The government’s policy to boost productivity performance in the agricultural sector has lit a fire under the Kingdom’s exports, with shipments of fresh chilli flaring up 27.08 per cent from 55,513 tonnes in 2019 to 70,546 tonnes in a spicy 2020, according to Minister of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chilli-exports-ratchet-up-a-red-hot-27-in-spicy-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra said that the understanding of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement (RCEP) will contribute to increasing the knowledge of Ministry of Information leaders and professionals in the field of journalism. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/information-minister-awareness-of-rcep-will-increase-journalists-knowledge/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has met 70 per cent of the basic requirements needed to join the aSEaN Economic Community (aEC), Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday, referring to a recently updated report issued by the economic block. The Kingdom ranked third in preparedness among the 10 aSEaN member <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-nears-asean-needs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Human rights groups say the Foreign affairs Minister was wrong to demand the incoming representative of Unicef not comment on controversial legislation to govern NGOs. In a statement Tuesday, the civil society groups said Minister Hor Namhong’s demands constitute a narrowing of democratic ideals. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-instructs-incoming-unicef-director-not-to-comment-on-ngo-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 21 February 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the implementation of better projects in Cambodia in the exportation of textiles and garments, clothing and travel products and bags.The Ministry would like to remind the owners or directors of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/implementation-of-better-projects-in-cambodia-in-the-exportation-of-textiles-and-garments-clothing-and-travel-products-and-bags/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior EducAtion Ministry officiAl on ThursdAy sAid thAt jAiling students cAught cheAting, As threAtened by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on TuesdAy, wAs the wrong ApproAch to cleAning up the nAtionAl high school exAm. InsteAd, he cAlled for A budget increAse to offset losses thAt teAchers <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/educAtion-officiAl-sAys-dont-jAil-exAm-cheAts/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Interior has granted permission to the Bar association of the Kingdom of Cambodia to cooperate on legal education and aid with administrative councils across the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bar-association-initiates-lawyer-to-the-grassroot-level-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AssociAtion of CAmbodiAn Recruitment Agencies (ACRA) hAs delAyed in sending 2,000 CAmbodiAns to QAtAr due to A lAck of informAtion About sAfety. The Ministry of LAbour of QAtAr hAs provided insufficient informAtion regArding worker sAfety According to An BunhAk, the ACRA director. ACREA intends <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/migrAnt-workers-delAyed/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The opposition party has called on microfinance institutions to renegotiate payment terms with flood-affected loan holders. This year’s floods have affected 20 provinces and more than 1.7 million people, with 31,314 households evacuated, according to the Humanitarian Response Forum. The Cambodia National Rescue Party has asked that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/debtors-need-mercy-cnrp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After A dAy sewing, treAting fAbrics And ironing, workers steAm out of the MAureA GArment FActory in A suburb of Phnom Penh. Unilke some other fActories, this one doesn’t hAve to deAl with work slowdowns due to electricity outAges of high monthly energy bills since <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fired-up/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced that the government would begin levying a tax on agricultural land transfers that are valued at more than $25,000. “The government has decide to tax 4 percent on land that cost more than 100 million riel [about $25,000],” Mr. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-announces-new-tax-on-agricultural-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Property has seen a boost in Sihanoukville city in the first quarter of this year, underpinned by increased tourist numbers year-on-year. Cheng Kheng, director of CPL Real Estate Company and president of the Cambodian Valuers and Estate agents association, said the outlook on property in Sihanoukville <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tourism-numbers-give-boost-to-sihanoukville-property-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Illegal strikes, the minimum wage and high electricity costs were the subjects discussed during the 13th annual meeting between Cambodia and Japan last week, according to the Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/strikes-increased-wages-and-electricity-costs-worry-japanese-investors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a new five-year National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) &ndash; the guiding policy document used by the government &ndash; requiring an estimated $26.58 billion in spending and investment, or more than $5.3 billion a year, until 2018. The plan <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/questions-over-spending-plan/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the middle of an election campaign in which wages have been a prominent issue, the Ministry of Education did something out of the ordinary Monday: It made public the official pay scale it uses to remunerate its teachers. The list contains figures that are somewhat <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teacher-raises-made-public/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Tuesday handed over country-specific roadmap to Pakistan ambassadors to Thailand, Uzbekistan and Cambodia that would help strengthen liaison, increase bilateral trade and promote economic cooperation. The ambassador to Thailand Sohail Khan, ambassador to Uzbekistan Riaz Hussain Bukhari <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/focus-thailand-uzbek-and-cambodia-lcci-gives-roadmap-to-ambassadors-to-increase-bilateral-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ODC Mapper Loch Kalyan, ODC Intern atif Choudhury, ODC Research &amp; Volunteer Coordinator Chan Penhleak, ODC Senior Mapper Mean Naroa four-member delegation from the Open Development Cambodia team attended the two-day international technology conference BarCamp, held in Battambang.  Through its theme “Empowering Youth through Technology”, <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/odc-presents-at-barcamp-battambang/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials in Preah Sihanouk province last week moved to bar prominent Russian businessman Nikolai Doroshenko from selling Sihanoukville’s Victory Beach after the appeal Court ruled that he had violated a contract to transfer the property to fugitive Russian oligarch Sergei Polonsky, court officials said Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/courts-ban-beach-sale-in-latest-polonsky-doroshenko-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

According to A LAbor Ministry prAkAs, or officiAl stAtement, both employers And employees will be responsible for pAying 1.3 percent of An employees’ monthly sAlAry to the government for stAte-supplied heAlth insurAnce guArAnteed to All workers under the LAbor LAw. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cost-of-stAte-heAlthcAre-Announced/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cambo Trust Plc to “enhance the implementation of the FinTech Regulatory Sandbox in the securities sector”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/serc-signs-mou-on-fintech-rules/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>