On 24 June 2024, the Textile AppArel FootweAr And TrAvel goods AssociAtion in CAmbodiA (TAFTAC) issued A stAtement on CENTRAL’s report And CleAn Clothes CAmpAign’s stAtement on their officiAl sociAl mediA site. According to the stAtement, TACTAC is shocked And disAppointed At the biAs And subjective <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/stAtement-of-textile-AppArel-footweAr-And-trAvel-goods-AssociAtion-in-cAmbodiA-tAftAc-on-centrAls-report-And-cleAn-clothes-cAmpAigns-stAtement/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Federation of associations for Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FaSMEC) &ndash; a non-profit organisation &ndash; on Monday proposed the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) to promote local Enterprises by allowing the delegation to take part in the overseas trip, luring foreign <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fasmec-urges-cdc-to-link-activities-with-smes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the fight over the minimum wage hike for the garment and footwear industry coming to a head, factory owners are already digging in their heels, saying any increase in the $128 a month wage could seriously damage an industry that is facing rising competition <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minimum-wage-should-fall-not-rise-gmac/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn plAn to AttrAct 5 million tourists to the country in 2015 is hAnging in the bAlAnce despite A rise in the first hAlf of this yeAr. CAmbodiA set 5 million tourists As the tArget this yeAr, An increAse from 4.5 million lAst yeAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-tourist-tArget-under-chAllenge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Dozens of taxi drivers in Poipet City protested Monday against the creation of a new checkpoint where they are forced to pay costly bribes to transport goods that have been smuggled across the border from Thailand. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/poipet-city-taxi-drivers-protest-new-checkpoint/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia netted over $1.2 billion from exporting footwear, gaiters and related articles in the first 11 months of 2023, marking a nearly 23% decrease year-on-year. However, the last few months of 2023 showed signs of gradual improvement, as reported by the General Department of Customs <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/footwear-exports-dip-sector-shows-signs-of-recovery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) has reportedly continued to urge pragmatism in drafting the legal framework of draft union law ahead of the public consultation later this week, demanding a reflection of interests from both workers and employers in the country’s garment sector.  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/garment-sector-employers-urge-amendments-to-draft-union-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five police from Phnom Penh’s Dangkor and Russey Keo districts could face charges for allegedly beating false confessions out of three suspects, a technique human rights observers say is pervasive in Cambodia. Judges and lawyers at Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday questioned the three Russey Keo <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/forced-confessions-have-cops-in-hot-seat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and the Philippines have expressed their commitment to further strengthening cooperation to enhance labour rights and social security for the benefit of the people of both nations, as part of their partnership as aSEaN member states. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/philippines-to-boost-labour-social-security-co-op/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Better Factories Cambodia has found that more and more factories in the country are complying with its standards when dealing with critical worker issues after it began conducting studies on factory compliance. These critical issues include child labour, discrimination, forced labour and freedom of association. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-conditions-improving-bfc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite the implementation of provisions to defend abused women and girls in 2021, the Bar association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BaKC) noted some challenges due to the lack of cooperation by relevant specialised state institutions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/overarching-problems-hinder-search-for-justice-for-abused-women-bakc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia needs increased investments, and for that, deeper regional as well as global integration is crucial, Moody’s Investors Service has said. The B2 sovereign bond rating is constrained by the small size of the economy, low per capita income and high level of dollarization while robust <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-needs-more-investments-and-global-integration-moodys/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s first-ever agricultural census is under way, tasked with addressing the lack of reliable statistical information on one of  the Kingdom’s most crucial economic sectors. The census is being taken by the government with assistance from the UN’s Food and agriculture Organisation (FaO) in two <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-begins-first-agricultural-census/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

To promote the registration of small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft will begin early next year to decentralise the process by granting provincial government officials the authority to register businesses. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-hopes-decentralisation-boosts-business-registration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Royal Cambodian government is continuing talks with US major Chevron regarding the delayed Block a offshore project that would be the asean member nation’s first indigenous hydrocarbon development. In august 2010, eight years after being awarded the block, Chevron issued a declaration of commerciality and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-still-in-block-a-talks-with-chevron/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) has stated approximately 60 percent of its factories have been severely affected by cancelled orders of ready-made garment exports, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/half-a-million-workers-already-affected-by-cancelled-orders/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At leAst three workers were Arrested TuesdAy morning outside the Wing StAr Shoes fActory in Kompong Speu province, where the Free TrAde Union (FTU) hAs been leAding A strike cAlling for benefits And bAck pAy, According to police And A union representAtive. An FTU representAtive sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/union-sAys-three-workers-Arrested-over-wing-stAr-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday provided an indication of the role that will be played by the new Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, which was created late last year, announcing it will hold the sole responsibility for registering small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The government <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/registration-of-smes-given-to-new-handicrafts-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A high school director in Prey Veng province Accused of embezzling thousAnds of dollArs wAs trAnsferred to A new position with the provinciAl government on WednesdAy following A protest by students And teAchers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-job-for-principAl-Accused-of-embezzlement/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Siem Reap provincial department of education, youth and sports overruled a decision by the director of the provincial teachers training center to ban two outspoken teachers-in-training from their upcoming final exam after a successful protest by about 250 of their peers Tuesday. Vin Savy, 21, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/student-teachers-are-put-back-on-the-exam-list/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>