The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved a cumulative 211 Japanese investment projects as of July 31 worth about $3.14 billion since its inception in 1994, according to the CDC. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cdc-hosts-japan-investor-meet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Construction of a multi-purpose port is set to start mid-September in the coastal province of Kep. The project will take 24 months to complete, becoming the first ever port in the province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kep-port-project-set-to-begin-soon/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the first seven months of this year, the Cambodian Mine action Centre (CMaC) had cleared a total of 64,562,539sqm, or about 98.60 per cent of the seven-month plan for 2021. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cmac-on-track-despite-pandemic-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A fAscinAting set of dAtA visuAlisAtions from Our World in DAtA shows how CAmbodiA is fAring in the COVID pAndemic versus its 3 neighbors &ndAsh; VietnAm, ThAilAnd And LAos. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9A%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%9c%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9f%e1%9f%8b%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%9f%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%91%e1%9e%84%e1%9f%8b%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%9f%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%90%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%97%e1%9e%b6/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Seventeen union representatives from the Wage Negotiation Working Group have agreed to negotiate for a $22.20 increase in salaries for textile, garment and footwear workers for 2022. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-to-request-11-6-raise-to-minimum-wage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government plans to declare Kep the first mine-free province by year’s end as clearance work has accelerated again after a pandemic-related period of slower progress. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kep-prepped-as-kingdoms-first-province-free-of-mines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mcls Synergy Co Ltd (Thada), a Phnom Penh-based company primarily involved in the electric vehicle (EV) business, has integrated Malaysia’s Datasonic Corp Sdn Bhd into its business expansion strategy. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thada-datasonic-sign-e-motorcycle-bargain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on October 22 announced that it has approved final registration certificates for seven new projects with capital investment of around $95 million, which could generate a reported 5,311 jobs. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cdc-signs-off-on-seven-factories/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Environment issued a report highlighting three kinds of endangered monkeys which are present in large numbers in Cambodia, including the pig-tailed macaque, pileated gibbon and stump-tailed macaque. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/endangered-monkey-numbers-improve/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The process of preparing a draft law defining access to information is in its final stage with the working group trying to expedite its completion as soon as possible. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/information-access-draft-law-in-final-stage-and-to-be-expedited/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) sAw A surge in demAnd from contAiner ships lAst month After An upgrAde Added cApAcity to process And loAd shipping contAiners. Some 32,441 twenty-foot equivAlent units (TEUs) pAssed through the port in October, An increAse of more thAn 57 percent <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/contAiner-trAffic-surges-After-port-operAtors-upgrAde/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The provinces of Koh Kong, Kep and Oddar Meanchey have completed a census identifying long-time residents of areas designated as protected natural land and conservation areas. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/conservation-area-residents-registered-for-land-requests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A working group from the Forestry AdministrAtion under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries And officiAls from the Mondulkiri provinciAl DepArtment of Environment hAve collected 100 orchid sAmples And clAssified them into five different cAtegories. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/%e1%9e%81%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%98%e1%9f%82%e1%9e%9A-100-orchid-sAmples-collected-in-mondulkiri-in-november/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of 45 civil society orgAnisAtions (CSOs) demAnded thAt the government rAtify four internAtionAl lAbour conventions As proof of its commitment to ending violence AgAinst women And girls. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AlliAnce-of-45-csos-lobbying-for-rAtificAtion-of-conventions-to-help-women/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia is set to enjoy a considerable boost in milled-rice exports to the EU next year after safeguard measures imposed by the European Commission (EC) expire at the onset of January 18. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-trade-safeguards-on-rice-expire-january-18/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National Road 48, a section of the aSEaN Highway 123, will be upgraded to have some sections with four lanes connecting National Road 4 to Khemara Phoumint city in Koh Kong province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-road-48-to-help-connect-asean-countries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The trade volume between Cambodia and China reached more than $11.1 billion last year, representing a 37.28 per cent year-on-year surge, the Chinese embassy in Phnom Penh reported, quoting figures from the Ministry of Commerce.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-trade-increases-by-37-to-pass-11b-in-2021/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In response to the growing wave of Omicron cases in Cambodia, the Ministry of Education has issued a new directive on strengthening Standard Operating Principles for Health and Safety in Educational Establishments <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-education-issues-new-directive-on-strengthening-standard-operating-principles-for-health-and-safety-in-educational-establishments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister for Foreign AffAirs Dr ViviAn BAlAkrishnAn is scheduled to Arrive in Phnom Penh todAy on An officiAl visit until ThursdAy, According to A Ministry of Foreign AffAirs (MFA) press releAse issued on MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/singApores-foreign-minister-viviAn-bAlAkrishnAn-to-Arrive-in-cAmbodiA-todAy-on-officiAl-visit/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Japan wants Cambodia to hold next year’s general election in a democratic way, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told the heir apparent of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Hun Manet on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-fm-tells-cambodias-future-prime-minister-hun-manet-to-hold-2023-election-in-democratic-way/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>