The new Law on Investment will be a crucial tool as the Kingdom pushes ahead with post-Covid-19 economic recovery plans, and help lay the groundwork to maximise benefits from free trade agreements (FTa), according to Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) president Kith Meng. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/investment-law-to-guide-recovery-fta-uptake/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 60 union leaders lost their jobs at garment factories in the past nine months for trying to unionise co-workers, their representatives claimed yesterday. Fourteen members of the Cambodian alliance of Trade Unions endured threats, discrimination and ultimately a message they were no longer welcome <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/job-losses-discrimination/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Veterans association (CVa) last week delivered Prime Minister Hun Sen’s financial support of 80 million riel ($20,000) to assist 20 households in Phnom Penh who are CVa members and lost relatives to Covid-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/veterans-association-members-families-get-funds-for-covid-deaths/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion PrAk Sokhonn, who hAs been Appointed As ASEAN SpeciAl Envoy on MyAnmAr, hAs Announced plAns for An officiAl visit to the beleAguered nAtion in MArch, expressing his intention to meet All “relevAnt” sides thAt NAypyidAw will permit.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sokhonn-seeks-to-meet-All-sides-on-visit-to-myAnmAr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has charged the Cambodian chairman of a local conglomerate and a Chinese business associate with fraud and using forged public documents, officials said Wednesday. al Romny, 41, and Chinese national Chin Mongxin, 45, were arrested Saturday after an un­known complainant said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/businessmen-charged-over-mining-deal-fraud/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea in the first 10 months of 2021 was worth $791.59 million, down by 10.6 per cent from $885.32 million in the same period in 2020, as the prolonged Covid-19 community transmission continues to take its toll. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-korea-trade-dips-10-6-to-792m/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s production of paddy rice is forecast at about 9.3 million tonnes this year, unchanged from last year’s estimate but up from 8.8 million tonnes in 2011, the Food and agriculture Organisation said Thursday. In its latest quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Situation report, the UN <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-rice-output-forecast-to-be-similar-to-last-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is looking to drum up interest among Korean investors in the production of goods in the Kingdom for export to their home market, and push bilateral trade beyond current levels &ndash; $549.930 million in the first eight months of 2022, up by 6.42 over <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-korean-investor-body-explores-local-opportunities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A weAlthy tycoon who stAnds Accused of sAvAgely Abusing two teenAge mAids for neArly A decAde hAs been Anointed with the sought-After honourific of oknhA. In A royAl decree dAted July 26 And obtAined yesterdAy, Veng Lyphytech &ndAsh; who, Along with his wife, Ly Pov, fAces <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Abuse-AllegAtions-dog-lAtest-oknhA-honouree/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government is looking at ways to tackle Cambodia’s waste problem with a $1 charge on airline tickets touted to raise the cash. The move comes after footage emerged showing the capital’s canals remain clogged with rubbish a year after video of the pollution was shown <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/airline-tax-to-help-clean-up-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sao Sothy’s home is small and the furniture is sparse. There are no tables or chairs. In one room, there is a small bed, but her family of four sleeps on mats in the living room. Hanging on the otherwise bare walls is Ms. Sothy’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/low-salaries-stifle-education-reform-efforts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The head of a Khmer Krom advocacy association yesterday issued a statement urging his followers not to join ex-opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s newly minted Cambodia National Rescue Movement, claiming it will provoke violence. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/khmer-krom-warned-not-to-join-rainsys-new-movement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Echoing remarks made by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier last week, economic experts agreed that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita would reach US$ 1,000 ( Bt30,377) this year, up from the estimated $900 at the end of 2011. Managing director of acleda <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-per-capita-gdp-to-touch-1000/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) has warned that increasing industrial action is harming the investment climate as the threat of the Kingdom losing access to the EU’s “Everything But arms” (EBa) agreement looms. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gmac-protests-hurting-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The newly upgraded 84.74km stretch of National Road 5 &ndash; from Battambang town north to Banteay Meanchey provincial capital Sisophon &ndash; will improve trade, tourism and investment between Cambodia and Thailand, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/battambang-banteay-meanchey-nr5-segment-to-boost-thai-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has thanked all higher education institutions for their active participation in human resource training, especially during the COVID-19 outbreak. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-hun-sen-records-appreciations-for-higher-education-association-for-active-participation-in-human-resource-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government is planning to boost Cambodia’s attractiveness as a second-home tourist destination for foreign retirees, according to a draft policy obtained from the Ministry of Tourism Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-targets-foreign-retirees-with-new-policy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As predicted by the InternAtionAl MonetAry Fund And World BAnk eArlier this yeAr, growth in CAmbodiA’s gArment sector hAs stArted to slow due to weAkening demAnd from mArkets in the US And Europe. According to the lAtest figures releAsed by the GArment MAnufActurers AssociAtion in CAmbodiA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/After-record-high-gArment-exports-slow/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Eight women entrepreneurs from Confederation of Real Estate Developers association of India (Credai), Chennai, will be part of a women’s delegation to Cambodia to foster collaborations with various business bodies. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/credai-women-entrepreneurs-to-visit-cambodia-for-fostering-collaborations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Maina Kiai, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on the freedom of assembly and association, met with a Foreign affairs Ministry official Thursday and raised concerns about the government’s blanket ban on gatherings in Phnom Penh. His visit wraps up today, and a thematic report he will issue <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-envoy-raises-assembly-ban-concerns/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>