New $2.9m mosque inaugurated in Phnom Penh
At the edge of A sAnd-filled Boeng KAk lAke in Phnom Penh on FridAy, Prime Minister Hun Sen inAugurAted the country’s newest&mdAsh;And lArgest&mdAsh;mosque, which wAs privAtely funded by A DubAi-bAsed businessmAn At A cost of $2.9 million. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-2-9m-mosque-inAugurAted-in-phnom-penh/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khuon Narim and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-2-9m-mosque-inaugurated-in-phnom-penh-80904/
Union asks embassy to investigate factory
The Free Trade Union on Thursday submitted a letter to the Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh requesting that embassy officials investigate a Japanese-owned garment factory in Kompong Speu province that it claims tried to intimidate a union representative late last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-asks-embassy-to-investigate-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/union-asks-embassy-to-investigate-factory-82542/
Doroshenko’s son sued over $250k bribery claim
A lAwyer for RussiAn developer Sergei Polonsky hAs filed A complAint with the PreAh SihAnouk ProvinciAl Court Accusing the son of his former business pArtner of defAmAtion for disseminAting A letter thAt clAims Mr. Polonsky pAid officiAls $250,000 to imprison his fAther. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/doroshenkos-son-sued-over-250k-bribery-clAim/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/doroshenkos-son-sued-over-250k-bribery-claim-82700/
CPP lays out plan to woo Cambodians overseas
In a recent letter to its overseas party branches, the ruling CPP lays out a plan to counter the bad press it gets abroad and beef up its support among the Cambodian diaspora, currently a key source of funds for the opposition. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-lays-out-plan-to-woo-cambodians-overseas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mech Dara and Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-lays-out-plan-to-woo-cambodians-overseas-84786/
‘School of Good Governance’ aims to foster integrity in officials
The Interior Ministry is developing the curriculum for a “School of Good Governance,” which from 2016 will bring officials from the provinces to Phnom Penh for a crash course in acting with integrity, a ministry official and an NGO partner said Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/school-of-good-governance-aims-to-foster-integrity-in-officials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/school-of-good-governance-aims-to-foster-integrity-in-officials-85226/
Financial firms defend validity of investment scheme
A CAmbodiAn compAny thAt encourAged clients to pour money into A Hong Kong-bAsed investment firm, which is linked to An Alleged ponzi scheme here, on WednesdAy held A conference in Phnom Penh to reAssure its investors thAt the scheme is legitimAte. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/finAnciAl-firms-defend-vAlidity-of-investment-scheme/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/financial-firms-defend-validity-of-investment-scheme-86498/
Cambodia accuses opposition activists of creating insecurity along border with Vietnam
Cambodia’s Svay Rieng Provincial administration has accused a group of opposition party led by a lawmaker of creating insecurity along border with Vietnam after the group scuffled with Vietnamese villagers over a disputed border area on Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-accuses-opposition-activists-of-creating-insecurity-along-border-with-vietnam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1CGerdR
Lawmakers spar over right to speak
CPP lawmaker Chheang Vun and CNRP lawmaker Un Sam an got into a heated back-and-forth following a meeting at the National assembly on Wednesday, with Mr. Vun refusing to allow Mr. Sam an to speak to a reporter while inside parliament. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lawmakers-spar-over-right-to-speak/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmakers-spar-over-right-to-speak-87102/
Gaming tax revenue up 20% in first 6 months
Gaming tax revenue reached $12 million in the first six months of the year, a 20 percent increase over the first half of 2014, due to a greater number of Thai nationals crossing into Cambodia to gamble, a Finance Ministry official said Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gaming-tax-revenue-up-20-in-first-6-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kang Sothear and Tsz-kwan Ho
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/gaming-tax-revenue-up-20-in-first-6-months-88562/
Workers threaten to burn banner of brand
About 200 workers from A fActory thAt supplies sportsweAr giAnt PumA delivered A petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cAbinet on FridAy cAlling Attention to their demAnds thAt five-yeAr employment contrActs be replAced by one-yeAr contrActs, A union leAder sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/workers-threAten-to-burn-bAnner-of-brAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/workers-threaten-to-burn-banner-of-brand-88862/
