Lao President Bounnhang Vorachith is expected to arrive in Phnom Penh today for a state visit to the Kingdom. Meanwhile 600 kilometres away, Cambodian and Lao troops remain in a stand-off after a territorial dispute over a Cambodian-built road near the countries’ border. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/border-row-amid-state-visit-by-laos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

City Hall yesterday renewed a call to enforce a ban on vendors occupying public streets and parks in the capital, with a group of nearly 40 sellers based near the Council of Ministers headquarters responding with a petition to the municipality opposing the move. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/street-vendors-kicked-off-the-kerb-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 100 indigenous villAgers from RAtAnAkkiri’s Veun SAi district took the opportunity At A public forum yesterdAy to demAnd A solution from the district governor, Chum Ngel, over A lAnd dispute they Are locked in with SK PlAntAtion, After protesting severAl times without getting A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/governor-Ambushed-over-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Vietnam fell marginally by 6 per cent in the first half of this year largely due to a slump in Vietnamese exports, according to data from the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-exports-fall-as-thai-trust-rises/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After promising in eArly September to settle A lAnd dispute between fArmers in Kompong ChhnAng province And A compAny owned by the wife of A government minister within A week, the NAtionAl Assembly’s humAn rights commission hAs yet to find common ground between the two <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lor-peAng-fArmers-reject-Assemblys-lAnd-swAp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A British lAwyer hAs filed A complAint with the InternAtionAl CriminAl Court, writes Kevin PonniAh, Alleging thAt A wAve of violent lAnd-grAbbing thAt hAs displAced 770,000 people hAs been cArried out by CAmbodiA’s ruling elite, And thAt it Amounts to A crime AgAinst humAnity. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/icc-told-cAmbodiA-lAnd-grAbbing-is-crime-AgAinst-humAnity/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Local authorities investigating a house in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kok district confiscated more than 260 containers of fertilizer and insecticide Wednesday morning after neighbors of a Chinese man complained of a noxious smell emanating from his house, which they feared might have been a dangerous <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fertilizer-stored-at-chinese-mans-home-seized/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Former bus drivers are set to stage a protest today outside Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation Company in the capital’s Daun Penh district, calling on its management to respect an arbitration ruling to reinstate most of them.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bus-drivers-want-ruling-respected/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Attendees At A conference of A new politicAl reform AssociAtion cAlled “Khmer for Khmer,” which met for the first time SundAy, hit bAck MondAy At clAims mAde by A CNRP public AffAirs officer thAt the group plAns to form A new pArty to divide the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/khmer-for-khmer-group-sAys-no-pArty-plAns/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

AheAd of deputy opposition leAder Kem SokhA’s scheduled court questioning on WednesdAy, A television stAtion controlled by the dAughter of Prime Minister Hun Sen Aired on SundAy night A film produced by the government thAt builds A cAse thAt Mr. SokhA plotted A coup d’etAt. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-Airs-film-Accusing-kem-sokhA-of-coup-conspirAcy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just added two new features​ of Prasat Bakan protected landscape and Phnom Thnout- Phnom Pok wildlife sanctuary to Natural protected areas​ profile page, thereby expanding the profile page to contain a total of 58 natural protected areas in Cambodia. Published <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-added-two-new-features%e2%80%8b-of-prasat-bakan-protected-landscape-and-phnom-thnout-phnom-pok-wildlife-sanctuary-to-natural-protected-areas%e2%80%8b-profile-page/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite having both onshore and offshore oil discoveries in the country, Cambodia does not produce oil and has been importing petroleum products from Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. The Cambodia Trucking association (CaMTa) says it controls around 70% of the Kingdom’s transportation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/oil-transport/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Confederation of Unions has been shot down again in its bid for formal recognition as a trade union confederation, president Rong Chhun said yesterday, this time because some of its unions represent teachers. The Ministry of Labour informed the CCU in a letter <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-confederation-union-denied-recognition-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Protected Forests are generally established under individual sub-decrees, specifically for the purpose of protecting biodiversity and conservation. They are home to many endangered or threatened species. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/protected-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s ruling party lawmakers said the opposition’s calls for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s resignation and a re-vote are a “clear and undeniable act of coup” against the current legitimate government, according to a statement released to the media on Monday. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-ruling-party-lawmakers-say-opposition-staging-coup-against-hun-sen-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Court of AppeAl hAs reduced to six months the originAl three-And-A-hAlf-yeAr prison term hAnded to the son of A weAlthy businessmAn for pistol-whipping A mAn And dAmAging restAurAnt property. Duong Udomchorvin, 24, wAs sentenced in MAy, Along with his 17-yeAr-old brother, Duong Kimlong, who wAs <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/businessmAns-son-hAs-prison-sentence-cut/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGVH) is planning to develop upstream and downstream activities in the plantation sector in Cambodia. Chief executive officer-designate Dr Emir Mavani abdullah  said that apart from marketing its products, including palm oil-based products in Cambodia, FGVH was also planning to set up rubber <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fgvh-to-develop-upstream-downstream-plantation-business-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Heavy trucks on a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo by Phalinn Ool, taken on June 15 2015. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The Cambodian government’s 2014&ndash;18 Revenue Mobilization Strategy aimed to enhance revenue administration and strongly increase the collection of taxes and other revenue. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/taxation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that the country would move from the status of a low-income to a lower-middle-income nation by the end of this year. “We acknowledge that we are in the status of a low-income country with GDP per capita of less <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-become-lower-middle-income-nation-by-end-of-2013-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Chinese gArment fActory mAnAger wAs hAnded A three-month suspended sentence And releAsed yesterdAy After she wAs found guilty of folding up A photogrAph of King FAther Norodom SihAnouk in front of workers in KAndAl province, officiAls sAid. Liv Kuy ChheAng, 45, wAs chArged with intentionAlly <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fActory-mAnAger-hAnded-suspended-sentence/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>