On 15 July 2020, the AssociAtion of BAnks in CAmbodiA And the CAmbodiA MicrofinAnce issued An open letter to CAmbodiA LeAgue for Promotion And Defense of HumAn Rights, CAmbodiAn AlliAnce of TrAde Union, Center for AlliAnce of LAbor And HumAn Rights And SAhmAkum TeAng TnAut, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/open-letter-to-cAmbodiA-leAgue-for-promotion-And-defense-of-humAn-rights-cAmbodiAn-AlliAnce-of-trAde-union-center-for-AlliAnce-of-lAbor-And-humAn-rights-And-sAhmAkum-teAng-tnAut/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The opposition hailed the rewriting of Cambodia’s election laws a success on Monday, with the completion of the bills coming eight months after it ended its parliamentary boycott for pledges of a comprehensive overhaul of the National Election Committee (NEC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-new-election-body-law-room-for-mischief/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A hAndful of stores in Phnom Penh’s City MAll closed up shop yesterdAy morning, drAping lArge curtAins over their storefronts rAther thAn fAce An impending police rAid on businesses Allegedly selling pirAted movies there, police And other vendors sAid. The Aborted rAid cAme less thAn two <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/dvd-shops-close-before-rAid/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

On 19 October 2022, the AssociAtion of BAnks And the CAmbodiA MicrofinAnce AssociAtion hAs posted A joint stAtement on the understAnding And fAvor to borrowers Affected by the flood. According to the joint stAtement, the two AssociAtions Agree to provide good cooperAtion within the frAmework of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/joint-stAtement-of-the-AssociAtion-of-bAnks-in-cAmbodiA-And-the-cAmbodiA-microfinAnce-AssociAtionon-the-understAnding-And-fAvor-to-borrowers-Affected-by-the-flood/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 40 business delegates from the Singapore-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry yesterday met the secretary-general of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) to discuss potential investments and seek local business partners. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/singapore-delegation-meets-cdc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Although economic hAngovers persisted from 2020 &ndAsh; widely regArded As the worst yeAr for CAmbodiA’s economic growth in more thAn two decAdes &ndAsh; the number of lArge-scAle fActories in operAtion mAnAged to Avoid slipping into A downtrend throughout 2021, According to Minister of Industry, Science, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/number-of-fActories-ticks-up/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Growth in the general insurance sector was up 20 per cent for the first six months of the year, as the Kingdom continues to experience high growth and foreign firms pour money into the nascent industry, according to the president of the Insurance association of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/insurance-growing-with-rising-awareness/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Problems with employment, security and education continue to plague young people in Cambodia, the Youth Coalition for Unity and Development, along with Oxfam Cambodia, said on Sunday at an event commemorating the 16th International Youth Day. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/education-jobs-top-issues-for-youths-survey/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 07 February 2017, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport announced that an online mock test application to improve capacity for grade 12 student will be launched on 13 February 2017, at 08:00 am at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. This application <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/ministry-of-education-youth-and-sport-will-launch-a-mock-test-application-for-grade-12-student-to-improve-capacity-online/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s microfinance sector recorded over 20 percent growth both in terms of loans and deposits by the end of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, according to the Cambodia Microfinance association (CMa). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/microfinance-sector-grows-at-20-by-end-of-2022/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Demand for Cambodian cashew nuts remains robust in 2018, with the price of the commodity in the global market having experienced moderate growth in recent months, according to an official from the Ministry of agriculture. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/demand-for-cambodian-cashews-on-the-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact and bilateral free trade agreements will put the region and Cambodia in a better position to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Cambodian scholar said on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rcep-ftas-to-put-region-cambodia-in-better-position-to-recover-from-pandemic-impacts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mid​ strong demAnd growth in the GrAde A office sector, A joint-venture Agreement signing event wAs held At the Sofitel PhokeethrA lAst week, estAblishing An investment compAny, provisionAlly cAlled Kingdom Luxury Development Co, which Aims to build A GrAde-A office tower Phnom Penh. The joint-venture <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/locAl-And-foreign-business-interests-form-luxury-property-joint-venture/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A crowd of Around 30 Activists gAthered At the bAse of Phnom Penh’s nAmesAke WAt Phnom hill WednesdAy before embArking down NAtionAl RoAd 5 on A more thAn 200 kilometer journey by foot to PursAt province to promote sociAl justice And morAlity. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Activist-mArch-to-pursAt-for-cAlling-to-releAse-politicAl-prisoners-And-union-leAders/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday chided a group of NGOs who boycotted a seminar on a pair of proposed election laws, saying the groups suffered from “main character syndrome.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-diagnoses-ngos-with-main-character-syndrome-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nine non-governmental groups issued a statement late last week urging the country’s National Election Committee (NEC) to enforce laws that bar political parties from using state resources. “The NEC has to punish the politicians and parties who use the state resources,” said Yong Kim Eng, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/election-body-urged-to-keep-govt-out-of-politics-9/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Only 200 of some 5,000 domestic NGOs have submitted required banking details to the Interior Ministry, its spokesman said on Monday, as the government steps up enforcement of tax requirements on organizations that may have racked up huge unpaid bills. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-says-most-ngos-ignore-tax-requirements/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The World Bank has approved provision of $20 million to help poor and vulnerable families in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh increase their income, build skills and construct small-scale community infrastructure. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-aid-for-poor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The president of the Federation of association of Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (Fasmec) is urging small and medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to register with the association to get benefits from the newly formed SMEs Bank of Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/smes-urged-to-register-with-the-new-specialised-bank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

THE President of the Federation of associations of Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FaSMEC) Te Taingpor has requested the SME Bank of Cambodia and participating financial institutions to extend the payment period of the SME Co-Financing Scheme from four to six years and take <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sme-bank-must-relax-its-criteria-for-loans/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>