash; and are pursuing legal action against some &ndash; for participating in a strike last month that saw some 30,000 walk off the job. Heads of the Collective Union <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/svay-rieng-garment-workers-fired-suspended/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Clothing giant H&amp;M is testing the garment production waters by entering into exclusivity agreements with factories in Cambodia and Bangladesh, according to a report from Bloomberg News yesterday. This means that Sweden-based H&amp;M would buy all of the factory’s output. H&amp;M, it seems, would still be <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hm-tries-exclusivity-agreement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thirty-four delegates from the Rice Merchants’ association of Hong Kong made their first visit to Cambodia on Wednesday to explore more opportunities in the local milled rice sector. David Van, deputy secretary general of the alliance of Rice Producers and Exporters of Cambodia, said the point <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hong-kong-delegates-talk-cambodian-rice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Workplace deaths shot up more than 60 per cent last year when compared with 2012, while injuries and payouts to those injured also saw dramatic increases, according to data released yesterday by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). Speaking during a conference at the Ministry of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workplace-deaths-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Red Cross, NGOs and traffic accident victims Thursday marked annual road safety week by appealing to the government to quickly pass a new traffic law in an effort to reduce road accidents. The Ministry of Justice must still review the new traffic law <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/groups-appeal-to-govt-to-pass-traffic-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The French Agency for Development (AFD) Announced yesterdAy thAt it will provide $24 million to finAnce privAtely owned wAter And power providers to supply rurAl AreAs thAt stAte-run utilities cAnnot reAch. During A ceremony held At the Ministry of Economy And FinAnce, the AFD And the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Afd-loAn-will-bring-power-to-rurAl-AreAs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia announces today a new Intellectual Property Rights laws drafted to protect the country’s artists and musicians and their works from counterfeiting in accordance with interntional IPR standards. an event held at Ministry of Commerce was attended by newly-appointed Sun Chanthol, Minister of Commerce, who has <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-announces-intellectual-property-rights-laws-to-protect-artists-and-musicians-works/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>