Rice output in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam is forecast to fall this year but stay above five-year averages in Cambodia and Thailand, according to the Food and agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FaO). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fao-expects-cambodian-rice-output-to-fall-but-stay-above-average-this-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the early days of this year, Hoa Phat Group secured many orders to export its steel products to the US, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, australia, Malaysia, Hong Kong (China), and Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hoa-phat-receives-many-orders-to-export-steel-in-january-including-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 30,000 participants attended Cambodia’s first-ever Sacience, Technology, and Innovation Day at the Diamond Island Convention and Exhibition Center from March 26 to 28. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-30000-attend-science-tech-and-innovation-day-event/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on March 26 called for all stakeholders to step up collaboration and allocate more funds and resources for science, technology and innovation (STI) towards bringing and keeping the workforce up-to-speed with tech developments. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-invest-more-in-science-tech-innovation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation is organising the first-ever ‘National Science, Technology and Innovation Day’ to promote the widespread adoption of technologies and further encourage home-grown innovation in the Kingdom. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-organises-first-ever-science-technology-and-innovation-day/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has contributed enormously to Cambodia’s economic growth, creating more new opportunities for development in Cambodia, said Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinas-bri-contributes-to-cambodias-economic-development-dpm-sun-chanthol/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

During the last four years the Ministry of Social affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation has identified 163,063 men and 155,410 women totalling 318,473 people as disabled. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-introduces-new-disability-management-system-and-database/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Businesses and factories registered with the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) paid $5.18 billion as wages last year, according to Prime Minister Hun Manet, yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/5-18b-disbursed-as-wages-by-registered-firms-in-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s international trade stood at $46.82 billion in 2023, recording a decline of 1.9 percent compared to 2022. While exports were marginally up by 1.8 percent, the imports showed a decline of five percent, according to the trade data released by the General Department of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-trade-declines-1-9-to-46-82-billion-in-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Information technology firm First Cambodia on Friday joined forces with little-known Singaporean investment company GlobalVision, in a move that aims to expand the local company’s international footprint. as part of the joint partnership, GlobalVision has purchased a 50 per cent stake in First Cambodia for an <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/local-it-firm-eyes-off-shore-expansion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva on Friday hit back at David Kaye, the UN special rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression after he raised concerns over the repression of Free speech and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-rejects-un-rights-claim/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More people are buying furniture thanks to a growing construction sector and solid economic growth. Cambodia’s economy grew by 6.9 percent in 2011 and is expected to grow by 6.5 percent for the next two years, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Meanwhile, the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/furniture-business-on-the-rise-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Interior Minister Sar Kheng has agreed to answer questions about last year’s fatal crackdown on striking garment workers but has called on opposition and NGO leaders who “incited” the violence to do the same. Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said yesterday that Kheng was willing to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sar-kheng-agrees-to-questioning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On the sidelines of a government event marking International Labor Day, Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng on Thursday blamed recent strikes in Bavet City on unnamed provocateurs, but said efforts were underway to resolve the dispute. He also said that a government-ordered shutdown of the 30-plus <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/labor-minister-says-solution-to-bavet-strike-in-the-works/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Environment Minister Say Sam al and a group of NGOs on Monday agreed to cooperate to resolve a years long dispute between hundreds of families in Koh Kong province and a Chinese company they accuse of stealing their land. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-and-ngos-join-to-settle-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday extended the fare-free period for the capital’s water taxi system until the end of the year as a way of expressing his gratitude for the results of Sunday’s election. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/free-rides-for-water-taxis-and-western-railway-extended/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday questioned the first of two human rights workers who are suing local officials for allegedly disrupting a July meeting they were hosting for villagers in Lumphat district. Deputy court prosecutor Ros Saram said he questioned Chhim Savuth, program officer for the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ratanakiri-court-questions-rights-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Chip Mong Group is the latest conglomerate to invest into local production of animal feed, announcing this week that it will sink $60 million into building a large-scale feed mill and industrial piggery, a move that agricultural experts welcomed but said would still not be <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/feed-mill-to-take-bite-out-of-growing-import-demand-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Four witnesses appeared at Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday to testify on behalf of 13 of the 23 men detained in Kampong Cham’s Correctional Centre 3 since crackdowns on striking garment workers at the beginning of this month, a lawyer representing the 13 said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/witnesses-speak-for-cc3-detainees/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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