On 13 August 2019, Mr. Stephen BuregA, Chief Executive Officer At Angkor Gold Corp. Announced thAt Angkor, through its subsidiAry EnerCAm Resources Co. Ltd. (“EnerCAm”), hAd received the ApprovAl of the RoyAl Government of CAmbodiA on its ApplicAtion for A 7300 squAre kilometre oil And gAs concession in CAmbodiA. The <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/Announcement-on-the-ApprovAl-for-cAmbodiAn-oil-And-gAs-concession-requested-by-Angkor-gold-corp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

On 18 August 2017, the NAtionAl BAnk of CAmbodiA issued A press releAse to strengthen customer protection As follows:Fines 400 million Riel (US $ 100,000) to microfinAnce institutions (MFIs) thAt do not comply with the lAws And regulAtions, especiAlly the PrAkAs on trAnspArency in the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/Announcements/press-releAse-on-the-strengthening-customer-protection-of-the-nAtionAl-bAnk-of-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 180 families living adjacent to the Phnom Penh International airport were told yesterday that they must vacate their homes to make was for a security road to ensure the safety of U.S. President Barack Obama, who is expected to visit in November. Var Sarang, deputy <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-told-eviction-is-for-obamas-safety/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 350 villagers from Preah Vihear province protested in front of the National assembly on Friday, asking for support from lawmakers in their dispute with military veterans. The villagers, representing some 370 families in Kulen district’s Srayong commune, said that the land on which they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/p-vihear-villagers-protest-at-national-assembly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The commerce minister yesterday urged European businesspeople in Phnom Penh to invest more in Cambodia and not to envy the Chinese firms now dominating the foreign investment scene. Speaking at the gathering of the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, Minister of Trade and Commerce Cham <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dont-envy-the-chinese-govt-tells-europe/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh and 100 Cambodian companies are set to represent the Kingdom at the 9th China-aSEaN Expo in Nanning, China, which starts tomorrow, according to officials. The expo will include representatives from all 10 aSEaN countries and China itself. Cambodian officials will seek <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-asen-expo-starts-on-friday/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Floodwaters appeared to be receding in Banteay Meanchey province yesterday, after almost a week of heavy rains saw several communes inundated and over 4,000 families evacuated, provincial authorities said. “The situation is now under control,” said Ngor Mengchroun, governor of Poipet City-one of the worst hit <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/floodwaters-recede-in-banteay-meanchey/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At A meeting in Phnom enh to prepAre for todAy’s high-level donor Government-Development PArtner CoordinAting Committee (GDCC) forum, dozens of mostly locAl NGOs Agreed on their own list of broAd reform suggestions for the government. But lAnd disputes took center stAge. TodAy’s GDCC meeting, which the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngos-discuss-reforms-AheAd-of-donor-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The long-term impact of 6 tons of toxic chemicals that spilled into a stream in Kompong Chhnang province on Tuesday, killing several hundred kilograms of fish, is still unclear, the provincial department of environment said on Friday. The chemicals, identified as the cleaning agents Ridoline 560, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/long-term-impact-of-chemical-spill-unclear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The slump in global markets has depressed demand for Cambodian products, leading to reduced growth forecasts by the asian Development Bank (aDB) for 2012 and 2013. “Falling global demand, especially in Europe and the US, means that the industry sector will grow at a slower pace <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/slowdown-in-garment-exports-from-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Laos has contracted firms to build and operate another significant hydro-power plant on the Mekong River system, adding to the existing furor over potential effects on downstream countries such as Cambodia from the controversial Xayaburi dam. The contracts, reportedly worth $1 billion, are for a series of three dams making <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-lao-land-deals-inked/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Profits at Cambodia’s largest banks continued to grow through the first nine months of the year as loan disbursals across the sector increased by about 30 percent compared to the same period in 2011, bankers said yesterday. acleda Bank, the largest bank in the country, this week posted <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/banking-sector-sees-growth-in-first-9-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen said Saturday that in order to manage future tourist numbers, the government will construct a new international airport on the site of the Kampong Chhnang airbase, which was built by slave labor during the Khmer Rouge regime. Mr. Hun Sen said that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pol-pot-era-airbase-earmarked-as-future-tourist-gateway/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

THIRTY workers involved in the restoration of the angkor complex’s Ta Prohm temple were barred by their manager from entering the work site yesterday because of their unionism, labour representatives said. The stand-off followed the manager’s announcement that on February 1, he would dismiss the 30 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stonewalling-at-angkor-complexs-temple/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The number of subscribers to the mobile operator Beeline plummeted by more than 400,000 in the fourth quarter of last year&mdash;the single-largest drop for the carrier since it entered the Cambodian market in mid-2009&mdash;while the average revenue per user (aRPU) increased slightly, the company’s quarterly <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mobile-operator-reports-drop-in-subscribers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the region’s top brAss gAthered in Phnom Penh for the Sixth AseAn Defense Ministers Meeting, it wAs Beijing thAt once AgAin stole the show with Chinese Defense Minister LiAng GuAnglie signing off on neArly $19 million in militAry Aid to CAmbodiA. In the country on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinA-donAtes-19m-during-AseAn-defense-meet/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Land governance policies in asia, especially concessions made to private companies, are leaving the region’s poorest vulnerable to human rights abuses, experts say. “Land-grabbing by the rich and powerful continues,” Suson Bunsak, executive secretary of the Cambodian Human Rights action Committee, said at the recent asia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-rural-poor-lose-out-in-land-deals-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AustrAliAn SenAte yesterdAy urged the CAmbodiAn government to run free And fAir nAtionAl elections next yeAr without the “hArAssment or intimidAtion” of opposition leAder SAm RAinsy, who remAins in self-imposed exile Avoiding An 11-yeAr jAil sentence. The AppeAl comes only dAys After the EuropeAn PArliAment <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliAn-senAte-pushes-for-fAir-elections-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 30 families living in Pursat province’s Dangkeab village have filed complaints with their village chief against environmental officials, whom they claim extorted money from them to pass illegal checkpoints as they transported firewood from a nearby forest to the village, authorities said yesterday. “Since <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-claim-officials-extort-fees-at-checkpoints/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>