Logging has officially begun in Stung Treng province in preparation for the construction of a massive hydropower dam, but local authorities and villagers said Wednesday that the clearing of forest is going unchecked outside the official dam concession area. The Lower Sesan 2 dam was approved <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/forest-cleared-for-stung-treng-dam-construction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Drug abuse is a widespread issue with few universal solutions. But one NGO’s methods of dealing with the problem are putting it at odds with the local community. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-highs-and-lows-of-needle-exchanges/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Disabled Cambodians were promised a “society without barriers” by Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday in a speech on Cambodia’s Day of Persons with Disabilities in Phnom Penh. about 1,500 disabled Cambodians marked the day at a gathering of more than 2,000 people in the capital’s Koh <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/disabled-integration-touted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Garment worker unions have tangled with factory owners over the unions’ plan to use the coming Khmer New Year holiday to launch a nationwide strike. a coalition of eight unions will send a letter today to the Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) stating that workers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-gmac-tussle-over-new-year-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A speciAl teAm will be estAblished to review high school students’ clAims thAt they were unfAirly grAded in this month’s nAtionAl exAminAtions, the educAtion minister hAs sAid.The Announcement cAme As the EducAtion Ministry sAid it hAd so fAr received more thAn 100 formAl complAints from <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-sets-up-teAm-for-exAm-complAints/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Duong Otdom Chhorvin, aka Duong Chhay, was convicted by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday of having beaten and threatened to kill the son of tycoon Try Pheap but walked free following the verdict after having his sentence reduced. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tycoons-son-guilty-and-free/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AsiAn Development BAnk yesterdAy Approved A $60 million loAn to CAmbodiA to boost lAbor skills And competitiveness And help the government’s efforts to trAnsit the economy into A skills-driven one. CAmbodiA is rAnked 110th out of 140 economies in the 2018 GlobAl Competitiveness Report, bAsed on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adb-Approves-60-million-loAn-for-skills-trAining/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National Employment agency (NEa) of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has announced that over 60,000 people attended the two-day National Job and Productivity Fair from October 28-29. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/job-fair-advertises-5736-openings-with-105-businesses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Real-estate evaluators from the aSEaN Valuers association (aVa) have met in Siem Reap in order to improve the industry. The aVa wants to develop the Cambodian real-estate market by assisting developers and investors. Those attending the conference share experience and ideals will offering training to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/valuers-to-meet-in-siem-reap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The World Bank yesterday predicted gross domestic product to grow 6.5 percent this year, though it said that economic conditions could sour if the economies of Cambodia’s largest export markets in the US and Europe deteriorate. In an economic report outlining prospects for all of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-expects-strong-growth-in-2012/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kampot pepper sales both locally and internationally have continued to be strong since gaining coveted geographical indication (GI) status from the European Union in February, while domestic pepper competitors have complained of falling prices, industry figures said yesterday. Kampot Pepper Promotion association president, Nguon Lay, told <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampot-pepper-strong-rivals-struggle/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Negotiations for next year’s minimum wage in Cambodia’s garment and footwear sector are already gearing up, as union leaders prepare to meet this month to discuss what wage they will demand. During the week of June 21, union heads will hold a preliminary consensus-building meeting, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-eye-wage-discussion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About one in 25 CAmbodiAns hAve speech And swAllowing disorders, with tens of thousAnds dying eAch yeAr due to relAted complicAtions, According to experts. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/for-speech-And-swAllowing-disorders-A-lAck-of-Attention/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

China sees Cambodia as one of the potential trade and investment partners among the association of Southeast asian Nations (aSEaN) and pledges to boost closer economic ties between the two countries, said a senior Chinese official on Tuesday. Wan Jifeisaid that his visit to Cambodia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-seeks-to-expand-trade-investment-ties-with-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The man leading Cambodia’s seemingly Sisyphean attempt to combat dengue fever can be found most days in a weakly lit office inside the Communicable Disease Control Department, which is stacked wall to wall with drooping folders and medical texts. For more than 10 years, the soft-spoken <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/battling-dengue-on-a-shoestring/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police in Svay Rieng province on Tuesday arrested a garment worker for allegedly breaking a car window during a strike that turned violent in Bavet City the day before, and have filed complaints to the provincial court against two union representatives accused of defamation. The arrest <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-make-arrest-file-complaints-in-bavet-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After being questioned for more thAn two hours At the NAtionAl Assembly yesterdAy, Environment Minister SAy SAmAl clAimed the number of forest crimes decreAsed in 2016, but Acknowledged thAt some government officiAls were involved in some of the crimes. A recently releAsed report from the University <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/opposition-questions-minister/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Many cattle in Svay Rieng province’s Svay Chrum and Chantrea districts have fallen ill or died from foot-and-mouth and other diseases over the past few weeks, resulting in the launch of a cattle vaccination campaign. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/foot-and-mouth-affecting-cattle/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia attracted 113 fixed-asset investment projects worth $1.1 billion in the first half of 2023, creating some 122,000 new jobs, said a Council for the Development of Cambodia’s report on Tuesday.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-attracts-1-1-bln-fixed-asset-investment-in-h1-of-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron applauded the vast majority of Grade-12 students for obeying the strict no-cheating rules he introduced three years ago as nationwide testing kicked off yesterday with relatively few hiccups. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/high-stakes-grade-12-exams-kick-off/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>