Economy
Workers protest outside the New Mingda garment factory in Phnom Penh on November 2, 2022. (Hean Rangsey/VOD)

Two More Unionists Suspended at Phnom Penh Factory

Phnom Penh’s New Mingda garment factory suspended two more workers who had been trying to form a union, workers said, following a protest there last week over the dismissal of another union leader.

A truck driving the wrong way down the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway, in a warning photo posted by the road's operator.

Sihanoukville Expressway’s First Month Sees Chaotic Driving

In its inaugural toll-free month, the Phnom Penh-Sihanouk Expressway received about 20,000 vehicles daily and no shortage of growing pains, with some drivers speeding, driving on the wrong side of the road and stopping in the emergency lane to take pictures, a spokesperson for the Transport Ministry said Friday.

A parked Onion tuk-tuk in Phnom Penh on October 26, 2022. (Michael Dickison/VOD)

Cambodia-Built ‘Onion’ Electric Tuk-Tuks Hit Speed Bumps

Drivers for Onion Mobility’s first line of fully electric tuk-tuks are reporting frustrations after their first months on the road, but others are still optimistic about Cambodia’s green future as the company pledges to improve its initial product.

The front gate of Eastcrown Footwear Industries with a Puma sign above it. (Independent Trade Union Confederation)

Two More Unionists Terminated Despite Puma ‘Settlement’

Workers fired from a Puma supplier after trying to start a union say two more colleagues have had contracts terminated since the weekend, and don’t know about a visit or settlement as claimed by the German athletics brand.