A few yeArs Ago this scene would hAve plAyed out in ChinA. More specificAlly, it would hAve plAyed out in A Chinese coAstAl region to which millions of rurAl folks hAd Arrived looking for work. A huge hAngAr, piles of fAbrics of All colors At both <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/investment-or-imperiAlism-trAcking-chinAs-big-Ambitions-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Workers at a Taiwanese-owned sandal factory in Kompong Cham province on strike since last week over an eight-point list of demands agreed to go back to work Tuesday after reaching a deal with management that included a monthly lunch stipend. a few hundred of the Carlington <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-ends-strike-after-compromise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Water Supply authority (PPWSa) earnings recovered slightly during the second quarter of the year off the back of increased public water usage, officials said. In a filing to the Cambodia Stock Exchange last week, the PPWSa posted $2.7 million in profits for the second <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ppwsa-posts-its-q2-profits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The head of the National assembly’s top human rights commission has warned Banteay Meanchey’s provincial governor to settle a land dispute involving 230 disabled soldiers’ families from the province’s Malai district, saying he will be sacked if the matter is not settled within three months. after <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/settle-land-dispute-or-else/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An outbreAk of AviAn influenzA (bird flu) in BAttAmbAng province’s Ek Phnom district hAs killed Around 1,300 chickens from one locAtion, officiAls sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bird-flu-outbreAk-kills-1300-chickens/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Indian government announced it will donate 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Cambodia on an urgent basis. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/india-to-supply-100000-free-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Cults and Religious affairs has authorised the resumption of all religious ceremonies and gatherings in Cambodia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/religious-ceremonies-and-gatherings-allowed-to-resume-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thailand’s Commerce Ministry is aiming to speed up talks with Cambodia to reopen additional checkpoints with neighbouring Cambodia to boost trade between the two nations. . <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thailand-seeks-to-reopen-tha-sen-and-ban-nong-ian-border-checkpoints-to-boost-trade-with-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Labour reported that it has settled more than 800 labour disputes last year and more than 60 strikes across the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/labour-ministry-settles-over-500-worker-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and the United States are committed to further strengthening and expanding cooperation to increase trade and investment. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-us-vow-to-expand-cooperation-to-boost-trade-and-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Federal Republic of Germany has pledged to provide approximately $66 million to Cambodia to support projects on socio-economic development. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%a2%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9b%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9b%e1%9e%ba%e1%9e%98%e1%9f%89%e1%9e%84%e1%9f%8b%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%93%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%99%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%95/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In yet another case of Cambodian women facing abuse in China, a 19-year-old told the Post yesterday that she has taken to living on the streets after the consulate in Shanghai refused to pay for her repatriation. Kim Sophea*, who claims she has been forced into marriage in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-china-nowhere-to-run/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia approved fixed-asset investment projects worth $1.39 billion in the first two months of 2024, a significant rise of about 500 percent compared to the same period last year, a Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)’s report said on Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-attracts-1-39-bln-investment-in-first-2-months-of-2024/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Svay Rieng Provincial Court has issued summonses to question three women who were allegedly shot by a government official during a protest at a special economic zone (SEZ) in February, a court official and the plaintiffs said yesterday. about 20 eyewitnesses have already been questioned <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sez-shooting-victims-called-for-questioning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Russia is set to approve duty- and quota-free imports for up to 3,000 Cambodian agricultural products, according to local government officials. a statement issued by Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce on Friday states that Russia’s Minister for Economic Development, alexey Ulyukaev, agreed in principal to increase the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/russia-pledges-duty-free-trade-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Businesses in Phnom Penh have been ordered to dismantle signs and advertisements erected on public property without the permission of City Hall. In a letter sent to businesses on Wednesday and published on the city’s website yesterday, City Hall said companies found to have been flouting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rules-enforced-municipality-cracks-down-on-public-ads/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A fArmer prepAring A plot of lAnd for A vegetAble gArden found A cAche of unexploded 60mm mortAr rounds from the 1970s on the cAmpus of A secondAry school in PursAt province’s KAndieng district over the weekend. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/more-thAn-140-unexploded-mortAr-rounds-found-At-pursAt-school/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A lArge-scAle hydropower dAm in ChinA begAn releAsing A deluge of wAter from its overfilling reservoir on FridAy, leAving downstreAm neighbours to feAr imminent inundAtion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinA-dAm-dischArges-in-mekong/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Since 1993, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has been working to reform the country’s legal framework, and in particular the application of justice, to provide a clear and fixed procedural system to ensure respect for individual rights and equality before the courts.1 In theory, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/civil-and-commercial-litigation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A locAl journAlist And A forestry officiAl were Arrested by militAry police in KrAtie province’s SAmbo district on FridAy night for Allegedly dischArging A weApon into the Air And beAting A mAn with A boAt oAr in An extortion bid gone Awry. According to district militAry <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/journo-forest-officiAl-Allegedly-beAt-logger/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>