Cambodia has lost a 100,000-tonne Filipino rice bid to Vietnam, on account of a higher costs as compared to regional competitors, marking the fourth time the Kingdom has failed to win a rice tender issued by the Philippines. The Philippines National Food Authority last week awarded href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-priced-out-of-filipino-rice-tender-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Programmer Kong Divin recently returned from a trip to the US, where he won second place in a Microsoft Office context in Texas. He had entered the same competition last year, but did not win any prizes, though it gave him the drive to return. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tech-designer-hopes-to-create-better-data-system-for-hospitals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

According to a feasibility study revealed in a report published by Tyrepress Media, the tire-maker is interested in building a facility within Svay Rieng province’s QiLu (Cambodia) Special Economic Zone that is capable of making five million semi-steel radials a year. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firm-eyes-svay-rieng-to-set-up-tyre-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Specialists from the Ministry of Health have collected samples from the area where a child contracted the influenza A/H9 “bird flu” for further testing while advising individuals to avoid all non-essential contact with poultry.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/siem-reap-bird-flu-case-isolated/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Following a meeting in which a Japanese emissary urged the government to open negotiations with the now-dissolved opposition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggested Japan’s concerns were based on a “misunderstanding” and said Cambodia is too small to fight against an alleged “strong propaganda machine”. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-says-japans-concerns-misplaced/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian villagers have filed a class action suit in Bangkok against Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation for human rights violations after the eviction of hundreds of villagers in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province, with a US rights group calling the case a “historic lawsuit”. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-historic-lawsuit-oddar-meanchey-villagers-take-sugar-giant-mitr-phol-to-court-in-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A new urban centre will be built in Siem Reap, with the project having recently been included in the province’s tourism master plan.​ The project was proposed by Tourism Minister Thong Khon on Monday as a concept note during a meeting of an inter-ministerial committee. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-city-to-be-built-in-siem-reap-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Cambodian authorities to immediately reveal the whereabouts of a land activist who was “forcibly disappeared” in Preah Vihear province. It said it was the first time such a thing had occurred since the country was ruled by a single href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hrw-urges-authorities-to-reveal-activist-whereabouts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Ratanakkiri police and forestry administration officials yesterday raided a house and seized a large pile of various types of timber in O’Yadav district’s Pork Nhai commune. District police chief Mao Sann said the seizure was made during a crackdown on illegal logging in the area. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stock-of-timber-seized-in-ratanakkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition figure Sam Rainsy has been invited to speak at the General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, according to a former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmaker. A government delegation is also set to attend the meeting, a National Assembly press release href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sam-rainsy-government-group-set-to-clash-at-ipu-geneva-meet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The provincial government on Tuesday ordered the creation of a forum in a bid to find a resolution in the 10-year land dispute between 12 ethnic minority communities in Ratanakkiri province and Vietnamese agribusiness giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) over 20 ancestral “spirit mountains”. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ethnic-land-row-forum-created/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Heng Sok, who represented 50 families in a land dispute with Oknha Ly Yong Phat was sentenced to 18 months in jail and fined two million riel ($500) by the Koh Kong Provincial Court on Tuesday, on a charge of “using violence on a property href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/leader-in-koh-kong-land-dispute-is-jailed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

More than 2,000 workers at King Maker Footwear Co continued protesting for a fourth day on Wednesday, as they demanded that 50 per cent of their salary be paid, after their jobs were suspended by the factory for a month due to a lack of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/footwear-protests-continue-into-fourth-day/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A hand-painted sign nailed to a tree at the entrance of Sre Ko village along the southern banks of the Se San River in Stung Treng province greets visitors with a disturbing message – one made even more alarming by the seemingly tranquil environment and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dam-fuels-desperation-on-banks-of-se-san-river/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government has agreed to a request from the Thai Labor Ministry to temporarily block migrant workers from traveling to Thailand for the next four months as it conducts a census into migrants in the country, according to a statement released on Thursday.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/governments-halt-migration-to-thailand-for-four-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian authorities will not pursue inquiries into the shooting death of a man killed during anti-government protests two years ago, a government spokesman said today as a Cambodian rights group slammed the Southeast Asian nation’s “dangerous path” away from democracy. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-will-not-investigate-protest-shooting-death-government-spokesman-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian exports saw a nearly 20 per cent increase for the first half of the year, as garment shipments to the European Union led the way in making up for a decrease in exports to the United States, according to a new Ministry of Commerce href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/exports-up-20-in-h1-on-europe-purchases/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday to receive a grant worth more than $150 million, the majority of which will go toward the construction of a massive sports and entertainment complex in Phnom Penh, a sen­ior official href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-meets-chinas-xi-receives-150m-grant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Unionists, factory representatives and Labor Ministry officials on Thursday failed to find a solution for about 1,600 employees of a garment factory in Takeo province who were fired for striking last month, and the case will be passed along to the Arbitration Council, a ministry href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/takeo-factory-dispute-negotiations-prove-fruitless/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sky Angkor Airlines said yesterday that a plan to lease two Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft from a Russian airline has been postponed, as the company has to sort out regulatory issues such as which aviation authority would be responsible in the event of a mishap. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/delay-on-delivery-of-planes-to-sky-angkor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...