The private sector and industry professionals were engaged yesterday in the first consultation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government in an effort to understand the factors affecting Cambodia’s economy, and ultimately determined that human capital, infrastructure, innovation and regulatory issues as the key areas href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/adb-maps-kingdoms-needs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

CIMB Bank plc, which aims to be among the top 10 banks in Cambodia over the next five years, is targeting more than US$100mil (RM317mil ) in deposits and US$90mil (RM285mil) in total loan size by year-end. Its deputy general manager and head of commercial banking href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cimb-aiming-to-be-top-10-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The garment industry could be close to renewing an industrial relations memorandum of understanding, but an independent union believes it is being edged out of negotiations because it opposes the use of short-term and fixed-duration contracts. Ath Thorn, president of the Cambodian Labour Confederation, said yesterday href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/union-out-of-loop-in-mou-negotiations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Chemical substances used in about 3,000 mining drills operating in the Prey Lang forest in Kratie and Kampong Thom provinces are wreaking environmental havoc and making people sick, a report by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights released yesterday says. Substances used by a number of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/reckless-mining-in-prey-lang-takes-toll-on-environment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The 13 Boeung Kak lake women imprisoned after a three-hour trial on May 24 were tried unjustly on charges that had no basis, according to a Cambodian Center for Human Rights report released yesterday. Ou Virak said the women’s sentencing, which came two days after href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/report-slams-boeung-kak-13-sentencing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​អាស៊ាន​ ដាក់ឱ្យ​ដំណើរការ​កិច្ច​ច​រចា​នៃ​កិច្ចព្រមព្រៀង​ស្តីពី​ក្របខ័ណ្ឌ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ឌីជីថល​អាស៊ាន (DEFA) ដែលជា​កិច្ចព្រមព្រៀង​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ឌីជីថល ​នៅ​ទូទាំង​តំបន់​ដ៏​សំខាន់​ដំបូង​គេ​ក្នុង​ពិភពលោក​ដើម្បី​ជំរុញ​ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរ​ឌីជីថល​របស់​អាស៊ាន​។​ ​ការដាក់ឱ្យ​ដំណើរការ​កិច្ចចរចា​នេះ​ធ្វើឡើង​នៅក្នុង​កិច្ចប្រជុំ​ក្រុមប្រឹក្សា​សហគមន៍​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/asean-initiate-talks-on-digital-economy-framework-agenda/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government expects U.S. oil major Chevron Corp. CVX +0.77% to begin developing the country’s first offshore oil field early next year, and hopes the nation will become a regional hot spot for oil and gas investment, a government official said Wednesday. Cambodia has vast untapped oil and gas resources href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/government-hopes-for-chevron-offshore-oil-deal-this-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Official from Cambodian immigration, law enforcement and diplomatic circles were either unaware of, or unwilling to talk yesterday about, an alleged request from the Thai government to help monitor Cambodian Muslims crossing into the country. News of the alleged monitoring surfaced on Monday when Thai href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/monitoring-questions-mount/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

យោង​ទៅ​តាម​ទីភ្នាក់ងារសារព័ត៌មាន​រដ្ឋ​ AKP​ បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​ ​ការ​ស្ទង់​មតិ​សង្គមកិច្ច​-​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​នៃ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៤​ បាន​បង្ហាញ​ឲ្យ​ឃើញ​ពី​អត្រា​តុល្យភាព​ភេទ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​មួយ​នេះ​។​​ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/socio-economic-survey-shows-cambodias-balanced-sex-ratio/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

យោង​ទៅ​តាម​របាយការណ៍​ របស់​វេទិកា​អង្គការក្រៅរដ្ឋាភិបាល​ស្តី​ពី​កម្ពុជា​ បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​ សម្បទាន​ដី​នៅ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ទៅ​ឲ្យ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​កាលពី​ឆ្នាំ​មុន​ បាន​ប៉ះពាល់​ដល់​មនុស្ស​ជិត​ ៨០,០០០​នាក់​ ដោយ​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ពួក​គេ​មួយ​ចំនួន​គ្មាន​ទីជម្រក​ និង​ ធ្វើឲ្យ​ភាព​ក្រីក្រកើនឡើង href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodian-land-concessions-deepen-poverty-report-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

ជោគជ័យពាណិជ្ជកម្មរបស់អាស៊ីគឺស្ថិតនៅលើកិច្ចខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែងរបស់ស្រី្តក្រីក្រ ដែលមានការងារច្រើននិងមិនទទួលបានប្រាក់បៀរវត្តន៍សមស្របនិងមិនទទួលបានការឱ្យតម្លៃ នេះបើយោងតាមរបាយការណ៍របស់អង្គការអុកស្វាមមួយដែលបានចេញផ្សាយកាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារ៍។ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/gender-based-pay-gap-persists-oxfam-study/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Investors in Cambodia’s northeast on Monday announced an investment in a cassava-processing plant in Battambang province. Prak Phoung Kesoa, assistant CEO at Battambang Agro-Industry, said yesterday that the plant would be 100 per cent Cambodian owned href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/battambang-investors-bankroll-cassava-processing-plant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Laos government will continue to allow what it has dubbed “preparatory work” on the controversial Xayaburi dam, including the resettlement of villagers, despite promising to suspend the project at last week’s ASEAN Regional Forum, according to a media report in Laos. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/xayaburi-dam-construction-to-proceed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Security forces have sealed off a village in eastern Cambodia and denied entry to human rights workers after the fatal shooting of a teenager in the latest violent eviction aimed at clearing land for development. Soldiers said they needed to secure the area around Proma village, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodian-troops-seal-off-village-after-land-clashes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Ministry of Interior officials announced yesterday that three more villagers accused of involvement in a “secessionist plot” in Kratie province turned themselves in and confessed their guilt on Saturday, taking advantage of the prime minister’s offer of immunity for those who agree to act as href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/more-confess-to-kratie-secession/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Two more of the five accused secessionists from Kratie province’s Pro Ma village turned themselves in on Friday, Ministry of Interior officials said, just days after Hun Sen declared that he would drop charges against them if they testified against the plot’s masterminds. [Bun] Ratha href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/accused-secessionists-to-testify/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

An International Monetary Fund and World Bank report has questioned Cambodia’s ability to deal with future financial crises if government borrowing increases. While the report indicated that Cambodia was at low risk for severe debt problems, it highlighted the need for effective management of new debt href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodias-debt-a-concern/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Four brokers accused of duping 19 victims out of thousands of dollars for non-existent jobs in South Korea were arrested at Phnom Penh International Airport on Saturday. Keo Thea, chief of Phnom Penh’s anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection department, said Por Sen Chey district police arrested href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/brokers-nabbed-at-airport/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ latest list of economic land concessions reveals some peculiar discrepancies with known records of ELCs. Some that have recently been granted are missing, while others known to have been cancelled remain. The June 8 MAFF list makes no mention href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/not-all-economic-land-concessions-listed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and Thailand’s financial exposure to Europe would make the two counties the most vulnerable regionally, an ANZ Bank report showed. The Kingdom’s exports and tourism sectors were on increasingly unstable ground as Europe’s debt crisis advanced. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/anz-report-shows-a-vulnerable-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...