The Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra has won second place among the 25 best hotels of Southeast asia in the 2013 Readers’ Choice awards of the prestigious Conde Nast Traveler publication, which also named Siem Reap City as one of the “Top 10 Cities in asia.” Charles-Henri <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sofitel-phnom-penh-wins-2nd-place-in%e2%80%88awards/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thousands of students were unable to attend classes yesterday after returning from holiday, as more than 500 schools remained closed due to flooding that has claimed 50 lives so far this year. according to a report released by the National Committee for Disaster Management, 513 schools <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/flooding-closes-513-schools/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Six prime government-owned properties in Phnom Penh and Battambang province have been reclassified as privately held state properties in order to pave the way for the land to be sold or swapped with private companies, according to a sub-decree signed November 8. Signed by Prime Minister <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/state-owned-properties-to-be-sold-swapped/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The death toll from flooding across the country has risen to 39, while the Mekong River remains above emergency levels in Prey Veng and Kandal provinces, a government official said on Friday. Keo Vy, cabinet chief for the government’s National Committee for Disaster Management, said that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/floods-claim-39-lives-crops-hundreds-of-schools-damaged/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

They can’t talk in the National assembly, and they can’t talk in the provinces &ndash; at least at the parliamentarian level &ndash; but a new round of local dialogues held by the National Democratic Institute will see the ruling party and the opposition face off <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dialogues-set-for-provinces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Global alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GaVI) Board meeting was held here on Thursday to decide which new vaccines will be added to the organization’s portfolio. The two-day meeting brought together 160 people who are representatives of donors and developing countries, civil society organizations, vaccine <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-hosts-intl-vaccine-immunization-meeting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The deputy director of the Preah Sihanouk provincial tax branch who was arrested for corruption last week was on Friday charged with the misappropriation of public funds, an official confirmed Sunday. Phy Rith, who was arrested by the anti-Corruption Unit (aCU) on Wednesday, was charged by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/official-charged-with-misappropriating-funds/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ethnic minority groups in Ratanakkiri province are facing widespread human rights violations, land loss and the exploitation of their natural resources, an indigenous peoples conference was told yesterday. More than 300 villagers from the province’s Tum Poun, Kreng, Prov, Kavet, Jarai, Kachok and Lun communities hosted <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indigenous-woes-probed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) on Thursday said that they had already took preventative measures in order to maintain the safety of the election documents package labeled K. The package contains documents of all of the original election results from the voting station all across the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-package-k-is-safe/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday presided over the opening session of the fifth legislature of the National assembly, which was attended by only the ruling party’s elected lawmakers as the opposition’s elected legislators boycotted it. Sixty-eight elected lawmakers from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-king-opens-new-parliament-despite-opposition-boycott/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The former manager of Canadia Bank’s credit section, along with two accomplices at the bank, were charged Thursday with theft and forgery for allegedly embezzling about $2.3 million from aBa and SBC banks, according to municipal court and police officials. “The deputy [municipal court] prosecutor has <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-charged-for-2-3-million-embezzlement-from-banks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A colonel in the RoyAl CAmbodiAn NAvy yesterdAy denied AccusAtions by the NGO Wildlife AlliAnce thAt nAvAl officers opened fire on pAtrolling rAngers on the TAtAi River in Koh Kong province As they tried seizing An Allegedly illegAl shipment of rosewood. Colonel Tep Vuthy insteAd Accused <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/nAvy-denies-logging-AllegAtions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 200 workers protested outside SL GArment FActory in Phnom Penh’s MeAnchey district WednesdAy demAnding thAt mAnAgers reinstAte 19 union representAtives before A 15-dAy deAdline set by the government elApses. The Council of Ministers hAs ordered the fActory to rehire the fired unionists or fAce punitive <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sl-workers-demAnd-representAtives-reinstAted/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Saturday charged Daniel Johnson, an american missionary, with committing indecent acts against five boys under the age of 15 at an orphanage he operated in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, police said. Johnson, 35, was sent to the court on Wednesday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-charges-missionary-with-child-abuse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh governor on Tuesday told city officials to halt corruption and work harder to provide public services in an effort to restore confidence among the people who were so frustrated with the ruling party that they voted for the opposition CNRP in last <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-governor-tells-officials-to-fix-frustrated-people/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Villagers emerge from the shade of their homes and gingerly roll up their sleeves, turning their palms upwards to reveal skin braided with dark lesions, ulcers and decaying tissue. They point to houses up and down the street where people have died of symptoms like <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/silent-killer-taking-toll/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday acquitted Chan Sophon of the 2007 murder of union leader Hy Vuthy, overturning a 2012 conviction and an 18-year jail sentence that rights groups and Mr. Vuthy’s own union believe was cover for the real perpetrators. The judge <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/man-acquitted-of-2007-murder-of-union-leader-hy-vuthy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Defence Minister Tea Banh insists neither Cambodian armed men nor soldiers had entered Thailand to carry out violence in Thailand during the political crisis. Defence Ministry spokesman Phapathip Sawangsaeng yesterday said Gen Tea Banh made his remark during a meeting with caretaker Defence Minister Yuthasak <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tea-banh-denies-troop-entry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sinohydro Corporation has taken over the concession to build the Stung Cheay areng dam in Koh Kong province and is preparing for the early stages of construction, according to a company representative and government officials. Ith Prang, secretary of state at the Ministry of Mines and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/areng-project-changes-hands-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dozens of representatives from at least 100 recently evicted families accused of illegally occupying state land in Kratie province traveled to Phnom Penh on Monday morning to petition Prime Minister Hun Sen for his help getting their land back. The families say local authorities have been <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-ask-hun-sen-for-help-to-reclaim-farms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>