Chinese bank loans seek to aid rice millers
China’s Export-Import Bank officials proposed to provide loans of up to US$70 million for rice milling in an effort to aid Cambodia’s efforts to export a million tonnes of rice by 2015, government officials said yesterday. The bank’s officials visited Cambodia last week to met with Cambodian href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/chinese-bank-loans-seek-to-aid-rice-millers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Women slow to climb Cambodia's market
Women’s economic roles in Cambodia have made slower progress than in many other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, World Bank economists said yesterday. The region as a whole has seen tremendous gains in the way of gender equality during the past 20 years, but increasing wages href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/women-slow-to-climb-cambodias-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012061956865/Business/women-not-on-top-in-market.html
Questions over China dams
Some questions remain about whether hydro dams on the upper Mekong River in China exacerbated conditions during Cambodia’s devastating drought of 2010, environmental groups say, as China’s dam program powers ahead. When the first power-generating unit was switched on last month at China’s giant 262-metre tall href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/questions-over-china-dams/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012102359350/National-news/questions-over-china-dams.html
Strike may end if deal holds: union
Workers who have been told they have been sacked for striking at the co-owned Tai Yang and Camwell factories will forget about their seniority bonuses – for now – if they are reinstated, unions and an advocacy group said yesterday. In an attempt to end one href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/strike-may-end-if-deal-holds-union/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Foreigners entering the condo market in Phnom Penh
The number of foreign owners of houses in Cambodia has soared in recent years after the government permitted foreigners to have rights over owning real estate in the Kingdom, according to officials of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. Speaking at the opening of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/foreigners-entering-the-condo-market-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Carlsberg promises support
Danish brewer Carlsberg has vowed to improve the working conditions of Angkor and Carlsberg beer promoters in Cambodia as it tries to stamp out coerced workplace drinking. The company announced late last week it had joined forces with the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/carlsberg-promises-support/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
អង្គការបរិស្ថាននិយាយថា រដ្ឋាភិបាលអសកម្មធ្វើឲ្យខូចខាតព្រៃឈើ
បណ្តាញសហគមន៍ព្រៃឡង់ (PLCN) ដែលកំពុងតែធ្វើការការពារព្រៃឈើនៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ត្រូវបានជ្រើសរើសជាជ័យលាភីរបស់ Equator Prize សម្រាប់ការរៀបចំសហគមន៍ល្អដាច់គេ។ នៅក្នុងកិច្ចសម្ភាសជាមួយនឹង ហេឡូវីអូអេ លោក សេង សុខ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/environmental-group-says-inactive-government-has-failed-its-forests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Trading volume drops on new Cambodia Securities Exchange
The Cambodia Securities Exchange has seen a sharp decrease in action this week, with trading volume yesterday falling to 3,453 shares, down nearly 100 per cent from Monday. Despite the drop, which was accompanied by a strong shift from institutional to retail investors, experts have stressed the time href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/trading-volume-drops-on-new-cambodia-securities-exchange/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012042755811/Business/trading-volume-drops-on-new-csx.html
កម្ពុជា ខាតបង់ថវិកាអស់រាប់រយលានដុល្លារ ព្រោះតែហិង្សាលើកុមារ
ក្រសួងកិច្ចការនារី និងអង្គការ UNICEF កាលពីម្សិលមិញបានបង្ហាញរបាយការណ៍មួយដោយបង្ហាញថាយ៉ាងហោចណាស់ទឹកប្រាក់ប្រមាណ ១៦៨ លានដុល្លារដែលកម្ពុជាបានខាតបង់នៅក្នុងឆ្នាំ ២០១៣ ដោយសារផលវិបាកផ្នែកសុខភាពដែលបង្កឡើងពីការប្រើអំពើហិង្សាលើកុមារ។ការសិក្សា href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/child-abuse-costs-kingdom-study/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
សែន ដាវីត
http://bit.ly/1IZ3as0
IMF revises GDP projection for Cambodia upward to 7%
The International Monetary Fund has revised Cambodia’s economic growth projection to between 6.5 and 7 per cent, up from 6.2 per cent in April, saying the country could manage a sound macro-economy because of the growth in four main sectors: manufacturing, tourism, agriculture and construction. According to Ek href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/imf-revises-gdp-projection-for-cambodia-upward-to-7/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
នគរបាលអន្តរជាតិអាំងទែប៉ូលចូលរួមក្នុងការតាមចាប់ខ្លួនលោក ថោង សារ៉ាត់
