Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday agreed to postpone a meeting with the opposition party’s information department chief, Meach Sovannara, who missed a scheduled meeting in which he was to answer questions regarding his alleged role in a violent protest in July, his lawyer said. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-lawmaker-says-hell-show-up-in-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The director of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court last week formally accused a property developer of attempting to defraud him of more than $200,000 he paid for a villa in Tuol Kok district when his name was not transferred to the land title, the businessman’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firm-calls-fraud-case-a-misunderstanding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly will vote on a proposal to make the National Election Committee (NEC) a Constitutional body in early October, opposition lawmakers said on Thursday, honoring part of a deal the ruling CPP struck with the CNRP in July to get the opposition to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vote-set-for-election-committee-amendment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has voiced support for regional efforts towards more effective and competitive agriculture production while sustaining the environment as discussed at a regional conference yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-supports-sustainable-agriculture-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

To encourage the spread of hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles (FCV), the Japanese government will help build small-scale hydrogen stations around the country. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-govt-to-help-build-small-hydrogen-stations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Although the number of dengue fever cases in Cambodia nearly tripled during the first 17 weeks of 2016 compared to the same period last year, a health official said a vaccine for the mosquito-borne virus still needs to be vetted by the WHO before local href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-waiting-for-who-dengue-vaccine-approval/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Interior has set up a working group to oversee the elimination of illegal checkpoints along national roads and on waterways. According to a statement penned by Interior Minister Sar Kheng last Wednesday and obtained yesterday, the working group is comprised of eight href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/crackdown-coming-on-illegal-checkpoints/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The UN and human rights groups called on the government Friday to honor its obligations as a party to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and thoroughly investigate the disappearance of 16-year-old Khem Sopath, who was last seen lying href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-must-probe-enforced-disappearance-un/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Audit Authority (NAA), located on prime real estate on Phnom Penh’s Street 240, is in the midst of moving to a new location in Sen Sok district after   a property swap with a company owned by a military general, according to officials at href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-audit-authority-moves-after-land-swap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Against the backdrop of a deadly pandemic, Cambodia still played host to 102,560 international tourists while the number of Cambodians who travelled abroad is registered at 10,538. This was reported by the Ministry of Tourism to local news on August 10. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-sees-more-than-100000-international-tourists-in-first-half-of-the-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The total number of members enrolled in the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) has risen to more than two million individuals.​ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nssf-membership-rises-to-more-than-2-million-individuals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A collection of houses and other structures belonging to nine families living alongside a canal in the capital’s Russey Keo district was destroyed yesterday by a large group of men sent by local authorities.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/structures-by-phnom-penh-canal-flattened/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

National Road 3 is to be widened to four lanes under a government development scheme financed by a Chinese loan. Speaking yesterday in a meeting with garment workers at Vattanac Industrial Park II, which is on National Road 3, Prime Minister Hun Sen said the upgrade href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-road-3-set-for-four-lane-upgrade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Evictees from the Borei Keila community protested in front of City Hall on Friday to demand their inclusion in a working group that has been tasked with resolving the long-running dispute in which a development firm failed to provide decent housing for hundreds of people href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/borei-keila-reps-want-in-on-housing-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The value of exports of garment and accessories from Cambodia rose by 3.3 percent to $5.021 billion in the first eight months of this year, compared with 4.861 billion during the corresponding period last year, according to the statistics from the Ministry of Commerce. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-exports-net-5-billion-in-eight-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodians’ growing appetite for fast food and franchised food outlets, and the increasing number of restaurants springing up in the capital and other towns, has become a healthy business for some of the food chains now operating in the Kingdom.    href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/all-aboard-the-gravy-train/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

 In the lead up to June’s commune elections, Sguon Samean, a former Sam Rainsy Party commune chief, say that she is hopeful that people will vote for her again.“I believe in my people. I have hope in my people since they trust me and they href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/female-opposition-commune-chief-hopes-to-keep-her-post-after-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnamese businesses invested more than US$1.78 billion abroad last year, according to the Planning and Investment Ministry’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA). Among them, Tanzania was the leading investment destination for Vietnamese investors, in terms of registered capital and accounted for 34 per cent of Viet href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/intl-investments-top-1-7b-in-2014/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft (MIH), in partnership with the Republic of Korea, have conducted a training programme to sensitize policymakers to the requirements for upgrading the country’s quality infrastructure (QI). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/upgrading-cambodias-quality-infrastructure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A Cambodian government decision to postpone building new hydropower dams on the Mekong river has been welcomed by campaigners, who say it will provide welcome relief to the tens of thousands of people whose livelihood depend upon its rich resources. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-scraps-plans-for-mekong-hydropower-dams/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...