Increasingly hurt by sanctions and frozen out by the West over its meddling in Ukraine, Syria and the recent US presidential election, Russia is seeking to pivot to asia and establishing a beachhead in a decidedly warmer locale &ndash; Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-a-warm-respite-for-russia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The International Monetary Fund says Cambodia’s young population compared with other regional countries will be a driving force for financial development and contribute to the emerging finance technology sector, or Fintech.  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/imf-make-youth-a-demographic-dividend/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The deteriorating political climate in Cambodia and ramped up government rhetoric against the United States could end up jeopardising the Kingdom’s economic relations with the US, its largest single trading partner, analysts have warned. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-fray-in-us-economic-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen branded the opposition party a “terrorist network” yesterday, while vowing to “cut the arms and legs” of the alleged operation and its purported attempt at “colour revolution” after the disputed 2013 national election. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-calls-cnrp-a-terrorist-network/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Agriculture officiAls And struggling smAllholder tobAcco fArmers Are cAutiously hopeful thAt tAriff exemptions grAnted under A new trAde Agreement with VietnAm will lift sAgging demAnd for their crops. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tobAcco-turns-over-A-new-leAf/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A 227-kilogrAm US-mAde Mk 82 bomb wAs uneArthed on WednesdAy As Authorities were digging A pond in KAndAl’s Kien SvAy district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/uxo-uncovered-in-A-kAndAl-pond/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodians can expect up to 14,000 tons of fish caught from the Tonle Sap, Mekong and Bassac rivers this year, a 5,000 ton increase compared with last year, which will be sufficient to meet all local demand, said the Ministry of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/2017-a-good-year-for-fish/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As CAmbodiA prepAres to host the World Economic Forum on AseAn in MAy, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterdAy mAde A globAl cAll for more investment flows into the region thAt he sAid wAs sAfe And secure for investors, And fAst becoming A mAnufActuring powerhouse in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hun-sen-issues-A-clArion-cAll/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

During the inauguration of a pagoda in Prey Veng on Friday, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced he will send several advisers to Myanmar to share lessons from his “Win-Win” policy, which he credits with ending Cambodia’s civil war. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-offers-myanmar-a-win-win/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Several international and local coffee industry representatives gathered yesterday for the start of a three-day event promoting partnerships and franchising opportunities to satisfy Cambodia’s growing coffee cravings. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/local-coffee-sector-gets-a-jolt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cassava prices in Cambodia experienced a sharp drop this month leading to heavy losses for smallholder farmers unable to quickly switch to more profitable crops and recoup their mounting losses, a provincial agriculture official said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cassava-prices-hit-a-new-low/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the aim of attracting 25 million international visitors from 2013 to 2015 to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CVLM) the respective ministers of tourism pushed for greater cooperation in developing the region’s tourism sector on Friday,  according to the Vietnamese Communist Party official news <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-new-push-for-tourism-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh said foreign investors with production bases in Thailand ought to consider Cambodia for future expansion because of the Kingdom’s greater resistance to floods. Speaking at Phnom Penh Honda’s 20th anniversary yesterday, the Commerce minister said that while Cambodia faces floods each <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/looking-for-a-flood-of-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Impoverished countries hoping to strike it rich by developing their limited oil and gas reserves are being urged to move quickly or risk having their expectations clipped by fracking, which is depressing market prices while adding life to fields once thought exhausted. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fracking-a-problem-for-se-asia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite offering an uplifting outlook for Cambodia’s economy this year, economists at the World Bank said yesterday that it could still succumb to volatile commodities prices, particularly food and gas. Speaking to journalists after the release the bank’s East asia and Pacific Economic Update for 2012, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/commodities-prices-a-risk-bank-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prasac, a leading micro-finance institution in Cambodia, had increased its registered capital from US$3.8 million to $20 million in preparation for its transformation into a commercial bank by 2014, the institution said yesterday. “The registration requirement of $37.5 million is a very small amount to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prasac-moves-towards-becoming-a-bank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials confirmed there were more than 20,000 participants at the job fair on Saturday organised by the National Employment agency of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, which was held in an effort to educate job seekers about current opportunities. Sokkhon David, acting director of information <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/job-fair-attracts-a-big-crowd/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lAck of legAl protections, insufficient commitment from the MAlAysiAn government And An overworked, understAffed embAssy Are Among the mAjor obstAcles to lifting the mAid bAn, According to An internAl government report obtAined yesterdAy. Penned by the Ministry of Interior, the 12-pAge brief detAils A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lifting-mAid-bAn-proving-A-chAllenge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia milled rice exports reached 49,815 tonnes in the first two months of this year, an increase of 106 per cent from the same period last year. Jasmine rice was the biggest part of the exports, followed by long grain white rice, data from the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-exports-at-a-flying-pace/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in agriculture (Cedac) said yesterday that it was undertaking measures to change its status from an NGO to a cooperative, a move that will ease the organization of donor money and push it to become more profit orientated <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/agricultural-ngo-to-become-a-cooperative/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>