Cambodia is to open commercial centres in China to help Chinese investors understand the potential of Cambodia. The centres will soon be established in some provinces, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on his Facebook page during his trip to the Commercial and Tourism Cooperation Forum in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/business-centre-lure-for-chinese/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

NGOs remained united Tuesday in their staunch opposition to a draft law that would force all non-government groups in the country to register with the state, but were split on whether to take up the ruling CPP on its offer for an 11th-hour consultation ahead <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-firm-against-draft-law-before-meeting-with-lawmakers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Council of Science, Technology &amp; Innovation (NCSTI) recently held its 4th meeting to evaluate progress and establish strategic direction for Cambodia’s Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) sector.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ncsti-aims-to-enhance-scientific-collaboration-and-accelerate-rd/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Government officials and public health workers met with about 100 students at the Ministry of Health’s school of nursing in Phnom Penh on Monday to mark World Rabies Day, calling for a united effort to eradicate a virus that kills hundreds of Cambodians each year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/on-world-rabies-day-a-call-for-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia will host the first International Youth Cultural Symposium (IYCS) from april 12-17 in a bid to exchange culture between Cambodian youth and those from aSEaN and its dialogue partners, an education official said Monday.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/intl-youth-cultural-symposium-to-kick-off-in-cambodia-next-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Labour on Tuesday released the names of four factories whose workers will be compensated after their employers absconded owing back pay and severance. Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng said abandoned workers at Benoh apparel, Yu Fa Garment Industry, Great Honour Textile Factory <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-workers-to-be-reimbursed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Labour activist Vorn Pov, who is facing serious health issues while being held in pre-trial detention in Kampong Cham’s Correctional Centre 3 prison, has been denied bail by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. His NGO-provided lawyer, San Sokunthear, immediately filed an appeal against the bail denial <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/despite-illness-no-bail-for-labour-activist/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Prime Minister said Tuesday there will be another discussion about the increase of minimum wages for factory workers. Speaking at an inauguration ceremony for the Toul Sophy Secondary School in the district of Ou Rang Ov, he said around 500,000 to 600,000 people are working <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-minimum-wage-discussions-not-final/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AverAge CAmbodiAns Are to pAy the price for stAmping out corruption in the customs depArtment. Prices for bAsic goods, such As food And clothing, rose recently After the depArtment wAs ordered lAst week to cleAn up its Act And Apply the officiAl tAx rAte, importers told <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/customs-tAxing-dilemmA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Students, NGO workers and map enthusiasts came together Saturday in Phnom Penh to contribute information to an online map of Cambodia as part of a worldwide mapping effort, the event’s organizers said yesterday. The global project, known as the OpenStreetMap Project (OSM), uses a similar concept <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/online-mapping-project-for-cambodia-gets-under-way/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japanese mining company Nittetsu Mining (Cambodia) Ltd on april 25 obtained a three-year copper exploration licence for Stung Treng province, Ministry of Mines and Energy spokesman Yos Monirath said. The firm is set to begin exploration early next year and is currently conducting an environmental <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-mining-firm-granted-copper-exploration-licence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

It’s been more than a year since union leader Sat Sep was fired from the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Poipet town, a dismissal that sparked strikes and ended in senior members of the Cambodian Tourism and Service Workers Federation being driven from the casino’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/playing-with-a-bad-hand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A single visA for ThAilAnd And CAmbodiA is reAdy for lAunch 27 December At All of the countries’ consulAtes And embAssies. It is A test phAse of A wider project cAlled ACMECS Single VisA (AyeyAwAdy-ChAo PhrAyA-Mekong Economic CooperAtion StrAtegy) involving ThAilAnd, LAos, VietnAm, CAmbodiA, And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/single-visA-test-run/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A mission trip to CAmbodiA eArlier this yeAr opened Roger Pickett’s eyes to the need to boost the CAmbodiAn home furnishings industry. Now Pickett, president of MurMAid MAttress here, is hoping to help A nonprofit group open A mAttress fActory in thAt country And give CAmbodiAns <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/executive-hopes-to-help-open-mAttress-plAnt-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AdvAnced BAnk of AsiA (ABA) is expAnding its Siem ReAp operAtions to tAke AdvAntAge of the growing tourism sector. The bAnk is moving out of its 160-squAre-metre SivuthA Street office into A 1,080-squAre-metre, three-level office Across the roAd, And it is now one of the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rising-tourism-prompts-AbA-growth-in-siem-reAp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Road rage was the likely motive of the driver of a luxury suburban utility vehicle (SUV) who opened fire on the driver of another SUV Friday afternoon in Phnom Penh in what appears to be the latest incidence of random gun violence involving the country’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/road-rage-case-latest-gun-play-by-the-powerful/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Transport Ministry has asked all transportation companies not to hike fees over the Pchum Ben festival next week. The request was accompanied by a plea for all drivers to obey the rules of the road over the festival, which sees thousands of Cambodians return to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/freeze-festival-transport-costs-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Challenging the ban on demonstrations in Phnom Penh, activists rallied Friday at the U.S. Embassy, the Japanese Embassy, the australian Embassy and the German Embassy before stopping for lunch and rallying again, in the afternoon, at the British Embassy, the European Union and World Bank <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/diplomats-donors-lobbied-to-help-free-jailed-protesters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has called for aSEaN countries to support a proposal from Thailand that would recognise wildlife and forest crimes as a new priority in the Southeast asian association’s transnational crime enforcement program. at a meeting of senior law enforcement officials from aSEaN countries held this week <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-backs-prioritising-nature-crimes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Information yesterday announced a three-year public consultation period on a new access to information draft law that has been in the works since 2007. But freedom of information advocates greeted the news with scepticism, citing a lack of representation from civil society on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/info-law-to-be-open-to-input/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>