Vattanac may still be a family business, but a symbol of its big aspirations can be seen emerging from Phnom Penh’s skyline on Monivong Boulevard, where the company is building a 38-story tower that will house its headquarters next year. The tower, which was designed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vattanac-a-tale-of-two-city-developments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, which came into effect in 2022, has played a significant role in diversifying Cambodia’s economy and boosting its exports, according to aaditya Mattoo, chief economist of the World Bank’s East asia and Pacific Region. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/diversification-and-market-access-rcep-positively-impacts-cambodias-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Investigations are continuing after Siem Reap’s economic police conducted four raids last Saturday on shops selling knock-offs of products from US-based outdoor apparel and equipment brand The North Face, police sources said yesterday.The raids were conducted on four stores &ndash; Cambodia Outlet, Duty Free Outlet, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/raids-net-apparel-knock-offs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

It will be years before oil starts to be produced by energy giant Chevron’s offshore site in the Gulf of Thailand, a senior Cambodian official said yesterday. Meng Saktheara, secretary of state at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, said that negotiations over taxation have continued <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-oil-for-up-to-five-years-cambodian-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Employees at the Kampong Speu shoe factory where a ceiling collapse killed two workers last May are headed back to work today after more than a week on strike, but will take their demands to the arbitration Council. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wing-star-workers-to-end-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Agriculture And RurAl Development BAnk (ARDB) hAs signed MemorAndums of UnderstAnding (MoU) with the CAmbodiA Food MAnufActure AssociAtion (CFMA) to disburse $50 million in loAns from the government to smAll- And medium-sized enterprises (SME) for business expAnsion And productivity. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mous-boost-finAnce-Access-for-smes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries And the VietnAm CAshew AssociAtion this week signed A memorAndum of understAnding (MoU) thAt Aims to bolster the production of cAshews nuts in CAmbodiA to reAch 1 million tonnes A yeAr. The MoU wAs signed by Minister of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mou-to-boost-cAshew-output-to-1-million-tonnes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

It has been nearly a year since the government signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea that aimed to put Cambodian mangoes on the shelves of supermarkets in Seoul, yet local producers say there is little sign of any movement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mango-producers-struggle-to-meet-korean-standards/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The families of deceased Cambodian veterans are finding pensions hard to come by, the Cambodian Veteran association admitted yesterday, as the organisation is scrambling for funds amid what appears to be higher-than-usual death rates among the Kingdom’s former military officers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/veterans-struggle-to-claim-their-pensions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Amid the continued Arrest of Activists who hAve defied A bAn on public gAtherings, A group of unions And AssociAtions yesterdAy reveAled plAns for A lArge demonstrAtion in Phnom Penh’s Freedom PArk on SundAy. About 10,000 people Are expected to Attend the rAlly, According to A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lArge-protest-plAnned-for-sundAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Among the exotic wildlife thAt prowls CAmbodiA’s forests Are lArge furry creAtures thAt mAy be fAr more fAmiliAr to EuropeAn And North AmericAn visitors thAn the ever-dwindling populAtions of lArge cAts And beAstly elephAnts. The Kingdom’s beArs climb trees And devour honey just like their <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-burden-to-beAr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Commerce approved 269 business trademarks this year, bringing the total number of such registrations at the ministry to 4,186 &ndash; an increase from 3,917 last year, its annual report said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-approves-269-trademarks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Royal Government of Cambodia on Saturday issued a joint communique as follows: <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/joint-communique-between-the-government-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china-and-the-royal-government-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Logistics Business AssociAtion (LobA) on November 20 signed A memorAndum of understAnding (MoU) with the EuropeAn AmericAn ChAmber of Commerce And Industry (Belgium) Beijing RepresentAtive Office (EAchAm) to further enhAnce CAmbodiA-ChinA trAde, investment And freight relAtions. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lobA-eAchAm-ink-mou-to-up-trAde-freight/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia exported $1.090 billion worth of electrical machinery and equipment and related products in the first eight months of 2022, up 64.18 per cent from the $663.585 million recorded over the same time in 2021, according to Customs. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/electric-gear-linked-exports-record-shocking-64-jump/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mao Kolap, vice-president of Cambodian Librarian associations, said yesterday that Cambodia requires more qualified librarians to match the standards of advanced libraries in other asean countries. according to a report by the Cambodian Library association, there are only three graduated librarians, while there are 400 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-in-need-of-qualified-librarians-says-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite lapses in factory safety and ongoing labour unrest, Cambodian exports of garments and textiles grew 9% in the first three months of the year. according to data from the Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC), Cambodia exported US$1.17bn worth of garments and textiles between January <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-garment-and-textile-exports-grow-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on april 29 announced that it had greenlit final registration certificates for three projects in textile-linked sectors with total capital investment of nearly $19 million that are expected to create 2,005 jobs. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cdc-okays-three-textile-linked-projects-worth-19m/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Since her husband was arrested in June and thrown in provincial prison to await trial, Soam Chantha, 32, has given birth to a baby boy. at the same time the men have been locked up, police have failed to arrest former Bavet governor Chhouk Bandith, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unionists-jailing-compared-with-bandith/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Tourism has instructed all tour guides and interpreters to continue strengthening professional practices to improve the quality of reliable and friendly services for tourists. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tour-guides-interpreters-told-to-strengthen-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>