The Bar association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BaKC) has issued a letter calling on all lawyers to volunteer free legal services to the poor. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/call-for-all-lawyers-to-provide-free-services-to-the-poor-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three private institutions have come together to provide loans to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to boost financial access for the business expansion and sustainability amid the global economic downturn. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/increased-loan-access-for-smes-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The environmental NGO at the center of an extortion scandal in Siem Reap province has a track record of using its employees as racketeers in order to enrich itself, according to officials who have previously dealt with the organization. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngo-under-scrutiny-has-history-of-extortion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 12 April 2021, the AssociAtion of BAnks in CAmbodiA (ABC) And CAmbodiA MicrofinAnce AssociAtion (CMA) issued An AdditionAl stAtement on the updAted version of bAnking And finAnciAl institutions intervention meAsures to further support And fAvor clients who Are Affected by COVID-19. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/AdditionAl-stAtement-An-updAted-version-of-bAnking-And-finAnciAl-institutions-intervention-meAsures-for-clients-Affected-by-covid-19/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AssociAtion of BAnks in CAmbodiA (ABC) And the CAmbodiAn MicrofinAnce AssociAtion (CMA) on April 23 informed the public thAt business operAtions in the industry Are continuing As normAl nAtionwide Although some AreAs in the provinces And cApitAl hAve been plAced in lockdown to curb <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAnk-mfis-operAtions-go-on-despite-lockdown/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Import duties and limits, as well as rising wages in neighbouring countries, made Cambodia the second largest exporter of bicycles to the European Union after Taiwan, an industry newsletter reports. according to Bike-EU.com, which quoted data from Eurostat, Cambodia exported 519,389 units to EU countries between <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-peddling-bikes-in-eu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Veun sai district, Ratanakkiri &ndash; Kitted out in their camouflage uniforms, military boots, belts and Ministry of Land Management baseball caps, the dozen or so student volunteers looked like a stern bunch. There was no smiling as they sat at wooden desks in an open pagoda <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/volunteering-to-tackle-the-intractable-issue-of-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Financial institutions said on Wednesday that they will provide favorable easing to customers who have been affected by severe floods, following an appeal by Prime Minister Hun Sen. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mfis-agree-to-loan-repayment-relief-for-borrowers-hit-by-flooding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and China have witnessed a substantial increase in bilateral trade during the first half of 2024, according to an official report released on Wednesday by the General Department of Customs and Excise.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-china-trade-sees-robust-growth-in-the-first-half-of-2024/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Burger King will launch another three restaurants in Cambodia by the end of the year, according to a company official, in a move that will bolster the fast food chain’s share of a market dominated by KFC. Somach Sovary, support manager for Burger King Cambodia, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/burger-king-chain-to-expand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two NGOs on Monday launched an online campaign to galvanize public support for providing students with free textbooks after a survey found that 85 percent of high-school pupils lack the necessary books for their studies. The Khmer Institute for National Development (KIND) and the affiliated Network <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/campaign-promotes-free-textbooks-for-students/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new initiAtive led by Interpol will focus on improving border security in SoutheAst AsiA, with the internAtionAl police body wArning thAt increAsed cross-border criminAl Activity will be A likely unintended consequence of the region’s growing integrAtion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/interpol-initiAtive-to-boost-border-security/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AssociAtion of TelecommunicAtion OperAtors in CAmbodiA (ATOC) wAs officiAlly lAunched on MArch 25 in A move to build A united voice in deAling with relevAnt stAkeholders And the RoyAl Government of CAmbodiA for the development of the telecommunicAtions industry. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/telecoms-AssociAtion-lAunched/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Trade unions at either end of the political divide Wednesday said they were eager to renew their agreement with garment factories to abide by the rulings of the country’s arbitration Council, with some changes, despite a new report showing that both unions and employers often <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-want-arbitration-council-deal-renewed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen and the visiting president of the China-Cambodia Friendship association (CCFa) each planted a tree inside the Peace Palace compound in Phnom Penh on Wednesday to celebrate the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Gu Xiulian, president of the CCFa, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/to-celebrate-relations-with-china-hun-sen-plants-rosewood-tree/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday freed on bail, two former Radio free asia (RFa) reporters, who were charged with espionage. Oun Chhin, 49, and Yeang Sochea Meta (Sothearin), 35, were arrested by the Meanchey district authorities on November 14, last year, and spent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rfa-spies-released-on-bail/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With few reforms made in the past year, Cambodia ranked 138th out of 181 countries for the second consecutive year in the World Bank’s ‘Doing Business’ report released yesterday, a ranking that put it behind countries such as Syria and Sudan. The report ranks countries based <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-improvement-in-doing-business-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 05 July 2016, at Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) has a MoU signing to renew the agreement between the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and Metfone, the Kingdom’s leading telecommunications company, to provide free internet to schools nationwide with the attendance <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/ministry-of-education-youth-and-sport-and-metfone-singed-a-mou-to-renew-the-agreement-to-provide-free-internet-to-schools-nationwide/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) is delighted to announce the Opening of registration in a full-day training session scheduled for 22 February 2024 in Sen Monourom city, Mondulkiri province. This session marks the implementation of the project “Strengthening Informal Economies and SMEs in Cambodia <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/call-for-smes-and-informal-economies-in-mondulkiri-to-participate-in-a-full-day-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Members of the AssociAtion of DemocrAts, the group led by jAiled Activist And Beehive RAdio owner MAm SonAndo, rAllied in front of the RoyAl PAlAce yesterdAy to deliver petitions AppeAling for his releAse. Huon PhAnnAry, the deputy secretAry-generAl of the AssociAtion, sAid yesterdAy thAt neArly 100 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAckers-Ask-king-to-set-sonAndo-free/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>