A speciAl economic zone (SEZ) in Poipet City hAs decided to import electricity from ThAilAnd to ensure A reliAble power supply As it expects the influx of more fActories And investment. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/poipet-sez-to-import-power/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s nine phone service operators plan to establish an independent body to debate issues within the industry, according to a statement yesterday from the Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia (TRC). Forming the association of Telecommunications Operators in Cambodia, or the aTC for short, was agreed upon in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/telcos-to-form-association/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new profile page on “Data: Services and fees” under access to public services in both Khmer and English including: Public services for transportation, Civil registration service, Service charges for electricity hook up and disconnection from Electricity of Cambodia (EDC), and Contact <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/Open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-profile-page-on-data-services-and-fees/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An ice-skAting rink, bowling Alley, seven-screen cinemA And A proverbiAl cAtwAlk of high-end EuropeAn And US lAbels will stArt vying for A slice of CAmbodiA’s rising middle clAss inside the soon-to-open AEON MAll, mAnAgement with the firm overseeing it confirmed on SAturdAy. The JApAnese-owned shopping centre’s <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Aeon-tenAnts-tArget-cAmbodiAs-middle-clAss/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Just months before stock exchanges in Southeast asia plan to link up their trading, key players remain divided, with one top bourse official saying the region may be going through a “reality check” on the many hurdles facing further economic integration. The plan for cross-border trading <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/integration-of-southeast-asian-stock-exchanges-hits-snag/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The percentage of Cambodia covered in forest has fallen from about 72 per cent in 1973 to only about 46 per cent in 2013, satellite image data released yesterday shows. a series of animated maps that Open Development Cambodia (ODC) produced from NaSa satellite images detail <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cant-see-the-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kandal provincial court will this week summons five suspects held in detention since December 10 last year for a fresh round of questioning over relics stolen from Oudong Mountain last month, even as police said the investigation is now “quiet”. Judge Lim Sokuntha said yesterday that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-oudong-questioning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Import and export companies in Cambodia believe that high costs stemming from burdensome bureaucracy and poor infrastructure are putting them at a disadvantage compared to other firms transporting goods in the region, according to a recently released report by the asian Development Bank. Surveying 39 export companies from the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/high-costs-cripple-trading-firms-report-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A EuropeAn Union (EU) mission met with senior government officiAls At the Ministry of Interior on TuesdAy As the 28-member bloc monitors An Agreement under which CAmbodiAn goods reAch the cruciAl EuropeAn mArket tAriff-free. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kingdoms-trAde-deAl-with-eu-questioned-before-poll/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodia Garment Training Institute (CGTI) and the National Employment agency (NEa) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding that will make vocational training more widely available in Cambodia and help build up the local labour force. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-partnership-promotes-vocational-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 100 workers representing eight trAde unions And lAbor AssociAtions rAllied in front of the Ministry of LAbor on SundAy demAnding thAt the government relAx registrAtion requirements thAt they sAy Are being used to stifle efforts to increAse their memberships. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAbor-groups-press-ministry-on-new-union-registrAtion-rules/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Residents in designated red zones in the capital are flocking to get their samples taken for Covid-19 testing, after the Phnom Penh Municipal Hall issued a directive mandating that each and every single one of them does so or face legal action. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/red-zone-residents-gather-en-masse-for-covid-test/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) said Thursday most of its 559 factories would continue to be closed due to security concerns after six pro-opposition trade unions led striking workers to destroy factories’ properties and forced workers to join their protests. “Because of the current <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-gmac-says-factory-closures-continue-due-to-ongoing-strikes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new profile page on “Environmental impact assessments”. This page shows completed environmental and social impact assessment reports (EIas). The reports contain information such as company profile, address, registered investment capital, company registration date and code, contract duration, project size, <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/Open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-profile-page-on-environmental-impacts-assessments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 22 August 2017, the CAmbodiAn MicrofinAnce AssociAtion issued A stAtement confirming the estAblishment of the consumer protection working group, declAring five hotlines for the public who hAve questions or problems with the use of the AssociAtion’s finAnciAl services. The five hotline numbers Are: 069 77777 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/notificAtion-on-the-estAblishment-of-the-customer-protection-working-group-And-the-estAblishment-of-A-telephone-system-for-the-public/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A mid [sic] globAl economic frAgility, foreign direct investment (FDI) in CAmbodiA grew A whopping 73 per cent in 2012 from the yeAr before, A huge increAse helping to fuel A record-setting Amount of money pouring into leAst developed countries, According to the United NAtions <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/foreign-investment-rises-73-pct/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s human rights record was assessed Tuesday by the U.N. Human Rights Council’s 47 member states in Geneva, many of which cited concerns about the recent violent suppression of protests by the government, and a judiciary beholden to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling CPP. The U.N. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/restore-free-assembly-un-rights-council-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Premier Li Qiang reaffirmed on Sunday Beijing’s commitment to a neighborhood policy of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in bolstering ties with the association of Southeast asian Nations, calling for a closer bond of interests between China and the 10-nation regional group. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-asean-eye-closer-ties-as-expo-summit-opens/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On Dec. 20, the Fair Finance Coalition, the NGO Forum on Cambodia (NGOF), and Oxfam in Cambodia issued studies on gold mining businesses at six locations in Preah Vihear, Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri provinces. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gold-mining-reporting-must-be-more-open-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn And ThAi dispute over oil neArly reAched A resolution when then prime minister of ThAilAnd ThAksin ShinAwAtrA wAs ousted wAs reveAled in diplomAtic cAbles releAsed by WikileAks. The cAble detAils A meeting between the US-ASEAN Business council in Phnom Penh on MAy 15, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/thAksin-oil-deAl-interrupted/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>