Vattanac Properties’ construction equipment has been seized by the police after the firm ignored an order to cease work as it has damaged adjacent historic buildings while digging. The work began in mid-april and Vattanac was in the process of removing soil in order to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-seize-equipment-at-sisowath-quay-site/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A roAdshow to Hong Kong this week to pitch CAmbodiA’s newly received duty-free Access on trAvel goods to the US mArket wAs successful, but mAnufActurers hAve yet to sign concrete deAls to estAblish new production lines here, A delegAte of the returning business mission sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gsp-exemption-pitched/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 500 residents of Pursat City have signed a letter addressed to Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Suy Sem threatening to take to the streets in protest if the town’s privately owned electricity distributor does not reduce prices. Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pursat-city-residents-threaten-to-protest-electricity-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has significantly benefited from its association of Southeast asian Nations (asean) membership, Royal academy of Cambodia (RaC) secretary-general Yang Peou said on Thursday during a conference to mark the 52nd anniversary of asean’s establishment and the 20th anniversary of the Kingdom’s membership in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-membership-has-helped-reduce-development-gaps/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The total amount of claims paid out by local insurance firms during the first nine months of the year have tripled to more than $11 million compared to the same period in 2011 according to data from General Insurance association of Cambodia (GIaC), paid claims grew <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/as-insurance-claims-grow-so-do-premiums/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The central bank’s recent revocation of the operating licences of 104 rural credit institutions (RCI) &ndash; nearly half &ndash; should not have significant ramifications on the Kingdom’s wider financial system, industry insiders and observers have assured. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/losing-104-rural-credit-agencies-may-allow-growth-in-finance-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tuesday morning, not long after dawn, a line of students formed outside En Komar Primary School, in Kampong Thom province. Students were waiting to receive breakfast from their teachers. The breakfasts are part of a World Food Program initiative that aims to feed 3.5 million students <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hot-breakfast-program-helps-students/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than a thousand garment workers went on strike yesterday morning to demand a minimum wage increase and better working conditions, following the failure of minimum wage negotiations between unions and employers on Monday. Some 600 workers in Kandal province yesterday protested in front of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wage-demands-workers-hit-streets-in-bid-for-pay-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National assembly on Tuesday unanimously approved the draft Law on Social Security Scheme, which consists of 11 chapters and 107 articles. Passed by the Council of Ministers in early august, the bill was approved by all 105 members present at the assembly. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-assembly-unanimously-approves-draft-social-security-bill/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodians spent over $100 million on imported meat last year, further widening the gap of domestic supply as local producers failed to capture the lucrative protein market, a government official said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/meat-imports-rack-up-100m-tab/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Free Trade Union of Workers of Cambodia said Tuesday it had sued the director of Thailand’s Mfone Co Ltd for not respecting local labor laws. In a letter issued Tuesday to the Department of Labor Disputes, the union’s deputy secretary general Sam Srey Mom accused Mfone <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-sues-mfone-director-for-violating-labor-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Businesses registered in Cambodia have until the end of the month to pay their annual property tax to the country’s General Department of Taxation (GDT). according to the GDT, business owners must pay by September 30 to avoid being fined. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/businesses-must-pay-property-tax-by-october/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday highlighted Cambodia-China close ties, saying that such relations had provided great tangible benefits to the kingdom’s development. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-highlights-close-ties-as-he-prepares-to-head-to-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The president of Kampong Thom Cashew Nut association has urged government officials to implement a policy to increase cashew production, as a huge opportunity was being wasted by both the government and farmers he said.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/support-sought-for-cashew-nut-farming/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Mines and Energy has decided to decentralise the process for small-scale miners and dredgers to obtain licences, with the government now permitting provincial authorities to directly issue licences to operators without ministerial oversight. Speaking at a meeting on the new measures, Dith Tina, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/energy-ministry-to-decentralise-licensing-miners/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The “company” that military police have declined to identify but said sent staff to confront activist Chut Wutty shortly before he was shot last Thursday is Timbergreen, a firm the slain activist had attempted to expose for illegal logging. Documents obtained by the Post yesterday and sources have <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/timbergreen-official-questioned-in-chut-wutty-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Visiting representatives from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) on Monday urged the Labor Ministry to withdraw its threat to revoke the licenses of six unions behind recent strikes, and to drop legal proceedings against union leader Rong Chhun. His visit follows garment worker protests <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-urged-to-ease-pressure-on-unions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that the minimum wage for teachers is set to exceed $230 (about 950,000 riel), not including additional bonuses, come april next year. During a graduation ceremony for Cambodia University for Specialties students at Koh Pich, Mr. Hun Sen said the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minimum-wage-for-teachers-to-be-230-by-april/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kingdom’s teachers want a raise. That’s the demand from a prominent teachers’ union, which has applied to march to the Ministry of Education on World Teacher’s Day to submit their salary request. The Cambodian Independent Teachers’ association (CITa) wants teachers to receive at least <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nccam-beach-development-is-legal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nearly 2,000 workers at the Gawon apparel Co. garment factory in Kandal province’s Takhmao City protested in front of the factory yesterday after they were informed that they would lose pay for any days missed during the commune election, which takes place Sunday, union representatives <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-threats-to-cut-pay-garment-workers-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>