Officials and securities firms yesterday showed little distress at the imminent retirement of Ek Sonn Chan, the man credited with straightening out and preparing the capital’s public water utility for its initial public offering in april. a letter from the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ppwsa-shuffle-no-surprise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior humAn rights monitor in BAnteAy MeAnchey province wAs questioned on WednesdAy by the provinciAl court over A street protest thAt took plAce on MondAy, but his orgAnizAtion, Adhoc, is clAiming thAt the court breAched judiciAl procedure in getting him there. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rights-monitor-questioned-for-conducting-unlAwful-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The nation is awash with SIM cards, and that is indicative of an industry that, as most observers see it, is simply overcrowded. But [mobile phone] operators, despite their special promotions and a young population in love with phones, are finding themselves squeezed as margins <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-highly-competitive-mobile-phone-industry-poised-for-change/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 24 August 2020, with the support of Ministry of InformAtion, Ministry of EducAtion hAs estAblished The ReseArch CreAtivity And InnovAtion Fund (RCI Fund). This fund Aims to contribute to fostering A culture of reseArch, inspiring innovAtion And promoting innovAtion for the benefit of educAtion, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-on-reseArch-topic-for-the-reseArch-creAtivity-And-innovAtion-fund-rci-fund-2020/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the United States has amounted to 1.44 billion U.S. dollars in the first six months of the year, up 2 percent compared with 1.41 billion U.S. dollars over the same period last year, the figures of the U.S. Department of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-trade-with-u-s-up-2-in-first-half-of-2013/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 50 students from the stAte-run University of HeAlth Sciences protested outside the school ThursdAy to demAnd A decreAse in the $125 fee they must pAy to tAke their exit exAminAtion, which certifies them As medicAl doctors. The HeAlth Ministry begAn mAking medicAl students sit the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/medicAl-students-protest-price-of-finAl-yeAr-certificAtion-exAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Citi Research, the strategy and analysis arm of Citigroup Inc, one of the world’s largest financial firms, has questioned NagaCorp’s VIP junket program in a recent report that also cites cross-border competition and tourism failings as potential threats to the program’s success. Citi Research’s analysis was <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nagacorp-vip-program-questioned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three car import companies have established an automotive industry association to bring international standard quality vehicles to Cambodia. The companies are RMa Cambodia, Hung Hiep Cambodia and Envothech Cambodia. The objective is to boost the level of foreign investment in the sector Commerce Minister Cham <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/car-industry-association-established/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While the smoke has long cleared on January’s violent garment strikes, for many of the 23 workers and unionists arrested and tried on charges widely considered to be baseless, the ordeal is far from over. Nine months after security forces used deadly violence to end strikes <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-factories-snub-workers-arrested-in-january-strikes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Stevia Nutra Corporation, a Canadian agro-company, said in a press release on Friday that the initial growing season of stevia, commonly known as sweetleaf, in Cambodia was successfully completed. The first harvest of high-quality stevia leaves has now commenced and samples have been prepared for testing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-crop-of-stevia-is-successful-company/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), a coalition of the Sam Rainsy Party and the Human Rights Party, stands to gain about 30 percent of the vote if it decides to stand against the ruling CPP in next year’s national elections, the Committee for Free <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/coalition-party-could-take-30-percent-of-vote-in-2013-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Unions meeting on Friday arrived at an estimated cost-of-living salary for garment workers ahead of minimum wage talks, one remarkably similar to the monthly wage they’ve demanded two years running, though suggested the final number they push for will be higher. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-tout-living-wage-ahead-of-minimum-wage-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 30 August 2021, the Ministry of Commerce issued A press releAse on Ministry of Commerce And Wing BAnk (CAmbodiA) Plc signed MemorAndum of UnderstAnding on System IntegrAtion of CAmbodiA TrAde MArketplAce of the Ministry of Commerce And PAyment System of Wing BAnk (CAmbodiA) Plc.The <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/ministry-of-commerce-And-wing-bAnk-cAmbodiA-plc-signed-memorAndum-of-understAnding-on-system-integrAtion-of-cAmbodiA-trAde-mArketplAce-of-the-ministry-of-commerce-And-pAyment-system-of-wing-bAnk-cA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Employer representatives and trade unions sat down across from each other for the first time yesterday for head-to-head negotiations over next year’s garment sector minimum wage, with factory owners reluctantly offering a small $2 increase to their earlier proposal of $144.20. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-gmac-at-the-table/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday resumed its questioning of Major General Thong Sarath, a Defense Ministry official charged with orchestrating the murder of tycoon Ung Meng Chue in November. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-questions-general-over%e2%80%88tycoons-murder/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 28 July 2020, the Ministry of Commerce issued a notification to all importing and distributing companies, and companies supplying products for infants and children to comply with the contents of the laws and legal documents that are currently in force in the Kingdom of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-importing-and-distributing-companies-and-companies-supplying-products-for-infants-and-children-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AseAn leAders hAve decided to delAy the lAunch of the AseAn Economic Community (AEC) for 12 months from JAn 1 to Dec 31, 2015 to prepAre the necessAry regulAtions. LAo deputy Prime Minister And Minister for Foreign AffAirs Thongloun Sisoulith told the BAngkok Post thAt AseAn <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Aec-pushed-bAck-12-months/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The town of Chilliwack in the Canadian province of British Columbia is indeed far, far away from the town of Takhmao in Kandal province. But, the cities have entered into a perhaps unlikely partnership to help Takhmao make the most of its location and resources <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/from-the-great-white-north-to-takhmao/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian officials say they will focus on nine different sectors in a bid to diversify and ensure continued national economic growth. among the nine priorities, rubber will play a crucial role in Cambodia’s trade integration strategy. after opening a workshop on Cambodia’s trade strategy for the coming <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rubber-to-give-economy-a-bounce/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) and Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) signed an agreement yesterday introducing the aPI (application programming interface) linkage for registering investor ID online and opening trading accounts online. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/serc-csx-launch-online-trading-account-opening/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>