About 1,000 mAids from CAmbodiA Are expected to be AvAilAble every month in once the MemorAndum of UnderstAnding (MoU) between MAlAysiA And CAmbodiA on the mAtter is signed. The MoU, which is being finAlised by both governments, would see the lifting of the bAn on CAmbodiAns <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAn-on-cAmbodiAn-mAids-in-mAlAysiA-to-be-lifted/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s insurance industry recorded a total premium of 31 million U.S. dollars in the first nine months of the year, up 20 percent compared with the same period last year, figures showed Tuesday. It said during January-September period this year, the total amount of claims paid <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-insurance-industry-reports-20-pct-growth-in-9-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With civil society, the opposition and even the ruling party talking more and more about the subject of electoral and judicial reforms in the wake of July’s contested national elections, some groups yesterday gathered to call for reforms in a more modest sector &ndash; parking <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/putting-parking-reform-in-gear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China’s Yunnan province on Monday provided 200 agricultural engines to Cambodia’s northwestern Banteay Meanchey province for post-flood rehabilitation. a handover ceremony was held here between Yu Dingcheng, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Yunnan Provincial People ‘s Congress, and Oung Oeun, chief of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-provides-agricultural-engines-to-cambodia-for-post-flood-rehabilitation-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Forest land in asia-Pacific countries has grown overall since 2002, according to a study released last week, but Cambodia was one of only three countries surveyed to buck the trend. Out of 14 countries included in the study by the Regional Community Forestry Training Center (RECOFTC), <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asias-forests-grow-but-not-in-kingdom-ngo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Saving deposits at microfinance institutions (MFIs) this month decreased slightly from the average monthly amount because of a rise in withdrawals, industry officials said. Bun Mony, president of the Cambodia Microfinance association (CMa), and the general manager at MFI Sathapana Limited, said many people have come <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-poll-deposits-at-microfinance-institutions-down/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Malaysian-owned company VW Win Holdings Plc launched lottery operation Camloto in the Kingdom this week, making it the second to go live in as many months. Camloto CEO Jimmy Kong unveiled the new start-up, which will draw its first ball tonight on all major TV stations, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-lottery-bets-on-success/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says the international community is now pushing hard for serious human rights reforms in Cambodia. Sam Rainsy, head of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, was this week in Geneva, where a UN human rights review of Cambodia took place. The UN’s Human Rights <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-rights-officials-want-serious-rights-reforms-opposition-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Anti-humAn trAfficking police in Phnom Penh Arrested three CAmbodiAns And two Chinese nAtionAls After the group tried to trAffic two young women&mdAsh;who hAd been promised weAlthy husbAnds&mdAsh;to work As prostitutes in ChinA, police sAid MondAy. Keo TheA, chief of the municipAl Anti-humAn trAfficking police, sAid the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/five-Arrested-for-trying-to-trAffic-women-to-chinA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Vietnam increased only about 3.4 per cent last year compared to 2012, data from the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh showed yesterday. an embassy official said the sluggish growth could be attributed to the political deadlock between the Cambodian People’s Party <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-cambodia-trade-volume-grows-but-slightly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police in Kratie province on Wednesday demolished the makeshift tents of about 300 families accused of squatting on public land inside a conservation area, two weeks after they forced many of the same families out of the area. Some of the families say they have lived <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-demolish-shelters-of-kratie-families-for-second-time/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia may soon have new standardised exams to hold its students, teachers and education system accountable. “Everyone agrees that the improved enrolment rates in primary school is an accomplishment; at the same time, everyone also calls for quality-control improvement [which] means better testing,” said Jan <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-testing-could-widen/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

One month after the capital’s power provider promised to end chronic city blackouts for good this hot season, residents and businesses continue to find themselves sweltering in the heat and throwing away any spoilable goods due to the unpredictable losses of electricity. In March, Electricite du <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/edc-under-pressure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three of Cambodia’s most iconic natural products &ndash; Thma Koul rice, Kampot durian and Cambodian silk &ndash; have been earmarked by the government to obtain the World Trade Organization’s Geographical Indication (GI) status. Speaking to reporters after a press conference on GI registration at the Ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gi-products-closer-to-fruition/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith has pledged to meet with Daun Penh District Governor Sok Sambath to discuss the targeting of journalists by hired district security guards, said UNESCO country representative anne Lemaistre, who met with the minister on Friday. The minister is also keen on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-to-address-beatings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sacred burial grounds and community forests should be granted more protection under a new government proclamation issued this month, but rights groups and land-grab victims are wary that, without proper enforcement, it will amount to little in practice. an interministerial proclamation, or prakas, signed by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/directive-aims-to-stop-elc-abuses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The UN’s Food and agriculture Organization (FaO) has estimated Cambodia’s 2014 rice exports to increase slightly to 1.2 million tons over that in 2013 due to increased production. The FaO reports that its exports estimate includes unofficial exports of milled as well as paddy rice <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fao-estimates-cambodia-2014-rice-exports-to-increase-slightly-to-1-2-million-tons/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Negotiations between the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party and ruling Cambodian People’s Party looked like they might screech to an abrupt halt yesterday, as opposition leaders visiting supporters in Tbong Khmum province said they will “cut off” talks. Speaking to about 1,000 supporters in the province’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-to-walk-away-from-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 200 striking workers at Cambodia’s largest brewer, Cambrew Ltd., resumed work on Saturday after the company agreed to lift their monthly salary from $120 to $150 as they had been demanding. The workers at the company, which produces angkor beer and Black Panther stout, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angkor-brewery-agrees-to-strikers-demands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of About 100 people, including 50 or so monks, Attempted to mArch yesterdAy to protest outside Phnom Penh’s Buddhist Institute, but were thwArted by droves of militAry police And district security guArds on SisowAth QuAy. No violence occurred As Independent Monk Network leAder But <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/monks-protest-over-institute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>