One of six union leaders charged and summonsed for questioning over a strike that ended in government forces shooting dead at least five people in January has sent a message to authorities to hurry up and get his hearing over with. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-leader-says-charges-baseless/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 29,311 companies with a total capital of $8.6 billion have successfully registered their businesses through the Online Business Registration System (OBRS) via IT Platform phase 1, compared to $5.8 billion capital and 20,693 firms on January 2, 2023. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-30000-firms-with-8-6b-capital-register-on-obrs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 29,311 companies with a total capital of $8.6 billion have successfully registered their businesses through the Online Business Registration System (OBRS) via IT Platform phase 1, compared to $5.8 billion capital and 20,693 firms on January 2, 2023. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-30000-firms-with-8-6b-capital-register-on-obrs-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cell AquAculture (ASX:CAQ) hAs Advised the soft opening of the Roxy CAsino in CAmbodiA for which it hAs executed the HeAds of Agreement to Acquire. It hAd in MArch Agreed to Acquire Roxy CAsino And the HAikou Free TrAde Zone project from vendors Noble RAte Limited, TAng <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cell-AquAculture-updAtes-on-soft-opening-of-cAmbodiA-cAsino/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Negotiations on the establishment of a free trade agreement (FTa) between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the People’s Republic of China were officially concluded on July 20, 2020, after half a year of negotiations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-china-conclude-bilateral-fta-negotiations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The free trade agreement (FTa) between Cambodia and China is likely to come into force next year, after winning unanimous support from the National assembly’s expert committee. The Ministry of Commerce will now submit a draft law to the National assembly for approval. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/full-ratification-of-free-trade-deal-with-china-is-now-expected-early-next-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a delegation of high ranking officials to sign the Cambodia-China Free Trade agreement (FTa) next month, the Ministry of Commerce said.​ This, it said, will provide Cambodia a gateway to the world’s second largest and asia’s largest economy, heralding <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-to-oversee-china-fta-signing-in-august/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Foreign ministers of the AssociAtion of SoutheAst AsiAn NAtions (ASEAN) on SundAy reiterAted their continued commitment to the reAlizAtion of ASEAN Community by 2015 And beyond. They pledged their commitment in the joint communique issued on the finAl dAy of their 47th AnnuAl meeting in NAy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-fms-reiterAte-continued-commitment-to-reAlizing-AseAn-community/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Hang Puthea, the presumptive “neutral” candidate on the new National Election Committee (NEC), said Wednesday that he would accept the nomination in order to pursue electoral reforms that the CPP and CNRP have failed to achieve. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/election-expert-vows-reform-as-neutral-nec-member/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia earned $164.111 million from the export of “furniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings” in the first four months of 2023, down 28.82 per cent year-on-year from $230.544 million and down 52.01 per cent half-on-half (compared to July-October 2022) from $341.97 million, according to provisional Customs <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/furniture-exports-decrease-by-almost-29-on-year-to-164m-in-january-april/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the government moves to A Free TrAde Agreement (FTA) with the EurAsiAn Economic Union (EAEU), gArment And rice industry insiders expect the new trAde corridor to diversify the Kingdom’s export mArket. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ftA-with-eAeu-bloc-mAy-diversify-export-mArket/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s total export to other Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries amounted to $4.07 billion in the first half of 2023, up 24 percent from $3.28 billion over the same period last year, said the Ministry of Commerce’s latest report released on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-export-to-rcep-countries-up-24-percent-in-h1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Accoording to senior minister Ly Thuch, Prime Minister Hun Sen hAs AlwAys regArded demining work As one of his core priorities And pArt of his mission of rescuing, restoring, building And developing the nAtion. Thuch Also sAid thAt KAmpong ChhnAng province is A priority province And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mine-free-stAtus-seen-for-k-chhnAng-in-dec-As-work-bArrels-towArds-2025-tArget/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Siem Reap is littered with trash and local young people have had enough. Once a month since March, monks and youth volunteers from NGOs, businesses and public schools have joined together to clean up their neighbourhood and promote awareness of how rubbish affects people’s lives. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%8f%e1%9e%b6%e1%9f%86%e1%9e%84%e1%9e%96%e1%9e%b8%e1%9e%81%e1%9f%82%e1%9e%98%e1%9e%b8%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%b6-%e1%9e%99%e1%9e%bb%e1%9e%9c%e1%9e%87%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%bd%e1%9e%98%e1%9e%82%e1%9f%92/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Longan is potential for both local market and export to Thailand and the drying facility for the fruit has already been built, said Thou Phea, Deputy Governor of Pailin province.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-longan-fruit-bound-for-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite fears that a warning to users of social media and Internet blogs will dampen free speech, the head of National Election Committee (NEC) has insisted the intention was not to limit expression ahead of July’s national election. The NEC last week issued a statement requesting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-says-statement-on-bloggers-not-an-attack-on-free-speech/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tourists will soon be able to cruise along the Pursat river in rowing boats and pedalos, under plans to develop the waterway as a tourist attraction, according to a senior provincial official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pursat-river-pleasure-cruises-planned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A project to build A $31-million steel-processing plAnt in KAmpong Speu province wAs recently greenlighted by the government, According to An Announcement by the Council for the Development of CAmbodiA eArlier this week. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cdc-Approves-new-steel-plAnt-in-kAmpong-speu/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The opposition is expected today to lodge a constitutional challenge to the controversial law on associations and non-governmental organisations (LaNGO) in a last-ditch effort to stop the legislation before it’s signed by the King. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-to-submit-complaint-over-lango/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A project in Stung Treng province is giving women the opportunity to pArticipAte in one of the fAstest-growing food-production sectors in CAmbodiA: AquAculture fisheries &ndAsh; A field thAt hAs Also trAditionAlly been Among its most mAle-dominAted. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AquAculture-pushed-for-women/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>