Informal workers, a class that includes beer promoters, tuk tuk drivers and farmers, are among those who stand to benefit most from the upcoming trade-union law, observers say &ndash; and workers say it can’t come soon enough. Dave Welsh, country director of the american Center for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-waiting-for-a-bargain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A business concept competition between university students from CAmbodiA, JApAn And MyAnmAr thAt provided the perfect opportunity for improving business plAns And networking with business people yesterdAy wAs won by one of CAmbodiA’s own. LAy Huy Huoy, A second-yeAr student At CAmbodiAn Mekong University mAjoring in business And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/business-concept-competition-A-success/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ocean Garment manager facing a slew of sexual harassment charges has lashed out at the union representing the 2,500 workers on strike over the past two weeks, claiming its delegates provoked the strike after management cracked down on absent workers and overtime requests. In a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sex-claims-a-conspiracy-boss/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The murder of popular political analyst Kem Ley earlier this month, and the fallout from the killing, could push more Cambodians to question the actions of authorities and even to stand up against the ruling party, local observers say. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%81%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%98%e1%9f%82%e1%9e%9a-kem-leys-murder-seen-as-a-catalyst-for-a-revolution-of-the-mind/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Founded in 1995 by a French couple, Christian and Marie-France des Pallieres, PSE is a well-recognized charity, home to nearly 7,000 students who are educated, fed, provided with healthcare and vocational training skills. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-meal-for-a-childs-smile-the-living-legacy-of-christian-des-pallieres/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than a year after a Cambodian man accused of sorcery was stoned and beaten to death by a mob in his home village, his widow still struggles to understand the reasons for his murder and works to finish building a house he had dreamed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/widow-of-cambodian-man-killed-as-a-sorcerer-still-struggles-a-year-after-his-death/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tokyo: Cambodia needs more than an estimated US$13 billion in infrastructure works by 2020 if the country intends to continue attracting foreign investment, a joint survey by some of the world’s top financial institutions indicated on Wednesday. During a conference held by the Japan International Cooperation agency <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-threat-to-kingdoms-fdi/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Triple-shooting suspect Chhouk Bandith has been sacked as Bavet town governor to prevent him from interfering in court proceedings, the Svay Rieng deputy provincial governor said yesterday. The high-profile suspect is accused of shooting three garment factory workers at a protest outside the Kaoway Sports Ltd <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shooting-suspect-a-governor-no-more/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia, as aSEaN chair, could play a vital role in strengthening the international community’s perception that Myanmar has reformed and sanctions need to be lifted, independent observers told the Post yesterday. as Prime Minister Hun Sen described yesterday’s arrival of Myanmar president Thein Sein in Phnom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/myanmars-man-on-a-mission/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Civil society organisations monitoring land disputes in Preah Sihanouk province continue to voice concerns over the environmental impact of developing public land after permission was granted to reclaim a site in the O’Touk area to build a boat terminal. Sok Sokhom, the director of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/otouk-area-development-a-concern/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After Prime Minister Hun Sen returned from his July 3-5 visit to the World TrAde OrgAnisAtion (WTO) And the Office of the United NAtions High Commissioner for HumAn Rights (OHCHR) in SwitzerlAnd, the Ministry of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion described the meetings As “successful”. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pms-genevA-trip-A-success/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The authorities are at a loss over who had cleared and demarcated more than 50ha of mangrove forests in Village I, Tumnob Rolok commune, Stung Hav district, in Preah Sihanouk province. Kim Hak, who heads the community protecting the flooded Tumnob Rolok forest and the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/at-a-loss-over-land-clearance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s three major sugar companies produced 120,126 tonnes of raw sugar in the first nine months of this year, said a Ministry of Industry and Handicraft report. It said Rui Feng (Cambodia) International Co Ltd produced 56,664 tonnes, Yellow Field (Cambodia) International Ltd (51,420 tonnes) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sugarcane-a-huge-potential-for-farmers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is campaigning to boost its luxury fragrant rice exports to China, the world’s largest market, said Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) vice-president Chan Sokheang on Thursday. Sokheang told The Post on Thursday that the CRF plans to achieve the quota that China provided Cambodia &ndash; <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-a-market-for-fragrant-rice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Exports of fresh fish and fish products fell significantly during the first nine months of the year, raising concerns about businesses and families operating in the Kingdom’s fisheries sector.Fresh and frozen fish export shipments fell 21 per cent during the first nine months of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/yields-from-fishing-take-a-dive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National Police anti-drug chief Mok Chito yesterday said his officers need to begin inserting themselves into a stage of investigations until now the sole domain of the judiciary &ndash; drug testing.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/testing-drugs-a-cop-job-chito/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh SEZ Plc, which operates a 357-hectare industrial park on the outskirts of the capital, held a bookbuild last month to determine the share price for its upcoming initial public offering on the Cambodian stock market. The private company aims to raise between $8.1 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/an-ipo-with-a-value-approach/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Construction on a $3 billion oil refining plant, the Kingdom’s first, will start in October this year and is expected to be finished by the end of 2018, according to a senior executive at the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-oil-refinery-a-step-closer/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Municipal Court deputy prosecutor Meas Chan Piseth will next week replace Banteay Meanchey Provincial Prosecutor Phan Vannarath, who is taking a position in the Ministry of Justice at the end of a nearly five-year term in office.     <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-new-prosecutor-for-banteay-meanchey/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Palm sugar producers in Kampong Speu province say they are ready to scale up and meet demand as global consumer goods giant Unilever looks to source palm sugar for its products from the Cambodian market. Prak Sereywath, president of the Cambodia Institute for Research and Rural <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/palm-farmers-eye-a-sweet-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>