The number of people in Cambodia accessing the Internet from their mobile devices increased by 1.3 million during a 10-month period last year, though the number of mobile phone subscribers increased by just over 4,500 during the same period, according to figures released last week by the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-figures-show-cambodias-mobile-internet-usage-continues-to-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Banteay Chhmar, the expansive angkorian temple in Banteay Meanchey province noted for its elaborate bas-reliefs, is set to see a significant increase in conservation work over the next five years following an agreement between the Ministry of Culture and the London-based School of Oriental and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/increase-in-conservation-work-planned-for-angkorian-temple/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Foreign AffAirs And InternAtionAl CooperAtion PrAk Sokhonn will leAd A delegAtion on An officiAl visit to HAngzhou City in ChinA’s ZhejiAng province from December 3-5. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sokhonn-plAns-chinA-trip/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by China, has helped address infrastructure deficits in Cambodia, said an economist. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bri-helps-address-infra-deficits-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 300 former employees of bAnkrupt mobile phone operAtor Mfone continued to protest yesterdAy outside the compAny’s closed Phnom Penh offices, demAnding severAnce pAyments totAling $4.4 million for 1,092 workers. But Vong SAvAn, deputy secretAry-generAl of the LAbor Dissolution Commission At the Ministry of SociAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/former-mfone-stAff-enter-second-dAy-of-protests/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Human Rights Watch on Thursday added its voice to the criticism of Cambodia’s judiciary for defamation charges brought against Ny Chakyra, a senior human rights advocate who accused two judicial officials in Siem Reap province of misconduct in their handling of a land dispute. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/criticism-mounts-over-charge-against-local-rights-defender/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government will soon finalise a draft law on antitrust and competition, and submit it to the National assembly for approval, Ministry of Commerce senior official told The Post on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-set-to-finalise-antitrust-competition-draft-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Manufacturing as a share of output has peaked in most developing East asia and Pacific economies except for Cambodia and Vietnam, the World Bank says. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-is-regional-exception-to-falling-trend-in-manufacturing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Driver’s licence and vehicle inspection fees have been cut nearly in half, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation announced late last week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministries-announce-lower-licensing-costs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Investment and Trade Promotion Center of Ho Chi Minh City hosted a seminar on investment promotion between Vietnam and Cambodia in 2024 on June 7. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-cambodia-promote-trade-investment-activities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health (MoH) intends to discuss with Dr. Beat Richner the possibility of organizing a test for doctors in private clinics throughout the Kingdom about their professional knowledge, a spokesman confirmed yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/testing-doctors-possible-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh residents are spending big bucks eating at restaurants, thanks to rising demand for high-quality meals among office workers and other members of the middle class, a new study by Park Cafe Food and Beverage revealed yesterday. The study estimated that about $1.53 million was <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eating-out-on-the-up-in-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications announced a letter writing contest for students aged 9-15. The competition will allow them to show their off their creativity and writing talent, and promote an understanding of Cambodian postal services, and how to use them. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/post-ministry-to-hold-natl-letter-writing-contest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As el niño continues to buffet CAmbodiA, the next two weeks could be cruciAl in determining whether the Kingdom will suffer from A smAller-thAn-usuAl rice hArvest And potentiAl food shortAges, experts sAid yesterdAy. According to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries generAl director So KhAn <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/clock-ticks-on-rice-hArvest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia, with over 400 garment and footwear factories, has become an asian clothes manufacturing center, and hugely profitable for the factory owners They have rejected a demand by the Cambodian Confederation of Unions to double the minimum monthly wage of factory workers from $61. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/demand-for-wage-increases-rejected/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The education ministry has launched an assistance project to build a smart classroom in Cambodia to help the country experiment with teaching and learning through up-to-date information and communications technology (ICT) devices, officials said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/education-ministry-project-builds-ict-powered-experimental-classroom-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

It’s day seven of the FIFa World Cup, and the night staff at Phnom Penh’s popular Score Sports Bar and Grill are looking a bit sleep-deprived. Score is paying its staff “very well” in extra wages during the World Cup for the long nights they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/on-the-world-cup-clock/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Many types of Vietnamese goods have faced strong competition of imported products from nations in the Southeast asian region, while local businesses have met difficulties in broadening the presence of their products in these markets. For the last ten years, many businesses in Ho Chi Minh <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/presence-of-vietnamese-goods-limited-in-regional-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National assembly may have approved the contentious Law on associations and NGOs (LaNGO), but some young people are still urging the government to scrap it. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/facebook-battle-over-ngo-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia was recorded as the third largest recipient of Vietnamese investment during the first quarter of this year, according to a report released by the Foreign Investment agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Vietnam.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-invests-9-5-million-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>