Former bus drivers are set to stage a protest today outside Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation Company in the capital’s Daun Penh district, calling on its management to respect an arbitration ruling to reinstate most of them.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bus-drivers-want-ruling-respected/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Kompong Chhnang provincial authorities on Thursday urged villagers locked in a land dispute with KDC International to accept compensation from the development firm, promising to request that a social land concession be granted to them. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-pushed-to-accept-land-deal-from-kdc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

About 50 villagers living along the Mekong River in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district protested outside their local pagoda Sunday to demand that authorities take action against a company illegally dredging sand from the riverbed. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-say-dredging-a-danger-disturbance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Heng Samrin, president of the National Assembly of Cambodia, will make an official visit to Laos from September 13-17 to advance bilateral ties and cooperation, the legislative body said in a statement on Monday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-parliament-chief-to-visit-laos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Six Cambodian women trafficked to China to become brides and seven Cambodian victims of labor exploitation in Saudi Arabia will be repatriated by the end of the month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Monday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/six-cambodian-women-to-be-returned-from-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Domestic salt production can supply domestic demand this year, relieving Cambodia of the need to engage in imports according to Kampot province’s department of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-2021-salt-production-will-meet-domestic-demand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 28 June 2021, the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a press release on government’s guideline on additional measures to further manage the impacts on key economic sectors in the context of the crisis, rehabilitation, and promotion of Cambodia’s economic growth during and after the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/guidelines-of-the-royal-government-of-cambodia-on-additional-measures-to-further-manage-the-impact-on-key-economic-sectors-in-the-context-of-the-crisis-rehabilitation-and-promotion-of-cambodias-ec/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has designed strategies to give the Riel  a boost  to reduce dollarization, which represents about 80 percent of currencies circulated in the country, the Central Bank’s senior officials said Tuesday.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-aims-to-reduce-dollarization-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Trade between Cambodia and Thailand increased by about 10 percent in the first half of the year to $2.9 billion, up from $2.6 billion in the same period last year, according to figures released by the Thai embassy yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-cambodia-trade-on-the-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The second Greater Mekong Subregion Agriculture Ministers Meeting will be held in Siem Reap province early next month, with agro-food products, exploring new markets for agricultural products and solving issues in the sector expected to be high on the agenda. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gms-ministers-to-meet-in-siem-reap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

While industry, particularly the textile, travel bag and footwear sectors, is diversifying to high value added products, upgrading of high technology and modern machinery is needed for all factories, a senior official at the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) said. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/technology-push-for-productivity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Compliance with the Cambodian labour law showed both advances and declines in key areas including wages, fire safety, child labor, and worker health and safety according to the latest Synthesis Report released by the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/bfcs-31st-synthesis-report-finds-increases-and-declines-in-garment-sector-conditions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers caught in a land dispute with a minister’s wife gathered outside Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court for a third consecutive day on Thursday, demanding the release of two men jailed over a clash with workers from the well-connected agriculture firm KDC. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/k-chhnang-villagers-protest-arrests-for-3rd-day/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly yesterday agreed to forward to the Ministry of Interior a request from five Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers to visit the five Lorpeang villagers jailed over their involvement in their ongoing land dispute with KDC International. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-seeks-prison-visit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Koh Kong Governor Bun Leart has promised villagers evicted from their land by Chinese-owned Union Development Group that he will give their petition to Minister of Environment Say Sam Al today. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-kong-gov-to-bring-petition-to-say-sam-al/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has expressed acceptance of Thailand’s new government and cabinet according to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)’s policy and confirmed that is won’t allow anti-junta groups to use Cambodia as a base. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-expresses-acceptance-of-thailands-new-government-and-cabinet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia needs to develop a trade logistics plan to align the Kingdom with the regional production network and increase its competitiveness as an investment destination, a senior World Bank economist said yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/logistics-reforms-needed-to-increase-competitiveness/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Two Vietnamese airlines have reportedly commenced flight simulations of routes over Cambodian airspace in an effort to cut travel time between that country’s two major cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnamese-carriers-test-routes-over-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Cooperation between Cambodia and China has been providing “more favourable conditions” for economic, trade and investment ties between the two countries, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An said on Sunday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-deputy-pm-says-strategic-partnership-with-china-creates-more-opportunities-for-businesses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Following reports of abuse and poor conditions at the Kingdom’s shelters, the government yesterday launched official recommendations that seek to ensure better care is offered to victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shelter-standards-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...