In response to the Facebook comment of a medical student, Prime Minister Hun Sen has decided to lower the final exam fee for medical students from about $125 to $25. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-lowers-medical-student-exam-fees/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hundreds of people gathered yesterday morning in front of Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison to demand the release of 17 incarcerated activists, monks and opposition members. The detainees include 10 land activists, three monks and four members of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party. Fifteen of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/protest-held-at-prey-sar-in-support-of-detainees/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Garment Manufacturers association of Cambodia (GMaC) on Monday agreed to increase salaries for the workers in the kingdom’s garment and footwear industries, according to a press release after a closed door meeting. The meeting was attended by Minister of Social affairs Ith Samheng, Minister of Labor <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-garment-workers-to-get-pay-rise-for-2013/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The U.N. special rapporteur on the freedom of peaceful assembly and association, Maina Kiai, began a three-day unofficial visit to Cambodia on Wednesday, just one month after military police shot dead five protesters in Phnom Penh and the government imposed a ban on public gatherings. Mr. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/united-nations-envoy-visits-after-protest-deaths/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 150 street vendors gAthered in Phnom Penh yesterdAy to mArk InternAtionAl Street Vendors DAy And cAlled on the Authorities to treAt them better. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vendors-cAll-for-better-treAtment/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The large loans China offered at the 9th East asia Summit are vital to regional countries in their connectivity construction, a senior Cambodian official said on Thursday. Kao Kim Hourn, minister attached to Prime Minister Hun Sen, made the remarks at a press conference at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinas-loans-vital-to-building-se-asian-connectivity-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government’s long-pledged health insurance scheme for private sector employees, including factory workers, is just around the corner, officials promised yesterday while refusing to name a more specific date. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Labour held a public forum on the insurance plan, which is expected <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/worker-insurance-near/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The “façade of media freedom” in the Kingdom “collapsed” last year, with journalists reporting a sharp drop in their hopes for independent press, according to the results of a new survey launched yesterday. The Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) study surveyed 75 journalists from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/press-freedom-collapsed-in-2017-journalist-survey-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Open Development Cambodia (ODC) organized a half-day workshop on 9 May 2024 in Phnom Penh, on “Using CSR data to promote transparency in business and stakeholder engagement in Cambodia,” which provided opportunities for people from various domain backgrounds to explore the concept of corporate <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/a-half-day-conversation-corporate-social-responsibility-csr-and-stakeholder-engagement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Health Ministry yesterday issued guidelines on how people can prevent illnesses during extremely hot weather caused by the El Nino phenomenon. Ly Sovann, Communicable Disease Control Department director, yesterday said that people should drink boiled water regularly and avoid drinking too much alcohol or <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-issues-guidelines-to-deal-with-hot-weather/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tractor imports fell by 24 per cent last year, a significant decrease from 44,993 units in 2011 to 36,301 units, according to recent statistics from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. although the cultivation of some crops in the Kingdom has increased, analysts said yesterday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tractor-imports-decrease-but-experts-not-concerned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) on april 22 urged owners and directors of factories in lockdown areas to consider providing allowance to workers, in addition to other support provided by the government.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-employers-asked-to-provide-allowance-to-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Grade 12 students took their final test in august 2014. Only 26% of them passed. The new Minister of Education had ordered extra security around the testing places. Students taking the test in 2015 know they will have to study hard in order to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-minister-cleans-up-cambodias-education-system-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Grade 12 students took their final test in august 2014. Only 26% of them passed. The new Minister of Education had ordered extra security around the testing places. Students taking the test in 2015 know they will have to study hard in order to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-minister-cleans-up-cambodias-education-system/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has urged swift and effective implementation of aSEaN’s Five-Point Consensus to resolve the ongoing conflict in Myanmar. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-urges-swift-resolution-to-myanmar-conflict/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On​ 8​ May​ 2018,​ the​ Ministry​ of​ Industry​ and​ Handicraft​ showed​ the​ results​ of​ in-field​ testing​ and​ testing​ in​ laboratories​ of​ the​ Ministry​ of​ Industry​ and​ Handicraft​ related​ to​ the​ case​ of​ rice​ wine​ and​ water​ poisoning​ in​ Prek​ Te​ stream​ in​ Sre​ Non​ village​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press%e2%80%8b-release%e2%80%8b-of%e2%80%8b-methanol-laced%e2%80%8b-rice%e2%80%8b-wine%e2%80%8b-and%e2%80%8b-water%e2%80%8b-poisoning%e2%80%8b-along%e2%80%8b-prek%e2%80%8b-ter%e2%80%8b-stream%e2%80%8b/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health provided instruction to trainers at the Cambodian Midwives association in maternal and child healthcare, aiming to enhance the capabilities of perinatal nurses and ensure that women receive high-quality and safe services during pregnancy, delivery and post-delivery. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maternal-health-up-as-infant-mortality-dips-says-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Workers aligned with the Collective Union of Movement of Workers locked three officials from the Free Trade Union inside the Ocean Garment factory in Phnom Penh for eight hours Tuesday after the two unions argued over who would represent workers in a wage dispute. Ocean’s approximately <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ftu-trio-held-at-factory-by-rivals-in-union-clash/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government in May held back on implementing widely unpopular rules that would have raised the price of mobile phone calls so as to not upset consumers &ndash; and potential voters &ndash; just months ahead of the national election, according to Cambodia’s independent telecommunications regulator. “Before <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/price-rules-pulled-due-to-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AN HOUR’S drive south of Phnom Penh, deep in rurAl CAmbodiA, Chrek HeAng is doing the rounds of his rApidly expAnding poultry And fisheries business. Just four yeArs Ago he wAs living, like most of his countrymen, in A smAll wooden hut with A tin <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/the-bAnk-thAt-likes-to-sAy-less-cAmbodiAs-greAtest-commerciAl-success-story-is-not-over-yet/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>