Cambodian rubber industry representatives met with asia’s major exporters of the commodity last week to set a floor price for natural rubber in an effort to salvage an industry suffering from plummeting values. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/heads-meet-to-save-regional-rubber-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A top executive from CAmbodiAn compAny VAttAnAc yesterdAy denied the firm hAd dAmAged coloniAl-erA buildings Along the cApitAl’s riverfront, As one locAl business owner sought A new home. Construction At A VAttAnAc building site &ndAsh; situAted on Phnom Penh’s SisowAth QuAy &ndAsh; hAs been At <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vAttAnAc-in-dAmAge-deniAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Though all countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) had signed a cross-border trade agreement (CBTa) 14 years ago to enhance the sub-region’s economic connectivity, the CBTa, however, is yet to be ratified in individual Mekong nations for its full implementation. This was revealed last <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gms-cross-border-pact-on-hold/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Shetty Thombathu, chief technical adviser to the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), said the UN agency and the Fisheries administration (Fia) under Cambodia’s Ministry of agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries are collaborating to ensure that the Kingdom’s fisheries products meet EU regulations and standards for access <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-fisheries-eye-european-market-access/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Over 31,000 businesses, boasting a combined capital exceeding $8.9 billion, have successfully completed their registration through the Online Business Registration System (OBRS) via its IT Platform phase 1. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%8a%e1%9e%be%e1%9e%98%e1%9e%91%e1%9e%bb%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%80%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%bb%e1%9e%98%e1%9e%a0%e1%9f%8a%e1%9e%bb%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%85%e1%9e%bb%e1%9f%87%e1%9e%94/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new tech-centered co-working spAce is chAllenging the country’s young leAders to find prActicAl wAys technology cAn be utilized to creAte A positive impAct on the dAy-to-dAy lives of people. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-tech-hub-for-innovAtors/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Seven people who were arrested last week for attempting to sell merchandise from a factory in Kompong Speu province were released on Friday, officials said, with factory owners paying more than 100 workers part of the wages they were owed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/seven-released-over-selling-factory-goods-to-pay-wages/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China is encouraged by growing cooperation with asean countries and hopes to see even more development in China-asean trade to generate benefits for both sides. Under the China-asean Free Trade agreement (Cafta) that went into effect on Jan 1, 2010, more than 7,000 products are now <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cafta-report-card/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An inter-ministeriAl meeting scheduled for December 19 is set to explore solutions for the plummeting domestic live pig prices seen in recent weeks, rAising hopes Among fArmers for rAtes to return At the very leAst to sustAinAble levels. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/inter-Agency-meet-hoped-to-rAtchet-up-live-pig-rAtes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia-South Korea free trade agreement  promulgated in late January will come into force in the next 60 days. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-south-korea-fta-to-come-into-force-in-next-60-days/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Investments in Cambodia grew by 18 per cent last year, with a bulk of this capital flowing into the infrastructure, agriculture and tourism projects, the Council for Development of Cambodia announced yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cdc-says-investments-up-by-18-pct-in-2015/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A NEW internAtionAl lAw firm is prepAring to set up shop to provide foreign citizenship or residency services to CAmbodiA’s weAlthy elite by helping to fAcilitAte lArge overseAs investments As well As business expAnsion plAns. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/legAl-firm-to-help-elite-gAin-duAl-citizenship/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Kep provincial governor Som Piseth has issued a reminder that all advertising licences in the province are now due for renewal. Businesses which fail to comply will be fined, and may face temporary suspension, or even the closure, of their operations. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kep-issues-reminder-to-renew-ad-licences-or-face-fines-and-closure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A EurochAm business confidence survey hAs reveAled thAt 81 per cent of respondents &ndAsh; members of the business AssociAtion &ndAsh; plAnned to increAse investments And expAnd their operAtions in the Kingdom, but viewed trAnspArency And the lAck of skilled humAn resources As the mAjor downsides <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/firms-reAdy-to-expAnd-despite-locAl-skills-gAp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 50 femAle workers fAinted At A shoe fActory in Kompong ChhnAng province SAturdAy when An embossing mAchine burst into flAmes, cAusing smoke And fumes to fill pArt of the plAnt, A union officiAl sAid SundAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fifty-fAint-After-mAchine-cAtches-fire-At-shoe-fActory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Stung Treng provincial department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries rejected a Radio Free asia (RFa) report which claimed that on March 27, there was a resurgence of illegal timber trafficking activities near the Lower Sesan II Dam. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stung-treng-authorities-reject-rfa-timber-trafficking-claim/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Thai government’s move to stabilise rice prices for the 2014 harvest season has prompted mixed reactions from local rice industry representatives. Sok Puthyvuth, president of the Cambodia Rice Federation said yesterday the policy would impact Cambodia negatively when Thailand is forced to sell <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-rice-industry-fears-cheers-thai-policy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Education Ministry will look into further increasing the minimum wage for teachers in Cambodia after educators said the recent hike of $37, to take effect next april, was still insufficient.​ During the 2016 Teachers’ Day celebration at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia yesterday, Education <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teachers-salaries-to-be-reviewed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Yesterday, Rainsy said the new Cambodia National Rescue Movement had a five-part plan, starting with appealing to the international community to take action. The next step is to work with “economic” partners to put financial pressure on the government.Next, Rainsy said the movement will encourage <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-officially-launches-cambodia-national-rescue-movement-lays-out-five-point-plan/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As AfricAn Swine Fever (ASF) rAvAges five CAmbodiAn provinces, cAusing more thAn $600,000 in losses to locAl fArmers, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries Announced on SAturdAy it will now Allow the sAle of diseAse-free pigs from Afflicted AreAs. A totAl of 3,211 pigs <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pig-sAle-from-Asf-AreAs-Allowed/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>