The Ministry of Commerce launched an online trademark registration gateway yesterday, allowing local and foreign individuals and firms to register their trademarks in Cambodia to protect them against infringement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-unveils-portal-for-trademark-registration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Students across Cambodia are preparing for this year’s national high school exam, which will take place Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/students-fear-and-welcome-national-exam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Democracy watchdog Comfrel yesterday rolled out a new website intended to help young workers garner support for a variety of causes. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/comfrel-launches-online-tool-for-change/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction, Say Sam al, requested the European Union examine the possibility of cooperation on land registration throughout the country and the establishment of construction standards in Cambodia to promote economic growth and improve the living standards of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-asks-the-eu-to-examine-the-possibility-of-cooperating-on-land-registration-throughout-the-country/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On behalf of Open Development Cambodia’s management team, we are excited to announce the promotion of Vatana to Research and Web Content Manager. She has been proactively working for ODC since 2016 in the position of Editor-Researcher and Research and Content Officer. <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/from-an-engineer-to-a-leading-woman-in-the-field-of-Open-data/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Italian sportswear brand Kappa and U.S.-based retail giant Walmart apparently source clothing from the latest addition to the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) list of low-compliance factories, according to a union leader at the factory who provided the branded tags from the clothing her members cut <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/global-brands-linked-to-latest-shamed-garment-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Lawmakers have hastily approved key legislation with little or no meaningful debate, according to a mid-year report on the National assembly’s performance, which criticised opposition president Sam Rainsy for stifling discussion prior to two important votes. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mps-hastily-approved-laws-new-report-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The scale of mass logging in once-dense woodlands in Cambodia’s north now more closely resembles the free-for-all of a gold rush than the sustainable forestry more often associated with these communities. With the financial backing of powerful businessmen, villagers in three districts of Preah Vihear are <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-logging-free-for-all/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A working group from the Ministry of Environment is inspecting over 10,000hA of lAnd in Mondulkiri province After the provinciAl AdministrAtion requested the ministry to creAte A registry system thAt would enAble the occupAnts of the lAnd to gAin legAl title to it. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mondulkiri-lAnd-registry-system-underwAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National Open Data Conference in Cambodia ended on 27 March 2024, with the dedication to expanding the Open data network, fostering collaboration, and pushing for accessibility of government data for better public services, education, and sustainability development in the future. The last day of <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/national-Open-data-conference-concludes-paving-the-way-for-an-inclusive-future/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As of JAnuAry 9, A totAl of 15 complAints hAd been filed by citizens to their commune councils nAtionwide regArding their election registrAtion either being incorrect or improperly deleted, According to the NAtionAl Election Committee (NEC). <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/voter-list-posting-drAws-15-complAints-nec-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Stung Treng provincial Department of Culture and Fine arts is looking into the possibility of registering Nom ansorm chrouk &ndash; sticky rice cakes filled with pork and wrapped in banana leaves &ndash; and several other dishes as food originating from the province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/s-treng-eyes-sticky-rice-cake-status/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A KAmpong Speu judge releAsed the vice-president And A member of the Free TrAde Union on bAil yesterdAy After the court questioned the two About their Alleged roles in A violent demonstrAtion At SAbrinA GArment fActory. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/questions-over-strike-violence/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About $170,000 remAins to be found for A coAlition of wAtchdogs And civil society observers known As the “situAtion room” to successfully monitor All of CAmbodiA’s 2017 commune elections for irregulArities. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/elections-coAlition-hAs-170k-shortfAll/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National Exam Commission is pleased to inform medical training institutions and students that the National Exam Commission will select 2519 students for enrollment for the academic year  2014-2015. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/national-entrance-exam-for-foundation-year-students-academic-year-2014-2015/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea reached $869.735 million in the first 11 months of 2021, an 8.805 per cent surge from $799.354 million in the same period last year, according to data from the Korea International Trade association (Kita) posted at the weekend. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-korea-trade-nearly-870m-in-jan-nov/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government will introduce a food-safety law later this year that would see the Kingdom adopt a set of national food safety standards and ensure greater coordination across ministries, according to a health official. aing Hoksrun, chief of the food bureau at the Department of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/food-safety-needs-tightening/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open source software is an important way forward and a useful impetus for development in Cambodia, according to attendees of the Kingdom’s first software conference this weekend. The conference, which centred on TYPO3, an Open source content management system (CMS), was held this past weekend <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/software-licenses-debated/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two election monitoring groups have conducted an audit of National Election Committe-issued NEC voter lists in 252 communes and found them to be 98 percent accurate, potentially quelling, at least in part, past anxieties over the quality and veracity of these lists.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/voter-rolls-accurate-comfrel/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The University of Health Sciences (UHS) rejected allegations from staff and students yesterday that their management is embezzling funds from the national medical exit examinations. On Tuesday, UHS staff and students accused the university of pocketing funds from the $125 exams that were held between February <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/med-students-accuse-uni-of-graft-gouging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>