Negotiations for next year’s minimum wage in Cambodia’s garment and footwear sector are already gearing up, as union leaders prepare to meet this month to discuss what wage they will demand. During the week of June 21, union heads will hold a preliminary consensus-building meeting, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-eye-wage-discussion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

South East asia Telecom has partnered with Chinese infrastructure provider ZTE to deploy a FDD-LTE network in Cambodia. Earlier this year, the operator announced plans to invest $400 million over the next two to three years to deploy its 4G LTE network across Cambodia, and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-operator-aims-to-invest-400m-in-the-next-two-to-three-years/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The 7th annual Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam-Myanmar (CLMV) summit took place in Naypyitaw on Monday at the Myanmar International Convention Centre 1. according to a joint statement released at the CLMV summit, the appointees from all participating countries reviewed the progress of projects agreed upon in the previous CLMV <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/myanmar-hosts-summit-with-cambodia-laos-and-vietnam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has formed a special inter-ministerial commission to investigate the murders of three union leaders, including the slaying of former Free Trade Union (FTU) president Chea Vichea, whose brother and successor was yesterday among voices cynical of the move. The directive, signed by Prime Minister <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cold-case-union-killings-to-be-probed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The U.S. State Department released its 39th annual human rights report on Friday, reviewing abuses against the citizens of 199 countries and painting a forensic picture of the shortcomings of the Cambodian government’s efforts to protect the rights of its population. Under the heading “arbitrary or <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-report-details-human-rights-abuses-in-2014/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Only days before 11 opposition activists were imprisoned on charges widely branded as politically motivated, Prime Minister Hun Sen personally warned Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy to keep his troops in line and raised the spectre of possible jail sentences.In a text message <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-praises-bipartisanship-despite-sentences/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The relatives and neighbors of two sisters who were arrested in Phnom Penh last week over the alleged sexual enslavement of their 13-year-old niece are angry. Members of the mostly Cham Muslim community living along the Tonle Sap river in Russei Keo district’s Chraing Chamreh <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/community-defends-sisters-in-sex-slave-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As Chinese mArkets plunged 8.49 per cent on MondAy sending jitters Across globAl indices, industry insiders yesterdAy were cAutious About its potentiAl spillover effects into the Kingdom, suggesting A wAit-And-wAtch ApproAch to its impAct on foreign investment, tourism And the construction sector.JAy Menon, leAd economist <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/wAtching-from-the-sidelines/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Environment is working with the World Bank to prepare a Sustainable Landscape and Eco-tourism project to improve the effectiveness of natural resources management, eco-tourism and the value chains of non-timber forest products in targeted provinces. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-world-bank-preparing-sustainable-ecotourism-plan/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The International Fund for agricultural Development (IFaD), together with the Government and the European Investment Bank (EIB), are launching a $125 million rural development project that aims to boost incomes and food security for 200,000 families in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-to-get-125-million-for-rural-development-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Agriculture Ministry yesterdAy urged fArmers And the privAte sector to increAse the production of pigs And cAttle to supply the locAl mArket following A drop due to AfricAn Swine Fever And other fActors, leAding to increAsed imports lAst yeAr.​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-urges-livestock-production-boost-for-locAl-mArket/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia and China say they are now planning to sign a free-trade deal some time later this year. The move came after the duo wrapped up their first-round negotiations, which were held last month in Beijing, China. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-china-closer-to-fta-signing-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Stung Treng provincial authorities are coordinating a huge relocation of more than 130 families living on the banks of the Sekong River to prevent landslides and contribute positively to the town’s aesthetics. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/positive-resolution-for-families-living-on-sekong-riverbank-in-stung-treng-town/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered Minister of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon to take action to prevent the spread of bird flu (H5N1) from Vietnam into the Kingdom as an outbreak of the disease plagues southern Vietnam. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chickens-from-vietnam-banned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Foreign AffAirs Ministry on FridAy issued A stAtement, highlighting the outcome of the 27th ASEAN-New ZeAlAnd diAlogue held on 20-21 FebruAry in Siem ReAp province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/the-outcome-of-AseAn-new-zeAlAnd-diAlogue-in-siem-reAp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Interior Minister Sar Kheng said yesterday he has a special inspection group formed to monitor commune authorities to ensure they work properly and use their new allotted budget efficiently. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/special-inspection-group-to-monitor-commune-workflow/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Property and land prices are set to rise in Lvea aem district’s Kandal province following the  government’s announcement of their future plan to partially integrate the area into a new district within Phnom Penh. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/price-hike-warning-issued-to-house-buyers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Japanese government has announced a new contribution of $960,000 to the international component of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to support the continuation of the Khmer Rouge tribunal. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-donates-960000-to-khmer-rouge-tribunal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the government will postpone all its construction projects in a bid to earmark the budget in preparation for fighting the possible COVID-19 outbreak. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/all-government-funded-construction-projects-need-to-be-put-off-pm-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Battambang provincial governor has ordered the authorities to close sewers in the Sangke River after monks posted a video showing toxic wastewater flowing into it and allegedly affecting nearby residents’ health. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/monks-reveal-sangke-threat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>