Three villagers from Oddar Meanchey province’s Trapaing Prasat district were illegally detained and beaten on Monday by a group of soldiers from the Royal Cambodian armed Forces’ Number 6 Brigade over a land dispute, victims and rights group adhoc said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rcaf-brigade-accused/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The “Buy Khmer Products” campaign continues this year, in a bid to promote local products among Cambodian people.​Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce, said last Friday that the campaign is “a momentum to inspire and awaken Cambodian citizens to acknowledge the value of local products.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/campaign-for-local-products/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Saving deposits at microfinance institutions (MFIs) this month decreased slightly from the average monthly amount because of a rise in withdrawals, industry officials said. Bun Mony, president of the Cambodia Microfinance association (CMa), and the general manager at MFI Sathapana Limited, said many people have come <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-poll-deposits-at-microfinance-institutions-down/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday warned garment workers that protests demanding higher wages could push manufacturers to quit the country. His appeal came after unions last week said hundreds of workers had been fired from a factory making sportswear for US giant Nike <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-pm-says-garment-firms-may-quit-over-wage-rows/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Commerce Ministry officiAl sAid on ThursdAy thAt initiAtion of tAlks with ChinA for A free trAde Agreement were not linked to A potentiAl suspension of the ‘Everything But Arms’ trAde scheme. The Chinese EmbAssy in Phnom Penh Announced lAst week thAt the two countries <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinA-trAde-tAlks-unrelAted-to-ebA-uncertAinties-government-sAys/ ' 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/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

President of Cambodia aquaculturist association (Caa), Sok Raden, said the nation’s aquaculture sector faces challenges, including fish species and technical training. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/aquaculturist-association-asks-china-for-support-to-elevate-the-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction is preparing to host a construction seminar next week that will discuss the criteria for issuing building permits and also tackle problems related to construction site management. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/seminar-to-discuss-safety/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At its FridAy meeting on the study And formulAtion on the good use of trAde Agreements in promoting exports, the Ministry of Commerce Announced reseArch is currently under wAy on products to be imported And exported under the CAmbodiA ChinA Free TrAde Agreement (CC-FTA). One <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-studies-how-best-to-boost-exports-under-chinA-deAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s mango shipments have been routinely blocked before making it to the international market, with the Ministry of agriculture claiming the mangoes are not of a high enough quality to meet the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements necessary to ship outside of the Kingdom. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/invasive-fruit-flies-detrimental-to-kingdoms-mango-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The free trade agreement (FTa) signed between China and Cambodia will take effect on Jan. 1, 2022, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-cambodia-fta-to-take-effect-on-jan-1-2022/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Small-scale health insurance policies can be an effective way to avoid drowning in debt, according to a survey released yesterday. Fifty-eight percent of 5,275 households surveyed in Kandal, Takeo and Kampot provinces had taken out loans, with health care and medical costs being the chief reason, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/medical-bills-lead-many-into-debt-survey-reveals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Commercial arbitration is a swifter, less expensive and more confidential way to settle business disputes than going through the courts, and the expansion of the service here will make the investment environment more attractive, Van Sou Ieng, president of the Cambodian Federation of Employers and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firms-urged-to-opt-for-arbitration-not-courts-to-settle-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Vietnamese budget airline VietJet will re-launch flights to Cambodia at the end of October following a six-month halt in the service due to unspecified market issues, an aviation official said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietjet-set-to-resume-flights-to-siem-reap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and Vietnam have urged Thailand to export more mangosteen and durian in response to the high demand in both neighbouring countries.   Sombat Juengtrakoon, deputy chairman of the Thai-Cambodian Border Trade and Tourism association in Chanthaburi Province, told journalists Monday that Thailand export a lower volume <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-mangosteen-durian-supplies-short-of-demand-in-cambodia-vietnam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and Myanmar are in the process of expediting negotiations on two important draft agreements in a bid to swiftly increase trade cooperation with each other, citing low bilateral trade volume. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-myanmar-expedite-trade-deals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has experienced a 30 per cent decline in pepper exports in the first eight months of 2023, exporting over 5,000 tonnes, compared to the same period in 2022, according to the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pepper-exports-decline-30-jan-aug/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries convened A meeting to discuss issues relAted to meAt production in CAmbodiA. The pArticipAnts sought to devise solutions to the current mArket, which hAs seen lower thAn normAl prices. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tinA-leAding-efforts-to-see-off-chAllenges-to-meAt-sector/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

“One Step No Plastic” &mdash; an environmental campaign initiated by all Dream Cambodia and TosYerng aiming for a plastic waste-free Cambodia &mdash; will kick off in Kratie province on September 17. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/plastic-clean-up-event-set-for-kratie/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China’s broader push for its pathway to modernization has fueled expectations that the nation will bring more opportunities and create a dynamic of growth that will deliver wide-ranging benefits for the world, according to business leaders and analysts. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-benefit-from-chinas-commitment-to-free-trade-and-sharing-its-large-domestic-market-with-the-world/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>