Phnom Penh municipal police have warned of tough action against owners of unregistered vehicles including cars, motorbikes and tricycles. In an announcement issued on Friday, the municipal police said that starting October 21, the authorities will stop and impound all vehicles travelling on the road href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/municipal-police-set-to-crackdown-on-vehicles-which-are-not-registered/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The United States Agency for International Development, the Stone Family Foundation, and iDE Cambodia, supported by Social Finance, yesterday launched a $10 million initiative to develop market-based solutions for sanitation in six provinces. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/groups-launch-initiative-to-improve-sanitation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday condemned the savage beating of two opposition lawmakers outside the National Assembly on Monday, before then insisting the violence was wholly unrelated to the pro-ruling party rally from which its perpetrators emerged.In a rare televised address to the nation, the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-condemns-attack/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The honorary president of the CPP-aligned youth group involved in last week’s protest outside parliament, which ended with two opposition lawmakers being savagely beaten, is a deputy commander in the Prime Minister’s Bodyguard Unit, the Post has learned.Three soldiers were charged on Wednesday over the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bodyguard-unit-ties-for-leader-of-rally-group/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

As Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to citizens who have not yet registered to vote to do so, the Thai Labor Ministry announced last week it would allow Cambodians who are legally working in Thailand to return for voter registration. At a graduation ceremony for students href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-wants-more-registered-voters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The CNRP said on Thursday it would end its monthslong boycott of the National Assembly by joining today’s session, despite no signs of the “comprehensive solution to the current political crisis” it had sought as a condition for its return. After days of publicly equivocating about href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-ends-boycott-of-national-assembly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian women face many obstacles to success in education, including domestic violence and sexual violence, but an increasing number of them are seeking higher education and more work skills.More than 50 percent of Cambodia’s population is female, and many see the new generation as a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/increasingly-cambodian-women-seeking-higher-education-abroad/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The increase in the government-set minimum wage in the garment sector and lower prices have hit the bottom line of Grand Twins International (GTI), the only company in the sector listed on the stock exchange. The company yesterday reported revenue for the year ended December 31 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/higher-wages-hit-gti-bottom-line/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday sent his condolences to the government and people of Egypt over the death of former Egyptian Foreign Minister and Secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who passed away on February 16 at the age of 93. Along with href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-sokha-commemorate-death-of-peacemaker/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Employers released their starting figure for the new minimum wage yesterday, saying in an open letter that they planned to enter tripartite negotiations with $144.20 per month as their goal for 2017. In a letter from the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) signed by secretary-general href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/employers-want-144-min-wage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is willing to offer assistance in future prison building projects, and in the preparation of prison management policies that are in line with international standards, the National Police website said on Tuesday. According to the website, the ICRC href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/icrc-offers-prisons-help/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

After weeks of occasionally tumultuous negotiations saw 2016’s minimum wage for garment workers raised to $140 earlier this month, Prime Minister Hun Sen warned yesterday that the new rate could cause factories to flee Cambodia, even though he was credited with personally intervening to push href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-wage-may-be-too-high/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Despite numerous laws and committees created to tackle deforestation and illegal logging in Cambodia, the timber trade has continued unabated. In another attempt to deal with the issue, authorities across the country have been ordered to ensure they execute their responsibilities to oversee the enforcement of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/authorities-ordered-to-enforce-forestry-laws/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s relationship with China is at an all-time high, officials said on Wednesday, as authorities braced for the arrival of the country’s premier Xi Jinping today with the deployment of some 7,000 security personnel. During a meeting between China’s new ambassador to Cambodia, Xiong Bo, and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ahead-of-xi-visit-relations-with-china-at-level-never-seen-before/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

CBRE’s 2016 report ‘Asia Pacific Millennials: Shaping the Future of Real Estate’ sheds light on millennials thinking around the themes of work, live and play. We see many of the trends observed at a regional level as being applicable to Phnom Penh’s millennials, especially in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-rise-of-millennials-and-implications-for-phnom-penhs-real-estate-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The new data, released by the University of Maryland, tracks forest cover loss globally using satellite imagery. Results showed that not only was 2016 worse than 2015, but of the 16 years for which deforestation was recorded, last year was the fourth worst – with href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/forest-loss-data-show-2016-increase/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In an unexpected turn, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Saturday that the outspoken Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) will not be shut down, despite accusing the local NGO last week of serving foreign interests. In an article posted to government mouthpiece Fresh News, the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-rights-organisation-cchr-will-not-be-shut-down/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The value of construction projects in Cambodia rose more than 22 percent to $6.4 billion in 2017 from the previous year, according to official figures released on Tuesday that showed the impact of a boom driven by Chinese investors. The high level of Chinese investment is href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-demand-drives-construction-boom-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

An NGO is prepping to file a complaint to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) against Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) officials Kem Sokha and Eng Chhay Eang, claiming the two men somehow “increased their wealth” since the national elections in 2013. Ros Sarom, the director of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngo-acu-should-investigate-wealth-of-opposition-politicians/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

China will provide 100 Cambodian children who have congenital heart disease with free surgery in three years in a program called “China-Cambodia Love Heart Journey.” The program was inaugurated on Jan 11 by visiting Premier Li Keqiang and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-to-provide-100-cambodian-children-with-free-heart-surgery-in-3-years/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...