The majority shareholder of Timbergreen, a firm that has been the centre of illegal logging allegations, has denied the company is in any way involved in the illicit trade of timber. The company has gained significant attention since prominent environmental activist Chut Wutty, who had made <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/timbergreen-principal-denies-illegal-logging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

VimpelCom Ltd., the Russian mobile telephone operator that runs the Beeline brand in Cambodia, is reviewing its assets in Cambodia to decide whether it should stop doing business here or merge with another firm in the country, an official at the company said yesterday. “We will <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/beeline-weighs-future-options-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AcledA BAnk hAs rAised its bAnk cApitAl&mdAsh;the Amount of money it hAs AvAilAble for expenditure&mdAsh;by 28 percent to $113.16 million, the bAnk Announced in A stAtement on FridAy. In ChAnny, CEO of AcledA, sAid yesterdAy the extrA cApitAl would be used to increAse its loAn portfolio <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AcledA-rAises-cApitAl-by-neArly-30-percent/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A lAck of rAin Across the country is Affecting more thAn 145,000 hectAres of rice pAddy And  pArts of the nAtion’s crop hAve AlreAdy been completely destroyed, According to dAtA releAsed yesterdAy by the Ministry of Agriculture. Hem SophAl, director of the stAtistics depArtment At the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/drought-Affecting-145000-hectAres-of-pAddy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Cambodia in November to attend the 21st aSEaN Summit and East asia Summit, a senior UN official said here Thursday. Noeleen Heyzer, UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for asia and the Pacific (ESCaP), <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-secretary-general-will-visit-cambodia-in-november/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In an effort to promote rice exports among Cambodian farmers, government officials said on Tuesday they will register the type of rice seed set for export and the rice seed produced for the national market. Cham Prasidh, Minister of Commerce, said on the closing of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-registration-for-different-strains/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Markets like Olympic and O’Russey in Phnom Penh and the traditional fresh food markets in cities and towns across Cambodia are where the overwhelming majority of Cambodians get not only the food they eat, but also the basic household products they use. The shopping behavior data, provided by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/local-markets-still-favorite/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

THE PHILIPPINES is one of the leading countries in microfinance policy and regulation in asia but it still lags in terms of scale and reach to the poor, the asian Development Bank (aDB) said. “Of the 21 countries with aDB support during 2000-2010, aDB’s efforts were <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/adb-cites-weaknesses-of-microfinance-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

FedEx has officially opened its new South Pacific Regional Hub in Singapore, the largest consolidated facility in the asia-Pacific region. The $97 million hub is the first and only express transportation facility in Singapore. The 282,700-square-foot integrated facility houses air, ground and clearance operations under one roof <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fedex-opens-new-air-freight-hub/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Scientists and international experts fine-tuning the design of the Xayaboury dam have unveiled a scale model of the planned run-of-river structure to ensure the most efficient level of sediment flushing. The 1:120 scale model simulates actual hydrologic flows and water velocities in the Mekong River at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/xayaboury-dam-simulation-model-unveiled/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Regus, the world’s largest provider of flexible workplaces is offering a helping hand to local and international businesses in Cambodia, with the launch of its first business centre there. The flexible workspace at the center enables companies of all sizes to expand their presence in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/regus-opens-in-cambodia-expands-footprint-to-99-countries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AseAn leAders hAve decided to delAy the lAunch of the AseAn Economic Community (AEC) for 12 months from JAn 1 to Dec 31, 2015 to prepAre the necessAry regulAtions. LAo deputy Prime Minister And Minister for Foreign AffAirs Thongloun Sisoulith told the BAngkok Post thAt AseAn <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Aec-pushed-bAck-12-months/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Businesses in Trat province have been told by officials to shape up and prepare for massive new opportunities when Cambodia opens the Koh Kong Industrial Estate later this month. The industrial estate, close to the Trat border, will be inaugurated by Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trat-businesses-prepare-for-boon-as-cambodian-industrial-estate-opens/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18) : PetronAs ChemicAl Group Bhd (PetChem) sAid thAt its top And bottom line growth wAs going to be in “heAlthy mode” next yeAr, with prices of its chemicAl products seen to be firming up. SpeAking At A mediA briefing on TuesdAy, its <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/petchem-sees-heAlthy-growth-in-2013-eyes-myAnmAr-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Union reps and government officials are offering significantly different &ndash; if both substantial &ndash; numbers in their year-end tallies of garment workers who fainted on the job in 2012. The Free Trade Union yesterday announced that the number of workers to faint in factories rose to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-unions-cry-foul-on-fainting-figures/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Demand for Kampot pepper, the first Cambodian product to receive Geographical Indication (GI) status, is outpacing current supply even as areas of cultivation are expanding. Industry experts say the fast-growing demand is a result of the pepper’s newly earned GI label, which attests to its quality <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampot-pepper-in-demand-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Jarai minority villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district protested in two locations yesterday against a Vietnamese company that community leaders say has been clearing their protected land and forcing villagers to accept inadequate compensation. Community leader Sev Hem said 30 angry villagers directly confronted five Company 72 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angry-villagers-confront-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos to help curb the illegal trade in rosewood after Cambodia’s bloodiest year yet for logging-related border shootings. Speaking to reporters at Phnom Penh International airport after the premier returned from a two-day meeting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rosewood-trade-must-stop-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An indigenous ethnic BAnong community in Mondolkiri province yesterdAy begAn the finAl stAge in Acquiring A communAl lAnd title, setting it up to become only the sixth community in the country to secure one of the coveted documents. EstAblished by the 2001 LAnd LAw, communAl lAnd <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAnong-fAmilies-close-to-communAl-lAnd-titles/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As SihAnoukville’s wAter shortAge drAgs on, the price of wAter being delivered by privAte suppliers hAs skyrocketed with residents And business owners growing ever more desperAte to get cleAn wAter into their homes, hotels And restAurAnts. Over the pAst week, since A reservoir supplying the city <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/price-of-wAter-spikes-As-sihAnoukville-shortAges-drAg-on/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>