Cambodia and Malaysia expect to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by the end of the year that would reopen the pipeline of local maids being sent to work there, officials said on the sidelines of a final round of discussions yesterday between the countries. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maid-mou-drawing-near/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Medical students are up in arms about a tuition hike that would double costs and prevent some from gaining their degree, they told the Post yesterday. The University of Health Sciences announced Friday that students wishing to pursue a specialty beyond the general medical degree would href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/med-students-furious-over-coming-fee-hike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A team from the United Nations refugee agency traveled to northeast Cambodia Wednesday to meet with 13 ethnic Montagnards seeking asylum in the country after fleeing alleged persecution in Vietnam, according to an agency spokesperson and a member of a local rights group. United Nations High href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-refugee-agency-joins-search-for-montagnards-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The news that tycoon Thong Sarath is wanted for questioning over the murder businessman Ung Meng Cheu, has sent a wave of nervousness through investors who have money tied up with the fugitive property developer. A cabinet deputy chief at the Ministry of Defence, Sarath href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/borey-999-investors-anxious/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Interior announced a decision to draft a law to protect state secrets after meeting with Vietnamese defence officials yesterday, the National Police has announced. According to a statement on the police website, Vietnam will support the training of government officials in encryption and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-plan-for-state-secrets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Eighteen Montagnard asylum seekers crossed into Ratanakkiri province from Vietnam on Wednesday morning, according to a rights group and a local villager, the fourth such group to arrive in the country this month. Chhay Thy, the provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc, said the 18 were href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eighteen-more-montagnards-cross-into-ratanakkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Apsara Authority, the government entity that manages the ancient temple complex at Angkor, is studying the possibility of increasing ticket prices, stating that current prices are “low” when compared with similar destinations in other countries. Apsara is considering conducting a study as well to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/apsara-mulls-hike-for-angkor-wat-tickets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In many parts of northeast Asia and Europe train travel in the 21st century is a safe and fast cross-country mode of transport. In South and Southeast Asia, riding the rails is frequently frustrating and sometimes dangerous with derailments and fiery crashes. Impoverished Cambodia has href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rail-rivals-china-japan-compete-for-high-speed-track-in-asia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A new study by the International Justice Mission (IJM) has asserted that Cambodia’s child sex trade – long a hot-button issue that has for years drawn international attention – has been reduced to a tiny fraction of its previous size. A statement from IJM that accompanied href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/child-sex-trade-on-decline-org/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Thursday that he had secured pledges of at least $1.5 million in funding for the opposition’s planned television station, but had been forced to abandon a share-selling model to raise the funds. A private company created by the CNRP last year href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-tv-raises-1-5m-abandons-share-sales-model/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon has demanded officials reveal just how much they are spending on state-funded trips overseas and what those trips are accomplishing, a move observers said was a long overdue bid for accountability in an often-abused system.In a letter dated July 10 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/keep-those-receipts-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) has set a minimum capital requirement for securities firms A statement from the SECC, released yesterday, said that securities underwriters are required to hold a minimum of 40 billion riel of their shareholder’s equities It also requires securities firms to maintain href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/secc-sets-minimum-capital-requirement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Council on Minimum Wage will decide on a wage increase for workers in the garment, footwear, textile and travel product sectors at a meeting on Thursday after a figure could not be reached at a tripartite meeting on Wednesday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minimum-wage-to-be-decided/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In a move a labor group said was unprecedented, NagaWorld is calling on governmental labor inspectors to authorize the dismissal of a group of union leaders as part of the casino’s mass layoffs, overriding the legal protections unionists enjoy unless they have committed serious offenses, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/only-377-nagaworld-workers-still-holding-out-against-layoffs-union/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A senior investment official has reiterated a request for Japanese investors to ramp up their commitments to the Cambodian market, recommending a Thailand or Vietnam “Plus One” business approach, amid a government-spearheaded push towards deeper integration into regional and global supply chains. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cdc-pitches-plus-one-to-japan-investors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A key study on a proposed waterway link from the Bassac River to the sea in the Kampot-Kep region has been completed, the transport ministry reported, revealing plans for the project to connect to a “seaport” in Kampot province, igniting hopes for a solid pop href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bassac-sea-link-to-reach-kampot-seaport-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

15 new projects worth a total of $110 million have been approved by Cambodia’s investment board in May. The Council for Development of Cambodia has approved two rubber plantations worth $60 million. Cin Qian Investment Co, a Chinese firm, has been approved for developing a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/approved-invvestments-in-may-reach-110-million/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sonatra Microfinance Institution, a joint investment between local and foreign investors, officially started operations in Cambodia yesterday. A US$50 million loan package was signed during the ceremony on Thursday, providing Singapore-based EastWing Group and Japanese firm Grand Cooperation with a 30 per cent stake of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mfi-opens-with-50m-loan-package/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

MARUHAN Japan Bank will be the next to join a growing list of Cambodian banks that provide cross-border remittance in Chinese yuan. The move by the Japanese-owned bank is part of a greater push to promote trade with China throughout the region, according to a statement href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maruhan-adds-yuan-services-for-customers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Ouk Chetana, a 39-year-old mother of two, sits on a bamboo bed in a temporary home after the house she had lived in since 2009 was destroyed by authorities, as the village she shared with some 200 other families was deemed to have encroached on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/evictees-speak-of-hopelessness/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...