Teng Khorn’s living room is under a tree, his bedroom in a boat hauled up on a slipway for caulking beside the mangroves that lead to his source of income: the sea. His choice of abode is also his act of defiance against the monolithic Chinese <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/not-going-without-a-fight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Hotel association (CHa) president claims that the Hotel industry is seeking far and wide to secure financial assistance because of the Coronavirus pandemic, which hit hard the entire tourism sector. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hospitality-industry-shows-signs-of-despair/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government of Cambodia and the World Bank today signed agreements for four projects to improve road surfaces, manage fisheries, improve livelihoods from agriculture in targeted rural communities, and increase access to health care, with funding from the International Development association, or IDa, the World <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-and-world-bank-expand-development-engagement-to-reduce-poverty-and-share-prosperity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Vietnamese-owned rubber plantations in the Kingdom’s northeast are short on workers and are looking to recruit as many as 105,000 of them from now until the end of 2021. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnamese-owned-rubber-plantations-looking-to-hire/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Vietnam Embassy in Cambodia, the Khmer-Vietnamese association, and Sacombank Cambodia on January 11 gave Lunar New Year (Tet) presents to Cambodians of Vietnamese origin with disadvantaged circumstances living in Phnom Penh. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tet-presents-given-to-revolution-contributors-poor-people-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thai manufacturers are being urged to transfer some of their production facilities to Cambodia and other neighboring countries, according to a report in the Thai media yesterday.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-manufacturers-sizing-up-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed local authorities to encourage the establishment of more Older People’s associations (OPa) in local communities throughout the country and called on non-governmental organisations to support this development. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-marks-national-day-for-older-people/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian commercial banks are showing a stronger preference to provide riel loans to microfinance institutions (MFI) as they rush to increase the share of local currency in their loan portfolio to at least 10 per cent by the end of next year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bank-loan-portfolios-set-to-be-at-least-10-in-local-currency/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has eyed to become a precious stone and jewelry hub in Southeast asia region in the near future, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said Thursday. Speaking at the opening of the 5th international gems and jewelry fair here, the minister said that with the fast <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-eyes-to-become-regions-prominent-gems-jewelry-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said the government will move forward in adopting the Trade Union Law despite the absence of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cabinet-approves-draft-union-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MoEF) will scrap customs fees for rice exporters from May 1 in an effort to reduce production costs and boost Cambodia’s competitiveness in the sector, according to a letter obtained by the Post. “[The ministry] has agreed to eliminate charges <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-customs-fees-dropped/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As CAmbodiA prepAres to host A series of top-level meetings in Phnom Penh next week, questions remAin over how it will ApproAch mAjor issues such As the South ChinA SeA. AnAlysts now sAy next week’s meeting will be A test of whether CAmbodiA will continue <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/julys-fAilure-looms-As-cAmbodiA-prepAres-for-mAjor-regionAl-summits/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Officials yesterday confirmed that the Cambodian government will receive a majority of the revenue share from Chevron’s offshore Block a oil permit area near Sihanoukville in the Gulf of Thailand. The government expects to issue the american oil giant a production permit licence by the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-hits-oil-revenue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Mine action and Victim assistance authority (CMaa) and the Chinese Relief association for Saving Cambodians (RaSC) on October 25 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to mobilise resources from Chinese investors at home and abroad to support demining work in Preah Sihanouk province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cmaa-inks-mou-with-chinese-ngo-eyes-mine-free-p-sihanouk-by-2025/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Independent Teacher association (CITa), along with about 100 teachers from various provinces, gathered at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh yesterday to mark International Teachers’ Day and demanded the government further increase their minimum wage to at least $370, not including additional bonuses. CITa acting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teachers-demand-higher-wages/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China wants to import 300,000 tonnes of rubber from Cambodia by early next year, as the Cambodian government boosts its capacity for direct rubber exports to China. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-seeks-rubber-imports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a statement set to be published on Monday, the Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) said the EU’s possible withdrawal of Cambodia’s Everything But arms (EBa) access would harm 750,000 workers and three million families. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gmac-makes-eu-plea-to-consider-job-losses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian exports grew by 17 per cent last year, driven by increases in shipments of rice and footwear, with garment export growth easing to a little under 7 per cent, according to a new Ministry of Commerce report. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-garment-sectors-push-exports-into-record-territory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AssociAtions in the footweAr And trAvel goods sector welcomed the hike in the minimum wAge for workers in 2024, sAying thAt this will ensure the sector’s competitiveness And enhAnce the workers’ living stAndArds. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AssociAtions-welcome-minimum-wAge-hike/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) notices issued month-to-date reveal that it has greenlit 10 new projects worth nearly $50 million, mostly involved in garments, footwear and packaging. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ten-new-projects-to-create-more-than-8000-jobs-cdc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>