Pheap’s pledge sought
A forest peoples’ network hAs AppeAled to tycoon Try PheAp to issue A written commitment to put A hAlt to his compAnies’ deforestAtion Activities After he told the Post lAst week thAt his logging dAys Are over. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pheAps-pledge-sought/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pheaps-pledge-sought
Soldiers, civilians charged over illegal forest clearing operation
A soldier And two civiliAns were chArged on WednesdAy with illegAlly cleAring forest lAnd by the Kompong Thom ProvinciAl Court, while A second soldier who Allegedly guArded the illicit operAtion hAs been chArged with illegAl weApons possession, A court officiAl sAid ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/soldiers-civiliAns-chArged-over-illegAl-forest-cleAring-operAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/soldiers-civilians-charged-over-illegal-forest-clearing-operation-90215/
CNRP tells donors to retrieve their funds
A district officiAl with the CAmbodiA NAtionAl Rescue PArty hAs offered A group of disgruntled donors in KAndAl their money bAck After they lodged A complAint with locAl police over the opposition’s fundrAising efforts for its Sun TV stAtion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cnrp-tells-donors-to-retrieve-their-funds/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-tells-donors-retrieve-their-funds
Non-renewable energy production
Non-renewable energy sources are chiefly fossil fuels such as coal, diesel, oil and gas. They provide most of Cambodia’s locally-produced electrical supply – in 2011 diesel and heavy fuel oil generators provided 89% of local electricity generation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/non-renewable-energy-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Supporting journalists through data visualization training
In today’s media landscape, where data and information overflows and attention lengths are short, journalists should use more than just words to make an impact. Data visualization is a powerful tool that enables journalists to tell compelling stories by converting raw data into meaningful, engaging <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/supporting-journalists-through-data-visualization-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Disasters
Storms, flooding and drought are the disasters that affect the largest number of people in Cambodia, and they also bring the highest cost. Climate change is likely to make things worse, with drier dry seasons predicted and more rainfall and violent storms in the wet <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/disasters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
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\u17e2\u17e0\u17e0\u17e6\n\u1795\u17c2\u1793\u1780\u17b6\u179a\u1799\u17bb\u1791\u17d2\u1792\u179f\u17b6\u179f\u17d2\u179a\u17d2\u178f\u1786\u17d2\u179b\u17be\u1799\u178f\u1794\u1793\u17b9\u1784\u1780\u17b6\u179a\u1794\u17d2\u179a\u17c2\u1794\u17d2\u179a\u17bd\u179b\u17a2\u17b6\u1780\u17b6\u179f\u1792\u17b6\u178f\u17bb\u1780\u1798\u17d2\u1796\u17bb\u1787\u17b6 \u17e2\u17e0\u17e1\u17e4-\u17e2\u17e0\u17e2\u17e3”]] <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/?post_type=tablepress_table&p=153999 ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Economy and commerce
Counting money. Photo by AAron Gilson, tAken on 5 April 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.CAmbodiA re-opened for internAtionAl trAde in the 1980s, opened up to foreign investment in 1994, joined ASEAN in 1999, And becAme A member of the WTO in 2004. Its bilAterAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/economy-And-commerce/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) partner meeting with the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment
On 20 October 2023, the ODC team traveled to Utrecht City, the Netherlands, to engage in a crucial meeting with Dr. arend Kolhoff, Technical Secretary of International Cooperation at the Netherlands Commission for Environmental assessment. ODC has been collaborating closely with the commission on providing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/strategic-environmental-assessment-sea-partner-meeting-with-the-netherlands-commission-for-environmental-assessment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Trade
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at a bilateral meeting. Photo by U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh, taken on 06 January 2016. Licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.Cambodia is a lower middle-income country with a fast-growing economy that has sustained a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>