Following the announcement earlier this month that the monthly minimum wage in the garment sector will be raised from $128 to $140 next year, eight unions representing factory workers issued a list of 13 demands on Tuesday, threatening protests if their requests go ignored. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-make-new-demands-as-factories-focus-on-productivity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As Air-conditioning units slow to A hAlt, computers die And the lights go out, the frustrAtion of locAl business owners And orgAnizAtions in Phnom Penh is boiling over once AgAin As the AnnuAl hot seAson blAckouts hAve Arrived. The 190-megAwAtt, Chinese-built KAmchAy hydropower dAm in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/powerless-phnom-penh-struggles-with-hot-seAson/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

At A bilAterAl meeting between PreAh SihAnouk province And A delegAtion of ChinA’s Ministry of Public Security on FridAy, the lAtter committed to educAte its nAtionAls to strictly respect CAmbodiAn lAws. ProvinciAl AdministrAtion spokesmAn KheAng PheArum sAid on MondAy thAt during the meeting, the AdministrAtion <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-group-vows-to-educAte-on-the-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Senate is scheduled to vote Friday on the controversial Law on associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LaNGO), despite a boycott by the opposition party and heated opposition from civil society.  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-civil-society-butt-heads-as-lango-goes-to-senate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Delegation of the European Union to Cambodia in collaboration with the Council for agricultural and rural Development, Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and three of the EU-funded projects (CEDaC, HKI, WHH) on October 6 organized a Food Security Project Workshop “Improving Food Security&mdash;Lessons <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-organizes-a-seminar-on-food-security/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

City Hall yesterday announced the preparation of infrastructure for a controversial road construction project in the Boeung Kak area near the alserkal Grand Mosque, the largest mosque in the Kingdom, to avoid traffic jams and flooding in the area. The pilot project, inveiled in 2012, plans <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-announces-development-plans-for-new-road/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At leAst 66 people hAve been killed And injured by mines And unexploded ordnAnce (UXO) so fAr this yeAr, An increAse of 23 on the sAme period lAst yeAr, A report obtAined by The Post sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mine-uxo-incidents-see-shArp-rise/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia exported 221,027 tons of milled rice in the first seven months of the year, an increase of 103 percent compared to the same period last year, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce. Officials and rice experts said the increase in exports was thanks <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-rice-exports-double-in-the-first-seven-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian manufacturers on Wednesday received training from Korean designers on how to make apparel in line with current fashion trends in the hopes of assisting them in penetrating the lucrative but difficult Korean market. The event was organized by the aSEaN-Korea Center&mdash;an intergovernmental organization that aims <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/textile-industry-gets-lessons-from-korean-designers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rice farmers in Italy plan to block four major grain exchanges in the country this week over what they say is the European Union’s failure to keep Italian rice competitive against that of cheaper asian rivals including Cambodia, which is given duty-free access to European <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/italy-steps-up-fight-against-cambodian-rice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A medicAl teAm of 10 Chinese ophthAlmologists from the Beijing Tongren HospitAl hAve helped operAte on eye pAtients in CAmbodiA As A pArt of the celebrAtions of the 55th AnniversAry of ChinA-CAmbodiA diplomAtic ties. The teAm hAve spent A two-dAy humAnitAriAn mission At the PreAh KetomeleA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-ophthAlmologists-help-restore-sight-for-cAmbodiAn-eye-pAtients/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Monday vowed to return Phnom Penh’s beleaguered Boeng Kak neighborhood to its residents and to have those who filled the lake with sand thrown in jail, should the opposition CNRP ultimately prevail in contesting the unofficial results of last month’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-says-those-behind-boeng-kak-deserve-jail/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the construction industry growing at a dizzying pace as the sound of buzz saws and jack hammers relentlessly permeate the capital while announcements of massive developments become a weekly affair, many unanswered questions remain to what can be done regarding halted projects&mdash;most notably the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministrys-gentle-nature-leaves-unclear-endings-in-the-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports supports the initiatives by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training to modernise the Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-of-education-supports-tvet-modernization/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s exports of garments, footwear and travel (GFT) goods grew by around 15 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year, from $10.99 billion to $12.63 billion, but the total share of the sector declined marginally, according to the latest report on trade by the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-gft-exports-grow-by-15-in-2022/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia earned $789.75 million from the exports of rubber and articles made of rubber in the January to November period of 2023, recording an increase of 74.5 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the latest trade data of the General Department <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-earns-790-million-from-rubber-article-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Four Cambodian garment workers were slightly injured on Tuesday after part of the floor in a garment factory collapsed into a pond built underneath, a local police chief confirmed. The incident occurred at 10:00 a.m. (local time) at Nishiku Enterprise in Bati district of southern Takeo <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-factory-floor-collapse-injures-4-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has enjoyed strong economic growth but needs to improve its governance and rule of law in order to promote greater development, the Economic and Social Commission for asia and the Pacific (Escap) said in a report released yesterday.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/economic-development-requires-rule-of-law-escap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol told parliament Monday of plans to overhaul the current system of registering a business in Cambodia, an often slow and corrupt process, by moving the entire system online, where registration will open on December 7. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-details-online-business-registration-plans-to-parliament/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Canadian mining firm angkor Gold has entered into a joint exploration agreement with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC) to explore angkor’s Oyadao South licence in Ratanakkiri province, the company said in a press release yesterday.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/jogmec-to-explore-for-gold-in-ratanakkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>