In an effort to bolster China’s cultural influence and expand bilateral ties, the Chinese government last week donated $203,000 to support the Kingdom’s increasingly popular Chinese-language classes. The funding was transferred last Thursday to the Chinese association in Cambodia, which said it plans to expand class <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-govt-invests-in-language-courses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The high-profile investment conference, held under the tagline “Cambodia: The Kingdom of Opportunity along The ‘One Belt, One Road”, saw representatives of more than 200 Chinese companies gather at a hotel conference centre on the outskirts of the capital. The full-day event was jointly organised <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/red-carpet-for-chinese-investors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Overloaded vehicles are contributing to a more rapid than anticipated deterioration of Cambodia’s road network, experts said yesterday. “The cost of overloading causes problems to everyone involved, but it is easy to control damage if we have good system in place. This is the only <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/overloaded-vehicles-at-issue-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nike expressed “deep concerns” over the May 27 incident at the Sabrina Cambodia Garment Manufacturing plant outside Phnom Penh, in a letters to Cambodia’s commerce and labour ministers released late Friday in the United States. Following the violence, eight workers and trade union members were <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nike-calls-for-probe-on-cambodian-police-clash-with-garment-workers-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Pou Puy, president of the Cambodian Rice Millers association, said that the export of Cambodia’s white rice faces challenges in terms of both quantity and competitive pricing, as exports of milled rice dropped about 35 per cent for the first half of 2012 compared to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-exports-facing-challenges/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Auditors from the CocA-ColA CompAny visited OddAr MeAnchey province on FridAy to investigAte AllegAtions of lAnd grAbbing AgAinst sugAr plAntAtions thAt supply the globAl drinks giAnt, but cAlled off A community meeting becAuse of A heAvy police presence, An NGO sAid SundAy. Chun BorA of the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngo-declAres-cocA-colAs-visit-compromised-by-police/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Although Mfone subscribers Are due to trAnsfer their Accounts to Mobitel todAy, the Post hAs leArned thAt telco provider HuAwei Technologies (CAmbodiA) is still wAiting for A court to rule on the legAlity of the trAnsAction. HuAwei’s lAwyer, Kuoy ThunnA, filed A letter lAte lAst month <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mfone-trAnsfer-questioned/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has given approval to grant state-owned land to three private companies despite issuing a temporary ban on land concessions, drawing criticism from local NGOs concerned about increasingly frequent land disputes in the country. Copies of three subdecrees obtained by RFa showed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-criticize-flouted-land-grant-ban/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Stringent rules to prove that rice exported from Cambodia is actually from Cambodia will be detailed today, according to a copy of a joint agreement between the Ministry of Commerce and industry associations. The Code of Conduct seeks to reassure the European Union that rice is <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/exporters-of-rice-now-subject-to-origin-test/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Overloaded vehicles are contributing to a more rapid than anticipated deterioriation of Cambodia’s road network, experts said yesterday The aDB has funded an axle-load control programme as part of a US$1 million technical package to support government rehabilitation of about 150 kilometers of the Kingdom’s roads. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/overloaded-vehicles-at-issue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Free Trade Union members claimed that staff of the Cambodian Union Federation of Chuon Mom Thol threatened workers striking at a shoe factory in Kampong Speu province yesterday. FTU president Chea Mony told the Post  that officials of  the Cambodian Union Federation had used guns <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-claims-strikers-threatened-with-gun/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has congratulated Joko Widodo on his election as Indonesian president. “On behalf of the Royal Government and people of Cambodia, I have the honor to extend to you my warmest and heartfelt congratulations on your election as the President of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-congratulates-newly-elected-indonesian-president/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two polarizing narratives emerged after the Monday night discussion between U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Hun Sen, with the U.S. claiming it had been “tense,” while Cambodia insisted the talks were cordial. When it came to agenda, Mr. Obama put human rights, electoral and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bilateral-talks-and-their-two-interpretations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Welcome to Cambodia’s lone Silkworm Egg Production Center, and to the techniques that are being used to prevent and monitor diseases that are currently killing off more than 50 percent of all silkworm production in the country. Established by the U.N.’s Food and agriculture Organization (FaO), <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-ancient-silk-industry-hangs-by-a-fine-thread/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Multinational consulting and engineering firm Pöyry has signed a contract with the Lao government to supervise construction of the divisive Xayaburi hydropower dam in the country’s north, it announced Friday. This work, carried out by its Energy Business Group, will include reviewing the design and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/controversial-poyry-tapped-for-xayaburi/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With barely a drop of rain falling on their parched fields, Battambang farmers are pleading with a construction company to stop blockading the local river so their recently planted crops don’t dry out. The asian Development Bank-funded bridge connecting Battambang and Banteay Meanchey has blocked the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/battambang-farmers-desperate-for-local-river-water/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Vietnamese enterprises are increasingly investing overseas, especially in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, it has been announced. Elsewhere in the region, the Viet Nam Rubber Group has invested in growing rubber plantations in Laos and Cambodia since 2007 and aims to own 100,000 hectares by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnamese-firms-eye-overseas-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Industrial Transformation Map for Textile and apparel Industry 2023-2027 (T&amp;a ITM) sees a need for the sector to align its product mix as per global sourcing trends, integrate backwards to reduce dependence on imports and diversify its market mix. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-ta-industry-needs-to-align-product-mix-as-per-global-trends/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) president Kith Meng on Tuesday called for stronger business and investment relations between the Kingdom and South Korea. He was speaking on the sidelines of the World Summit 2020 in Seoul, South Korea, after a meeting between the Korea International <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-to-south-koreans-invest-in-the-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Ministries of Labour and Tourism on Wednesday jointly launched a new regulation for protecting the occupational safety, health and labour rights of entertainment workers. “The regulation aims to improve working conditions, occupational safety and health rules of entertainment service enterprises, establishments and companies,”said a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-unveils-regulation-to-protect-entertainment-workers-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>