Research has shown some staff in the garment sector can now earn up to $480 each month as unions and the Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia congratulated workers for taking home the new minimum monthly wage of $170 for the first time. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-wages-soar/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have called for increased restrictions over allowing imported products from abroad access to their  domestic  markets. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/call-to-restrict-overseas-imports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has been elected to be the host of the 39th World association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Conference (39th WaGGGS Conference) in 2026. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-host-39th-wagggs-conference-in-2026/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

International trade leaders say Cambodia’s workers and managers should continue to negotiate for an increase in wages, despite a deadly crackdown on worker protests earlier this month. Workers want a raise in the minimum wage to $160 per month to keep up with the rising cost <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/labor-leaders-say-negotiations-should-continue-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 15 March 2021, the Korea International Cooperation agency (KOICa) issued a press release providing $10M to increase Cambodia’s mine clearance and victim assistance efforts in 2021 and beyond, focusing on undertaking landmine and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) clearance, increases victim assistance, mine risk <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-korea-international-cooperation-agency-koica-commits-10m-to-increase-cambodias-mine-clearance-and-victim-assistance-efforts-in-2021-and-beyond/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Amid the rAging COVID-19 pAndemic, CAmbodiA’s economy in 2020 registered its slowest growth since 1994. However, the country’s growth is projected to rebound this yeAr, thAnks to its newly-signed bilAterAl free trAde Agreement with ChinA And the RegionAl Comprehensive Economic PArtnership (RCEP).   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-expects-chinA-rcep-to-help-boost-economic-recovery/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice-Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) urged senior officials of the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to collaborate in establishing the first free trade zone (FTZ) and also constructing more special <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-seeks-chinas-assistance-in-establishing-first-ftz/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia wants to build a special school to improve Cambodian workers’ skills and make the country more competitive, but labor leaders say if the school is not provided for free, it won’t work. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-manufacturers-plan-institute-to-improve-worker-skills/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some foreign garment buyers have notified garment factories in Cambodia for a suspension on the shipment of garment exports from Cambodia to European and US markets due to the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. The statement comes after the recent arrival of raw materials from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%a2%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%b6%e1%9f%86%e1%9e%96%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%80%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%99%e2%80%8b-gmac%e1%9f%96%e2%80%8b-%e1%9e%91%e1%9e%b8%e1%9e%95%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9f/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn Development BAnk hAs Approved A $127.8 million loAn to support the construction of trAnsmission lines And substAtions to help provide Phnom Penh And three other CAmbodiAn provinces with stAble And reliAble electricity supply. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-gets-127-8-million-Adb-loAn-to-help-expAnd-power-grid/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

PHNOM PENH&ndash; The China-made Sanya-branded motorcycles have officially entered Cambodian market on Wednesday to compete in the country’s crowded motorcycle market. Pan Sorasak, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Commerce, expressed congratulations to the SCI Company Limited for being selected to be the exclusive distributor <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sanya-motorcycles-officially-enter-cambodian-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The UK has expressed interest in promoting investment in Cambodia’s infrastructure and energy sector, in a move that has been hailed as a potential avenue to appreciably lower production costs domestically and bolster the Kingdom’s general competitiveness on the regional and global stages. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/uk-eyes-local-energy-infrastructure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport announced the results of a review of failed students’ complaints on Wednesday, stating that all exam results released in September were “correct.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/education-ministry-dismisses-exam-score-complaints/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Popular media outlets Radio Free asia and Voice of america have become the latest to draw the attention of the government for allegedly not paying taxes, one week after a letter to the Cambodia Daily demanding more than $6 million in back taxes was leaked. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-cambodia-dailys-6m-bill-tax-authority-targets-rfa-voa/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen urged the Ministry of Justice to expedite the establishment of a commercial court and to operationalise it as soon as this year. This is to ensure the resolution of trade and business disputes and to improve the investment and business climate <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-calls-for-quick-establishment-of-commercial-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries hAs reiterAted its demAnds thAt fishermen stop All fishing Activity including the use of nets, hooks And illegAl fishing equipment in the dolphin conservAtion zone in Stung Treng province to ensure the sustAinAbility of the endAngered species And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adult-mAle-dolphin-found-deAd-from-fishing-net-in-stung-treng/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Falling productivity and rising infrastructure costs are putting Cambodia’s garment industry at a disadvantage as it tries to compete with rivals Vietnam, Bangladesh and Myanmar, a leading union said yesterday.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pressure-mounts-on-garment-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Continuing its efforts to quell an increasing number of strikes in the Kingdom’s lucrative garment sector, the government this week issued a directive aimed at giving provincial and municipal governors powers to resolve issues at factories without calling on ministries in Phnom Penh. “To ensure further <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/municipal-officials-given-a-larger-hand-in-labour-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite their overwhelmingly female workforce, garment factories in Kompong Speu province fail to adequately address the maternal health and child-care needs of their staff, according to new study set to be released by the French NGO Enfants and Developpment. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factories-failing-women-study/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In an effort to encourage literacy among garment factory workers, the Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) and NGO Sipar are working together to open libraries in 15 factories in the Kingdom in the next three years. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-libraries-push-literacy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>