Cambodia collected 532 million U.S. dollars in tax revenue during the first half of 2014, up 13 percent over the same period last year, said a news statement released by the General Department of Taxation on Wednesday. The revenue came from an increase in income taxes, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-earns-532-mln-usd-tax-revenue-in-h1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Heavy rains may cause dangerous flooding along the upper parts of the Mekong River in Cambodia in the coming days, a senior official at the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology warned yesterday. Mao Hak, deputy director of technical works at the Department of Hydrology and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/flood-warnings-for-mekong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ruling Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) decided to cancel their meeting, which is scheduled for February 27, according to a CNRP official. The meeting of the two parties’ working groups was suspended not because of political issues, but <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-cnrp-cancels-meeting-of-election-reform-committee/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A weekend storm surge thAt sAw torrentiAl downpours hit the cApitAl hAd fAr more dire consequences outside of Phnom Penh, where hundreds of fAmilies were Affected And At leAst one mAn wAs killed. At leAst 675 homes in eight provinces were dAmAged in sudden thunderstorms thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/weekend-storms-tAke-heAvy-toll/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Konrad-adenauer-Stiftung (KaS) in Cambodia will launch a book on “The   Development of Cambodian administrative Law” on 07th of May 2014 at 05:30pm at Raffles Hotel Le Royal. In its press statement, KaS said that by offering readers an overview on the status and development of administrative <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/german-foundation-to-launch-the-development-of-cambodian-administrative-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Revenue among insurance firms increased 14 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period last year, according to figures released Tuesday by the Insurance association of Cambodia (IaC). From January to March, insurance premiums generated $13.86 million compared to $12.15 million the year before, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/insurance-industry-revenue-up-14-percent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Independent Teachers’ association (CITa) called on Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports to investigate Tropang Brasat’s education officials who was accused of corruption. In a letter today to Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron, CITa said it received anonymous letters from teachers in Tropang Brasat <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/education-ministry-urged-to-investigate-corruption-in-oddor-meanchey-school/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian human rights organizations say they have major concerns over a deal with australia that could send unwanted refugees to Cambodia. The Cambodian Human Rights action Committee says Cambodia’s track record of human rights abuse and corruption make people “living on the margins” vulnerable to abuse. australia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rights-groups-concerned-over-australian-refugee-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Pailin province’s $5 million animal-feed processing plant and warehouse is to finish construction in the next three months and it is a welcomed development for the local farming community. The plant’s owner, Chea Kea, who also owns Diamond Crown casino on the border with Thailand in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/feed-plant-in-pailin-to-aid-farmers-stockpiles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Around 1,000 gArment workers from A fActory producing jeAns in Bith TrAng SpeciAl Economic Zone in Prey Nop district went on strike to protest AgAinst AdministrAtion chief in their fActory.   They Also demAnded the AnnuAl leAve of 18-21 dAys per yeArs, which were rejected by <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/workers-on-strike-to-demAnd-AnnuAl-leAve-AdministrAtor-be-ousted/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy is appealing to the New Zealand Government to join calls for a re-run of last year’s elections in Cambodia, which he claims were rigged. “We are very grateful to the people and to the Government of New Zealand for their <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-opposition-seeks-nz-support/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Grand Twins International, Cambodia’s second stock exchange listing, will list at the lower end of its expected buy-in range, an announcement on the Phnom Penh Securities (PPS) website said yesterday. GTI is to begin trading on May 29 with nine million shares at $2.41 each, according <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-maker-to-list-at-2-41-per-share/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) on Wednesday issued a notice warning private companies and state institutions to pay their 2013 fees for using the country suffix .kh on their websites. “TRC would like to invite excellencies and okhnas that use websites with .kh to communicate <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-wants-money-for-use-of-kh-suffix/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some asylum seekers at the australian-run immigration processing centre on Nauru have been advised they will be sent to Cambodia if they are found to be refugees. The advice preempts the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between australia and Cambodia. The aBC understands some family <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nauru-detainees-informed-about-refugee-resettlement-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s petrol bill topped $440 million at the end of the first quarter, up 11 per cent from $397 million during the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce. The data show Cambodia imported a total of 453,000 tonnes of petroleum <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/imports-of-petroleum-on-the-rise-last-quarter/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh, son of the beloved late monarch Norodom Sihanouk, officially inaugurated a newly-formed royalist party on Friday in order to prepare for the contest in the 2018’s general election. The inauguration of the Community of Royalist People Party ( CRPP) was held at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-prince-ranariddh-launches-newly-formed-royalist-party/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Private equity firm Leopard Capital announced Monday that it is putting its controlling interest in Cambodian beer company Kingdom Breweries up for sale as part of the fund’s requirement to exit its investments before a 2016 expiry. Leopard Cambodia Fund, an investment fund managed by Leopard <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-breweries-up-for-sale/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Military police joined forces with the Fisheries administration in Kompong Thom province on Friday to arrest six men and confiscate four bulldozers being used to clear protected flooded forest in Stong district’s fisheries conservation area, officials said Sunday. District military police commander Khun Bunho said that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/six-arrested-for-bulldozing-flooded-forest-area/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are intra-state legal mechanisms which encourage foreign investment. This is particularly so as they provide foreign investors with Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms to enforce investment protections through international arbitration against the host state before a neutral tribunal. Cambodia has signed over <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bilateral-investment-treaties-offer-investment-protection-through-arbitration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 200 villAgers And monks mArched to the Kompong ChhnAng ProvinciAl Court on TuesdAy to cAll for the releAse from jAil of two villAgers And protest the summoning of eight more to AppeAr before the provinciAl court. The villAgers Are embroiled in A long-running lAnd dispute <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAgers-tAke-kdc-protest-to-court/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>