The Labor Ministry on Friday announced that formal negotiations to set a new minimum wage for the country’s all-important garment sector&mdash;now at $128 a month&mdash;will begin in July, reviving the same schedule for talks it used with unions and employers for the first time last <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-announces-start-of-garment-sector-wage-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The NGO2 Bamboo Shoot Foundation in cooperation with the Cambodian association of Travel agents (CaTa) launched an environmental clean-up campaign to pick up plastic waste along the Tonle Sap Lake in Siem Reap province in order to improve the beauty of the area and increase <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tonle-sap-lake-plastics-pick-up-effort-underway/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Not enough priority is given to research in Cambodia, threatening its long term development, economists and other experts say. Larry Strange, executive director of the Cambodian Development Research Institute, says the country cannot plan for major reform, build its economy, or reduce poverty without proper analysis <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-lacks-research-enough-to-tackle-its-problems-analysts-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

International legal experts are expressing deep concern over proposed changes to Cambodia’s legal system that critics say hand over too much power to the executive.  at a meeting in Phnom Penh Tuesday, a group recommended the three judicial reform laws should be returned to parliament <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/legal-experts-cambodia-judicial-laws-of-deep-concern/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After closing the lAst of its 19 petrol stAtions in CAmbodiA in April 2010, PetroliAm NAsionAl Bhd (PetronAs) is AgAin eyeing the country’s oil And gAs (O&Amp;G) sector. This will see Chevron And its pArtners developing the country’s first offshore oil field this yeAr. According to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/petronAs-still-eyeing-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In case cramming for an exam that determines high school graduation and college placement wasn’t stressful enough, grade 12 test-takers will now have to do so under the scrutiny of independent observers tasked with manning every exam-room window. as part of a slew of reforms to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngo-observers-to-get-window-into-cheating/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Guangxi Nonferrous Metal Group invested $21.95 million in the construction of a steel processing plant, the data shows. The Chinese company planned to invest as much as $500 million in Preah Vihear province, China’s state-owned Xinhua news agency reported in November. China’s Xing Yuan Kang Yeak <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/investment-in-mining-operations-falls-sharply/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 100 monks, Activists And workers returned on SAturdAy evening to the CAnAdiA IndustriAl PArk, where gArment workers clAshed with militAry police on JAnuAry 3, to prAy for the five protesters who were shot deAd in the violence And cAll for the releAse of 23 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/monks-workers-hold-vigil-for-slAin-protesters/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government plans to declare Kep the first mine-free province by year’s end as clearance work has accelerated again after a pandemic-related period of slower progress. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kep-prepped-as-kingdoms-first-province-free-of-mines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On Thursday, September 5, Prime Minister Hun Manet confirmed that Cambodia has completed about 50 per cent of its 2,660-kilometre border road network. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/manet-1300km-of-border-roads-to-be-built-over-10-years/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kampong Speu palm sugar is expected to receive its geographical indication (GI) status certification from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for agriculture and Rural Development by the end of this year, according to an official from the Kampong Speu Palm Sugar Promotion association (KSPSPa). Mr. Sok Sarang, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/palm-sugars-gi-status/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Education and training” under Social development in both Khmer and English.=>Please click here to get into Education and training topic page. <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/Open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-education-and-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new page on “Health services and centers” under access to public services in both Khmer and English.=>Please click here to get in to Public transportation page. <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/Open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-profile-page-on-health-services-and-centers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government announced that it would increase the salaries of low-ranking civil servants to 320,000 Riel per month. The statement was issued by Prime Minister Hun Sen Tuesday. He said, 90,000 civil servants will benefit from the increase which will start in September. Recently the Ministry of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-servant-salaries-to-increase-next-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia angkor air will start a daily service between Phnom Penh and Bangkok, 1 February [sic]. The airline launched its first service to Thailand, 30 November [sic] from Siem Reap and is scheduled to start a service to Hanoi 7 January [sic]. The Bangkok-bound flight will <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-angkor-flies-to-bangkok/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Vietnam-Cambodia International Trade Fair and Exhibitions 2014, also known as Ho Chi Minh City EXPO 2014, will be held at Koh Pich Convention Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 7-11. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ho-chi-minh-city-expo-2014-in-cambodia-opens-in-may/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 25 July 2025, Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) in collaboration with My Village Cambodia (MVi), under the project “Enhancing Natural Resource Management Governance through Data-Driven approaches,” conducted an important training workshop on environmental impact assessment (EIa) in Mondulkiri province. This event aimed to raise <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/raise-awareness-of-the-communities-on-environmental-impact-assessment-process/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thai CEOs are confident that the country’s 2013 economic growth will be at least as good as last year’s level and that the automobile, information and communications technology, and financial sectors will be the star performers. The CEOs estimate that their companies’ profits this year <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ceos-see-auto-ict-finance-sectors-as-top-growth-picks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In an effort to ensure customs and excise officials are updated on the latest in payments, the National School of Customs, General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE), on Monday organized a workshop. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdce-workshop-updates-officials-on-e-payment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Former National Election Committee member Rong Chhun has been appointed as a consultant to the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ association after he resigned from the NEC following the opposition CNRP’s dissolution.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/former-nec-member-goes-back-to-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>