មន្ត្រីក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃបានឲ្យកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា លោក ថោង សារ៉ាត់ មន្ត្រីក្រសួងការពារជាតិដែលគេតាម href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/interpol-joins-hunt-for-general-wanted-over-tycoons-murder/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា និង អេឡិក ខុនស៊ីកលីអូ
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/21142/
Education ushers women into workforce
Gender inequality in education is still palpable in Cambodia, causing women to be undervalued in the workplace and their potential to be untapped, the Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs said during the celebration of the United Nations International Day of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/education-ushers-women-into-workforce/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian worker alleges Thai police of humiliating treatment, abuse
A Cambodian migrant worker has alleged that he and dozens of fellow migrants were arrested, beaten, stripped naked and shaved bald by Thai police, who then extorted money from them just because they did not have the correct location on their working visas. The allegation is href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodian-worker-alleges-thai-police-of-humiliating-treatment-abuse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
ប្រទេសបង់ក្លាដែស និង កម្ពុជាស្វែងរកតំបន់ថ្មីនៃកិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការ
ប្រទេសបង់ក្លាដែសនិងកម្ពុជាបានសម្រេចបង្កើតជា “គណៈកម្មការរួម” ដើម្បីលើកកម្ពស់ទំនាក់ទំនងទ្វេភាគីខណៈពេលដែលប្រទេសទាំងពីរដើម្បីធ្វើឱ្យមានភាពស៊ីជម្រៅលើកិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការដើម្បីសន្តិភាព ស្ថិរភាព និងវិបុលភាពក្នុងតំបន់។ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/bangladesh-cambodia-seek-new-areas-of-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
bdnews24.com
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/06/18/bangladesh-cambodia-seek-new-areas-of-cooperation
សហជីព និងថៅកែរោងចក្រចុះកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងបញ្ចប់វិវាទនៅរោងចក្រ SL
រយៈពេលមួយឆ្នាំក្រោយពីការប៉ះទង្គិចហិង្សាបានផ្ទុះឡើងរវាងកម្មករមកពីរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរ SL និងកងកម្លាំងសន្តិសុខប្រដាប់អាវុធ ដែលបានបណ្ដាលឲ្យអ្នកឈរមើលម្នាក់ត្រូវគ្រាប់ស្លាប់មកនោះ តំណាងកម្មករ និង href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/unions-bosses-ink-deal-to-end-sl-garment-factory-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
សេក ឧត្តម
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/20706/
Organic vegetable demand growing
On a farm in Kampong Speu province, Erm Rim is talking to a small crowd of consumers and journalists, explaining the process of growing vegetables using only natural resources. Rim talks on the sidelines of a consumer field trip organised by the Cambodian Center for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/organic-vegetable-demand-growing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032764708/Inside-Business/organic-vegetable-demand-growing.html
Cambodia election crisis deepens as opposition rejects results
(Reuters) – A deadlock over Cambodia’s disputed election hardened on Monday as the opposition rejected official results confirming a victory for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s long-ruling party and raised the prospect of further street protests. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said it would not accept href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-election-crisis-deepens-as-opposition-rejects-results/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/08/12/uk-cambodia-election-count-idUKBRE97B02G20130812
Mind the wage gap
Most mornings, garment worker Vicheka buys food from the street vendors outside her factory in Kampong Chhnang province. The beef and pork dishes, she says, have a tendency to give workers a stomach ache – a reputation forged long before Vicheka and her co-workers at href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/mind-the-wage-gap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092858979/National-news/mind-the-wage-gap.html
Small and medium enterprises prepare for ASEAN
Cambodia’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are busily preparing for the ASEAN Economic Community’s free flow of goods in 2015 and are probably not that different from the other 10 ASEAN member states’ own SMEs. Te Taing Por, president of the Federation of Associations for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/small-and-medium-enterprises-prepare-for-asean/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
របាយការណ៍៖ ៦៤% នៃការងារនៅកម្ពុជា ជាការងារងាយរងគ្រោះ
យោងតាមរបាយការណ៍អភិវឌ្ឍន៍មនុស្ស (HDR) ឆ្នាំ ២០១៥ ដែលចេញផ្សាយកាលពីថ្ងៃចន្ទ ដោយកម្មវិធីអភិវឌ្ឍន៍អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ (UNDP) បានឲ្យដឹងថា រូបភាពនៃការងារ ដែលគ្រោះថ្នាក់ និងបន្ទាបបន្ថោក នៅតែជាបញ្ហាប្រឈមចម្បងចំពោះការអភិវឌ្ឍក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ក្រោមប្រធានបទ «ការងារដើម្បីការអភិវឌ្ឍ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/many-jobs-vulnerable-un-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Zoe Holman
http://bit.ly/1Zdcx0L