Pepper exports decline 30% Jan-Aug
Cambodia has experienced a 30 per cent decline in pepper exports in the first eight months of 2023, exporting over 5,000 tonnes, compared to the same period in 2022, according to the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pepper-exports-decline-30-jan-aug/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pepper-exports-decline-30-jan-aug
Employers praise minimum wage negotiations, unions raise concerns
Following the labour ministry’s announcement of a 2024 minimum wage set at $204 per month, the employers’ association has voiced their support, while trade union representatives and civil society organisations (CSOs) expressed their disappointment. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/employers-praise-minimum-wage-negotiations-unions-raise-concerns/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/employers-praise-minimum-wage-negotiations-unions-raise-concerns
Cambodia ready to host the 5th Review Conference of Mine Ban Treaty
Cambodia is ready to host the 5th Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty: Siem Reap angkor Summit on a Mine-Free World, which will take place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3, 2024. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-ready-to-host-the-5th-review-conference-of-mine-ban-treaty/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378211/cambodia-ready-to-host-the-5th-review-conference-of-mine-ban-treaty/
Indonesia planning increased rice order
Indonesia plans to increase import of rice to 250,000 tonnes a year from Cambodia to preserve its food security, and in turn support the Kingdom’s food security infrastructure by supplying fertiliser and providing training to agriculture workers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indonesia-planning-increased-rice-order/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Kunmakara
https://www.postkhmer.com/business/2023-09-06-1010-254229.html
Deputy police chief in Cambodia seeking help to track down call centre gang members
Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the deputy national police, is in Cambodia today (Tuesday) to seek cooperation from police there in the arrests of nine Thai and Chinese suspects working in a call centre gang. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/deputy-police-chief-in-cambodia-seeking-help-to-track-down-call-centre-gang-members/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501355676/deputy-police-chief-in-cambodia-seeking-help-to-track-down-call-centre-gang-members/
Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam ruling parties strengthen traditional friendship
The presidents of the ruling parties in Indochina, including Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen the traditional friendship, according to a press release from Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) aKP received yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-laos-vietnam-ruling-parties-strengthen-traditional-friendship/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357089/cambodia-laos-vietnam-ruling-parties-strengthen-traditional-friendship/
Cashew exports to Vietnam decline 16%, says CAC
Cambodia exported 607,000 tonnes of Raw Cashew Nuts (RCN) to Vietnam in the first eight months of 2023 earning $820 million, a decrease of 15.8 percent compared to the same period last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cashew-exports-to-vietnam-decline-16-says-cac/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501361913/cashew-exports-to-vietnam-decline-16-says-cac/
Coastal mangroves replenished
Officials of the Fisheries administration’s (Fia) Preah Sihanouk provincial cantonment plan to replant at least 10,000 mangrove trees by the end of the year. The saplings will be used to replenish degraded and deforested areas of fishery communities. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/coastal-mangroves-replenished/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/coastal-mangroves-replenished
Gov’t renews 70 casino and game of chance firms
The General Secretariat of Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia (CGMC) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has renewed the validity of 70 licenses to casino and game of chance companies nationwide in the second quarter of this year, according to a release <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-renews-70-casino-and-game-of-chance-firms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501135965/govt-renews-70-casino-and-game-of-chance-firms/
Hun Sen urges balanced approach to conflicts in address to UNGA
Prime Minister Hun Sen addressed the 77th UN General assembly (UNGa) in the early hours of September 24, highlighting global challenges exacerbated by the escalation of armed conflicts and superpower rivalry, among others, while urging world leaders to adopt a balanced approach to the pressing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-urges-balanced-approach-to-conflicts-in-address-to-unga/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-urges-balanced-approach-conflicts-address-unga-0
Ministry refutes impunity claims by journo coalition
The Ministry of Information has disputed a joint statement on impunity for crimes against journalists issued by the Coalition of Cambodian Journalists (CamboJa), Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM) and 32 other civil society organisations (CSOs). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-refutes-impunity-claims-by-journo-coalition/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-refutes-impunity-claims-journo-coalition
Meta Cambodia launches Digital Economy Portal
A new website dedicAted to serving reAders’ crAvings for the essentiAl progress of CAmbodiA’s digitAl economy hAs been officiAlly lAunched by MetA (formerly FAcebook) And Open Development CAmbodiA (ODC). <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/metA-cAmbodiA-lAunches-digitAl-economy-portAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/meta-cambodia-launches-digital-economy-portal
South Korea plans Siem Reap ASEAN tree garden
South Korea plans to establish an aSEaN tree garden in Siem Reap province next year, as a symbol of enhanced relations, cooperation and connectivity between the East asian country and the regional bloc. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-korea-plans-siem-reap-asean-tree-garden/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/south-korea-plans-siem-reap-asean-tree-garden
Online platform elevates Cambodia’s fintech sector
Blockchain network CamDL launches this week with the aim of providing the public with a platform to experiment with blockchain technology to solve daily issues, such as managing digital assets and strengthening data protection. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/online-platform-elevates-cambodias-fintech-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-distributed-ledger-camdl
Minister appreciates Vietnam’s rubber investment in Cambodia
Vietnam’s rubber investment in Cambodia has been contributing significantly to the country’s economic growth. Veng Sakhon, Minister of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, underlined so in a meeting with Mr Le Thanh Hung, General Director of the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-appreciates-vietnams-rubber-investment-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staffs
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501139323/minister-appreciates-vietnams-rubber-investment-in-cambodia/
Cambodia’s agricultural sector immune to impacts of Covid
Cambodia’s agriculture sector has been immune from Covid-inflicted impact and enjoyed strong growth during the pandemic as financing for the sector has increased, a leading banker said on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-agricultural-sector-immune-to-impacts-of-covid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Thai Sothea
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodias-agricultural-sector-immune-to-impacts-of-covid
104 Battambang vets to receive homes via random draw
The government has provided 104ha of a social land concession (SLC) in Dounba commune’s Kouk Roka village of Battambang province’s Kors Kralor district for housing and farming to 104 veterans. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/104-battambang-vets-to-receive-homes-via-random-draw/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/104-battambang-vets-receive-homes-random-draw
Salt shipment arrives as output falls below half of 2022 demand
Cambodia has received a first batch of salt imported from India, after unseasonable rains since the beginning of the year melted away domestic yields below half of the expected nationwide demand for 2022. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/salt-shipment-arrives-as-output-falls-below-half-of-2022-demand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/salt-shipment-arrives-output-falls-below-half-2022-demand
Japan cashew sales may resume September
Cambodia’s sole exporter of cashew nuts to Japan is set to resume shipments in mid-September, after it sent its last consignment in March, before Tokyo began requesting an additional certificate, a requirement it had waived in light of Covid-19, according to the enterprise’s owner. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-cashew-sales-may-resume-september/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-cashew-sales-may-resume-september
Ministry issues micro-tourism prakas
The Ministry of Environment on October 3 released a prakas on the implementation of guidelines for micro-tourism development projects linked to protected areas and biodiversity conservation corridors. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-issues-micro-tourism-prakas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-issues-micro-tourism-prakas