Though the Ministry of Education is reforming its system which resulted in only 40 percents of the high school students across the country passed the exam this year, president of Cambodian Independent Teachers’ association Mr. Rong Chhun said that Cambodia education system is linked <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/protest-leader-accuses-education-system-linked-to-politics/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Economy and Finance on Monday announced the release of standardised bidding forms for public contracts, a measure it said would increase transparency and accountability, though the opposition and Transparency International Cambodia offered more cautious assessments yesterday. according to a state media announcement, the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/standard-forms-aim-for-public-bid-transparency/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Market regulator Securities and Exchanges Commission of Cambodia and Cambodia Securities Exchange are looking at reducing some of the current initial public offering requirements, as a way to attract more small- and medium-size businesses to list on the flagging exchange. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sme-board-possible-this-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following an exodus of more than 200,000 Cambodian workers from Thailand in the past two weeks, the junta has urged Cambodia to expedite planned border offices that will facilitate legal labour migration. Responding to that request, Cambodia announced yesterday that the first “one-stop service office” would <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/one-stop-office-to-help-migrants-at-border/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has moved to formalise its ill-regulated derivatives sector by launching a key regulation earlier this month.On July 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) approved the prakas on the “Licensing and Supervision of Derivative Trading”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rules-passed-for-derivatives/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bank South Pacific (BSP), Papua New Guinea’s largest bank, signed a joint venture deal with RMa Cambodia to enter the Cambodian asset finance market, according to a media report yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/top-papua-new-guinea-bank-to-enter-local-asset-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Koh Kong Provincial Court questioned four villager representatives Tuesday over alleged violence and property damage in an ongoing land dispute with CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat’s Koh Kong Special Economic Zone company. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-questioned-over-dispute-with-senator/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government identified the automotive and electronics sectors as potential priority sectors for promoting Cambodia’s participation in the global value chain, as well as promoting economic diversification and economic recovery after the Covid-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/auto-electronics-marked-as-potential-priority-sectors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia’s Ministry of Labour has scheduled a meeting on February 26 with representatives of various unions to discuss the new minimum wage for garment workers in the country. However, the Ministry expects the various workers’ unions to agree on what the new wage should <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minimum-wage-may-rise-for-cambodian-garment-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s international trade in 2022 totalled more than $52 billion, a 9.2 percent year-on-year increase, while Cambodia’s exports jumped more than 16 percent. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-total-trade-up-9-to-52-billion-in-2022/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government has committed to the construction of five dams along the Mekong River in order to meet a huge demand for electricity, but environmental groups warn that severe repercussions loom for this strategy. “While each project proposed in Cambodia comes with a different set <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-hydro-plans-carry-steep-costs-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s total trade volume was valued at $27.2 billion in the first half of 2022, up 20 percent from 22.6 billion dollars over the same period last year, according to an official report released on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-trade-volume-up-20-percent-in-first-half-of-2022/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition leaders yesterday announced plans to hold a thousands-strong “people’s congress” in the capital’s Freedom Park on Sunday, despite a ban on gatherings at the site. Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy and vice-president Kem Sokha, following their return from overseas trips to australia, New <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/peoples-congress-to-test-ban/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS: Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Yunnan and Guangxi in China) is undergoing unprecedented changes. Many of these are positive, reflecting political stabilization and economic growth following decades of poverty and conflict. But the rate and type of development is <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ecosystems-in-the-greater-mekong-past-trends-current-status-possible-futures/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives of pro-democracy and human rights groups met with the National assembly’s vice president, opposition lawmaker Kem Sokha, on Wednesday, repeating calls that a controversial law to regulate NGOs be tabled. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-meet-with-opposition-lawmaker-over-controversial-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration said a highway from Phnom Penh to Preah Sihanouk province will commence construction by next year. The decision was made after a study of the 190-kilometre highway was recently completed, setting in motion a $1.7 billion infrastructure project with a Chinese <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-highway-due-by-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiA PAcific region’s lArgest trAvel trAde show&ndAsh;PATA TrAvel MArt 2014&ndAsh;kicked off At DiAmond IslAnd here on WednesdAy evening, Aiming to promote tourism industry. The 3-dAy PATA (PAcific AsiA TrAvel AssociAtion) TrAvel MArt 2014 brought together more thAn 1,000 delegAtes from over 60 countries And regions <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AsiA-pAcific-trAvel-trAde-show-kicks-off-in-cAmbodiAn-cApitAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian financial institutions surveyed yesterday said they were in compliance with the central bank’s revised liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) requirements as the deadline passed to increase their cash and highly liquid assets to weather any internal or external shocks. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/banks-covering-their-assets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Customs authorities seized nearly 1,800 smuggled Huawei smartphones during a raid on Monday on a private residence in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district, a customs official said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/raid-reveals-1800-smuggled-smartphones/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of protesters demAnding the releAse of three jAiled environmentAl Activists in Koh Kong province clAshed with Authorities on TuesdAy, As they Attempted to file A petition to the residence of the provinciAl governor. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/protesters-clAsh-with-Authorities-in-koh-kong/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>