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/km/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/km/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/km/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/km/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/km/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/km/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/km/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/km/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/km/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/km/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/km/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/km/news/price-of-wAter-spikes-As-sihAnoukville-shortAges-drAg-on/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Despite current tensions between North and South Korea, Cambodia’s tourism minister said yesterday that the number of tourists from South Korea to the Kingdom had not dropped. [Minister of Tourism Thong] Khong said that so far there appears to be nothing to worry about. “There are <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/korean-tourist-numbers-hold-steady-despite-regional-fears/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kep-Kompot Salt Producers Community says salt production fell nearly 50 per cent below forecasts because of early rainfall, which is assumed to end salt harvesting for the year. Prime Minister Hun Sen, however, has stepped in to ensure that price remains stable. Hun Sen <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/salt-harvest-below-forecast/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An illegAl logger in CAmbodiA hAs dropped An Address book during A bust, leAving behind detAils of corrupt government officiAls And spying rAngers. The mAn fled After being intercepted by police over An illegAl hAul of rAre rosewood in Koh Kong province eArlier this month. . “We <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/wildlife-group-busts-illegAl-loggers-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Since last year, up to a half of nearly 8,000 hectares of community forest has been encroached upon and cleared in Oddar Meanchey province’s Banteay ampil district by soldiers, community representatives said yesterday. Din Heng, chief of ang Dong Bor community, said the army has cleared <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/redd-forest-clearing-unabated-community/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The U.S. Embassy has just announced it will be awarding grants to two recipients for the 2013 U.S. ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation in Cambodia. The archaeology and Development Foundation is the first recipient and will receive $47,000 to implements it’s proposal called the “Documentation of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/u-s-ambassadors-fund-to-give-grants-for-cambodia-preservation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s National assembly on Tuesday adopted a draft law on fire prevention with jail term punishment for arsonists, neglected firefighters, and false information providers on fires. Ninety-four out of ninety-seven lawmakers, who were present at the session, passed the law, saying it would help maintain security, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodian-parliament-passes-fire-prevention-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japanese Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) signed an agreement yesterday with local Canadia Bank to shore up Japanese growth in Cambodia and to demonstrate its confidence in the Kingdom’s financial sector. BTMU’s managing executive officer, Takami Onodera, and Pung Kheav Se, chairman of Canadia Bank, yesterday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/japanese-bank-to-boost-local-investments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The United States has pledged 20 million U.S. dollars over the next three years to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to carry out school feeding program in Cambodia, said a WFP press release on Tuesday. The statement said the donation, made by the U.S. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/u-s-pledges-20-mln-usd-to-wfp-for-school-feeding-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>