Cambodia would have to give two villages to Vietnam if it wanted to retain another two deemed the territory of the Kingdom’s eastern neighbour by the former French Indochina colonial administration, a government minister said yesterday. Last year, the Cambodian government announced it was speeding up <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-cede-two-villages-to-vietnam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 250 families ordered to leave their homes next to Phnom Penh International airport to make way for expansion plans yesterday with City Hall to fight the eviction. The 256 families living in three villages in Pur Senchey district’s Choam Chao commune are demanding compensation <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-fight-evictions-near-intl-airport/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police and Phnom Penh municipality officials yesterday halted construction on a seven-story high-end apartment complex on Street 240 in Daun Penh district. Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Kep Chuktema was accompanied by police officials who entered the 240 apartment complex, which has been under construction for several <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-halt-construction-on-240-apartment-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three families were evicted and their houses torn down by authorities in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district yesterday after officials claimed that residents there were polluting a canal with rubbish. The authorities last week warned that families living inside 38 houses in Niroth commune were illegally occupying <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-evicted-from-canal-as-part-of-clean-up-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Trade between Cambodia and Thailand increased by about 40 per cent to US$3 billion in the first nine months of this year in comparison with the same period last year, according to figures provided by the Royal Embassy of Thailand in Cambodia. according to Nat Vimonchandra, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-with-thailand-increases/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 140 Japanese investors arrived in Cambodia yesterday to meet with local government leaders and other stakeholders in an effort to boost economic cooperation between the two countries. according to the Japanese Embassy in Cambodia, the delegation arrived in the country yesterday afternoon, following a visit <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-delegation-seeks-business-options/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia imported almost 10 times as many used clothes as new ones in the first 11 months of last year, according to statistics from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Some 79,217 tonnes of used garments worth $61.5 million were brought in during that period, compared <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/second-hand-first-in-imports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Bank of China is going to expand its business operations in Cambodia after it was launched here two years ago and seen rapid business growth, Zhu Shuming, visiting deputy governor of Bank of China, said Friday. Speaking at a meeting with Chea Chanto, governor of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bank-of-china-to-raise-business-operations-in-cambodia-deputy-governor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

CONSTRUCTION is progressing on a $1.5 million baby-products factory that will be among the largest in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ). Combi (Cambodia), which owns the factory, announced the plans for its new facility in an online job listing yesterday. The five-hectare factory was scheduled <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/combi-plans-1-5m-factory-for-baby-goods/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Violence broke out twice yesterday at the Maru Chuen garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district &ndash; first, between police and strikers, and later, between strikers and employees who remained at work. In the morning, seven workers and one police officer were injured after police intervened <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-cop-injured-as-strike-turns-violent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The US embassy in Phnom Penh intends to hold a webinar on doing business in Cambodia, providing information on the benefits and challenges of working in the country for US firms. “This is the first webinar that will focus on investment opportunities and an overview of  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-embassy-to-hold-investment-webinar/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The French and German chambers of commerce have both merged into the larger European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia in order to gain combined strength and be more effective as an interface between European business and the Cambodian government. The agreement is set to be formalised <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/business-chambers-merge-with-eurocham/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Forty-four Number One and OK condom packers, out of work since their contracts ended on Sunday, protested outside the office of health NGO Population Services Khmer (PSK) in Phnom Penh yesterday, demanding “unpaid” seniority bonuses. Representative So Nita said the workers, four of whom have physical <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/condom-packers-seek-unpaid-bonuses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A tropicAl storm thAt rAked VietnAm for the pAst two dAys hAs Affected five CAmbodiAn provinces, with severe flooding And dAmAge in three of them. TropicAl storm MAngkhut descended on Northern VietnAm on WednesdAy And yesterdAy, deluging the Mekong River And flooding AreAs of BAnteAy MeAnchey, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tropicAl-storm-wreAks-hAvoc/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Newly established Wat Phnom airlines completed its maiden flight to Taiwan’s Taoyuan International airport on July 10. But its predecessor, grounded Tonlesap airlines, is said to owe the same airport more than $50,000 in landing fees. The local chartered carrier “is officially in business after it <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chartered-carrier-takes-off/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the middle of an election campaign in which wages have been a prominent issue, the Ministry of Education did something out of the ordinary Monday: It made public the official pay scale it uses to remunerate its teachers. The list contains figures that are somewhat <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teacher-raises-made-public/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s per capita GDP was projected to hit 1,036 U.S. dollars in 2013, up from nearly 1,000 U.S. dollars in a year earlier, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Saturday. The premier said the country has enjoyed full peace and political stability in the last 15 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-per-capita-gdp-to-reach-1036-usd-this-year-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPaI) in Battambang affecting backyard poultry. an immediate notification was sent to the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE) reporting that the causal agent has been identified as the HPaI virus, serotype H5N1. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hpai-in-cambodia-affects-backyard-poultry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

There should be stronger legislative co-operation between Vietnam and Cambodia, agreed Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam National assembly Tong Thi Phong and the second Vice President of the Senate of Cambodia Tep Ngorn. During a meeting on Saturday during the 34th General assembly of the aSEaN <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vietnam-look-to-enhance-legislative-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A teAcher At TeA ChAmrAth High School in PursAt town hAs Accused school director Bou SovAnnArith And deputy director Chhub BunthA of forcing students to pAy bribes in the form of, Among other things, enrolment fees for mAtriculAtion into the 2013-2014 AcAdemic yeAr. PhAt MAlin, the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAls-demAnded-bribes-teAcher-sAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>