As Free TrAde Union officiAls were putting together A list of demAnds for striking workers At A fActory in Kompong Speu province on TuesdAy, the union’s president, CheA Mony, wAs in KAmpot province inspecting A plot of lAnd for A Chinese firm looking to set <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/union-chiefs-new-cAlling-fActory-lAnd-broker/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodia Trucking association has suggested the Ministry of Public Works and Transport open the kingdom’s first heavy truck driver training school. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-mulls-truck-driver-training-school/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 70 workers fainted over three days at a garment factory in Kompong Speu province after complaining of difficulty breathing, a unionist and employee said Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/over-70-faint-at-kompong-speu-garment-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In order to take advantage of Cambodia’s potential as a gateway to aSEaN through a number of significant free trade agreements and initiatives that the leaders of the two countries are working on, the Indian ambassador to Cambodia has urged Indian investors to grasp commercial <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indian-investors-urged-to-consider-cambodia-as-a-gateway-to-asean/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In his first year as education minister, Hang Chuon Naron quickly overhauled the national high school completion exam, enforcing strict regulations to eliminate rampant bribery and cheating, and cutting the pass rate in half to 41 percent. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-years-on-challenges-remain-for-education-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday asked Philippines to expand tourism cooperation between the two countries. Hun Sen made the comments during a meeting with Neo a Wong, outgoing Philippine ambassador to Cambodia, at the Peace Palace. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-asks-philippines-to-expand-tourism-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday confirmed that Cambodia will extract the first drop of oil from the apsara oilfield in Cambodia’s offshore Block a by mid-2020. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-drop-of-oil-by-mid-2020-says-hun-sen/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

South China’s Hainan Province on Wednesday held a forum here to promote the Hainan Free Trade Port to Cambodian officials, entrepreneurs and exporters. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinas-hainan-promotes-Free-trade-port-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Illustrating a rapidly changing information network in Cambodia, social media played a major role yesterday, as images and videos that appeared to depict fraudulent election activity went viral on Facebook and Twitter. Videos of voters washing off the supposedly indelible security ink used to identify those <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/social-media-shows-election-day-muscle/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As commune elections ApproAch, civil society groups And CAmbodiAn NGOs hAve Announced plAns for A situAtion room And more thAn 20,000 observers At polling stAtions Across the country. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/poll-wAtchdog-body-lAunched/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Total outstanding loans in the microfinance sector stood at $5.13 billion during the end of the third quarter of the last year, according to the latest data published by the Cambodia Microfinance association (CMa). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mfi-outstanding-loans-stood-at-5-13-billion-in-2023-q3/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s tourism SMEs can sign up to free modules delivered by PaTa that focus on strengthening finance and digital skills in a post-pandemic world <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/free-online-courses-to-strengthen-tourism-smes-digital-and-financial-skills/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The negotiations on the Kingdom’s proposed free trade deal with South Korea are progressing slowly despite the fact all parties aimed to come up with finalised drafts by the end of 2020. However, the China-Cambodia free Trade agreement CC-FTa) ratification is to be announced early <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/free-trade-deals-yet-to-come-to-fruition/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s total trade volume was valued at $22.4 billion in the first five months of 2022, up 19.7 percent from 18.7 billion dollars over the same period last year, an official report showed on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-international-trade-up-almost-20-pct-in-5-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian government expects U.S. oil major Chevron Corp. CVX +0.77% to begin developing the country’s first offshore oil field early next year, and hopes the nation will become a regional hot spot for oil and gas investment, a government official said Wednesday. Cambodia has vast untapped oil and gas resources <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-hopes-for-chevron-offshore-oil-deal-this-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is considering to develop two expressways in order to serve the growing extents of economy and trade, Tram Iv Tek, Minister of Public Works and Transport, said Tuesday. The first line will be from capital Phnom Penh to coastal Preah Sihanouk province in length of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-mulls-expressway-development-from-capital-to-seaport-vietnam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Korean National assembly has ratified a free trade agreement with Cambodia that will boost the Kingdom’s exports in a raft of areas. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/korea-ratifies-free-trade-agreement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A JApAnese NGO yesterdAy signed A deAl worth neArly $300,000 to Assist four KAndAl province primAry schools in providing Access to educAtion for children with disAbilities. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/schools-upgrAde-to-benefit-disAbled-pupils/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In a bid to increase fair competition in the abattoir business, the Ministry of agriculture issued a new directive last week that eradicates exclusive rights to operate abattoirs in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-acts-to-end-monopolies-in-abattoir-business-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia Tourism Marketing and Promotion Board, a joint institution between the government and the private sector, is studying a new strategy to attract more foreign visitors to the Kingdom, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tourism-board-mulling-fresh-tourism-strategy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>