A teAm of energy regulAtors from the four Lower Mekong countries And the United StAtes begAn A three-dAy forum yesterdAy in the cApitAl to try to coordinAte A cleAn energy strAtegy for the region. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/energy-forum-promotes-renewAbles-through-regulAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in agriculture (Cedac) said yesterday that it was undertaking measures to change its status from an NGO to a cooperative, a move that will ease the organization of donor money and push it to become more profit orientated <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/agricultural-ngo-to-become-a-cooperative/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Commerce has defended its solicitation of donations from private organisations as voluntary, legal and a form of corporate social responsibility. The ministry’s response comes after Post Weekend revealed on Saturday, through leaked documents, that the Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) made a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/commerce-claims-that-donations-not-political/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The first round of a tripartite meeting to negotiate a new minimum wage for garment and footwear workers ended in a deadlock on Monday. Trade unions, employers, and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training officials tried to hammer out a new wage scheme for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/deadlock-over-wage-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Economy and Finance is urging ministries to avoid overlapping each other’s programs when it comes to tackling the Kingdom’s long-lamented human resource skills gap. a workshop was held yesterday between the Finance Ministry, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Labour, the private <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministries-need-to-pull-together-on-skills-gap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some questions remain about whether hydro dams on the upper Mekong River in China exacerbated conditions during Cambodia’s devastating drought of 2010, environmental groups say, as China’s dam program powers ahead. When the first power-generating unit was switched on last month at China’s giant 262-metre tall <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/questions-over-china-dams/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A government officiAl lAmbAsted the slow ApplicAtion rAte for non-governmentAl orgAnizAtions (NGOs) thAt operAte As microfinAnce lenders, urging them to register with the NAtionAl BAnk of CAmbodiA (NBC). <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-cAlls-for-microfinAnce-ngos-to-register-with-nbc/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Federation of associations for Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia is planning to propose that the government set up special economic zone (SEZ) for small and medium-sized sized Enterprises (SMEs) so that they can work in clusters, saying this will enhance their productivity, increase <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sme-federation-wants-its-own-sez/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After neArly two yeArs of silence on its drAft NGO LAw, the Ministry of Interior on SundAy sAid it wAs Aiming to hAve the highly contentious piece of legislAtion reAdy for the Council of Ministers eArly next yeAr And voted on by July. MeAs SArim, deputy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-pushes-AheAd-with-ngo-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Three activists from environmental NGO Mother Nature were summoned to appear at the Botum Sakor district police station in Koh Kong province on Friday to answer for their involvement in a campaign to chase off a sand-dredging company accused of destroying the environment, officials said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-summon-three-koh-kong-anti-sand-dredging-activists/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Voters who travel to cast ballots in the upcoming poll Sunday could face higher transportation fees as drivers and companies try to capitalise on heavier passenger volume. Phan Na, general manager at Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation, which sells bus tickets to several provinces, said fees could <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/going-home-to-vote-expect-a-hike-in-travel-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 200 critically endangered royal turtles will be moved to a new center in Koh Kong’s Mondol Seima district today with 13 Siamese crocodiles also being relocated. Eng Mengey, communications officer for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), said royal turtles were now facing threats to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/royal-turtles-get-new-home/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For the first time in recent memory, the Ministry of Economy and Finance has released growth projections for the first half of the year, and the numbers are good. The ministry’s preliminary data claims that from January through June, economic growth stood at 7.6 per <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/timing-of-stats-questioned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Enterprises in Cambodia’s biggest tourism hub have called on Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy to quickly resolve a festering election dispute that they say is threatening business prospects as tensions rise ahead of mass opposition protests next week. Travel companies <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-tourism-industry-fears-fallout-from-election-uncertainty/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The recent growth of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Kingdom will be a good opportunity to develop small- and medium- sized businesses, an official said yesterday. according to Hang Chuon Naron, deputy director of the National Economic Supreme Council and secretary of state at the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fdi-to-grow-small-businesses-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The deal between national flag carrier Philippine airlines (PaL) and Royal Group of Cambodia (RCG) to form Cambodia airlines Co.  Ltd. is set to be completed within the next two months. This was according to Ma. Cecilia Pesayco, assistant corporate secretary of PaL’s parent firm PaL <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pal-sets-new-closing-date-for-investment-in-cambodia-airlines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Cambodia needs to develop a trade logistics plan to align the Kingdom with the regional production network and increase its competitiveness as an investment destination, a senior World Bank economist said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/logistics-reforms-needed-to-increase-competitiveness/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Warnings from civil society groups that they will urge citizens to vote against any politician who supports the draft law on associations and NGOs have drawn a stern rebuke from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-lashes-out-at-ngos-as-draft-law-moves-forward/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The biodiversity and science team from Conservation International (CI) Cambodia, in collaboration with rangers from the Ministry of Environment, are conducting a camera trap distance sampling pilot study in the Central Cardamom Mountain National Park. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-ci-test-pilot-camera-trap-project-damoms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>