About 100 former members of the Dey KrAhorm community returned to the site of their brutAl eviction in centrAl Phnom Penh on SAturdAy Afternoon to mArk six yeArs since they were forced off their lAnd, but were prevented by Authorities from screening A video of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/evictees-prevented-from-screening-video-to-mArk-AnniversAry/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Over 470,000 units of unauthorised or expired drugs were confiscated during a crackdown on unlicensed medical facilities in Siem Reap City this week, according to provincial police. The inspections of health facilities started on Friday with city economic police working with the provincial health department to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unauthorised-drugs-found-in-siem-reap-raid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Neighbors Vietnam and Thailand have bagged contracts to supply a total of 500,000 metric tons (MT) of rice to boost the Philippines’ buffer stock in time for this year’s lean months, an official from the National Food authority (NFa) said yesterday. Existing bilateral rice agreements <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-thailand-tapped-to-supply-rice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ruling party and opposition on Monday held a workshop to discuss two draft laws on election reform, but many civil society groups refused to attend, claiming parts of the bills fall short and are unconstitutional. Koul Panha, executive director for Comfrel, told VOa Khmer on Monday that more <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/strong-criticism-as-lawmakers-discuss-draft-election-reforms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday praised former ruling party president Chea Sim, who died on Monday, calling him a national hero and comparing his patriotic ideals to those of the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk.​ Speaking to reporters after paying his respects at the former Senate <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-lauds-late-chea-sim/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay has requested the government release its concession arrangement with the French company that controls Cambodia’s three international airports, alleging the Kingdom might be getting ripped off under the deal. Following a site visit to Phnom Penh International airport two weeks ago, Chhay, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/airport-deals-in-the-spotlight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s ambitious goal of exporting one million tons of rice this year has been quietly dropped. a follow-up export goal of 600,000 tons also is falling by the wayside. Undermining these goals is the reality of the rice paddies: labor emigration to Thailand, high costs for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-export-goals-quietly-fall/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Most media in Cambodia focus on the achievements of the government. That’s because most stations are owned by members of the government or its supporters. But the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party is now preparing its own channel, after it was offered a license during political <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-working-toward-launch-of-television-station/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen likened opposition leaders to a gang of thieves confessing to their crimes after opposition head Sam Rainsy said his party would tame its attacks on the ruling Cambodian People’s Party regarding the Vietnam border issue. The comments came only hours after <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-lashes-out-at-opposition/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Coca-Cola held the ground-breaking ceremony for its new $100 million production facility at the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone yesterday, which when completed in 2016 will double the beverage behemoth’s Cambodian output over the next six years.The new facility, which was announced last November after <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/coke-betting-big-on-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three enterprises, all Chinese-owned, have been chosen to build the new airport that will service the Cambodian capital, the company in charge of the project said.​​ Cambodia airport Investment Co Ltd said a total of five companies had entered the bidding process. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-firms-to-build-new-pp-airport/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons spokesman Nuth Savna announced that it is conducting investigations into the death of a five-month-old baby who had been living with her mother in Correctional Centre II (Prey Sar). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/call-for-female-bail-review-after-prisoners-baby-dies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra has announced that four ministries have issued two separate inter-ministerial prakas to create a joint inspection group to look into the manufacturing and tourism sectors to strengthen the effectiveness of work, transparency and accountability.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministries-tackle-deep-reforms-in-industries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Garment factories in the Kingdom have been handed a lifeline as nearly 200 containers arrived at Sihanoukville autonomous Port (PaS) on Monday to ease the shortage of raw materials in the sector. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pas-recieves-200-container-lifeline/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The garment and footwear industries in the Kingdom have been given a new lease of life, thanks to the arrival of raw materials from China. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/jobs-saved-as-factories-obtain-raw-materials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health, the World Health Organisation in Cambodia (WHO) and Institute Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC) on Monday held a joint press conference to reiterate that they are fully prepared for all eventualities in facing the global outbreak of COVID-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-ready-for-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Korea International Cooperation agency (Koica) will provide $10 million to the Ministry of Education to implement a five-year Home Grown School Feeding project, which will benefit approximately 65,000 students and about 750 farming families. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/healthy-meals-on-the-way-for-rural-students-in-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia was recorded as the third largest recipient of Vietnamese investment during the first quarter of this year, according to a report released by the Foreign Investment agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Vietnam.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-invests-9-5-million-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has decided to revise three types of public service fees to boost business registration and draw more investment both locally and abroad, said the ministries of Economy and Finance; and Commerce in a joint statement.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/public-service-fees-reduced-to-up-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A senior officiAl At the Ministry of LAbour And VocAtionAl TrAining (MoLVT) sAid thAt the workers who go on unpAid leAve during the cAncelled Khmer New YeAr will hAve to undergo mAndAtory 14 dAys self-quArAntine if they breAch the government’s sub-decree. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Absent-workers-during-kny-must-go-on-14-dAys-unpAid-leAve-And-mAndAtory-self-quArAntine/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>