The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries hAs Announced thAt A delegAtion from Zhengzhou, the cApitAl of ChinA’s HenAn province, hAs expressed interest in CAmbodiAn products, including “high-quAlity And delicious rice”, And intend to process them for export to Chinese And internAtionAl mArkets. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinAs-zhengzhou-looks-to-invest-in-cAmbodiAn-rice-for-export/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s public debt stood at $11.27 billion by the end of the second quarter of this year, according to a report of the Cambodia Public Debt Statistical Bulletin released by the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-public-debt-stands-at-11-27-billion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has dispatched 22 units of multipurpose transport and heavy equipment, including mine-protected vehicles (MPVs), to the Central african Republic (CaR) for the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the CaR (MINUSCa), following a request from the UN. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-sends-22-vehicles-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-car/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Brighton Mining Group (ASX: BTN) hAs completed negotiAtions for the Acquisition of A mAjor interest in gold mining Assets held directly or indirectly by Brighton Mining Limited (BML), boosting its concession holdings in CAmbodiA. These include the interest of BML in the CAmbodiAn concessions held by <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/brighton-mining-group-to-Acquire-cAmbodiAn-gold-mining-Assets/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Since the July 28 national election, the two parties that took seats in the National assembly can agree on very little. The ruling CPP claims it won 68 seats to the opposition’s 55, giving it a majority in the 123-seat National assembly, while the opposition CNRP <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/constitutional-council-pivotal-in-election-stalemate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

British sugar firm Tate &amp; Lyle has denied knowing of the alleged abuses at two Cambodian plantations accused of illegally driving hundreds of families off their farms and says that the families have no right to ask the company for compensation, according to the firm’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/uk-sugar-firm-files-defense-in-cambodian-lawsuit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

CPP lawmaker and de facto party spokesman Cheam Yeap said yesterday it was now “too late” to form an independent committee to investigate alleged irregularities during last month’s national election and that the opposition CNRP needs to be “more flexible” in its relationship with the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-says-too-late-for-joint-investigation-into-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Developing the Don Sahong dam on the Hou Sahong channel of the Mekong River in Champassak province does not breach the 1995 Mekong agreement, a senior government official has told local media. Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines, Mr Viraphonh Viravong, made the comment on Thursday, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-lao-dam-does-not-breach-mekong-agreement-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Forestry AdministrAtion on ThursdAy sAid it could not comment on the AccurAcy of new, sAtellite-generAted mAps thAt suggest the government hAs been vAstly overstAting the country’s forest cover. Open Development CAmbodiA, An open dAtA website, on WednesdAy published A series of mAps using U.S. sAtellite <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-drops-chAllenge-to-officiAl-forest-cover-figure/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As gArment workers continued to return to their fActories WednesdAy After severAl dAys of strikes thAt turned deAdly lAst week, some of their employers hAve wAsted no time in suing the unions behind the strikes, demAnding compensAtion. Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court chief clerk PrAk SAvouth sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/As-strikers-return-to-work-fActories-sue-gArment-unions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

With pant legs rolled up to his knees, Hoeuy Mon trudges through a brown and green patchwork of rice fields. His four hectares are in Tkov village, Prey Veng province, about 300 metres from his home. On most of the journey, walkways enclosing each square plot <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/debts-rise-along-with-water-level/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Laos is taking steps to convince neighboring countries of the merits of the planned Don Sahong hydropower project over Mekong River. Lao government officials organized a site visit on Sunday and Monday so that interested parties could see the site first-hand and get a sense of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/laos-seeks-to-soothe-neighbors-over-mekong-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Finance Ministry on Wednesday defended itself against recent reports that some 45 percent of the government’s $3.4 billion draft budget for 2014 remains unallocated, issuing a statement explaining that the money will pay for loans, subsidies and other vital expenses. according to the statement, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/finance-ministry-defends-ambiguity-in-2014-budget-bill/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) announcement that its Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program will from January name and shame firms that contravene Cambodian labor laws, the Garment Manufacturers asso­ciation in Cambodia (GMaC) has urged factory operators to refuse entry to ILO monitors, unless they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gmac-urges-factories-to-resist-new-monitoring/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia should urgently disclose all information about land ownership and rethink its “wholesale sell-off” of the country’s natural resources, a local rights group said yesterday. The call to release information about Cambodia’s land sector, including a declaration of revenues, came as Licadho released an analysis of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngo-data-shows-wholesale-sell-off/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government is set to hand over 38ha of Boeung Tamok Lake for development, according to two sub-decrees dated September 1 and seen by The Post on Sunday. The first sub-decree says 15ha of the lake will be given to the National Committee for Disaster Management, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lake-set-for-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five opposition parties that have been pushing for a change in the electoral law called for a constitutional amendment to reform membership of the National Election Committee.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/five-parties-urge-changes-to-the-electoral-laws/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh police say they are investigating a brutal assault against a vocal critic of government policies, as civil society groups say the incident is the latest in an ongoing crackdown on critical voices. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/family-of-violently-beaten-government-critic-seeks-justice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The new government has abandoned plans to build a $1.5 billion 700-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power project in Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province, deciding instead to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-hun-manet-aborts-coal-power-plant-project-in-botum-sakor-district/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Heang Nang Eng, 60, had a bad feeling when she first heard rumors about a canal project that would impact the Prek Ta Hing stream near where she lives. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-ambitious-funan-techo-canal-project-sparks-concerns-near-and-far/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>