Industrial pollution ‘hot-spots’ have been identified in waterways in Phnom Penh, Kandal and Kompong Cham provinces following a five-month period of research as part of a UN-backed effort to encourage companies to adopt cleaner practices. The hot spots &ndash; defined as a source of pollution where <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-project-aims-to-lower-levels-of-industrial-pollution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia improved its performance in this year’s Global Peace Index, climbing seven places from last year to reach 106 out of the 162 countries ranked in the study. The improvement is relative, though, with the impact of violence having cost an estimated $1.5 billion. The Institute <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-gains-ground-in-latest-peace-index/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade agreement can help boost Cambodian exports of garments, textiles, and footwear to South Korea. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-south-korea-Free-trade-agreement-increasing-potential-for-downstream-sectors-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ten member states of Southeast asian Nations (aSEaN), Japan, China, and Korea have boosted cooperation in trade and investment by taking advantage of the existing free trade agreements. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-plus-three-countries-boost-trade-investment-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Mekong River Wonder project &ndash; in collaboration with the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute (IFREDI) &ndash; released a gigantic freshwater stingray back into the river, after it was caught by fishermen on May 22 in Koh Preah commune of Stung Treng province’s Siem <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/2nd-rescued-giant-stingray-returned-to-rivers-depths/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Starting today, residents of Banteay Meanchey, Pursat and Kampong Thom provinces can enroll in a disaster-response calling service through their phones in anticipation of the impending rainy season. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/disaster-alert-system-begins/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia needs $9 billion to be invested into 850 kilometres of roadways by 2020, according to a study by Henan Provincial Communications Planning Survey and Design Institute. From the Chinese province of Henan, officials from the state-owned engineering institute went to great lengths yesterday to explain <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/by-2020-9-billion-needed-for-road-funding-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Bar association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BaKC) has issued a letter calling on all lawyers to volunteer free legal services to the poor. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/call-for-all-lawyers-to-provide-free-services-to-the-poor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Local and international civil society groups operating in Cambodia face government-imposed restrictions on their operations and have been significantly hindered in their work in the lead up to Sunday’s general election, according to a recent report by a U.S.-based think tank. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-society-groups-in-cambodia-suppressed-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Exports to the US saw a modest rebound during the first half of the year, benefiting in part from new trade privileges that allow Cambodian-made travel goods to enter the world’s biggest consumer market duty-free, a Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) representative said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/exports-to-us-bounce-back-on-revised-gsp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The third round of  negotiations for the free trade agreement between Cambodia and China has completely solved all the remaining issues in the agreement text and approved in principal with regard  to  market access on  goods and services, according to a statement from ministry of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-china-fta-to-be-signed-by-end-this-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Italy will set up a chamber of commerce in Cambodia this year with the aim of promoting and strengthening trade and investment opportunities in the kingdom.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/italy-to-set-up-chamber-of-commerce/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Duty-free agreements between regional competitors and foreign importers would put the Cambodian garment industry at risk, Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh said last week. Speaking to reporters after a meeting, Prasidh warned that the Kingdom’s garment sector would not be able to maintain its competitive edge over <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/duty-free-agreements-worry-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior officiAl of the Ministry of Commerce sAid negotiAtions on the free-trAde Agreement (FTA) between CAmbodiA And ChinA hAve Achieved About 70 percent success so fAr And they Are expected to sign the Agreement by the end of the yeAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/success-reported-in-second-round-of-cAmbodiA-chinA-free-trAde-Agreement/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) on Tuesday led a high-level delegation to participate in the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum 2024 held in New York city &ndash; aimed at strengthening the skills and capacity of Cambodian young people <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/moeys-discusses-ways-to-bolster-youth-skills-at-ecosoc-forum/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The media will remain a vital source of “accurate and timely” news on developments concerning the world’s largest trade pact for policymakers, think-tanks, businesspeople, investors and the general public. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/media-a-key-rcep-information-source-ceo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a bid to ramp up rice exports to 1 million tonnes in 2015, the Phnom Penh autonomous Port announced yesterday that rice stored in its warehouses would not be charge any fees for up to 18 days.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/port-gives-rice-exporters-a-cut-in-storage-costs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/krisenergy-signs-oil-deal-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s final exam results for 2014 were disastrous, with more than half of the 90,000 students failing. The reason? The authorities stamped out cheating &ndash; the first of a series of reforms designed to fix the impoverished country’s broken education sector. The new policy is <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-cheating-in-exam-finals-marks-sea-change-for-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>