More than 90 percent of construction workers in the capital do not receive paid holiday, a survey into the industry has revealed. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/construction-workers-denied-paid-leave/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee will on Thursday hold a meeting to discuss the registration of migrant workers to vote in the upcoming 2018 national election. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-to-meet-over-migrants-voting-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Commerce has committed to joining up with the Thai Embassy in Cambodia to build a favourable business and investment climate between the Asean neighbours. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-links-set-to-boost-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy and a convoy of CNRP officials had a rocky tour through the northwestern province of Oddar Meanchey on Wednesday.    href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-visit-to-oddar-meanchey-marked-by-obstacles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government through the Ministry of Tourism is set to give a major boost to the country’s tourism sector to bolster the economy, said Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-wants-to-boost-tourism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday said he would “eliminate” opponents who dare to protest against his government during a speech in which he also declared that he personally ordered the military to deploy around the CNRP’s headquarters late last month. Speaking at a graduation ceremony href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-vows-to-eliminate-opponents-who-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is considered “the most promising country” in the ASEAN community where Thai business entrepreneurs could set up trade and investment projects, according to a noted Thai academic and economist. Roongrote Benjamasuthin, director of the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce’s ASEAN Business & Economic Center, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/news-analysis-cambodia-viewed-as-best-investment-venue-for-thais/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Despite challenges, Cambodia has potential for the establishment and expansion of social businesses, participants of the Microfinance & Social Business Conference in Phnom Penh said yesterday. While social business in Cambodia is still in an early phase compared to micro-finance  “Cambodia is a promising land” for such href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-has-potential-for-social-businesses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The US multinational Walmart has said it will buy more garment, footwear and luggage products from Cambodia next year due to increased capacity from suppliers and improved labour conditions in the country. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/walmart-deal-boosts-garment-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Land prices along one of Cambodia’s main highways have seen a slight increase in the first half of 2017, thanks to road improvements and residential developments, insiders say. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-road-paved-with-promise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Persisting dry conditions have affected approximately 234,695 hectares of rice seedlings in 16 Cambodian provinces and cities, according to a report released by the Ministry of Agriculture on Sunday.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/drought-hits-234695-hectares-of-paddy-fields-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Tourism is to collaborate with Yunnan’s Tourism and Vocational Training Institution to develop human resources in tourism and seek the methodology to attract more Chinese tourists to visit Cambodia. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/yunnan-offers-to-help-tourism-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday announced the creation of a committee tasked with putting an end to the rampant illegal logging and cross-border timber smug­­gling taking place in the country’s northeast.   លោកនាយករដ្ឋម ន្រ្តីហ៊ុនសែន នៅថ្ងៃសុក្រនេះ បានប្រកាស ការបង្កើតនៃ គណៈកម្មាធិ ការបញ្ចប់ ការកាប់ឈើខុសច្បាប់ ទោរទន់ រត់ពន្ធ និងជាកន្លែង ទទួលយក ឈើ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-creates-new-forestry-crimes-task-force/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that the government would intervene to stem the riel’s sharp rise against the US dollar in recent days. “The Cambodian riel has been rising for several days,” he told a land-distribution ceremony in Oral district in Kampong Speu province, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-vows-to-intervene-as-dollar-plunges-to-3888-riel/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Three garment workers were arrested in Phnom Penh over the past two days for their alleged roles in the fatal stabbing of their colleague at his home on Monday night, officials said Wednesday.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-arrested-over-murder-of-garment-worker/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Industry and Handicraft will cooperate with two South Korean high-tech companies to establish a technology centre with the aim of facilitating the exchange of information on the development of optic cable technology. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-mou-with-korea-for-tech-centre/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The trial of an unlicensed medic who was charged with murder af­ter allegedly infecting more than 270 people with HIV will begin on Tuesday, a court official said on Fri­day. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/medic-in-hiv-outbreak-case-to-be-tried-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Singapore-based oil and gas company KrisEnergy is scheduled to sign an agreement with the Cambodian government next Wednesday for the extraction of petroleum from Block A to develop the Aspara oil field. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/krisenergy-signs-oil-deal-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s garment factories have indicated they will reject demands for an increase in the minimum wage next year, angering unions and risking upheaval in a crucial economic sector for years dogged by unrest. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-unions-warn-of-strikes-as-factories-indicate-no-wage-raise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian and Japanese bilateral relationship and cooperation have further strengthened, following a visit by Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Yoko Kamikawa on July 6. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-offers-103m-aid-and-loan-to-cambodia-both-vow-to-strengthen-relations-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...