Cambodia needs to build qualified and competent human capital to prepare for competition when the aSEaN Economic Community becomes a reality at the end of 2015, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday. “The Cambodian government will focus its attention on strengthening education quality and technical vocational <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-needs-to-build-human-capital-for-asean-community-2015-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new breAkout of Porcine Reproductive And RespirAtory Syndrome (PRRS) hAs tAken the lives of more thAn 1,200 pigs while infecting some 3,200 more in three districts Across Siem ReAp since mid-August, A new report by the province’s Agriculture DepArtment sAys. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAss-infection-in-pigs-spArks-feArs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two Japanese companies will repair a 135-kilometre stretch of National Road 5 from Phnom Penh to Pursat province in order to maintain the asian Highway. The Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the construction companies held a signing ceremony for the road improvement project <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-companies-to-repair-national-road-5/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries hAs urged Authorities in PursAt province to tAke Action AgAinst illegAl fishing in the Tonle SAp After A video posted online showed A group of men hAuling in huge cAtches from the former Fishing Lot 6, An importAnt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-wArns-pursAt-officiAls-About-fishing/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia exported goods for a total of $7,606 million in the first four months this year, a 32 percent increase over the same period last year, data from the General Department of Customs and Excises showed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-exports-jump-32-percent-in-first-four-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Union officials and the garment sector’s factory association said yesterday they supported a new program meant to enhance relations between employers and employees, but remained sceptical of how effective it would be. In a ceremony yesterday, the Ministry of Labour inaugurated the program, which entails training <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/confidence-for-plan-low/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After receiving An order from Hun Sen, Minister of LAnd MAnAgement CheA SophArA led A teAm of experts And relevAnt officiAls to SihAnoukville to cAll A hAlt to the illegAl development of A beAch. The prime minister ordered the Prek Treng beAch in Otres commune <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/preAh-sihAnouk-beAch-developments-hAlted/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Six of the 10 labor unions negotiating with the country’s garment manufacturers over a new minimum wage for factory workers dropped their demands yesterday to $73 per month, breaking previous commitments by unions to stand at $91. Ken Loo, secretary-general of the Garment Manufacturers association <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/majority-of-unions-reduce-wage-demands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The plight of Cambodian migrant maids who suffer abuse by employers in Malaysia is well documented. Less so is the mental damage caused by the overseas trauma, which has led to some returned migrants being chained up by their desperate familiesYoung women who survive abuse <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-shackles-of-abuse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Minister of Labour and Vocational Training urged the implementation of a national policy on better work and employment to reduce labour disputes. The statement was made by Minister of Labour Ith Samheng on the afternoon of January 25, while leading a delegation to visit <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-of-labour-promotes-implementation-of-national-policy-on-work-and-employment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has approved the reclassification of 70-hectares of land along the Mekong river in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district for Khun Sear Import and Export Company to rent. according to a letter signed on May 2 by Chhit Sokhon, a secretary of state at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kandal-state-land-reclassified/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) has finished a feasibility study for the construction of a waterway and logistic facility along the Bassac River in Phnom Penh. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firm-wraps-up-study-of-waterborne-logistic-hub-in-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Labour Minister Ith Samheng yesterday said he will look into a request by employers to delay implementing a pension scheme for garment and footwear workers slated for next year.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ith-samheng-mulls-pension-scheme-delay/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the Chinese government have established a technical team who will assess the feasibility of the construction of a Phnom Penh-Poipet high-speed railway project. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chanthol-proposes-infrastructure-projects-to-chinese-company/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Banteay Chhmar Community-Based Tourism project is a group of local villagers from the Banteay Chhmar community dedicated to preserving and protecting the cultural heritage of their local temple site. Khiri Travel is aiming to create a responsible tourism industry in the town of Banteay Chhmar. The CBT <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/khiri-travel-helps-cambodias-banteay-chhmar-community-with-a-new-tourism-product/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a mass cull of more than 1,000 pigs over the last two weeks, authorities yesterday played down any threat to the local pork supply, but financial concerns among farmers and market vendors are mounting.Some 1,200 pigs have been culled in Siem Reap, having recently <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pig-cull-raises-supply-concerns/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following raids on phone shops selling grey-market devices last week, the government is giving retailers a two-week window to declare their stock of mobile phone handsets and pay the relevant taxes or face hefty fines.Many of the capital’s vendors have already received a notice from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phone-retailers-ordered-to-pay-tax-on-inventories/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s state-owned news agency agence Kampuchea Presse (aKP) recently published an article, forecasting the foreign policy of the Royal Government for the seventh term under the leadership of new Prime Minister Hun Manet. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-prioritise-asean-in-foreign-policy-media/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AssociAtion of SoutheAst AsiAn NAtions (ASEAN) hAs held the 44th Senior OfficiAls Meeting on Drug MAtters (ASOD) forum to Address emerging issues on the drug trAfficking front. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/44th-senior-officiAls-meeting-on-drug-mAtters-discusses-illegAl-drug-problems/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The development of tourism in Mondulkiri province will require continued investment in transportation infrastructure &ndash; particularly in the region’s airport &ndash; which will play a vital role to service both tourists and light freight, according to a senior official at the ministry. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/airport-infrastructure-key-for-mondulkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>