The head of a construction firm that was involved in a massive land swap with Siem Reap’s provincial government in 2010 defended the deal on Friday saying orders for the move of government offices and civil servants—which is now being reversed—came directly from the national ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/contractor-says-senior-official-approved-siem-reap-land-swap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 moto-taxi and tuk tuk drivers who are part of a little-known workers union submitted a letter to the U.S. embassy and the european Union Delegation yesterday, asking them not to intervene in the case of Boeng Kak activist Yorm Bopha. It is not ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-tells-eu-us-to-not-inspect-activist-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Kompong Cham provincial governor Lun Lim Thai on Tuesday ordered authorities to step up long-running efforts to reduce the smuggling of unprocessed rubber resin from the province into Vietnam. Those smuggling resin to processors across the border should be more actively pursued and instead forced to ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/governor-seeks-curb-in-rubber-resin-smuggling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

While Cambodia has made considerable strides in its banking sector, it still lags behind countries in the region in the areas of e-banking and access to services, industry experts attending the Fifth Banking and Microfinance Conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Phnom Penh said yesterday. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/room-for-improvement-in-cambodias-bank-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Manulife, one of the world’s leading life insurance companies, now opened its office in Cambodia after seeing that growth of midlle class of total population. Manulife financial corporation was based in Canada. Manulife Financial on June 28 announced the official opening of its head office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and its ceremony was presided over by H.e. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/life-insurer-manulife-opens-its-office-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Australian Senate yesterday urged the Cambodian government to run free and fair national elections next year without the “harassment or intimidation” of opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who remains in self-imposed exile avoiding an 11-year jail sentence. The appeal comes only days after the european Parliament ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/australian-senate-pushes-for-fair-elections-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Health formally launched the Kingdom’s first digital hospital service, using the new Peth Yoeung system, on Thursday at Preah Ang Duong Hospital in Phnom Penh following a successful one-month trial. Peth Yoeung, an innovative web-based hospital operating management system for the digital ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/e-hospital-system-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Members of the National election Committee (NeC) met with government figures and representatives of NGOs in Phnom Penh yesterday to discuss the electoral registration process, ahead of a new electronic system set to be rolled out next year. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/talks-over-e-registration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in cooperation with a number of organisations launched a new e-waste management project yesterday in Cambodia in a bid to recycle the country’s burgeoning electronic waste and to provide job opportunities, as Hurleypalmerflatt opened an office in Cambodia to provide jobs for ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/e-revolution-equals-jobs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Siem Reap City – With a host of uncertainties still hanging over the U.S. economy, more than 100 American businesses—the largest delegation to ever visit Cambodia—gathered here over the weekend, and all of them were in agreement about one thing: The slowdown in the U.S. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/as-us-economy-slows-investment-in-asean-nations-necessary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

E-MonEy, which opEratEs undEr MEtfonE, and Pay&Go SEA (Cambodia), EntErEd into a partnErship for monEy transfErs, mobilE phonE top-ups and thE paymEnt of utility bills. Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/E-monEy-paygo-alliancE/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister and self-proclaimed “e-premier” Hun Sen shamed technological troglodytes throughout the government yesterday for their laggardly embrace of new communication tools, which he maintained would quicken the government’s work if properly applied. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/e-premier-eyes-digital-future/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

As Internet use spreads across Cambodia, e-commerce outlets are mushrooming. Some are online shopping centers like MAIO Mall, which offers a plethora of functions, including lending and booking services. Others, like Shop168, link brick-and-mortar stores with customers via web portal and delivery services. Others, like Mall ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/e-commerce-surges-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

H.E. Aun Pornmonirath, SEcrEtary of StatE of thE Ministry of Economy and FinancE of Cambodia and Mr. Sang Wang Byun, ExEcutivE DirEctor of Export-Import Bank of thE REpublic of KorEa, on SEptEmbEr 21 signEd $21 Million Loan AgrEEmEnt for Cambodia’s Rural Roads ImprovEmEnt ProjEct. “ThE Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/south-korEa-loans-21-million-for-rural-improvEmEnt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Two financing agreements, implemented by the French Development Agency, were signed on 12 July 2012 at the Ministry of economy and Finance, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of economy and Finance, H.e.M. Keat Chhon, to support two key sectors for economic and rural development of Cambodia. A financing agreement of 800,000 euros (1 ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/france-helps-microfinance-and-hevea-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In the past four years, families in Anlong Chrey village, in Kampong Speu provinces’s Thpong district, have watched a small multipurpose dam being built at their back doors. For village chief Soung Pao, 59, who gave up two hectares for the dam – one of ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-pin-big-hopes-on-little-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, William E. Todd rEturnEd from a rEvErsE tradE mission in thE UnitEd StatEs to promotE tradE and invEstmEnt opportunitiEs in Cambodia. Around 50 Cambodian businEss rEprEsEntativEs accompaniEd Mr. Todd in mEEtings with sEvEral U.S. businEssEs, invEstors, and tradE associations in Long BEach, Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/u-s-ambassador-to-cambodia-rEturns-from-rEvErsE-tradE-mission-in-u-s/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia Post Office (CPO) and Wing (Cambodia) Specialized Bank have signed a partnership allowing Wing customers to transfer money and pay bills through the government agency as the post office moves into e-commerce. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/post-office-wings-e-commerce-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A new report by market research firm TNS identifies five triggers that acted together as catalysts for the dramatic changes in consumer behaviour that led to China’s “explosive” e-commerce growth, and suggests other Asian economies could be on the same trajectory. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asia-set-for-e-commerce-boom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

It was only in July this year when German-owned internet start-up incubator Rocket Internet launched shop.com.kh in Cambodia, an online retail store selling electronics such as mobile phones, laptops and tablets. Rocket Internet Cambodia co-founder Karl Seilern told the Post in July that the country’s growth ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-e-commerce-struggles-amid-potential/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...