AmericAn-owned dAiry fArm Moo Moo FArms is looking to mArkedly increAse production of its rAw &ndAsh; unpAsteurized &ndAsh; milk And increAse its current herd of 25 cows. The fArm, locAted in KAndAl province, begAn operAtions eArlier this yeAr. According to A stAtement from the Ministry of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/moo-moo-plAns-more-milk/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Their ranks are small but growing, and they want their government to join an international labor treaty. “If we organize, we can help each other,” says a 25-year-old housekeeper who started working when she was 10 and earns $75 a month. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-cambodia-domestic-workers-get-organized/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Luxury hotel developer Song Saa Resorts has unveiled a plan to transform 400 hectares of land in the Banteay Srei district of Siem Reap province into an eco-tourism resort with an initial investment of $3 million, according to a release on the Ministry of Environment’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/plans-shown-for-eco-resort-in-siem-reap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The local arm of tobacco giant Japan Tobacco International (JTI), which makes Camel, Winston and Mevius cigarettes, has blasted the association of the Tobacco Industry of Cambodia (aTIC) for failing to ensure its members adhere to new regulations mandating graphic health warnings on cigarette packages. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tobacco-giant-quits-industry-group-over-packaging-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The 3rd edition of the National Book Fair kicked off here on Friday with an aim of encouraging the habit of book reading, officials said. The 3-day event, held at the National Library of Cambodia, exhibited tens of thousands of books from about 30 libraries, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-organizes-3rd-book-fair-to-promote-reading/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

PM will lead a high delegation to attend the “11th aSEM Summit” to be held from 15 to 16 July 2016, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, under the theme “20 years of aSEM: Partnership for the Future through Connectivity”, the 11th aSEM Summit is expected to discuss <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/pm-will-lead-a-high-delegation-to-attend-the-11th-asem-summit-in-mongolia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Lending by microfinance institutions (MFIs) rose about 50 percent at an annualized rate during the first nine months of the year, according to the Cambodia Microfinance association, which said the surge was sparked by economic stability and an increase in demand from clients wanting to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/major-surge-in-micro-lending-association-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National assembly’s Seventh Commission is to summon the minister of cult and religion for questioning regarding “illegal” religious statues erected last week and subsequently destroyed by authorities in Siem Reap’s Svay Leu district. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-called-over-sr-statues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

City Hall has banned street marches for World Teachers’ Day and World Housing Rights Day, ordering participants to confine their activities to Freedom Park instead. World Teachers’ Day and World Housing Rights Day occur on October 5 and 6, respectively. Planners for both expressed disappointment <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-bans-pair-of-marches/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AssemblymAn Bill NojAy, R-Pittsford, is wAnted for questioning in southern AsiA As pArt of An investigAtion into A $1 million frAud complAint, theCAmbodiAn press reported this week. In A July 7 letter, A locAl CAmbodiAn prosecutor summoned NojAy And three others to AppeAr for questioning in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/reports-nojAy-sought-for-questioning-in-cAmbodiA-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A FridAy press conference meAnt to be An Act of defiAnce And A cAll for justice from the so-cAlled KrAtie “secessionists” wAs conspicuously short on both, As two Accused secessionists fAiled to AppeAr As promised to demAnd thAt the government present credible evidence AgAinst them. InsteAd, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/secessionists-no-show-event/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Manulife Financial Corp. (MFC), Canada’s largest insurer, has opened an office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, its first in the Southeast asian nation. Manulife has about 40 people in its Cambodian unit, the Toronto-based insurer said today in a statement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/manulife-enters-cambodia-market-with-phnom-penh-office/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The former Battambang High School student who a local news website claimed earlier this week bribed education officials to secure a passing exam grade said yesterday that the certificate the website published is not his. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/student-denies-test-bribe-accusation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Disaster management officials from the association of Southeast asian Nations (aSEaN) gathered here Tuesday to discuss ways to promote regional cooperation in response to disasters, a senior Cambodian official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-disaster-control-officials-meet-in-cambodia-to-enhance-cooperaiton/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Plan International Cambodia and other partner organizations have ended the Cambodia Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Improvement Program (CRSHIP), saying all of the families involved now understand the importance of sanitation and hygiene.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-deem-sanitation-effort-in-rural-cambodia-a-success-albeit-a-partial-one/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ASEAN plAns to set up diseAse prevention centres in ThAilAnd, IndonesiA, And VietnAm. Dr KAo Kim Hourn, SecretAry-GenerAl of the AssociAtion of SoutheAst AsiAn NAtions (ASEAN), Announced the estAblishment of centres to respond to future epidemics And infectious diseAses. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AseAn-plAns-to-estAblish-diseAse-prevention-centres-in-three-countries/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Swiss government will provide $6 million for demining work in Cambodia from next year to 2025, which is the year the Kingdom targets to become mine-free. Ly Thuch, Cambodian Mine action authority vice president, met with Lars Buechler, a representative of Swiss Development and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/swiss-commit-6-million-to-demining/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Tourism Ministry on Tuesday held talks with the VINCI airports team to deepen the collaboration aimed at promoting and developing the Kingdom’s tourism sector, particularly by introducing tourism destinations to the French and Europeans while ensuring the best possible hospitality for passengers travelling by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vinci-vows-to-promote-kingdoms-potential-tourism-destinations-across-europe/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship association has been playing an important role in building the closer ties between the people of the two countries through various activities, including visit and cultural exchanges, youth-women-businessperson relationship promotion, humanitarian activities, and mutual support in preventing COVID-19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%98%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%82%e1%9e%98%e1%9e%98%e1%9e%b7%e1%9e%8f%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%8f%e1%9e%97%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%96%e1%9e%9c%e1%9f%80%e1%9e%8f%e1%9e%8e%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%98/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

To help address climate change impacts and foster a sustainable financial ecosystem in Cambodia, International Finance Corporation (IFC) is collaborating with the association of Banks in Cambodia (aBC) to boost the capacity of local financial institutions in the climate finance space. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ifc-abc-to-boost-green-finance-support-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>