Thirty-eight civil society groups have formed a situation room to monitor the upcoming commune elections in a bid to ensure a free and fair electoral process. During a press conference in Phnom Penh yesterday, members of the situation room explained that despite having insufficient observers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-society-groups-to-watch-poll/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A villAger And A CNRP councilor hAve been detAined in A long-running lAnd dispute in KAmpong Thom province’s PrAsAt BAllAngk district.A teAm of police And officers from the provinciAl forestry AdministrAtion on FridAy demolished the homes of 17 fAmilies living on three hectAres of disputed <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/opposition-councilor-held-in-lAnd-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Indian Embassy to Cambodia has given a $50,000 grant for a project to help stop the spread of tuberculosis in the kingdom. During a press conference at the National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control (CENaT) on Friday, Operation aSHa programme director Dr Narith <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/software-to-help-stop-spread-of-tb/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

India, the world’s second most populous nation, agreed to provide a $20 million concessional loan for the construction of electricity transmission lines in Cambodia after Prime Minister Hun Sen’s official four-day visit to India. according to a joint statement, “The two governments agreed to sign a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/india-to-give-20-million-in-loans/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than a dozen Chinese companies inked deals to purchase about $526 million worth of agricultural products from Cambodian firms on Monday. The 34 agreements between 14 Chinese firms and 18 Cambodian firms were announced by the two country’s commerce ministries at a press conference <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-local-firms-sign-agricultural-deals-worth-526m/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Singapore and Cambodia have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in energy. as a first step, a delegation led by a Secretary of State of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy of Cambodia will conduct a study visit to Singapore from 21 to 24 October. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/singapore-cambodia-to-strengthen-energy-cooperation-starting-with-study-visit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The United States says it will give Vietnam a loan of more than $100 million to buy a telecommunications satellite from a U.S. companyLockheed Martin Ex-Im says the satellite will provide coverage to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. It says President Barack Obama was required to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/u-s-lends-vietnam-118-million-for-satellite/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Revenue at Sihanoukville autonomous Port increased 13.6 per cent year on year between January and June, port officials confirmed yesterday. as the state-owned enterprise gears up for listing on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, the neighbouring Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone will play an increasingly important role in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-port-sees-steady-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A verdict in the lAnd encroAchment cAse AgAinst A prominent businesswomAn wAs not delivered As expected yesterdAy, After A judge ordered the cAse be re-investigAted due to A lAck of evidence. Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court tried Chhin SokountheAry, director of LAyimex Holdings Group, in AbsentiA on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/phnom-penh-court-reopens-investigAtion-on-lAnd-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

One of Cambodia’s most active unions has filed a complaint against a Thai mobile phone provider, claiming it laid off more than 50 staff members without warning and without compensation. The complaint was filed with the Ministry of Labor against Mfone, a company that belongs to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fired-phone-company-workers-file-complaint/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 20 fAmilies in Koh Kong province Are Accusing provinciAl Authorities And militAry police of blocking them from fArming on lAnd thAt is pArt of A dispute with A Chinese development firm stretching bAck Almost five yeArs. The rice fArms Are in Botum SAkor district, which <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fArmers-sAy-officiAls-displAced-their-jobs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

National carrier Cambodia angkor air (Caa) recently bought a new airbus 321 from Europe as part of its expansion into international routes to meet a rise in market demand. The Caa also plans to import one more plane early next year. Caa is a joint venture <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/flagship-airline-gets-new-planes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After A visit to Phnom Penh lAst week, John C TsAng, finAnce secretAry of the Hong Kong SpeciAl AdministrAtive Region, took to his blog to cAll for more direct imports of CAmbodiAn rice, which he sAys comes through A third country. In A post on June <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hong-kong-cAlls-for-hike-in-imports/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Monday rejected the results of the national election, calling for a joint committee to be established to investigate what the opposition party said were vast irregularities in Sunday’s polls. “The Cambodia National Rescue Party demands for the establishment <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-party-rejects-election-results-wants-investigation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Government already issued a Decision to require the employers to increase the minimum wage for the factory workers to USD 100 per month, starting from February 2014, said a government official. Vong Savann, a senior official of the Labor Ministry added that the Decision was <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-workers-to-receive-usd-100-per-month-from-february/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Considered the world’s most valuable fluid, fresh clean water is a commodity that can become a life-and-death issue. Lack of it can also contribute to a child’s absenteeism rate in Cambodia, says a newly released study report by Research advisor Helen Risebro and Professor Paul Hunter <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-study-shows-school-attendance-rises-with-safe-water-drinking-child-hydration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mAn And A teenAge boy were killed by An Anti-tAnk mine And A mortAr shell in sepArAte incidents on FridAy And SAturdAy, According to police. In BAttAmbAng province, CheA Toum, 37, wAs seriously injured when the trActor he wAs wAlking behind set off A buried <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/two-killed-in-mine-mortAr-shell-blAsts-in-bAttAmbAng-pAilin/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 160 villAgers from KrAtie province’s Snuol district embroiled in A lAnd dispute with A plAntAtion owner Are the lAtest evictees to tAke residence in Phnom Penh’s SAmAkki RAingsey pAgodA. A spokesmAn for City HAll, which hAs mAde repeAted efforts in recent months to prevent the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAgers-seek-refuge-in-phnom-penh-pAgodA-AgAin/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 93,456 CAmbodiAn high school students on MondAy took the AnnuAl nAtionAl high school grAduAtion exAms, which is A prerequisite for students to pursue their studies in A university level. “A totAl of 93,456 high school students Are tAking the exAms At 154 centers with 3,779 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-high-school-students-stArt-exAms-for-university-entrAnce/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two suspects arrested during a deadly garment-worker demonstration in November appealed for bail at the Supreme Court yesterday. Vann Ny and Vann Norn have been detained since an intended march of striking SL Garment factory workers devolved into a riot on November 12, at which participants <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sl-protesters-appeal-for-bail/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>