The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and a microfinance industry insider applauded one of Cambodia’s top 10 MFIs Sathapana Limited, for changing the majority shareholder to a commercial bank. They said it proves a positive and strong funding source is essential for MFIs to peruse their <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/microfinance-deal-applauded/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Autonomous Port plAns to buy A rice-polishing mAchine from ChinA, And will Also look to build A rice storAge fAcility in KAndAl province. These moves, officiAls sAid, were intended to push Along CAmbodiA’s rice trAde during A period of uncertAinty for the industry. FAcilities <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/phnom-penh-Autonomous-port-to-push-rice-exports/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Transparency International Cambodia is set to step up its presence in the Kingdom with the launch of a $2.5 million three-year program to monitor and record corruption. On a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 10 (very clean), Cambodia ranks 2.1, according to the organisation, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/corruption-targeted-by-2-5-million-program/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For the second time in five days, Cambodia’s garment industry has been rocked by another partial collapse of a structure at a factory. Garment workers are reporting that at least 10 people, including a pregnant woman, have been injured after a concrete platform collapsed into a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/accident-rocks-garment-industry-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and Vietnam have launched a joint investigation over a temporary border marker found to have gone missing during a routine patrol of the area on Tuesday in Tbong Khmum province, according to a local official. Much of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam remains contested and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vietnam-team-up-over-missing-border-marker/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Prayuters Library Program is delighted to announce a scholarship opportunity for Grade 12 students in Preah Vihear province. The application opens for students holding a high school diploma or an equivalent certificate for pursuing a bachelor’s degree. additionally, students who did not pass the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/scholarship-opportunity-in-higher-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The unidentified body of a male foreign national, stuffed into a suitcase with only the head sticking out, was found by local fishermen in Kep province yesterday morning after washing up on the side of a canal near a mangrove forest. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/body-of-foreigner-found-in-suitcase/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AppeAl Court on WednesdAy rejected A second request by opposition SenAtor Hong Sok Hour to overturn A municipAl court decision to deny him bAil After he wAs Arrested in August for presenting A fAke border treAty in A video posted to FAcebook. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/court-denies-bAil-for-opposition-senAtor/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Telecom Cambodia has suspended a manager accused of stealing $230,000 and is preparing a legal complaint against him and a former senior employee in the firm’s finance office who supposedly received the missing money, a company official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/telecom-firm-takes-action-over-embezzlement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the government issued A fAmiliAr pAckAge of plAtitudes And promises on InternAtionAl Women’s DAy, A wAlk through A single rurAl villAge in KAndAl offered A shocking glimpse into how widespreAd &ndAsh; And widely Accepted &ndAsh; domestic Abuse remAins in the Kingdom. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kAndAl-villAge-emblem-of-kingdoms-domestic-Abuse-problem/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A government investigAtion into the collApse of A roAd next to Phnom Penh’s Olympic StAdium during A flAsh flood on WednesdAy hAs concluded thAt A powerful development compAny’s AdjAcent construction site wAs At fAult, officiAls sAid on ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-blAmes-development-compAny-for-roAd-collApse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Tourism Ministry officials held a meeting yesterday to discuss a project to develop a tourist port in Kampot province and a planned drainage system for Kep’s Crab Market &ndash; two tourism infrastructure projects backed by the asian Development Bank (aDB). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-discuss-future-kep-developments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A locAl subsidiAry of A South KoreAn confectionAry giAnt is investing $40 million to develop whAt it clAims will be the world’s lArgest pepper plAntAtion on A sprAwling 1,000-hectAre estAte in eAstern CAmbodiA, A compAny executive sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pepper-plAntAtion-to-tip-the-scAles/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

At leAst three women &ndAsh; one pregnAnt &ndAsh; And A mAn were hurt in A clAsh with security forces At Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court yesterdAy After lAnd rights Activist Tep VAnny wAs jAiled for two And A hAlf yeArs over A 2013 protest. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/protest-violence-As-Activist-jAiled/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Police are investigating after a mob of villagers in Preah Vihear province let fly with fence posts in a clash with environmental officials following a logging bust, leaving the chief of Prey Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary with a serious head injury. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-attack-officials-after-logging-bust/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dozens of Laotian soldiers started building a post on a disputed tract of land along the border on Thursday, breaking a deal made just a day earlier between Laos and Cambodia to withdraw forces until after the Khmer New Year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tension-flares-up-again-on-cambodias-border-with-laos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a freshly bulldozed lot in Kampong Krabao commune, across the Stung Sen River from Kampong Thom’s provincial capital, a team from the Czech NGO People in Need (PIN) is preparing a small Styrofoam drone for a survey flight. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-ngo-flying-drones-to-map-flooding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A strike by 2,000 workers At A bAnkrupt US-owned compAny entered its third dAy ThursdAy, sources sAid. The sources sAid the workers At SvAy Rieng (CAmbodiA) GArment Co Ltd, A mAnufActurer of hospitAl gowns, hAd A list of five demAnds. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/workers-continue-strike-At-bAnkrupt-us-compAny/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A prominent rights group on MondAy wrote to Minister of Interior SAr Kheng, cAlling on him to remind ministries And locAl Authorities thAt demonstrAtors do not require their permission to hold public gAtherings. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/no-protest-permission-needed-cchr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A worker wAs seriously injured on MondAy At A Phnom Penh construction site owned by the OverseAs CAmbodiA Investment CorporAtion (OCIC), just four months After A fAlling pipe killed A pAssing motorist At Another site owned by the politicAlly connected developer, police sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fresh-AllegAtions-of-negligence-for-firm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>