Thailand is on the process to heighten flexibility for workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia to obtain legal identification paperwork and land needed work in the country, said the Royal Thai Embassy in Washington. In the release issued chiefly to show Thailand’s actions to fight human <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thailands-anti-human-trafficking-efforts-to-benefit-myanmar-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has more labour forces than the jobs created every year. Hence, some students who have just graduated from the university can’t find jobs; they need some time to get jobs. Some young people have to sell their labour abroad. Despite the surplus of labour <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-should-produce-more-quality-human-resources-rather-than-quantity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn Development BAnk’s (ADB) recent US$60 million loAn to CAmbodiA is set to boost the skills And competitiveness of its growing lAbour force As the country’s economy undergoes A key trAnsition. Driven by gArment exports And tourism, CAmbodiA’s economy grew by An AverAge of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAs-workforce-needs-help/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has urged relevant parties to increase efforts to attract more foreign investors to border areas. CDC secretary-general Sok Chenda Sophea said to achieve this, it is necessary to develop infrastructure there such as special economic zones (SEZ), <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cdc-improve-infrastructure-to-draw-investment-to-border/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hidden at the end of a pathway that breaks off from Mao Tse Tung Boulevard in Phnom Penh is a temple of a different kind, where seances are sacrosant and French writer Victor Hugo &ndash; author of Les Miserables &ndash; is considered a saint. Worshippers there practise Caodaism, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sanctuary-from-the-storm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s garment exports rose 9.9% to $3.44bn in the first nine months of this year, up from $ 3.13bn a year ago, according to the latest figures from the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-garment-exports-soar-9-9-in-9-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s largest hydropower project has been redesigned, leading to concerns from environmental groups, but a company official who confirmed the “design optimisation” over the weekend insisted that the Lower Sesan II dam will provide clean, safe energy and have few downstream impacts. Ren Zhonghua, deputy director <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sesan-dam-gets-new-design/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s imports of oil and gas products totaled $2.28 billion during the January-august period this year, down 9.5 percent from last year, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-imports-oil-and-gas-products-worth-2-28-billion-in-the-first-eight-months-of-the-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s newest microfinance institution FaSMEC Microfinance officially launched yesterday.With a start-up capital of $1 million raised from a handful of investors on the new company’s board, the MFI hopes to expand its loan portfolio by the end of 2016. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fasmec-mfi-enters-the-lending-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While the opposition party steps up its efforts to persuade the international community to cut ties with a government it says was formed by a “constitutional coup”, lawyers and analysts yesterday questioned whether the party’s reasoning has any legal basis. In a letter sent to the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsys-reasoning-questioned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Garment and footwear industry, Cambodia’s largest income earner, reported a 16 percent surge in exports in the first three months of 2014, the figures of the Ministry of Commerce showed Monday. The Southeast asian nation exported apparel and footwear products in equivalent to 1.56 billion U.S. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-garment-footwear-exports-up-16-pct-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Stung Treng Provincial Court yesterday questioned six men apprehended while allegedly transporting more than 17 cubic metres of illegal Thnong timber by boat in Sesan district, said Y Ek Savtey, director of the provincial forestry administration. Hou Sam Ol, a provincial coordinator with rights group adhoc, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/loggers-questioned-by-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Creative agency Briq has expanded to Cambodia, its second office globally after first launching in Singapore four years ago. Briq International Cambodia will offer marketing and communication solutions &ndash; creative, production, digital services, strategic planning and research, content development, public relations, media and activation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/briq-enters-the-cambodia-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new cAmpAign hAs been lAunched in CAmbodiA to identify the most effective tools AvAilAble for diAgnosing pneumoniA, A condition thAt represents the country’s single-biggest killer of children under 5 yeArs old. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pneumoniA-tests-tested/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s garment and shoe industry has lost roughly 275 million U.S. dollars due to outlawed garment strikes in the past two weeks, Van Sou Ieng, President of the Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC), said Monday. The garment and shoe industry comprise more than 900 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-industry-loses-275-mln-usd-due-to-outlawed-protests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court has summonsed Free Trade Union president Chea Mony and two of his officers to answer incitement charges at the court tomorrow relating to his alleged involvement in a mass strike at a garment factory last year, officials said yesterday. M&amp;V garment factory <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chea-mony-sued-over-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government and foreign donors have spent about $500 million to clear land mines and war remnants in the Kingdom over the last 20 years, making formerly mine-strewn areas safe for cultivation. Ly Thuch, first vice president of Cambodia Mine action and Victim assistance authorities, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mine-action-authority-continues-push-for-mine-free-kingdom-by-2025/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The UN Food and agriculture Organisation (FaO) offices in Cambodia and countries in the asia-Pacific region participated in a four-day virtual conference recently to respond to the “twin pandemics” of Covid-19 and hunger facing the region. Dealing with Covid-19 has led to setbacks in the fight <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-talks-review-covid-hunger-risks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The European Union has said that it has no plans to suspend Cambodia’s duty-free trade access even though there have been concerns over land evictions as a result of economic land concessions. The EU is seeking that human rights are not the cost of trade <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-free-trade-access-will-stay-says-eu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Strong growth in garment, textile, and agricultural exports drove a 42.7 per cent increase in Cambodia’s total exports for 2011, official Ministry of Commerce data shows. The Kingdom exported $4.98 billion in goods last year, compared with $3.49 billion the year before. Market diversification and a relaxing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/export-figures-up-42-in-2011/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>