A locAl investor reveAled yesterdAy thAt the construction of the US$100 million KAmpot seA port hAd been further delAyed by rAin. Vinh Huor, president of the KAmpot SpeciAl Economic Zone, (KSEZ) sAid: “We Are prepAring to be better, And thAt mAy tAke some time. I Am <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/cAmbodiA-kAmpot-port-development-hits-hurdle/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia could reap even greater benefits from trade facilitation measures in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by removing high logistics costs, delays and other barriers that hamper the country’s connectivity and competitiveness, according to a new asian Development Bank (aDB) book released here on Thursday. “Cambodia’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/trade-barriers-hinder-growth-of-cambodias-export-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday accused unnamed individuals of attempting to grab land in Kompong Thom province by invoking his wife’s name and ordered one of his sons to investigate and give back any misappropriated land. according to Mr. Hun Sen, unscrupulous individuals were <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/hun-sen-slams-use-of-wifes-red-cross-name-to-grab-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The European Union’s ambassador to Cambodia yesterday urged the government to heed the advice of the U.N.’s visiting human rights envoy, who has come under increasing rebuke from officials for his unflattering reports. addressing a crowd of about 3,000, mostly garment factory workers, at Phnom Penh’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/eu-ambassador-says-listen-to-envoys-advice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japanese mall operator aeon Co. broke ground Monday on Cambodia’s first foreign-financed mall. “We are happy to contribute to the development of the local economy because it will create more than 2,000 jobs and we want to stay deeply rooted in Cambodia and we want to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/aeon-starts-building-cambodia-mall/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thousands of villagers who will lose their land to the construction of the Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng province later this year have not been told of the government’s plans for their resettlement and compensation, a new study released yesterday shows. Through interviews with <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/villagers-still-in-the-dark-about-lower-sesan-hydropower-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thailand’s biggest convenience store operator, CP all, plans to apply for licences to open 7-Eleven stores in countries including Cambodia by 2015, according to a Reuters news report yesterday. The other two countries are Myanmar and Laos, and the plan is part of CP all’s expansion <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/plans-for-7-eleven-chain-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 50 fAmilies living on the site of the long-discussed PreAh ViheAr Airport went to the provinciAl hAll yesterdAy to request thAt locAl officiAls reconsider their eArlier decision to refuse them lAnd titles on the grounds thAt the Airstrip would soon be rebuilt. VillAgers Attended <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/preAh-viheAr-fAmilies-lAnd-issues-go-unheArd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s largest bank, acleda, is looking to get in early on Burma’s economic reawakening with plans to open three microfinance branches in the country as soon as January, the bank’s CEO said yesterday. In Channy said he discussed the plan on Monday with a visiting Burmese <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/acleda-eyes-expansion-into-burma/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rapidly increasing logistics costs and low regional rice prices would hinder Cambodia’s rice-export target this year, with one expert saying that milled-rice exports could fall to half of last year’s shipments. The cost of shipping rice to Europe climbed by more than 50 per cent between <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/slow-outlook-for-2012-rice-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Foreign AffAirs Minister Hor NAmhong will trAvel to the U.S. on SAturdAy to hold sepArAte discussions with SecretAry of StAte HillAry Clinton And SenAtor Jim Webb, chAirmAn of the subcommittee on EAst AsiA And PAcific AffAirs, the government sAid in A stAtement. Mr. NAmhong’s visit comes <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/hor-nAmhong-trAvels-to-us-on-officiAl-visit/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Roughly 4,000 garment workers at a factory supplying clothes for U.S. brands Gap, Levi Strauss and Old Navy went on strike yesterday and threatened to march in Phnom Penh on Thursday to demonstrate against poor pay. The demonstration took place at Tai Yang Enterprises in Kandal <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/workers-strike-at-factory-supplying-us-brands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The director of a recruitment agency in Siem Reap will face fraud charges today at the provincial court for allegedly taking money from victims in exchange for promised jobs in the U.S., police said yesterday. Hong Bunhav, chief of research and investigations section of the Siem <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/police-detain-recruitment-agency-chief-for-suspected-fraud/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that there was a lack of staff at the Ministry of Land Management, and suggested that the students in his land measuring program be utilized to rectify the shortage. Mr. Hun Sen made the comments while visiting Pursat province’s Phnom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/hun-sen-says-land-management-ministry-in-need-of-more-staff/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court has summoned for questioning two human rights workers who have lodged court complaints against local officials for disrupting their land-rights workshop in July. Pen Bonnar, provincial coordinator for adhoc, and Chhim Savuth, a project coordinator for the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), filed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/rights-workers-in-court-over-intimidation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For many years, Phnom Penh’s villas have represented the most attractive and obvious options for both commercial and residential use in the city, but experts say the number of villas available is on the decline. The stock of villas is decreasing, due to the demolition and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/phnom-penh-villas-declining/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The leaders of two of Cambodia’s biggest donors, China and Japan, will attend the up coming asean and East asia summits in Phnom Penh next week, Prime Minister Hun Sen confirmed during a speech in Siem Reap province yesterday. “China Prime Minister [Wen Jiabao] will arrive <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/leaders-of-japan-china-to-attend-asean-east-asia-summits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Several groups are calling for the aSEaN summit to address the regional discord caused by the Xayaburi dam, which Laos began constructing earlier this month despite opposition downriver from neighbours Cambodia and Vietnam, as well as from conservation groups. On Friday, the Rivers Coalition in Cambodia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/ngos-ask-asean-to-address-xayaburi/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

According to VeAl Veng district police chief TheAng Leng, the incident occurred on SAturdAy Afternoon, AppArently After heAvy wAter pressure cAused pArt of the Stung AtAy dAm’s reservoir to collApse. “Four people Are missing. We feAr they hAve drowned but this is not sure yet,” he <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/four-feAred-deAd-in-cAmbodiA-dAm-Accident/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The ties between Cambodia and China in trade, investment and tourism have steadily grown from year to year thanks to good relations between the two countries, Cambodian Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said Tuesday. “China is one of our key trading partners. The two-way trade volume <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-china-ties-in-trade-investment-tourism-look-better-commerce-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>