The Indian Embassy to Cambodia has stated it seeks to see increased imports of pepper and turmeric from Cambodia. This potential hike in bilateral trade with India was discussed at a meeting held March 9 between Indian ambassador to Cambodia Dr Devyani Uttam Khobragade and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/india-seeking-pepper-and-turmeric-from-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Local authorities in Poipet are grappling with a dilemma of their own making after the ruling party for months footed the bill to make day passes to enter Thailand free for Cambodian vendors &ndash; a populist move now complicated by the CPP’s apparent electoral loss <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/free-pass-to-thailand-gets-political-in-poipet-town/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sihanoukville residents are benefiting from cheaper rubbish collections after Preah Sihanouk province changed the price of waste disposal services amid complaints it was too expensive. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-slashes-trash-collection-cost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia, as well as Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, are being encouraged to improve their production chains to provide added value to their textile products exported to Japan. The call came at a Phnom Penh workshop for representatives from Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hopes-to-boost-textile-exports-to-japan-with-added-value/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Local tech startups discussed a possible reduction in the Ministry of Commerce’s business registration fees at a meeting on Saturday, to ease the initial financial burden on their businesses, given the difficulty in raising funds in Cambodia’s nascent tech market. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/startups-discuss-reduction-in-registration-fees/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ratanakkiri Provincial Court has summoned for questioning two rights group activists and a journalist over charges that they incited ethnic minority villagers in Lumphat district to violence in 2009, a court official said yesterday. The case against the three men &ndash; adhoc provincial coordinator Pen <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activists-journalist-summoned-over-incitement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Britain’s Minister of Trade and Investment Lord Green is starting his two week visit to Southeast asia, to promote opportunities for British businesses, in Cambodia Monday, June 10, 2013. The promotion of British businesses is part of a larger effort to enhance the support available to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/british-minister-kicks-off-se-asia-tour-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned two prominent union leaders for questioning on Friday over charges that they incited violence and property damage at a garment worker protest in Phnom Penh in January during which military police fatally shot at least five people. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-leaders-called-to-court-for-questioning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh&ndash;Cambodia’s rice exports to foreign countries this year will fall short from the amount that was expected earlier, due to the flooding, said President of the Federation of Cambodian Rice Millers association Phou Puy on Tuesday. The flooding has hit the country since august, will <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-fall-short-in-rice-exports-due-to-flooding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At leAst one internet service provider in CAmbodiA still clAims to hAve overlApping frequencies, which meAns losses for the Affected compAny MekongNet. The compAny’s chief executive, Sok ChAnndA, reported thAt the internet service provider cAn’t use the frequencies thAt were supposed to cover the WiMAX service, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/locAl-isp-clAims-licence-overlAp-is-cAusing-losses/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian Civil Society Organizations have found that the Circular on the National assembly (Na)’s commission working method, issued on 12 September 2014 by the President of National assembly, does not adhere to the principles of democracy, transparency, effectiveness, the constitution and internal regulations of the National assembly <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/joint-statement-on-national-assembly-presidents-circular-not-following-the-framework-of-law-and-principles-of-effectiveness-transparency-and-democracy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National assembly on Friday passed a law approving the government’s revenue and spending in 2011, drawing criticism from the opposition, which claimed the amount taken in by the government during the period was too low. all 77 CPP lawmakers present voted in favor of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-questions-shortcoming-in-government-revenue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ratings agency Moody’s kept the outlook on Cambodia’s government debt at stable, though the firm said that the risk of default was still high and had raised concerns over the country’s ability to manage its finances. In a report released on Sunday, Moody’s said that Cambodia’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/moodys-says-debt-is-stable-open-to-risk/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a series of interviews conducted by a World Economic Forum team with key stakeholders across policymakers, firms, business associations and researchers, amounting to 41 separate entities,  firms have reported Cambodia as possessing a friendly investment and business environment. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/key-stakeholders-report-kingdoms-investment-climate-friendly-favourable/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) has made slow progress in reining in unlicensed operations since issuing its first derivatives trading licence nearly a year ago. To date, only six licences have been issued, while at least as many unlicensed firms continue to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/brokers-trading-without-licences/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A survey by CAmbodiAn microfinAncers showed debtors were better off in severAl respects thAn those who didn’t borrow from the institutions, MFI officiAls clAimed. Responding to recent concerns over the role of microfinAnce institutions in creAting poverty And loss of property in the Kingdom, the CAmbodiA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mfi-survey-clAims-debtor-success/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After A three-dAy stAndstill At A PumA supplier, shoemAkers returned this morning to the fActory floors in Phnom Penh where 49 workers reportedly fell ill MondAy morning. Huey Chuen fActory AssistAnt GenerAl MAnAger ZhAng HAnchAng &ndAsh; who led reporters from The Post through the empty fActory <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/inside-look-At-fAinting-fActory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Foreign AffAirs on FridAy cAlled on All undocumented CAmbodiAns in ThAilAnd to register for A legAl work permit At one of thAt country’s newly opened one-stop service centres. ThAilAnd’s juntA begAn piloting the lAtest temporAry registrAtion centres At the end of June And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/migrAnts-told-to-get-permits/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s insurance sector earned a total premium of 22 million U.S. dollars in the first six months of the year, up 25 percent from the 17.6 million U.S. dollars it made over the same period last year, the industry’s figures showed Tuesday. The premiums were from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-insurance-industry-sees-25-pct-growth-in-first-half/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

PERSISTENT flooding in several areas of the Kingdom could result in more than US$100 million worth of damage, the National Committee for Disaster Management said yesterday. Flood waters have killed 207 people since early September and forced more than 32,000 families from their homes, according to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/4660/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>