The government on Monday issued a sub-decree to delegate the management of healthcare provision to sub-national administrations, which will be effective as of January next year. The sub-decree was approved by Prime Minister Hun Sen last Wednesday and signed by relevant ministers including Minister of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/healthcare-management-transferred-to-sub-national-level/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Senate on Monday approved draft amendments to 10 articles of the Law on Trade Unions at the fourth session of the fourth legislature. It did so without modification, following its approval by the National assembly last month. The 10 articles comprise articles 3, 17, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/senate-passes-amendments-to-10-articles-of-trade-union-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s needs and how they overlap with the UK’s strengths are an important issue in trade and investment relations between the two countries, according to British ambassador Mark Gooding during a presentation to the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce (CCC) yesterday. Bilateral trade is mainly driven by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/needs-compared-with-the-uk/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The disputes over sovereignty in the South China Sea are approaching a tipping point. as former aSEaN secretary-general Rodolfo Severino said last month: “The disputes cannot be resolved anytime soon, if at all. The most that can be done is to prevent them developing into armed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-china-sea-outlook/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In his talk at the aSEaN energy ministers meeting held in Phnom Penh last week, Prime Minister Hun Sen emphasized the need for the ten-member bloc to work together to bolster its regional energy connectivity to meet a rapidly growing demand for energy. He also <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/at-asean-energy-summit-green-energy-and-investment-were-in-focus-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government and its foreign donors are preparing for their next high-level aid meeting Wednesday, their first sine the government surprised donors in august 2011 by indefinitely suspending the meetings, citing the global financial crisis. However, officials at the Finance Ministry and the Council for the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/long-delayed-donor-meeting-set-for-wednesday/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has made almost no progress over the past six years when it comes to gender equality, and is still the lowest-ranked country in the region, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2012 Gender Gap Index. Ranked 103 out of 135 countries surveyed, Cambodia placed last <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/index-shows-little-progress-in-gender-equity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The value of construction projects approved by the government during the first nine months of the year reached $1.83 billion, an 83.61 percent increase compared to the same period in 2011, according to data released yesterday by the Ministry of Land Management. Tith Khemra, director of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/value-of-approved-property-projects-soar/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

“Vespa was in Cambodia before the war [and] Piaggio wanted to come back to the market in Cambodia, because the market is growing,” explained Frederic Bachelet, head of business development at Narita Vespa Co. Ltd. The company plans to break ground next week on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-phnom-penh-the-vespa-comes-back-officially/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The price of Phnom Penh Water Supply authority stock from the period of august 2 to 8 remained very stable at KHR6,500 for most of the week after a slight increase from KHR6,400 (US$1.57) to KHR6,500 (US$1.6) on august 3. Trading volumes overall were lower <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-week-at-the-csx-august-2-8/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sketchy details that fail to specify when construction of the Lower Sesan 2 hydro dam will begin, or name the Chinese company involved, have villagers fearing for their future, representatives and environmental groups say. Since the Council of Ministers announced on Friday it had signed off <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/concerns-mount-over-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities hAve pArtiAlly bAcked down on An order forcing 196 residents in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district to move their homes, but refused to scrAp the plAn completely when confronted At ChAom ChAo commune hAll yesterdAy. Phuong SopheAp, one of About 20 residents thAt congregAted <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/smAll-concession-in-eviction-fight/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Svay Rieng Provincial Court will question four new witnesses to the February shooting of garment workers in Bavet City allegedly committed by former city governor Chhouk Bundith, a court official said yesterday. “We are preparing to schedule the questioning of four new witnesses. It <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-to-question-4-bavet-shooting-witnesses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Property prices in Phnom Penh increased by about 15 percent at the end of June compared to the same period in 2011 , according to data released yesterday by local realty firm asia Real Estate Cambodia (aRC). The average price of commercial property in Phnom Penh <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-land-prices-slow-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Not enough priority is given to research in Cambodia, threatening its long term development, economists and other experts say. Larry Strange, executive director of the Cambodian Development Research Institute, says the country cannot plan for major reform, build its economy, or reduce poverty without proper analysis <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-lacks-research-enough-to-tackle-its-problems-analysts-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Their work is far from over, but Jarai minority villagers in Ratanakkiri province took another important step forward yesterday in their quest for communal land titles. More than 200 residents of O’Yadav district’s Pate commune signed declarations outlining the ways in which they make use of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/jarai-battle-for-communal-titles-takes-important-step/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

By 8 p.m. on the day of the July 28 election, Information Minister Khieu Kanharith was declaring victory for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s CPP with 68 seats to the opposition’s 55. In the days that followed, preliminary results released by the National Election Committee (NEC) arrived <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-says-dont-believe-reports-wait-for-election-results/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered a 19.9% growth in February according to the country’s statistics and tourist Information Department. The country welcomed 385,760 visits compared to 321,870 during the same month in 2012. Released by the Ministry of Tourism, Monday, data showed neighbouring Vietnam was the top supplier <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-enjoys-travel-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will visit Macau in September to participate in the Second Global Tourism Economy Forum. Prime Minister Hun Sen called for more investment in the country by Chinese and Macau entrepreneurs, and direct flights between Cambodia and Macau. according to Xinhua, the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-to-visit-macau-in-september/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The European union’s executive arm has responded to its parliamentarians’ concerns over rights abuses stemming from Cambodia’s economic land concessions, maintaining that, should the need arise, it “will be ready” to withdraw from its preferential trade agreements with the Kingdom. In a joint letter to concerned <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-deal-threat-still-on-table/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>