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'>...

More than 50 supporters of jailed anti-eviction activist Yorm Bopha marched through central Phnom Penh on Tuesday to demand her speedy retrial, acquittal and release, visiting the Supreme Court, the Royal Palace and the european Union and World Bank offices. Ms. Bopha has consistently professed ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boeng-kak-women-march-for-activists-release/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

If nothing changes, Russian Prime Minister H.e. Dmitry Medvedev will pay a visit to Cambodia on Nov. 23-24, 2015, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen said this morning. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/premier-hun-sen-russian-pm-to-visit-cambodia-on-nov-23-2015/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ordered immigration officials to ban Mother Nature activist Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson from entering the country, saying that the e-visa granted to him was merely a technical error. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mother-nature-founder-barred-from-entering-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Rice exporters would like to alert the rice community that some of the nation’s rice exporters’ websites and e-mail addresses have been attacked and compromised by hackers. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-rice-exporters-say-hackers-are-compromising-websites-account-info/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Kratie province – Cambodia’s transformation from war-torn basket-case to one of Asia’s most promising emerging economies is being overshadowed by a backwards lurch in human rights and land policies that critics say are entrenching poverty. Next week’s visit by Barack Obama, the fist by a U.S. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-economy-hurt-by-land-evictions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s upgrade to lower-middle income status and looming competition from an e.U.-Vietnam trade deal pose major risks to the country’s garment and footwear export industry, a european business representative said on Thursday. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/competition-economic-status-leave-garment-sector-at-risk/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A three-year vocational training project aimed at creating employment opportunities in the electronics industry while eliminating electronics waste, or e-waste, wrapped up yesterday, with its organisers calling for more funding in order to continue its training component. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/training-program-boosts-electronics-skills/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Responding yesterday to criticism calling the Cambodian government a “Government of Facebook,” in which its officials are paid to play on the popular social media site, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that his was in fact an e-government. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-says-facebook-good-for-governance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Since its launch in 2005, ANZ Royal Bank has grown to become one of the top-end banks in Cambodia, and has increased its focus on core areas of e-banking, corporate clients and introducing efficiencies in its operations. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/banks-to-shift-from-growth-to-efficiency/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s critical garment export sector could face major risks in both the short and long term from the U.K.’s surprise vote last year to exit the e.U., the International Labor Organization (ILO) has warned. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ilo-warns-of-brexit-threat-to-garments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong today told Willian e. Todd, outgoing US Ambassador to Cambodia that, France agreed to lend Cambodia’s original maps that Cambodia requested to French government recently.​ ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/france-agrees-to-lend-cambodias-map/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Senate on Friday released a statement condemning a european Parliament resolution on the political situation in Cambodia approved the day before, accusing the e.U.’s legislative body of meddling in the country’s internal affairs and disrespecting the rule of law. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/senate-blasts-eu-resolution-seeking-rainsys-return/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...