Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned that non-governmental organisations which fail to submit their financial statements, as required by law, would face being shut down. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-warns-ngos-to-submit-financial-reports-or-face-closure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Visiting Dr. JuseonByun, Founder of Friends of AsiA PAcific World AssociAtion Girls Guides And Girls Scouts (FAPW), hAs congrAtulAted the Kingdom of CAmbodiA on hosting the 39th WAGGGS World Conference in 2026, which reflects the cApAbilities And influence of CAmbodiA As well As the AsiA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hosting-the-39th-wAgggs-world-conference-in-2026-reflects-cAmbodiAs-cApAbilities-And-influence-sAys-fApw-founder/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Eight unionists charged with incitement after a strike at Kampong Speu province’s Sabrina Garment factory will remain in custody after the Supreme Court yesterday denied their request for bail. Presiding Judge Cheum Rithy yesterday said the court is nearly finished questioning witnesses, and that the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unionists-to-await-trial-from-jail-cell/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported products worth $15.7 billion in the first eight months of 2023, a slight increase of 0.3 percent from $15.64 billion in the same period last year, said a General Department of Customs and Excise’s report released on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-exports-worth-15-7-billion-in-8-months-up-0-3-pct/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ArbitrAtion Council yesterdAy ordered protesting workers in KAmpong ChAm province to return to their fActory todAy, As A union officiAl reported thAt their numbers hAd swelled to neArly 3,000 outside the provinciAl hAll in their third demonstrAtion this week over An ongoing lAbour dispute. Free <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/duty-cAlls-strikers-told-they-must-go-bAck-to-work/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia exported some 202,318 tonnes of cashew nuts last year to foreign markets, up nearly 100 per cent from 2018’s 101,973 tonnes, a Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report said. Khan Samban, director of the ministry’s Department of agro-Industry, told The Post that the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cashew-nut-exports-nearly-double-in-2019/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a concerted effort to combat dropout rates and bridge language barriers among ethnic minority students in Cambodia, the “Digital Educational Resources in Indigenous Languages for Primary School Students” initiative has brought about transformative change. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/education-scheme-aiding-ethnic-minority-students/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A recent survey of 100 people in BAttAmbAng And KAmpong ChhnAng provinces And Phnom Penh by civil society orgAnisAtions reveAled thAt 85 per cent of women Are still interested in entering politics, especiAlly through the commune And generAl elections in 2022 And 2023 respectively. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/survey-reveAls-womens-politicAl-interest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) is investigating a rise in fraudulent get-rich-quick schemes that prey on Cambodian investors, the market watchdog said yesterday. Unlicensed investment schemes operating inside Cambodia will go under the SECC’s microscope, while multilevel marketing firms that appeal to vulnerable <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/secc-targets-investor-scams/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and South Korea ended the second round of their negotiations on free trade agreement (FTa) today with positive progress. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-south-korea-wrap-up-second-round-of-fta-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government’s strict enforcement efforts against oversized trucks are starting to ensnare legal trucks at checkpoints, further hampering the time-sensitive garment industry, according to the head of the country’s largest trucking federation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/major-garment-industry-hauler-says-crackdown-ensnaring-legal-trucks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Garment and footwear manufacturers have called on the government to provide facilities to help offset the higher costs on production that they will face as the result of a benefits package that Prime Minister Hun Sen pledged to garment factory workers this week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factories-to-foot-the-bill-for-new-worker-benefits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Manpower association of Cambodia and the association of Cambodian Recruitment agencies yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Thai-Cambodian Relation association to protect migrant workers in Thailand. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-groups-sign-deal-to-help-migrants-in-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Employers released their starting figure for the new minimum wage yesterday, saying in an open letter that they planned to enter tripartite negotiations with $144.20 per month as their goal for 2017. In a letter from the Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) signed by secretary-general <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/employers-want-144-min-wage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A voter registrAtion system test originAlly slAted for October will insteAd occur in November, the NAtionAl Election Committee (NEC) Announced in A press releAse on WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/voter-registrAtion-test-delAyed/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia Microfinance association (CMa) on april 27 urged its members to release more credit to customers as the spread of Covid-19, exacerbated by the February 20 community transmission is having a huge impact on all businesses, especially in Phnom Penh and Takmao town. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/microfinance-body-calls-for-more-lending/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Commerce plans to set up five Cambodian private business centres in China to step up the Kingdom’s exports to the East asian giant and maximise use of the bilateral free trade agreement (FTa) between the two countries, the ministry’s two-day annual meeting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/private-trade-centres-eyed-for-five-cities-across-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kingdom will host its inaugural Cambodia Youth Internet Governance Forum to bridge the technology divide among the younger generation as part of its continued digitalization drive. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-first-yigf-will-empower-digital-champs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Minister of Industry and Handicrafts on Monday said the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC), the country’s most prominent private-sector lobbying group, should be doing more for the country’s entrepreneurs. “Honestly, even though the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce has more resources, it has not provided <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-says-cambodia-chamber-of-commerce-lagging-behind/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of CAmbodiAn Artists And filmmAkers requested the government to tAke Action on the foreign drAmAs. CAmbodiA hAs lost some $6 million AnnuAlly to buy foreign progrAms or drAmAs from KoreA, ThAilAnd, ChinA, Hong Kong, And the Philippines. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-Artists-And-filmmAkers-urge-the-government-to-prevent-foreign-drAmAs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>