Crown Holdings, a metal packaging company, said this week it would build a second factory in Cambodia to keep up with the Kingdom’s growing beer industry. The Sihanoukville factory, which is expected to produce 725 million aluminium cans a year, will be begin operating in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/second-can-factory-will-cater-to-locals-thirst/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday questioned the jailed daughter of a family locked in a bitter land dispute with tycoon Khun Sear over a complaint alleging that the businessman’s company was involved in an attack in October 2013, when a canvas bag containing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/daughter-of-land-dispute-family-questioned-over-cobra-attack/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A representAtive of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s CAbinet yesterdAy Advised 163 fAmilies involved in A 6-yeAr lAnd dispute with A businesswomAn in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district to seek the Justice Ministry’s expertise After the Agriculture Ministry sAid on WednesdAy it hAd swApped the contested <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/After-ministrys-intervention-fAmilies-Ask-hun-sen-for-help/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A month After Prime Minister Hun Sen issued A directive ordering government bodies to put A hAlt on new hires&mdAsh;except to fill vAcAted positions&mdAsh;the Ministry of Public Function hAs Authorized stAte institutions to hire 5,001 civil servAnts to replAce those who hAd recently retired, quit <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-Announces-5001-new-hires-Authorized-for-2015/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 50 villAgers who live neAr rAilwAy lines in Phnom Penh gAthered outside the AsiAn Development BAnk yesterdAy morning to AgAin demAnd more detAiled informAtion About whAt will hAppen to them during forthcoming phAses of A bAnk-funded rAilwAy rehAbilitAtion project. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAilroAd-protesters-lobby-Adb/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 200 university students yesterday called on the government to publicly release the latest version of the controversial cybercrime law, amid fears it will lead to a clampdown on their currently unrestricted use of social media sites like Facebook. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/students-demand-to-see-internet-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Oryza White Rice Index (WRI), a weighted average of global white rice export quotes, ended the week at about $411 per ton, down about $4 ton from a week ago, down about $8 per ton from a month ago and down about $42 per <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/weekly-recap-global-rice-quotes-continue-to-lower-amid-thin-buying-demand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In 2018, Kheav Sothanny leased his 600 square meters of land in central Sihanoukville to a Chinese investor to build a 14-storey condo. The contract offered him a rental fee of $20,000 a month. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-property-owners-in-limbo-as-unfinished-high-rises-litter-the-city/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A mAn in cAmouflAge pAnts And A shirt lAbeled “U.S. Army” lunges At A villAger, swinging A rAttAn stick in his right hAnd, hAndcuffs in his left. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/conservAtion-groups-militArized-forest-pAtrol-clAshes-with-villAgers-in-preAh-viheAr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

List of public services provided by One Window Service Office at Rotanak Mondol district hall in Battambang province. Photo by ODC team, taken on 28 February 2020. Licensed under CC BY-Sa 4.0.Government services might be perceived as tools in pursuing the country’s development, and assuring <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/government-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A UN spokesperson hAs rejected A government reAding of A UN convention used to justify bAnning people with disAbilities from performing in the streets. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/un-body-tAkes-issue-with-stAnce-on-disAbled-rights/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s arbitration Council will share its experiences in settling labor disputes at a series of workshops in Myanmar, a nation with a growing garment industry. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/reporter-to-spend-2-years-in-prison-for-blackmail-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A hundred people from 10 villAges in KAmpong Speu on MondAy blocked A roAd to A mountAin where construction supply compAnies operAte rock quArries. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kAmpong-speu-villAgers-block-roAd-they-sAy-compAnies-dAmAged/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A 34-yeAr-old mAn wAs killed by lightning yesterdAy while Attempting to construct A wAterwAy under his house during A morning storm, locAl police sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/nAturAl-disAster-one-deAd-severAl-hurt-by-storms/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Getting things done is hard during challenging times when we probably seem living in a busy world. Relatively, remote working is suddenly seen replacing social norm practice which is not something that we can adapt or learn quickly overnight. Every move is a step to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/leveraging-ict-tools-for-effective-and-safe-working-how-i-engage-odc-team-during-remote-work/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Firewood and charcoal are the main sources of energy for households and many small and medium enterprises, such as brick and tile industries. The cooking fuels used in Cambodia have changed greatly in the last decade. The National Census 2008 showed that 91 percent of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/cooking-fuel/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Public land leases are grants of state lands to private entities in the form of a contractual rental agreement. These leases often take the form of land concessions, in particular economic land concessions. They are often associated with land conflicts and disputes. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/public-land-leases/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Around three quArters of CAmbodiA’s populAtion depend on Agriculture, forest products And fisheries for their livelihoods, so the mAnAgement of the environment And nAturAl resources is of greAt importAnce. DeforestAtion hAs occurred on A lArge scAle. CAmbodiA lost six percent of its remAining primAry forest <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/environment-And-nAturAl-resources/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Local workers loading fresh catch to be transported to the city market at Chhnoc Trou pier, Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia. Photo by Sylyvann Borei/World Fish, taken on 7 april 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia has abundant and productive fisheries. Fish is a traditional staple in the Cambodian <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/fisheries-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Given that most business models are profit-driven, the need for accountable and responsible businesses plays a significant role in minimizing its adverse effects on the environment and society contributing to sustainable development. Based on this basis, the concept of conducting business responsibly goes beyond profit <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/profiles/responsible-business-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>