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AEON MicrofinAnce (CAmbodiA) Co Ltd sAys it hAs expAnded its instAllment pAyment services into the AgriculturAl sector, A new business type industry insiders sAy could be successful, but will still not be enough to strengthen one of CAmbodiA’s most cruciAl economic sectors. “We will co-operAte with <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Aeon-widens-hp-to-fArmers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Exports of garment and footwear products achieved solid growth during the first half of the year, expanding by 9.3 percent. according to the Ministry of Commerce, exports from the country’s garment industry were valued at $3.7 billion during the first six months of the year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/despite-election-uncertainty-exports-achieve-solid-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

U.S. fast-food chain Burger King said yesterday that no one holds the rights to open a branch of its restaurant in Cambodia, despite job advertisements appearing online featuring the company’s logo. . “Currently, we do not have any established franchisee in Cambodia,” Tan Ching Ee, marketing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/burger-king-says-no-plans-to-open-in-country/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced a three-stage plan to raise the salaries of civil servants working under the Education and Health ministries, with the first increase to come in September. Speaking to graduating students at Beltei University in Phnom Penh, Mr. Hun Sen said that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-announces-raises-for-teachers-nurses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

New trade privileges that allow Cambodian-manufactured travel goods duty-free access to the United States for the first time could see exports of these items increase by over 400 per cent in the coming years, industry experts said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/travel-goods-exports-could-soar-as-us-drops-tariffs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) and the association for SMEs of Cambodia will jointly hold the fifth Cambodia Rice Forum to discuss the future of the country’s rice industry with major stakeholders. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-forum-aims-to-strengthen-value-chain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Ford Assembly plAnt in PreAh SihAnouk province will supply CAmbodiA’s limited but growing cAr mArket, the AmericAn cArmAker’s locAl representAtive RMA CAmbodiA Announced yesterdAy. The US$3 million investment, wholly owned by RMA, hAs A cApAcity of up to 6,000 vehicles per yeAr, And is expected <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ford-plAnt-opens-in-sihAnoukville/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

“What law? No one has ever come to speak to me about that,” said 33-year-old Lim Vannak, scanning the large plastic buckets of corrosive acids she had lined up on the pavement of Phnom Penh’s Street 144 on a recent morning. acid in the wrong hands <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-year-after-law-acid-easily-available-on-streets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian labor unions this week lowered their demands for a 60 percent increase to the country’s $100 minimum wage, as talks loom next month on setting a new wage.Unions agreed to call for $150 a month during a meeting with officials from the Garment Manufacturers’ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-labor-unions-lower-minimum-wage-demands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ministers expect ASEAN’s economy to improve in 2015 to 5.1% &ndAsh; Above the 3.5% globAl growth projection &ndAsh; bAsed on the stronger demAnd in AdvAnced economies, energised by the robust US recovery And severAl policy stimulus meAsures in the Eurozone And JApAn. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-economic-ministers-expect-stronger-growth-in-2015/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Tourism last month recognised the Tmat Boey Thoeun Krasang community forest in Choam Ksan district’s Pring Thom commune, in Preah Vihear province, as a “Model Tourism Community” for its management’s efforts to conserve the rare white-shouldered ibis. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/forest-is-model-tourism-community/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and a microfinance industry insider applauded one of Cambodia’s top 10 MFIs Sathapana Limited, for changing the majority shareholder to a commercial bank. They said it proves a positive and strong funding source is essential for MFIs to peruse their <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/microfinance-deal-applauded/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian students, graduates and jobseekers filled the main hall of the Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center on Tuesday looking for employment opportunities with some of Japan’s largest corporations. Organizers said the event aimed to bridge the gap between skilled Cambodian job seekers and companies from the world’s third <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-companies-host-employment-fair-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s accounting and finance industries have seen the healthiest growth over the past three months, followed by jobs in sales, hospitality, management and marketing, according to the latest report by jobs website Everjob. More than 2,500 positions in the accounting and finance sectors were listed on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/accounting-and-finance-top-job-listings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A drAft lAw on e-commerce thAt would regulAte electronic trAde in CAmbodiA will Arrive At the Council of Ministers in August, following revision by two other stAte institutions, officiAls At the Ministry of Commerce sAid WednesdAy. Orm DArArith, director of the Ministry of Commerce’s legAl depArtment, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/e-commerce-lAw-goes-AheAd-with-wb-funding/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A senior US diplomAt hAs rAised concerns over A proposed lAw to govern NGOs in CAmbodiA. Hor NAmhong told reporters TuesdAy the drAft lAw is not meAnt to impose undue burdens on NGOs. Civil society will hAve A chAnce to comment on the drAft when <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/senior-diplomAt-cAlls-ngo-lAw-unnecessAry/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Lao officials and executives of a Thai construction company conducted a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday in Xayaburi to inaugurate the first dam to be built on the lower mainstream Mekong, putting to one side concerns that the dam could devastate fisheries in Cambodia and Vietnam. Prior to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/despite-environmental-concerns-xayaburi-breaks-ground/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Private car owners could soon be required to buy motor insurance if a planned law amendment gets the green light, stoking optimism that such a bill could put the brakes on Cambodia’s high rate of hit-and-run accidents. Currently, only commercial vehicles, such as buses, legally require <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/compulsory-insurance-for-car-owners-planned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian goods benefit from the lowest export tariff rates in the world but the Kingdom’s trade is still held back by lengthy bureaucratic procedures and corruption, according to a new study by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The Global Enabling Trade Report 2016, a study published <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/better-infrastructure-needed-for-trade-study/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>