In a first for the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), a listed bond were traded on the secondary market on November 24, data from the bourse show. as a result, South Korea-owned Phnom Penh Commercial Bank Plc’s (PPCBank) first bond offering (PPCB23a) on the CSX saw <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ppcbank-bond-trades-on-secondary-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mong Reththy, former advisor to Prime Minister Hun Sen has said that investors should use local residents on their land concessions rather than evicting them and hiring outsiders. according to a US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks Mr. Reththy is “Hun Sen’s Money Man” and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tycoon-lands-surprise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After yeArs of trying to find suitAble stAff, the Ministry of Commerce on FridAy releAsed A list of 44 ArbitrAtors who will be in chArge of running the NAtionAl ArbitrAtion Center (NAC), A body designed to offer businesses A commerciAl dispute mechAnism AlternAtive to CAmbodiA’s <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/44-stAff-members-for-nAtionAl-ArbitrAtion-center-selected/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Following a meeting on aug 9, between Chan Saron, from the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and a delegate from China National Cereal, Oils and Foodstuff Cooperation (CNCOFC) that was led by Jiang Fan of the Chinese Commercial Department of Foreign affairs, rice exports <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-exports-to-china-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

DANISH logistic giAnt DAmco hAs opened A 6,000-squAre-metre wArehouse fAcility in Phnom Penh in response to the Kingdom’s growing importAnce As An emerging mArket, the compAny sAid in A stAtement. DAmco CompAny (CAmbodiA), which is pArt of internAtionAl conglomerAte AP Moller-MAersk Group, sAid mAnufActurers hAve increAsingly <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/dAnish-firm-opens-wArehouse-in-cApitAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Forty-four garment workers on Friday fainted at the Chim Ly garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district, a police official said yesterday. Kambol commune police chief Phan Phoeun said that at first only a few workers fainted, then others followed suit “because they saw other <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/44-faint-at-phnom-penh-garment-factory-chim-ly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities in PreAh ViheAr province on MondAy confiscAted one ton of illegAlly logged rosewood from A LAnd Cruiser thAt hAd crAshed After cAreening out of control on A shArp bend, environment officiAls sAid yesterdAy. The vehicle wAs found in the eArly hours of MondAy, overturned on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/illegAl-rosewood-seized-from-overturned-cruiser/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Opposition MP Mu Sochua yesterday called for a boycott of global sports brand Nike, following two fainting incidents at a factory that supplies it last week. She also warned that global brands and the Cambodian government were taking a huge gamble by failing to address the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boycott-nike-says-mu-sochua/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

One of three women shot during a protest outside the Kaoway Sports factory in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet town on February 20 accused deposed town governor Chhouk Bandith of the crime yesterday, but told a judge she hadn’t been sure until seeing a media report <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bavet-governor-did-it-shooting-victim-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has set up a working group in Preah Sihanouk province to resolve land disputes in the Poy Machov and Prek Teuk Sap Kbal Chhay areas. Minister of Land Management Chea Sophara said in a letter dated <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/task-force-formed-to-resolve-land-disputes-in-preah-sihanouk/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Six World Trade Organization members on Tuesday pledged a combined $13 million to finance the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), a significant show of support for trade as a development tool. The pledge was made on the same day that Prime Minister Hun Sen addressed WTO members <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wto-nations-reaffirm-pledge-to-aid-ldcs-through-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tens of thousands of Chinese nationals are reportedly leaving the Kingdom following a government ban on online gambling intended to reduce the number of crimes committed by foreigners. On august 18, Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive banning all online and arcade gambling in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gambling-ban-driving-chinese-nationals-away/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Garment and textile factory workers are set for an increase in the minimum wage for 2019. The Labour advisory Committee will decide on Friday how much the figure will rise by after a trilateral meeting on Thursday failed to come to an agreement. With no <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minimum-wage-for-2019-set-to-be-decided/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Mine action Centre (CMaC) cleared more than 30,000 land mines from 75sq km in the first 10 months of this year, the organisation’s director-general said on Monday. Heng Ratana, speaking at a CMaC meeting, said the organisation aims to clear a further 116sq <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cmac-cleared-over-30000-land-mines-in-first-10-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

France-based Blue Circle has finished a feasibility study for a project to build wind turbines in the Kingdom, with results indicating investment should ensue. The results of the study were presented during a meeting on Monday between company representatives and Suy Sem, the Minister of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-has-wind-energy-potential-study/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Minister of Agriculture hAs rejected A request from A VietnAmese compAny for CAmbodiA to Allow it to export pigs into the Kingdom, while VietnAm continues to suffer A serious outbreAk of AfricAn swine fever. GenerAl DirectorAte of AnimAl HeAlth And Production director-generAl TAn PhAnnArA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-rejects-vietnAm-request-to-export-pigs-into-kingdom/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

City Hall is conducting a feasibility study into having another dumpsite to reduce the burden at the current one in Dangkor district which will be completely filled within two years. City Hall spokesman Met Measpheakdey yesterday said a technical working group is looking for a suitable <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-looking-for-new-dumpsite/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia, which has shed its status of ‘Sick man of asia’ is becoming more competitive economically, and the world is starting to notice it. The 2019 Global Competitiveness Report, which was released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Oct 8, ranked Cambodia 106th out of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-improves-in-wef-global-competitiveness-ranking/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A fAct-finding mission sent by the EuropeAn Union will Arrive in CAmbodiA lAte this month or eArly April, EuropeAn Union AmbAssAdor George EdgAr Announced this week. During A meeting TuesdAy, the EU AmbAssAdor told Minister of Commerce PAn SorAsAk thAt An EU delegAtion is scheduled <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ebA-fAct-finding-teAm-to-Arrive-in-upcoming-weeks-eu-AmbAssAdor/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Representatives of families embroiled in a land dispute with Union Development Group (UDG) on Monday gathered in front of the Ministry of Environment in a bid to bring about a speedy solution to the ongoing case. The villagers from Koh Kong province’s Koh Sdech and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/disputants-seek-responses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>