The public has spoken and among their top priorities for spearheading sustainable development in Cambodia are eradicating poverty, administering quality education and achieving peace and justice, according to a new survey published by NGO World Vision. The survey takes focus on 2030’s UN Sustainable Development Goals <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ending-poverty-a-big-issue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Khdib Sreymich, general manager of Coco Khmer, a Cambodia-based coconut cosmetics manufacturer, said her company is forced to import coconuts from Vietnamese suppliers to meet consumer demand for the company’s products. She explained that the farmers preferred to sell the coconuts when they were young, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/patience-a-virtue-for-coconuts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Land prices along one of Cambodia’s main highways have seen a slight increase in the first half of 2017, thanks to road improvements and residential developments, insiders say. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-road-paved-with-promise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the urbAn populAtion continues to grow At rAte of 2.6 percent per yeAr, improving public trAnsport And coming up with detAiled urbAnisAtion plAns should be top priorities for Authorities in Phnom Penh, As well As for other urbAn centres, including SihAnoukville And Siem ReAp, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/public-trAnsport-A-priority-wb/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) lawmaker Hun Many reassured investors yesterday, saying the government was focusing on ensuring a good investment climate in the country underpinned by social stability. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/business-a-priority-hun-many/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee yesterday closed the voter registration list at 5.30 pm, with more than 32 percent of an estimated 1.6 million newly eligible voters having signed up successfully. NEC spokesman Hang Puthea said final registration figures will be released today. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/half-a-million-voters-register/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has not yet attained full water security, the water resources minister said yesterday at an asia-Pacific summit. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/water-security-still-a-priority/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

UK-based BIW automotive company on Friday signed a US$2 billion join venture investment with aCICa automotive (Cambodia) to build a factory in Preah Sihanouk province for a Cambodian-made vehicle within the next three years. The agreement was made between BIW’s director Robin Bowyer and aCICa’s Group <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-national-car-for-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite the recent spate of high-profile arrests and deportations, analysts, attorneys and civil society groups are divided on whether the Kingdom is finally beginning to live down its reputation as a haven for the fugitives and criminals who have long been drawn to the country <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/changing-a-culture-of-impunity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Malaysian-based GO Communications Group signed an acquisition deal to buy out Cambodian based active Event Management, on Friday, Sept 21, 2012. Siet Sisopheak, managing director of active, said GO became interested in the company because of improvements in Cambodia’s economy and how it would benefit the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/active-acquisition-is-a-go/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sarorn Phi, 39, cautiously stops his moto 20 metres away from the large, signless boom gate blocking his path in Sesan district. He shuffles toward the security guard’s hut at the entrance to a sprawling Chinese rubber plantation and negotiates with the guard to enter <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rock-and-a-hard-place/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a single factory that supplies some of the biggest international brands, faintings occurred every day for five years, a new investigation by the Cambodian Legal Education Centre has found. Until just weeks ago, when the management installed new fans, three to four garments workers were <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-factorys-fainting-crisis/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lone CAmbodiAn womAn wAs found sitting outside Phnom Penh InternAtionAl Airport lAte on TuesdAy night by pAtrolling police. Smiling to herself, with A vAcAnt expression, she wAs unAble to explAin where she cAme from or whAt she wAs doing, but A MAlAysiAn stAmp wAs found <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-migrAnt-stAte-of-mind/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The European Parliament, representing one of the country’s largest donors, on Friday called for a moratorium on forced evictions, an overhaul of elections and even went so far as to suggest to the European Union that it suspend tariff-free imports of agricultural goods linked to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/european-body-sends-a-message/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

UP AND down A 4km stretch of highwAy on the northern outskirts of Phnom Penh, About 3,000 of CAmbodiA’s ChAm minority hAve built A life. Their distinctive Muslim culture thrives in conditions of close-knit community, A stArk contrAst to the shAttering dAys the country endured <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-roAd-runs-through-them/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two or three times per week Hong Chandara finds the time to unwind from work, family and social responsibilities by exercising at his gym. Meanwhile, entrepreneurs see potential in the fitness service sector, as gyms gain popularity in Cambodia. Meas Sok Dany, owner of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gym-membership-gets-a-lift/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

It’s been more than a year since union leader Sat Sep was fired from the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Poipet town, a dismissal that sparked strikes and ended in senior members of the Cambodian Tourism and Service Workers Federation being driven from the casino’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/playing-with-a-bad-hand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After months of protests, more thAn 1,000 former Mfone employees yesterdAy received just 10 per cent of the $4.4 million they were demAnding in compensAtion After the telecom compAny filed for bAnkruptcy in JAnuAry. Court-Appointed AdministrAtor Ouk Ry, entrusted with the sAle of Mfone’s Assets, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mfone-workers-pAid-A-little/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A million fish formed the front line of the conservAtion fight yesterdAy, when Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries officiAls releAsed them in KAmpong Thom provinciAl wAters, celebrAting the lAunching of A nAtionAl AquAculture institute. YesterdAy’s celebrAtion of NAtionAl Fish DAy in BArAy district mArks the officiAl stArt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fish-tAle-A-million-releAsed/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In the week before the National Election Committee was formed in December 1997, Chheng Phon predicted he had a tough road ahead. “If you ask me personally, I must say I do not want this job,” the inaugural boss told the Post from the banks of a canal <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/blueprint-for-a-reformed-nec/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>