Cambodia earned about $66.13 million from the export of live adult animals and products of animal origin in 2021, a 40.1 per cent surge from $47.18 million a year earlier, the General Directorate of animal Health and Production reported. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/animal-related-exports-soar-40-per-cent-to-66-million/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hyatt Hotels Corp has announced the opening of the first Park Hyatt in Southeast asia in Siem Reap. The announcement Wednesday said the reopening of the former Hotel De La Paix in downtown Siem Reap followed a 14-month renovation by award-winning interior designer Bill Bensley. “We are <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-park-hyatt-in-southeast-asia-opens-in-siem-reap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The European Council on Tourism and Trade (ECTT) on Wednesday awarded the Kingdom the title of the world’s best tourism destination for 2016. Cambodia outperformed some 30 contestants, including last year’s winner Ethiopia, an african country, thanks to her innumerable attractions, rich cultural history, civilization, ancient <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-bags-premier-tourism-award/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Federation of associations for Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FaSMEC) will launch its “Selling Cambodian Products” campaign throughout the country early next year to boost the sale of local products and reduce imports, the organization’s president said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-local-products-campaign/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Bangkok-based Cambodia Business Council (CBC) and local Innovation and Development Investors association (IDI) have joined forces to engage with and attract more investors as well as to improve Cambodian exports regionally and globally. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-bodies-cbc-idi-team-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported apparel items, clothing accessories and knitted and non-knitted or crocheted items worth $4.5 billion in the first seven months this year&mdash;down by 20.6 per cent year on year from $5.6 billion. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-apparel-knitted-non-knitted-items-exports-fall/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s 35 microfinance institutions had lent 1 billion U.S. dollars to customers by the end of March this year, up 24 percent from 808 million U.S. dollars it lent at the end of last year, the data of Cambodia Microfinance association (CMa) showed Wednesday. On the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-micro-lenders-record-24-pct-lending-growth-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Testing of a new electronic voter registration system is “running smoothly”, with more than 14,000 people registered across 24 provinces since the pilot project began on November 1, the National Election Committee announced yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/voter-e-registration-Test-run-going-smoothly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A nAtionAl energy efficiency policy is currently in development, officiAls told the Post lAst week. Experts At the Ministry of Industry, Mines, And Energy (MIME) And the multi-donor fund EU Energy InitiAtive PArtnership DiAlogue FAcility (EUEI PDF) Are in discussions About detAils of the policy, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/move-to-lift-energy-efficiency-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Rumours swirling in local media of a grade 12 exam pass rate of 80 per cent &ndash; which would mark a massive year-to-year improvement &ndash; were neither confirmed nor denied by the Ministry of Education yesterday, though some grading tests reported low scores in certain <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/anticipation-grows-over-test-scores/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Oxfam and Young Entrepreneurs association of Cambodia (YEaC) co-organised on Thursday a “Sustainable Business Forum” under the theme “Together for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Growth in Cambodia” to promote responsible, inclusive and sustainable business practices in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oxfam-and-young-entrepreneurs-host-sustainable-business-forum/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 25 June 2024, the Cambodian alliance of Trade Union (CaTU) issued a statement in respond to the statement of the employers’ association (TaFTaC) and maintained the position of supporting the report issued by CENTRaL, CaTU and CCaWDU on their official social media site.according to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/statement-by-cambodian-alliance-of-trade-union-catu-in-respond-to-the-statement-of-the-employers-association-taftac-and-maintain-the-position-of-supporting-the-report-issued-by-central-catu-and/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Inside a nondescript villa in central Phnom Penh, men and women in white lab coats peer through lenses, carefully studying the magnified objects in front of them. But these aren’t biologists researching cell division or bacteria; these are gem testers concerned with inclusions and refractive indices on rubies, sapphires and other precious stones. They are working <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-gems-and-jewelry-sector-set-to-shine/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Singapore-based Indochina Energy Partners is focusing on rooftop solar installations in three Southeast asian nations, including Cambodia. according to a report by Scanasia released Monday, IEP is working on rooftop photovoltaic panel installations in Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/spore-firm-announces-plans-for-local-solar-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As A wAy to possibly boost funding for environmentAl protection in the Kingdom, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterdAy floAted the ideA of An extrA tAx on cigArettes And Alcohol. SpeAking At A forum on the protection And conservAtion of nAturAl resources in Phnom Penh, the prime <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/drink-A-beer-to-sAve-the-plAnet/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian cashew nut exports are on the rise, yet export figures are still well below production numbers, with thousands of tonnes unaccounted for. Unshelled cashew nut exports totalled close to $2.5 million in the first six months of the year, with 2,800 tonnes exported, a rise <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cashew-nut-export-numbers-arent-adding-up-producers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian ambassador to Korea ChringBotumrangsay shared candid insights on the burgeoning bilateral relations, highlighting the economic synergy between the two nations at a business investment event on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/korean-businessmen-keen-on-cambodias-investment-environment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Labour Ministry has announced that all factories across the country must have their own infirmary completed by the end of this year, noting that 88 percent of factories having built infirmaries already. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/all-factories-need-infirmaries-by-years-end/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) has asked Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Union, to remove his statement issued on October 28, saying that the statement is not true. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gmac-urges-rong-chhun-to-stop-accusing-it-of-bribing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government will spend about $820 million this year to improve education in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/820-mil-to-push-education-reform-final-phase-strategy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>