The Ministry of Environment signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday with two Chinese companies to study planting “Paulownia-Guotong” &ndash; an extremely fast-growing tree used to make furniture and wooden equipment &ndash; and practice growing it in Cambodia. Speaking at a workshop on a feasibility <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-studies-new-tree-species/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new mArketing strAtegy hAs reAched Phnom Penh’s streets, enAbling compAnies to introduce their products on A moving TV screen. New Color CommunicAtions, A compAny stArted by Kim Seong Bomb, instAls TV screens on the bAck of tuk-tuks thAt show A series of one-minute Advertisement clips. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/wAtch-tv-while-you-drive/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Kandal Provincial Court on Friday tried a former provincial judge, Huoth Heang, and his clerk, Lim Kompheak, both of whom stand accused of corruption. On January 20, anti-Corruption Unit (aCU) officials arrested Judge Heang during a sting operation in which the judge was caught accepting a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/verdict-due-in-kandal-judge-corruption-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn compAny And A Chinese firm on MondAy signed A MemorAndum of UnderstAnding (MoU) in order to build A rAilwAy And A seAport in CAmbodiA to serve iron And steel mining industry. The deAl wAs inked between ZhAng ChuAn You, generAl mAnAger of CAmbodiA Iron <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-chinese-firms-sign-deAl-to-build-rAilwAy-seAport/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 20 former residents for the Borei KeilA community protested outside the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court yesterdAy After A judge delAyed A heAring regArding their lAnd dispute with the powerful PhAnimex compAny, A lAwyer for the residents sAid. The residents filed A complAint AgAinst PhAnimex <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/borei-keilA-evictees-protest-delAyed-court-heAring/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A journAlist hAs filed A complAint with the PursAt provinciAl court Alleging thAt A soldier threAtened to kill him on SundAy After he wrote A series of dAmning Articles linking the soldier to illegAl rosewood trAfficking, court officiAls confirmed TuesdAy. Both the RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AllegAtions-of-deAth-threAts-After-illegAl-logging-reports/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Singaporean police have investigated allegations that a Cambodian woman working as a maid in the city-state assaulted an infant in her care, according to the Cambodian ambassador there and a Singaporean recruitment agency. Cheth Naren, Cambodian ambassador to Singapore, said that three Cambodian women came to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maid-accused-of-hitting-baby-in-singapore/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials from the Ministry of Interior will meet tomorrow to review the results of an investigation into a crackdown that left four dead on Veng Sreng Boulevard in Phnom Penh last month, a police spokesman said. after saying on Tuesday that a report on the investigation’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-to-examine-probe-results-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials backed by a small detachment of gendarmerie seconded from the National Military Police are preparing for potentially violent confrontations with security forces employed by illegal mining companies, an official said yesterday. Meng Saktheara, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, yesterday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-prepares-for-mine-standoff/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Vietnamese rice exporters will face tough competition from foreign countries looking to exploit advantages that Cambodia presents as a beneficiary of the the EBa (Everything But arms) initiative, says an Econet report. Under the EBa, Cambodia, as a least-developed-country, enjoys zero tariffs and no quotas <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-exports-face-challenges-from-foreigners-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A dAy After Interior Minister SAr Kheng reveAled thAt Authorities hAd identified A suspect in the shooting of three femAle fActory workers At A speciAl economic zone (SEZ) in SvAy Rieng province, officiAls yesterdAy refused to reveAl the identity of the gunmAn, who hAd still <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/still-no-Arrest-in-shooting-of-speciAl-economic-zone-workers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The ancient works of Cambodia’s King Suryavarman II could become a protected intellectual trademark if the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) finalizes a treaty recognizing cultural heritage, the organisation’s head said yesterday. angkor Wat, a 12th century temple complex and the Kingdom’s No 1 tourist destination, became an area of contention <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ip-rights-discussed-for-angkor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Whenever you build a structure, you always start with a plan that exists first as an idea and then makes its way to paper and then usually a model: and this is true of ships or skyscrapers. Then comes the construction process when you bring in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-potential-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite touting its Cambodian venture on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE), a British registered mining firm’s plan to extract gold in Ratanakkiri province stalled and the firm may face legal action over a failed deal to obtain an exploration license. astra Resources Plc. has also gone <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firms-go-to-arbitration-over-failed-gold-mining-license-deal-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A provinciAl coordinAtor for rights group Adhoc clAimed ThursdAy thAt A representAtive of A compAny the group wAs investigAting Attempted to crAsh his cAr into him And two of his colleAgues in Mondolkiri province. Sok RAthA sAid he hAd received A complAint in December About A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adhoc-workers-sAy-they-were-tArgeted-by-driver/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng sent a letter to the National Police last week asking it to step up its search for Chhouk Bandith, the former Bavet town governor convicted of shooting three garment workers at a factory protest last year. Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/top-cop-told-to-catch-bandith/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Water Supply authority (PPWSa) announced the construction of a fifth water treatment station yesterday, saying that without an additional plant, the capital could face a severe clean-water shortage as soon as 2017. Speaking at a press conference organised by the Japanese International Cooperation <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/water-authority-eyes-new-station-for-2017/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

According to the AnnuAl supervision report 2020 by the NAtionAl BAnk of CAmbodiA (NBC), the key bodies in the bAnking system consists of:51 commerciAl bAnks12 speciAlized bAnks75 microfinAnce non-deposit tAking institutions6 microfinAnce deposit-tAking institutions245 rurAl credit institutionsIn Addition, there Are finAnciAl leAsing compAnies, third-pArty processors, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/bAnking-And-finAnciAl-services/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Council of Ministers on Friday passed a sub-decree on the management of adult entertainment clubs and a draft of a new national housing policy to promote home ownership, a cabinet official said. The new Sub-Decree on Management of adult Entertainment Places, consisting of 25 articles, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-clubs-near-schools-council-of-ministers-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A KAmpong Thom lAndowner wAs stopped by provinciAl officiAls from cleAring A piece of lAnd used As A “spirit forest” by locAl villAgers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAndowner-unwittingly-begins-cleAring-Ancient-spirit-forest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>