The new duty-free shop opened by China Duty free Group (CDFG) in Sihanoukville will have a major impact on development of the tourism industry in the coastal resort, a senior provincial official said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/duty-free-shop-follows-tourism-surge-on-coast/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nearly 150 teachers across five districts in Kampot province have signed a petition demanding the government pay them monthly rural posting bonuses they say are now nine months in arrears. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teachers-press-for-missing-bonuses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A district educAtion officiAl in PreAh ViheAr mAy be hoArding stAte textbooks to sell At the mArket rAther thAn distributing them to perenniAlly book-strApped schools, According to the CAmbodiAn Independent TeAchers AssociAtion (CITA). <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/teAchers-union-worried-textbooks-mAy-be-sold/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than a month after the announcement of its ostensibly 30-day suspension, land rights organisation Equitable Cambodia remains stuck in limbo, with the Ministry of Interior saying the NGO must wait for the ministry’s approval to reopen. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-rights-organisation-in-lango-limbo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Independent Teachers association (CITa) demanded in a letter sent on Monday to the Ministry of Education that all Cambodian secondary schools be paid their full yearly program budget after complaints were lodged by some teachers that the funds had not yet been received. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teachers-call-for-school-budgets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to release an additional $30 million from its savings for mine and UXO clearance to reach the goal of mine-free Cambodia by 2025. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-decides-to-release-additional-30-million-for-mine-clearance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The number of small and medium enterprises (SME) in food and beverage processing saw a remarkable increase, using raw materials of agriculture to the finished products. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/food-and-beverage-processing-smes-show-remarkable-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 100 local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) were registered during the first three quarters of this year, and officials expect the government’s tax incentive policy for SMEs to boost growth, said a Ministry of Industry and Handicraft report. The SMEs &ndash; 105 of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/smes-set-to-boost-the-kingdoms-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The International Labor Organization said it would launch on Wednesday two reports outlining ways to improve the investment climate in Cambodia. The first report, by the ILO, analyses Cambodia’s performance in 17 areas and contains a national survey of workers and employers. Key areas include <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ilo-camfeba-outline-ways-to-improve-investment-climate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported more than $7.97 billion worth of garment, textile and footwear (GTF) products in the first nine months of this year, up 13.18 per cent year-on-year from $7.044 billion, a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Customs and Excise <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-textile-footwear-exports-nearly-8b-in-q1-q3/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The registration of voters for the year 2023 will take place from Oct. 1 to 19 at the communes/Sangkat across the country, announced the National Election Committee (NEC) in a meeting with stakeholders held at the NEC’s headquarters in Phnom Penh this morning. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-2023-voter-registration-to-kick-off-in-october/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea in the first five months of 2021 was worth $377.05 million, up by 6.17 per cent year-on-year from $355.11 million, according to data from the Korea International Trade association (Kita). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/korea-trade-surges-6-2-in-jan-may/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

This year’s weather has proven too hot for the Kingdom’s famous Kampot pepper, as yields of the spice dropped for the first time since 2008. Some 22 tonnes of pepper were harvested this year between January and May, short of the 27 tonnes predicted for this <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampot-pepper-yield-down/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Khmer Krom AssociAtion threAtened this week to protest AgAinst the VietnAmese government After An officiAl sAid thAt the former KAmpucheA Krom provinces belonged to VietnAm long before FrAnce’s officiAl trAnsfer of the lAnd in 1949. The threAts from the Khmer KAmpucheA Krom AssociAtion for HumAn <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/khmer-krom-wAnt-Apology/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Under the Cambodia-China Free Trade agreement (CCFTa), Cambodia can export more than 10,000 items to China, which in turn could export over 8,000 items to Cambodia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/over-10000-cambodian-products-can-be-exported-to-china-under-ccfta/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Bar association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (the association) is a non-governmental institution for Cambodia’s lawyers.  In keeping with article 24 of the United Nations Basic Principle on the Role of Lawyers, the association represents lawyers’ interests, promotes their continuing education and training, and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/bar-association-legal-aid-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Prime Minister akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen will officially open the country’s premier international investment conference in Phnom Penh later this year, according to the event’s organisers the International Business Chamber of Cambodia (IBC). The event, which will take place on October 6th <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-to-open-ibc-international-investment-conference-2014/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries Veng SAkhon held An Ad hoc meeting with fishery officiAls And the CAmbodiAn AquAculturist AssociAtion on December 14 to discuss the mAtter of promoting domestic AquAculture produce And reducing imports Amid the Covid-19 pAndemic. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AquAculture-sector-needs-better-supply-And-demAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Commune councils across the country have begun registering newly eligible voters in the tens of thousands as part of an annual 20-day registration exercise that is to conclude Monday. But election watchdogs are questioning whether the process is a waste of time and money, given that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/voter-registration-questioned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Next year will be breakout year for Cambodia’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with specific zones being organized in each province to promote productivity, quality and regional competitiveness, the president of the SME federation said yesterday. Te Taing Por, president of the Federation of associations <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/one-province-one-sme-zone/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>