The trade commissioner and foreign affairs representative of the european Union (e.U.) have turned down a request from 13 members of the european Parlia­ment that they immediately investigate Cambodia’s much criticized economic land concessions, but said they were monitoring the issue closely. In a March letter ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-wont-investigate-land-concessions-for-now/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In the wake of an announcement by the National election Committee (NeC) that it has completed its investigation into election irregularities, the U.S. and Australian embassies in Phnom Penh on Monday continued to call for an independent and transparent inquiry into the results of the ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-australia-continue-call-for-credible-election-inquiry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

About 70 percent of Cambodians have access to financial services, with more than 8.6 million e-wallet account holders at the end 2021, according to the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/70-percent-of-cambodians-have-access-to-financial-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Laurel e. eiller, President and executive Director of the Asia Foundation, reaffirmed her commitment to supporting the Cambodian government during a meeting with Senate President Hun Sen at the Senate yesterday. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asia-foundation-reaffirms-commitment-to-support-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have inked the agreements to expand bilateral trade, technologies, agriculture, industry, investment and the health sector, and both sides also are trying to boost close ties for mutual benefits while both nations’ trading has been reported to be ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-north-korea-update-bilateral-agreements/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has reportedly detected more than 300 cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant, and is classified as a community infection. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-delta-variant-now-becomes-community-infection-total-rises-to-above-300-nationwide/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of economy and Finance H.e Keat Chhon said Cambodia Security exchange (CSX) will begin trading from January 2012. Inaugurated in July, the CSX would be put on hold until next year because some rules and regulations have been being discussed ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-security-exchange-to-begin-trading-early-next-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

WorldBridge Commerce announced yesterday the integration of Acleda Bank’s online payment services into its online shopping marketplace MAIO Mall. The partnership adds an online payment option to MAIO Mall’s existing cash-on-delivery model. The Post’s Ananth Baliga spoke to Tomas Pokorny, CeO of WorldBridge Commerce, about ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/moving-beyond-cash-on-delivery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Russian embassy on Friday gave humanitarian aid to the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital together with Russian BioBuilding Co and Cambodian companies eBiodis, Leisure Asia Corporation, SGU Import export Co Ltd and Cambodia-Russian Trade House. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/russian-embassy-helps-out-khmer-soviet-friendship-hospital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A new app, Doe leng Sruk Yoeng, has been launched by the Ministry of environment (Moe) with the aim of promoting the Kingdom’s ecotourism hotspots, providing up-to-date transport information and tools to share holiday memories. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/app-showcases-cambodias-ecotourism-gems/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) of the Ministry of economy and Finance (MeF) has issued an instruction on procedures to enable taxpayers who are owners of registered businesses to make online adjustments of their online filing on annual tax on income (ToI e-Filing), a ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-allows-taxpayers-to-adjust-annual-tax-online/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

“Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, H.e. Vuk Jeremic will pay an official visit to Cambodia early next week to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries,” the media release from the foreign ministry said on October 7. “Serbian Foreign Minister H.e. Vuk ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/serbian-foreign-minister-strengthen-bilateral-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday rebuked the opposition for urging foreign donors to refrain from signing any new agreements with the government until after the election and boasted of a new $26 million handed over last week by the european Union (e.U.) e.U. Ambassador ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-mocks-opposition-request-for-donors-to-freeze-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The european Union yesterday pledged to support Cambodia with three grants totaling $54 million, including one payment to help bolster the country’s ability to organize its public finances, officials announced at a press conference in Phnom Penh. “The e.U. will continue to support Cambodia with ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/european-union-grants-54-million-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is seeking more economic, trade, and investment ties with Francophonie nations, Prime Minister Hun Sen told visiting Secretary-General of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) Louise Mushikiwabo at a meeting yesterday. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-seeks-more-economic-cooperation-with-oif-nations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The 4th world class Japanese Oji Paper Co. Ltd will invest in tree planting in Cambodia for paper manufacture. The information was made known here on Aug. 7 by the Japanese company’s Director Mr. Shimamura Gemmei in a meeting with Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-oji-paper-company-to-plant-trees-for-producing-paper-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition CNRP made another pitch for an end to free trade benefits for Cambodian sugar exports to the european Union at a meeting in Phnom Penh on Wednesday with visiting european Parliament members, blaming the benefits for effectively subsidizing companies that are evicting poor ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-leaders-lobby-eu-parliamentarians-over-blood-sugar/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The european Commission (e.C.) will today ban all fish imports from Cambodia, carrying through on its threat made in November to punish the country for failing to show genuine commitment to tackling the global problem of illegal fishing, according to a memo released Friday. The ban, ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fish-imports-from-cambodia-banned-by-eu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s economy has seen an influx of business investors from China, which has driven demand for housing and hospitality services in the Southeast Asian nation. Two million Chinese visited the country last year, an increase of around 67 per cent from 2017. They represented the ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/influx-of-chinese-business-travelers-investors-to-cambodia-drives-construction-boom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

As part of the government’s effort to secure private investments for food production, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) earlier this week approved a $31.7 million investment project by Kang Hwa e&C (Cambodia) Co Ltd to build a commercial animal farm in Kampong ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cdc-approves-31-7m-animal-farm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...