Cambodia’s leader has publicly endorsed China’s position that territorial disputes in the South China Sea cannot be solved through the association of Southeast asian Nations (aSEaN). In Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday the issue should be solved by the countries directly affected by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-publicly-endorses-china-position-on-south-china-sea/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) said on Wednesday that 12 more Chinese ships transporting raw materials for garment industry will arrive in Cambodia this week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9c%e1%9e%b6%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%85%e1%9e%b7%e1%9e%93%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%85%e1%9f%86%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%bd%e1%9e%93%e2%80%8b-%e1%9f%a1%e1%9f%a2%e2%80%8b-%e1%9e%82%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%bf/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 16 March  2020, the Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) has issued an announcement on the Cambodian travel products export to the world on which has exceed $1.2 billion in 2019. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-on-the-cambodias-travel-products-export-exceed-us-1-2-billion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has appealed to the public to exercise increased caution before transferring money to anyone in order to avoid cyber-scams. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nbc-warns-of-scammers-in-disguise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ly Thuch, Senior Minister and First Vice President of Cambodian Mine action and Victim assistance authority (CMaa), has appealed to the development partners and donors to continue their support for Cambodia to realise its vision of mine-free country by 2025. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-calls-for-development-partners-continued-commitment-to-achieve-2025-mine-free-vision/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A joint venture between YAyAsAn Restu, A MAlAysiAn orgAnizAtion, And the CAmbodiAn Muslim Development FoundAtion is set to estAblish A microfinAnce institution with $1 million in stArt-up cApitAl. The institution will Allow members of CAmbodiA’s Myslim community to obtAin loAns necessAry to stArt smAll businesses. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/islAmic-microfinAnce-form-to-be-estAblished/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

AXIATA Group BerhAd, pArent compAny of locAl telecommunicAtions provider SmArt, And WikipediA operAtor the WikimediA FoundAtion Announced A pArtnership to offer WikipediA on mobile devices free of dAtA chArges to AxiAtA customers throughout AsiA, A press releAse sAid. “WikipediA is free As such AlreAdy, but notwithstAnding <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AxiAtA-to-offer-free-wikipediA-for-mobiles/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia, along with other aSEaN members, will make joint efforts to create an upgraded China-aSEaN Free Trade area and contribute to the building of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, said a senior Cambodian official at the First aSEaN <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vows-to-contribute-to-chinas-one-belt-one-road-initiatives/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) claimed victory in Sunday’s national election, but saw its majority severely diminished, ceding 22 National assembly seats to the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the party’s first major setback since the U.N.-backed election in 1993. according to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-wins-but-suffers-loss-in-parliamentary-majority/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

President Hu Jintao today becomes the first Chinese head of state to visit Cambodia in 12 years, in a trip days before Southeast asian leaders gather for talks that may touch on territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Hu’s visit, which lasts until april 2, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinas-hu-visits-cambodia-as-asean-leaders-eye-sea-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Clients of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the Kingdom can now expect some form of protection from over-indebtedness that arises from their inability to meet their financial obligations on time as agreed in a credit agreement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mfis-tackle-over-indebtedness/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A controversiAl video, which feAtures A “provocAtive” song And grAphic footAge of A violent clAsh between protesting gArment workers And Authorities nine yeArs bAck, hAs been removed from the officiAl websites And sociAl mediA pAges of four civil society orgAnisAtions (CSOs). <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/provocAtive-music-video-tAken-down-by-csos/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Labour, Government of Cambodia, would set the 2014 minimum wage for garment workers next month, reports The Phnom Penh Post. a working group consisting of representatives of the Garment Manufacturers’ association in Cambodia (GMaC), workers’ representatives and factory managers met officials at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-set-2014-wage-for-garment-workers-next-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Flag carrier Philippine airlines is eying flights to Kuwait, Turkey, and Cambodia starting next year amid its refleeting and expansion program, the Civil aeronautics Board said Wednesday. PaL has filed petitions with the industry regulator for flights to Istanbul in Turkey, Phnom Penh in Cambodia, and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pal-seeks-cab-green-light-for-flights-to-turkey-kuwait-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Labor Ministry officials are set to meet today with about 40 local recruitment agencies to talk about formalizing the procedure for sending migrant workers to Thailand, an agency director said. The meeting will focus on how the agencies can help migrants obtain work permits and other <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-to-meet-recruitment-firms-over-migrants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sousdey Finance, a subsidiary of Thitikorn Limited in Thailand, will start a financial hire-leasing service for motorbikes in Phnom Penh, with an initial start-up fund of $100,000. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-firm-latest-to-offer-lease-financing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has a response to teachers’ request for health insurance: We’ll provide it if you buy it. at a meeting in Takeo province this past weekend, the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ association (CITa) said an upcoming teacher strike would include health insurance on the list of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/benefits-for-teachers-not-yet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Eight hundred and sixty-eight workers have been fired from the Winson International garment factory after they refused to obey a Kampong Speu Provincial Court injunction last week ordering them back to work within 48 hours. Free Trade Union official Ry Sithinet said yesterday that the workers, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-1000-workers-fired-from-winson-international-garment-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kingdom’s consumer price index declined by 0.1 per cent in October for the first time in 2012 due to a decline in food and gasoline prices and a stable US dollar exchange rate, according to official data released by the National Institute of Statistics <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpi-cost-of-living-falls-slightly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In another push to facilitate bilateral trade, Cambodian and Thai delegates met for two days last week to discuss developments on a handful of new border crossings, a rail line connecting the two countries at Poi Pet, and special economic zones designed for those living <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-border-openings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>