A new study has found that open defecation, which is still commonly practised in Cambodia, has direct links to reduced heights in children, with a decrease in the practice over five years leading to increases in height. ...

A leading Chinese manufacturer of power transmission and distribution equipment recently visited Cambodia to explore opportunities in the Kingdom’s rapidly growing energy sector, including a proposal for a factory to produce equipment for the electricity sector. ...

Hunton & Williams LLP is pleased to announce its role as lead transaction counsel to China Road and Bridge Corporation in a $1.8 billion public-private partnership (PPP) development of a 190-kilometer expressway in Cambodia. ...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will lead the largest delegation of American businesses ever to visit Cambodia when she arrives here next week to participate in the Asean Regional Forum, U.S. Ambassador William Todd said yesterday. ...

A recently approved road project leading to the border with Vietnam in Mondulkiri would do irreversible damage to the province’s protected forest and threaten future attempts to reintroduce tigers to the Kingdom, according to the World Wildlife Fund. ...

Experts warn that Cambodia’s imminent move up to lower-middle income status could lead to a drop in foreign aid and economic assistance. While the status upgrade would affirm Cambodia’s economic openness, higher wages and increasing foreign investment, it could also lead developed countries to scale ...

Political tensions that remain unresolved in both Cambodia and Thailand could lead to more violence in both countries, analysts warn. Thailand is going through another spate of democratic reform, following demonstrations that forced Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down and call for new elections. Those elections ...

As much as $320 million is being lost annually as a result of Cambodia’s reliance on the US dollar, while a longstanding mistrust in the riel means there is less of the local currency in circulation, restricting the national bank’s ability to respond in times ...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that the world will face more serious effects of climate change if there is no measure to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which leads to increased global warming. ...

China’s financing of Belt and Road Initiative projects in Cambodia could lead to increased debt distress, according to a recent analysis, though the Kingdom’s low overall debt makes it unlikely to default in the near future. ...

Cashew nut production in the Kingdom declined by more than 50 per cent in the three years leading up to last year, as farmers followed the market by switching to other crops, figures from the Ministry of Agriculture indicate. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high delegation to attend the “United Nations Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda that will be held in New York from 25-27 September. ...

Cambodia’s 2013 election was characterised by both the growing engagement of young voters and by numerous instances of collective violence. How will these developments impact Cambodian politics in the lead-up to the 2018 National Assembly election? ...

Cambodia’s leading commercial bank Acleda announced late last week that it has injected an additional $42 million to top up the current share capital of $265.7 million, bringing the total registered share capital to $307.7 million. ...

Index Creative Village, the country’s leading event management company, will expand its business into Cambodia next year by organising trade fairs in response to its clients’ need to capitalise on the Asean economic integration. ...

Total premiums for general insurance rose 16.4 percent last year to about $61.6 million, from $53 million in 2014, with property, fire, vehicle and medical insurance leading the way, the Insurance Association of Cambodia said yesterday. ...

A local wholesale company, Brightway Group Co. Ltd., and leading Thailand-based organic fertilizer manufacturer and distributor, MSK Fertilizer Co. Ltd., signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday for the entry of non-chemical fertilizers into the Kingdom. ...

Acleda, a leading commercial bank in Cambodia, and Forte Insurance (Cambodia) signed an agreement on Friday on general insurance and micro insurance and agreed to establish a basic framework to cooperate and promote a range of insurance products. ...

China’s leading cement equipment manufacturer and service provider CITIC Heavy Industries Company on Saturday secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from a Cambodian conglomerate to build a $262 million cement plant in Cambodia. ...

Pepper prices in the Kingdom’s largest pepper producing region have fallen over 30 percent in the last year due to growing international supply that is leading to higher competition in the market, an industry expert said yesterday. ...