Garment industry, Cambodia’s largest foreign currency earner, has seen a 9% rise in exports in the first six months of 2015, according to the Chinese State’s News agency-Xinhua. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-garment-exports-up-9-in-1st-half-of-2015/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Cambodia could start raising capital from the public, through the stock exchange, if government efforts to amend financial regulations to allow SMEs to be publicly listed get off the ground. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/smes-eye-bourse-for-funds/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade agreement can help boost Cambodian exports of garments, textiles, and footwear to South Korea. The agreement also presents opportunities for value-added investments in Cambodia’s downstream processing industries through a ‘plus one business model’, in which South Korean companies could expand <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-cambodia-south-korea-Free-trade-agreement-increasing-potential-for-downstream-sectors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bar association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BaKC) president Ly Chantola on Saturday said that the association’s lawyers have defended 4,038 cases representing 6,692 people so far this year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bakc-defends-more-than-4000-court-cases/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Interior Ministry has authorised the Khmer-Vietnamese association to register on its list of organisations, Vietnamese media have reported. The association was established to bring together Khmer people of Vietnamese origin and other Vietnamese in Cambodia for humanitarian work and to spread information about the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/khmer-vietnamese-association-gets-nod/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) has removed opposition leader Sam Rainsy from the voter list for next year’s national election on the grounds that he is a convicted criminal, an NEC official said yesterday. The decision means that even if Mr. Rainsy is granted a royal <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sam-rainsy-deleted-from-voter-registration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s workforce must quickly improve its skills base if it is to compete with other countries in the region when the asean bloc becomes a single market in 2015, officials said yesterday at a seminar held in Phnom Penh. When the asean Economic Community goes ahead in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workforce-must-improve-to-compete-in-asean-bloc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exports to China increased by 39 percent to $1,510 million last year, a positive move to the Kingdom’s trade as Cambodia and China put into effect their newly-endorsed bilateral free trade agreement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-export-to-china-increases-as-fta-takes-effect/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and australia have reaffirmed their commitment to further boosting trade, investment and cooperation, especially on post-Covid recovery initiatives in all areas, according to the Ministry of Commerce on March 11. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-oz-to-bolster-trade-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for Cambodia and Saudi arabia to step up cooperation in economic sectors and other areas in the Southeast asian Kingdom with lucrative prospects. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-to-cambodia-saudi-step-up-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Women’s AffAirs invites All federAtions, AssociAtions And communities of women entrepreneur-driven micro-, smAll- And medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in CAmbodiA to join its plAnned CAmbodiAn Women Entrepreneurs’ Network (CAmWen) initiAtive, the ministry sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmwen-set-to-Amplify-voice-of-kingdoms-women-entrepreneurs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have taken some actions to restructure their loans for affected customers because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Cambodia Microfinance association (CMa). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mfis-respond-to-affected-customers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Keo Mom, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Lyly Food Industry, has been elected as the new president of the Cambodian Women Entrepreneurs association (CWEa) for its fourth mandate.  Her term will last from 2021-2024. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-president-for-cambodian-women-entrepreneurs-association/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Golden FX Link (Cambodia) has joined in the running to become a legally licensed firm to trade derivatives. With a registered capital of $5 million, Lawrence Kook, Director of Golden FX Link, said that the company received a license in principle from the Securities and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-firm-seeks-to-enter-gold-trading/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Tiger AirwAys’ first flight from SingApore to CAmbodiA is scheduled to lAnd At Phnom Penh InternAtionAl Airport on MondAy morning, mAking it the lAtest Airline to offer direct flights to the country. DeborAh Yeo, A public relAtions consultAnt for Tiger AirwAys, sAid thAt beginning MondAy, the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tiger-Airs-first-flight-to-cAmbodiA-lAnds-mondAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian embassies rescued 13 Cambodian workers in Thailand and three maids in Malaysia, Koy Kuong, spokesman for Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation, said Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/16-cambodian-workers-rescued-in-thailand-malaysia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A slew of new heAlth And mAternity benefits for workers took effect At the stroke of midnight yesterdAy in A drAmAtic expAnsion of the country’s sociAl security frAmework, even As lAbour AdvocAtes And business experts rAised concerns About cost And quAlity. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-worker-benefits-tAke-effect/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

While AirAsiA, one of the world’s lArgest low-cost Airline, is geAring towArd An expAnsion in the region, the compAny’s chief executive sAid thAt serving CAmbodiA wAs expensive due to high Airport fees. Airport chArges Are high And restrictive, As Are over-flight fees, compAred to other countries in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fees-too-high-AirAsiA-ceo/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Civil society groups  campaigned Wednesday to seek support from three former Prime Ministers in order to limit terms for Premiership. Kol Panha, president of Committee for Free and Fair Election in Cambodia (Comfrel), told reporters that he met with Pen Sovann to ask him to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-society-groups-campaign-to-limit-terms-for-premiership/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Total premiums for general insurance rose 16.4 percent last year to about $61.6 million, from $53 million in 2014, with property, fire, vehicle and medical insurance leading the way, the Insurance association of Cambodia said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/insurance-industry-sees-double-digit-premium-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>