The increasing utilization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools has had a huge impact on the livelihood of Cambodian people in what is often called the “Industrial Revolution 4.0”. Recognizing the inevitable evolution toward digital change, the Cambodian government has been preparing to digitalize <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/ict4d-cambodia-network-workshop/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Just one day after the Kingdom’s microlenders mutinied and said they would not implement a government directive requiring all financial institutions to implement a 10 percent value-added tax (VaT) on fees for financial services, the Tax Department announced it would back down and temporarily suspend <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-pulled-after-mutiny/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Exports of travel goods from the Kingdom are set to gain from the ongoing US-China trade war as US lobbyists for the Garment Manufacturers association of Cambodia (GMaC) claim that President Donald Trump plans to raise duties on such China-made products from 10 to 25 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-war-may-boost-kingdoms-us-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kingdom has won the Pacific area Travel Writers association’s International Travel award for Best Destination despite the global coronavirus outbreak that has dampen the global tourism industry. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-named-worlds-best-destination-for-tourists/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturers association of Cambodia says it will push for revisions made on the draft trade union law last week to be changed.During a meeting on July 28, the Ministry of Labour said it had revised a number of provisions in the law, which <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gmac-no-fan-of-union-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Small plastic packets filled with a mix of pills of various sizes, shapes and colours sit piled on the counter of a pharmacy in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, home to several large garment factories. at 2,000 riel a pop, about 50 cents, these packs are sold <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-recipe-for-disaster/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh International airport handled 55,000 tonnes of air freight in 2021, surging by about 28 per cent from a year earlier, according to a State Secretariat of Civil aviation (SSCa) report. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capitals-airport-records-28-cargo-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The European Union (E.U.) last year continued to import millions of dollars worth of duty-free sugar from Cambodian plantations that have forced hundreds of families off their land despite calls from European lawmakers for the trade benefits to end, according to the latest E.U. data. Thailand’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/duty-free-sugar-exports-to-eu-hit-13-million/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Thursday slammed a report on predatory lending in the Kingdom by local human rights NGOs Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT), which was released on Wednesday, as “flawed”. The report, entitled Collateral Damage, claimed that increasing levels of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-bank-of-cambodia-slams-ngos-lending-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kim Hyun-joong is looking at you. From a poster outside of a hair salon, from a shop window, in a TV commercial or on local social media sites, the South Korean singer and actor decorates various advertisements in Phnom Penh. But it isn’t just about his <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/k-pop-a-boon-for-cosmetics-shops/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Environment and the asia Foundation are committed to strengthening solid waste management and ensuring a clean, sanitary, and comfortable environment in Cambodia through fostering community clean-up initiatives and cooperation on solid waste management. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-collaborates-for-cleaner-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Malaysian companies have been urged to venture into Cambodia’s agriculture sector especially in paddy planting and opening up rubber estates. In making the call, Raja Saiful Ridzuan, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Malaysian Embassy here, said Malaysian firms, with its vast expertise in agriculture sector, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysian-firms-urged-to-venture-into-cambodias-agri-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ASEAN AlwAys tAkes sociAl development As A top priority And is committed to building A resilient, inclusive, people-centred community, And effectively implementing the UN SustAinAble Development GoAls (SDG). <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-commits-to-building-resilient-inclusive-people-centered-community/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The consequences and containment of violence cost the Cambodian economy over $1.5 billion in 2013, just under 10 per cent of its estimated GDP for the period, according to the Institute for Economics &amp; Peace’s Global Peace Index released yesterday. according to IEP executive chairman <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/violence-cost-economy-1-5b/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A project to strengthen finAnciAl literAcy At the locAl level hAs been lAunched to promote knowledge relAted to finAnce, rights, And client protection As well As to increAse clients’ Access to formAl finAnciAl services within communities. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mfis-seek-boosting-finAnciAl-literAcy-At-communAl-level/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A new report suggests counterfeit Anti-mAlAriAl drugs Are fAr less prevAlent in CAmbodiA thAn previously thought, but Almost A third of the legitimAte medicines Are of substAndArd quAlity. According to the study, published on MondAy by the London School of Hygiene And TropicAl Medicine, none of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/study-finds-substAndArd-mAlAriA-drugs-but-no-fAkes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia and Vietnam signed an agreement earlier this month to greatly expand Cambodia’s cashew exports by 2028, but the proposed export level would require several hundred thousand hectares of additional land and there is no concrete plan yet to meet the target. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-has-big-plans-for-cambodias-cashews/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A drAft lAw on the finAncing of A controversiAl dAm project in Stung Treng province obtAined yesterdAy shows thAt About $38 million will be spent on the resettlement of Almost 800 fAmilies. This mArks A significAnt decreAse from the more thAn 1,000 fAmilies the compAnies <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/drAft-lAw-for-lower-sesAn-dAm-detAils-plAns-for-compensAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia has signed off on a draft agreement that would lift a moratorium on sending maids to Malaysia, imposed four years ago amid widespread reports of abuse, and is waiting for the Malaysian government’s approval, a Labor Ministry official said Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-approves-pact-to-send-maids-to-malaysia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bar association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BaKC) president Ly Chantola said the BaKC is collaborating with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to provide legal assistance to both juvenile victims and offenders at court hearings across the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/legal-assistance-sought-for-juvenile-victims-offenders/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>