After A yeArlong cAmpAign to register heAlth providers, the Ministry of HeAlth And medicAl councils now sAy they must turn their focus to trAining And oversight of nurses And doctors in the field. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/focus-shifts-to-oversight-of-heAlth-cAre-providers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 300 workers continued protesting At the MAster And FrAnk gArment fActory yesterdAy, rejecting A KAndAl ProvinciAl Court injunction ordering them bAck to work within 48 hours. After the compAny promised to consider workers’ demAnds thAt it reinstAte fired union members, workers cAncelled their plAns to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gArment-strikers-mArch-on-despite-bAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Japanese investment in Cambodia is steadily increasing as a result of sharply rising wages in China and other Southeast asian nations. But experts warned this week that for sustained investment growth&mdash;and to avoid driving Japanese companies to other attractive investment destinations such as Burma &mdash;the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-investment-grows-hurdles-remain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Indian ambassador to Cambodia is calling on the government to reduce exorbitant shipping costs and take better advantage of a tariff scheme that India offers, two obstacles that the diplomat says are discouraging bilateral trade. ambassador Dinesh Patnaik said on Tuesday that Indian businesses exporting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/india-urges-more-trade-action/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A drAft lAw on AnimAl heAlth And production is expected to be Approved by the December 2015 AseAn Economic Community (AEC) deAdline, government officiAls sAy. Soun Sothoeun, deputy director of AnimAl heAlth And production At the Ministry of Agriculture, sAid on FridAy thAt the new lAw <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/livestock-lAw-neAr-ApprovAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Food and agriculture Organization (FaO) has successfully implemented 45 projects worth $45 million in the Kingdom and another six more projects costing around $68 million is waiting for funding from donors. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fao-completes-45-projects-worth-45-million-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia needs $ 138 million dollars for the next two years to achieve its mine-free target by 2025, Ly Thuch, first vice president of the Cambodian Mine action and Victim assistance authorities (CMaa), said on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-needs-138m-to-achieve-2025-mine-free-target-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has been championed by the highest levels of the Cambodian state as well as a myriad of international donors and development partners, who correctly understand it to be a cornerstone of Cambodia’s National Strategic Development Plan, Sustainable Development <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tvet-key-to-cambodia-becoming-upper-middle-income-country/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian political analysts said Prime Minister Hun Sen needs to make “serious and deep reforms” over the next five years to restore his popularity after his party survived with a slim majority in July’s disputed general election. Sok Touch, deputy director of the Royal academy <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-ruling-party-faces-test-over-next-5-years/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The coming sprawls of Phnom Penh’s new satellite cities will bring about not only opportunities but also challenges for the population. “any urban area has to sprawl outside the main city areas so that it can keep up with the increasing demand of commercial land,” said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/satellite-cities-a-solution-for-overcrowded-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nearly four years after it was established by the Commerce Ministry and one year on from its official launch, the National Commercial arbitration Center (NCaC) held its first annual assembly Friday. The NCaC was set up in 2010 to provide businesses with an alternative to the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/four-years-on-arbitration-center-a-step-closer-to-taking-cases/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ratanakkiri provincial health department officials are testing blood samples to find out why nearly 200 villagers came down with food poisoning at a funeral in Ou Chum district on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-testing-blood-after-mass-food-poisoning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Council of Ministers on Friday approved four solar projects that will produce a combined 140 megawatts. The body convened last week to review a raft of new laws and investment proposals, which included the four solar projects. In a statement issued after the meeting, the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/four-solar-projects-approved/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian finance industry is to celebrate the sixth Banking and Finance Conference a week from today, at a meeting that will focus on developing technology in the country’s financial sector. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/banking-on-technology-in-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A drAft five-yeAr strAtegy for promoting sAfe And environment-friendly Agriculture products in the GreAter Mekong Subregion (GMS) thAt would enhAnce regionAl food sAfety And promote trAde is expected to be finAlised todAy, According to the AsiAn Development BAnk. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gms-gets-closer-to-A-food-sAfety-strAtegy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Minister for Agriculture yesterdAy AppeAled to buyers to Address the shortAge of pigs in Phnom Penh by Applying for licenses thAt would Allow them to import more livestock from neighbouring countries. An industry representAtive And A mArket expert, however, wArned of the potentiAl fAllout thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Agriculture-minister-pushes-for-pig-imports/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Sunday he did not believe an upcoming hike in the cost of tickets for foreigners visiting angkor Wat will cause fewer tourists to come to Cambodia, with surveys showing most who visit the country are prepared to pay more. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angkor-wat-ticket-prices-set-to-rise-after-government-takeover/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday acquitted Chan Sophon of the 2007 murder of union leader Hy Vuthy, overturning a 2012 conviction and an 18-year jail sentence that rights groups and Mr. Vuthy’s own union believe was cover for the real perpetrators. The judge <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/man-acquitted-of-2007-murder-of-union-leader-hy-vuthy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities Are tAllying the cost of mAjor storms thAt bAttered three provinces in recent dAys, leAving one womAn deAd And more thAn 100 homes And other buildings dAmAged. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/storms-kill-one-destroy-homes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A new politicAl pArty hAs entered the election rAce, becoming the seventh to lAunch since the 2013 poll.The CAmbodiAn Youth PArty (CYP), which clAims to hAve 3,000 members, will hold A press conference todAy to publicise its plAtform. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/youth-pArty-lAtest-to-tArget-upcoming-polls/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>