The Cambodian Chamber of Commerce and other business chambers including the Malaysian Business Council of Cambodia, European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia and american Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia have expressed their regret over the recommendation by the European Commission to partially withdraw the Everything <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/private-sector-regrets-eba-partial-withdrawal-decision/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A locAl Poipet union hAs cAlled off A protest AgAinst whAt they chArActerised As overly expensive border pAsses used by dAy lAbourers entering ThAilAnd After provinciAl officiAls introduced A new, cheAper permit. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/no-protest-After-thAi-border-policy-chAnged/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodia National Rescue Party sent a letter on Monday to Interior Minister Sar Kheng asking for clarification on a recently amended prakas that now requires eligible voters to get a police verification letter before a commune chief can attest to their place of residence, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-questions-prakas-on-voter-registration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The tiny liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini causes damage out of all proportion to its size. Consumed as cysts within raw fish by people in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, it causes the tropical disease, Opisthorciasis, putting its victims at risk of cancer. Despite affecting millions of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/genes-of-carcinogenic-liver-fluke-revealed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and Switzerland have pledged to further strengthen trade relations and look into establishing a bilateral free trade agreement (FTa), as import-export flows between the two countries passed the $1.4 billion mark in 2022, according to a Ministry of Commerce statement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-switzerland-vow-to-step-up-trade-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Small and medium-size enterprises (SME) have been urged by the Cambodian government to employ more environmentally friendly practices at a green industry workshop in Phnom Penh yesterday. Cham Prasidh, minister for the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, said SMEs and handicraft producers’ reliance on fossil fuels <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/industry-urged-to-go-green/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The constant hum of chainsaws almost drowned out Buddhist monk Sam Kim Sath, 65, as he stood this week in a wildlife sanctuary on Oral Mountain, Cambodia’s highest peak. Forest in the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary, in the eastern part of the Cardamoms, is being “obliterated” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/memories-of-a-land-unspoiled/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Federation was inaugurated here on Thursday with an aim to advance Cambodia to a digital age, officials said. Speaking at the launching ceremony, Kan Chanmeta, secretary of state of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication, said the federation would be <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ict-federation-launched-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturers’ association of Cambodia (GMaC) yesterday officially launched the GMaC Human Resources Club to build a knowledge bank, share information, experience and expertise to improve the industry. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-makers-pool-their-resources/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A report releAsed yesterdAy by the GArment MAnufActurers AssociAtion of CAmbodiA clAims thAt the Kingdom is hAving difficulties competing AgAinst its neighbours due to low productivity, increAsing wAges And lAbour strife. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/competition-is-tough-gmAc/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Amid struggles by the CAmbodiAn VeterAns AssociAtion to live up to its pension obligAtions, Prime Minister Hun Sen hAs ordered the minister of sociAl AffAirs And the minister of finAnce to provide roughly $1.5 million to AlleviAte the issue AheAd of the Pchum Ben holidAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pm-pledges-pension-funds/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The microfinance sector has provided a credit sum of $5.12 billion to 1.57 million clients, an average of $3,260 per account last year, creating direct employment for 21,567 people nationwide with a business network of 904 offices. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/microfinance-sector-provided-5-12b-loans-to-1-57m-clients-in-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said on Sunday that the Japanese government will not cut infrastructure financing following international criticism and calls made by former opposition members to end funding. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/transport-minister-denies-japan-aid-cut/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Slapping Khmer song lyrics over international hits or ripping off the creative content of foreign-produced music videos is a practice in the Kingdom that must end within one year, Ministry of Culture and Fine arts officials said at a conference in the capital yesterday. a crackdown <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rip-offs-strike-wrong-chord/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) on Monday launched an initiative to provide health insurance to the nation’s workforce, a plan that the country’s largest employers’ associations said was premature. NSSF director Ouk Samvithya said that by the middle of this year, enterprises in the country <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/social-security-fund-starts-new-insurance-scheme/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and Singapore have deposited their respective instruments of ratification for the aSEaN Convention against Trafficking in Persons (aCTIP) with aSEaN Secretary General Le Luong Minh, it was learned. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-singapore-ratify-asean-convention-against-trafficking-in-persons/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AssociAtion of BAnks in CAmbodiA (ABC) And CAmbodiA MicrofinAnce AssociAtion (CMA) on April 7 ordered members to Adopt six meAsures of finAnciAl relief in light of the economic fAllout And depressed incomes cAused by the FebruAry 20 community trAnsmission of Covid-19. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Abc-cmA-set-out-six-debt-relief-meAsures/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Environment will soon collaborate with some NGOs to host a Bird Photos Fair for the first time at Wat Phnom in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district in order to increase public awareness and understanding of Cambodian bird species. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-bird-photo-fair-set-for-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has requested that the UN Development Progamme (UNDP) continue its support for mine action in Cambodia so the Kingdom can achieve its goal of becoming mine-free by 2025. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-requests-undp-support-for-mine-free-goal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 50 government, civil society organizations (CSOs), unions and private sector officials met at an October 20 forum to discuss the benefits and challenges in the agricultural sector related to free trade agreements (FTa). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fta-benefits-debated-at-natl-forum/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>