One of the men suspected in the seven-year-old murder of a Phnom Penh garment factory union representative was tried at Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday, nearly two years after his conviction in absentia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-bosss-murder-gets-day-in-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A stArt-up initiAtive Aimed At reducing plAstic wAste in the Kingdom is Asking locAls And expAts to live plAstic-free in July. The goAl of the cAmpAign is relAtively simple: eliminAte plAstics’ hArshest offenders from dAily consumption. ThAt meAns plAstic strAws, bAgs, bottles, cups And StyrofoAm, or <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/eco-stArt-up-sAy-no-to-plAstics/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

CIMB Bank, Malaysia’s second-largest, has entered the insurance market via a partnership agreement signed yesterday with Cambodia Life Insurance Company (CLIC). In Meatra, director general of CLIC, said that under the partnership, CIMB had received full access to offer their insurance products to customers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cimb-the-latest-to-add-local-insurer/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Health Minister Mam Bunheng has been called to appear before the National assembly’s anticorruption commission, according to a copy of the summons issued by acting National assembly President Kem Sokha obtained Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/health-minister-called-for-questioning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mr. Luu Meng, president of hotel association in Cambodia said this week that Cambodia needs to develop tourism skills to compete with other countries in the aSEaN region as the kingdom has more opportunity to attract foreign visitors. “Our skills of hospitality are limited in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-needs-to-develop-qualified-tourism-skills-private-sector-said/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A bAn of live pig exports by ThAilAnd will benefit locAl fArmers As prices Are expected to rise. According to the MSME Project most of the pork in CAmbodiA comes from ThAilAnd. Only 40 to 50 percent of CAmbodiA’s hogs Are supplied by domestic fArmers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/thAi-exports-bAn-to-benefit-hog-fArmers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Japan-Cambodia association (JCa) is committed to attract more Japanese investors to Cambodia, particularly in human resources development. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-to-encourage-more-investors-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While local petroleum prices have dropped by nearly a quarter of their value since the start of the year, companies operating in the Kingdom’s highly competitive transportation sector insist they have not been able to convert lower fuel costs into higher profits &ndash; even when <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lower-fuel-prices-no-remedy-for-troubled-transport-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport issued a statement yesterday condemning the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ association (CITa) for calling on the Kingdom’s teachers to strike or protest in support of opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Kem Sokha. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teachers-association-condemned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

(UN ESCAP StrAtegic CommunicAtions And AdvocAcy Section)- “Investing in women’s entrepreneuriAl leAdership, And the empowerment of women, is smArt economics- which is why women’s empowerment is one of the most importAnt development priorities for the countries of AsiA And the PAcifc,” sAid Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/un-investing-in-women-entrepreneurs-business-leAders-is-smArt-economics/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Bar association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BaKC) has set up a legal office in all 25 municipal-provincial prisons to make it easier to maintain confidentiality between lawyers and clients in preparation for court proceedings. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bar-association-builds-room-for-lawyer-client-consultation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For the first semester of 2013, Cambodia attracted 879, 782 tourist arrivals from aSEaN region, plus 23.5 per cent if compared in the same period of last year, a report from tourism ministry obtained on Tuesday said.  The figure of tourist arrivals from aSEaN for the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-attracts-over-879000-tourists-from-asean-region/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Revenues generated by insurance firms increased 40 percent ro $18.9 million between january and June compared to the same period last year, according to data released yesterday by the General Insurance association of Cambodia (GIaC). Fire insurance continued to reign as the sector’s top earner, accounting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/insurance-premiums-up-40-in-first-6-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Southeast asian nations must redouble efforts to bridge development gaps which threaten the region’s efforts to create an EU-style single market, Cambodia’s prime minister said Monday. Building an aSEaN economic community by 2015 is the “top priority”, Hun Sen said as he opened the annual <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-rich-poor-gap-hinders-asean-integration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 27 November 2018, Ministry of Interior released an Instruction No.040 to urge the provincial and municipal governors to facilitate the NGOs and association, who already registered legally at the Ministry, to conduct the activities with local communities with no need to inform three days beforehand. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/ministry-of-interior-released-an-instruction-to-the-provincial-and-municipal-governors-to-facilitate-the-ngos-and-association-on-conducting-the-activities-with-communities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A high-rAnking militAry officiAl on JAnuAry 20 cAlled on members of the RoyAl Government Attorney Group (RGAG) And SAmdech Techo Sen’s VoluntAry LAwyers Group to remAin engAged in government efforts to AdvAnce the rule of lAw, reform the legAl And judiciAry systems, combAt corruption, strengthen <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hun-mAnet-cheers-prominent-lAwyer-groups-on-for-2023/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Germany-based apparel industry trade fair organiser Messe Frankfurt France signed a memorandum of understanding with the Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia yesterday to offer discounted exhibitor fees to Cambodian manufacturers in a deal valued at €400,000 ($450,000). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-fair-fees-reduced-for-local-garment-firms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) governor Chea Serey has lauded the French government for its pivotal role in the expansion of the Kingdom’s financial industry, particularly its robust growth in the microfinance sector. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/afd-boosts-mfis-nbc-reports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has called on all relevant institutes and local authorities, as well as international development partners, to help make Cambodia a malaria-free country. Prime Minister Hun Sen released a letter this week to celebrate World Malaria Day today under the theme Ready to Beat <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-pushes-for-malaria-free-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government plans to create a commission to review the national qualifications framework in order to improve the quality of education in the Kingdom. The establishment of the commission followed a request by Heng Vanda, Chairman of Cambodian Higher Education association, during a meeting with <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/commission-to-review-education-sub-decree/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>