Cambodian rubber exports surged 22 per cent during the first nine months of the year, compared to the same period last year, figures from the Ministry of agriculture said. Local producers exported 140,303 tonnes of rubber during the period &ndash; an increase of 25,240 tonnes <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rubber-exports-surge-by-22/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 100 private educational institutions have decided to request a meeting with the government to find ways to reopen schools as many of them are facing bankruptcy and on the brink of closing. The decision came during a virtual meeting among them on June <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/schools-seek-govt-meeting-to-find-ways-for-reopening/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

No Cambodians have been reported among the victims of the Erawan Shrine bombing in Bangkok, the Foreign affairs Ministry said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-cambodians-involved-in-bangkok-bombing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s National Election Committee yesterday concluded that its indelible ink &ndash; whose indelibility was called into question earlier this month when samples were reportedly washed off &ndash; is acceptable for use in the upcoming June 4 commune elections after publicly testing it on 16 people. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indelible-ink-to-be-used-at-polls-put-to-the-test/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 7 September 2023, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), the Cambodian Human Rights and Development association (aDHOC), and the Solidarity Center announced the release of the 2022 annual Report of the Cambodia Fundamental Freedoms Monitor produced by the Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project (FFMP).The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/joint-press-release-on-cambodia-fundamental-Freedoms-monitor-2022-annual-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National Police anti-drug chief Mok Chito yesterday said his officers need to begin inserting themselves into a stage of investigations until now the sole domain of the judiciary &ndash; drug testing.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/testing-drugs-a-cop-job-chito/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Retired civil servants and military veterans are to get a pension rise next month, along with the same 50,000 riel Khmer New Year allowance as serving civil servants and armed forces members. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pensions-rise-in-the-pipeline/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AustrAliA’s AmbAssAdor to CAmbodiA PAblo KAng And Minister of Commerce PAn SorAsAk jointly lAunched two publicAtions: “CAmbodiAn Crops with Prospects for the EU And RCEP MArkets” And, “CAmbodiA And Unlocking GlobAl MArkets by LeverAging Free TrAde Agreements”. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliA-to-help-develop-ftA-portAl-to-promote-trAde-investment/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two high-ranking Cambodian officials have issued fresh rallying calls for South Korean entities to invest in the Kingdom and take advantage of its bilateral and multilateral trade pacts, especially the Cambodia-Korea Free Trade agreement (CKFTa) that took effect on December 1. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-korea-investment-sought-as-five-mous-signed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government yesterday assured those in the garment industry that the Trade Union Law, which came into effect in May, is not meant to put pressure on any particular group, but rather to help employers and employees work together in harmony. Labor Ministry secretary of state <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-one-in-union-law-firing-line-says-vannak/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 5,600 people have volunteered to monitor the national high school examination next week, an anti-Corruption Unit official said Wednesday, more than double the number of observers who supervised the test last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-exam-monitors-to-double-this-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thousands of workers at the Wing Star Shoes factory demonstrated Tuesday for the second day in a row outside the factory in Kom­pong Speu province after a meeting between union and company officials failed to reach an agreement that would end an ongoing strike, worker <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wing-star-strike-to-continue-after-meeting-fails/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has said that the government will provide vocational training to 1.5 million poor youth as part of its policy for the upcoming seventh mandate. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/free-vocational-training-for-1-5-mil-poor-students/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Economy and Finance has held a forum on non-sovereign loans aimed at providing directions and guides to private sector and business associations to access loans directly from international financial institutions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/non-sovereign-loan-forum-guides-private-sector-to-directly-access-development-partners-financial-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated a dataset on “allocated land for social land concession” by adding the two new map features in Pursat from the sub-decree no. 42 on the cutting of 1,130 hectares of land in Say village, Prongil commune, Phnum Kravanh district, Pursat <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/Open-development-cambodia-odc-updated-a-dataset-on-allocated-land-for-social-land-concession/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated a dataset on “allocated land for social land concession” by added the one new map features in Kampong Chhnang from the sub-decree no. 124​ issued on 07 June 2023. This dataset shows information about the land concession implemented by The <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/Open-development-cambodia-odc-updated-a-dataset-on-allocated-land-for-social-land-concession-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated a dataset on “allocated land for social land concession” by added the two new map features in Pursat from the sub-decree no.339​ dated 23rd Nov 2023 and no.332 dated 16th Nov 2023. This dataset shows information about the land concession <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/Open-development-cambodia-odc-updated-a-dataset-on-allocated-land-for-social-land-concession-3/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is expected to welcome hundreds of Chinese tourists during the Chinese New Year which starts late next week, Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon said. according to the minister, Cambodia received some 560,000 Chinese tourists in the whole year of 2014, up 20 percent year-on- <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-expects-more-chinese-tourists-during-the-spring-festival/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group representing public-sector workers hAs cAlled on the country’s civil servAnts to follow in the footsteps of teAchers And begin A peAceful strike to demAnd higher sAlAries. A stAtement disseminAted ThursdAy by the CAmbodiAn Independent Civil ServAnts AssociAtion (CICA), which clAims to hAve 1,530 members, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/civil-servAnts-urged-to-strike-for-higher-pAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s beleaguered rubber industry looks set for a turnaround as international rubber prices continue their strong rebound. Local traders and industry officials said yesterday they were optimistic that rubber prices, which doubled during the course of 2016, would continue to rise as the global economy <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firmer-prospects-as-rubber-rebounds/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>