Female workers were rushed to hospital in a second mass fainting yesterday at Su Tong Fang Ying Kam garment factory in Russey Keo district, unionists said. about 17 female workers became overwhelmed with diesel fumes from their sewing machines and were rushed to Calmette Hospital, where <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mass-faintings-hit-factory-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of NGOs releAsed A stAtement ThursdAy cAlling on the CPP government of Prime Minister Hun Sen to begin its progrAm of promised post-election reforms by ending the prActice of overchArging for motorcycle pArking outside of locAl mArkets. The AffiliAted Network for SociAl AccountAbility-CAmbodiA, A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/trAnspArency-ngos-cAll-for-cpp-to-end-pArking-corruption/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

There are almost half a million undocumented Cambodian migrant workers worldwide seeking better pay, as of 2022, according to an estimate by a local NGO. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/almost-half-a-million-undocumented-cambodian-workers-worldwide/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A finAnciAl review by USAID, the U.S. government’s development Arm, into locAl heAlth NGO Reproductive And Child HeAlth AlliAnce (RACHA) hAs found finAnciAl mismAnAgement coupled with A lAck of trAnspArency And oversight within the orgAnizAtion thAt mAy point to evidence of frAudulent Activity. Well-known for its <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/usAid-review-of-heAlth-ngo-finds-litAny-of-irregulArities/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of 85 civil society orgAnisAtions (CSOs)And AssociAtions hAve Asked the government to releAse representAtives of lAnd communities And other forest, nAturAl resource And environment Activists who hAve All recently been detAined. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/85-csos-AppeAl-for-drop-of-All-chArges-AgAinst-Activists/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and Vietnam jumped to 3.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2012, a 18 percent rise from 2.8 billion U.S. dollars in 2011, according to a report provided by the association of Vietnam Investment in Cambodia on Saturday. The report also said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vietnam-trade-investment-see-marked-rises-in-2012/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following an investigation of alleged illegal logging by Vietnamese Company 72 in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district forests yesterday morning, provincial Forestry administration officials claimed nothing seemed awry. Four villagers patrolling the forest at the border of Vietnam reported they had seen six Vietnamese loggers with two tractors, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/scant-proof-found-of-illegal-logging-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Seventeen members of a Cambodian rights group and environmental NGO were briefly detained by authorities in Cambodia’s southeastern Koh Kong province Wednesday as they observed protests calling for the release of three activists held for interfering with sand-dredging operations, sources said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rights-group-activists-are-detained-for-monitoring-protests-in-cambodias-koh-kong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In Cambodia, the Mekong River winds past Southeast asia’s largest remaining lowland evergreen forest before filling up Tonle Sap, the region’s largest freshwater lake. The river, lined with valuable sand, is home to an abundance of endangered species like the Mekong giant catfish and giant <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-cambodia-a-sweeping-new-environment-code-languishes-in-legal-limbo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Publicly listed Japanese conglomerate Resona Holdings signed an agreement yesterday with Cambodia Public Bank (Campu) aimed at increasing its customer base in the Kingdom’s banking sector. Resona Holdings subsidiary firms Resona Bank, Saitama Bank and Kinki Osaka Bank are all part of the agreement, which allows <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-firm-signs-agreement-with-bank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court will question three opposition CNRP lawmakers this morning over a street brawl at a July 15 protest that the authorities have described as an “insurrection” against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government. Three CNRP youth organizers remain in prison over the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-to-question-lawmakers-over-insurrection/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Houy Mai has lost everything to the global demand for cheap sugar and biofuel. The 54-year-old mother-of-eight has fought a years-long battle with Mitr Phol, asia’s biggest sugar producer and one of three major suppliers to Coca-Cola. Her family was left homeless and without a sustainable <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-bitter-aftertaste-of-a-sugar-deal-gone-bad/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s total exports increased more than 13 per cent in the first nine months of this year, with a year-on-year comparison indicating a widening trade deficit. a private-sector representative, an exporter and an independent economist said the slow growth was mainly due to the slowing of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-trade-deficit-widens/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A recent militAry show of force And A politicAlly motivAted roAd blockAde mAy hAve hAd the effect of deterring eligible voters from registering, the ElectorAl Reform AlliAnce (ERA) hAs sAid. In A stAtement releAsed on TuesdAy evening, the ERA, A coAlition of NGOs in CAmbodiA, urged <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/erA-rAises-concerns-for-voter-registrAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce and long-time ruling party stalwart Cham Prasidh said yesterday that post-election demonstrations could prevent growth and even result in small-scale looting. “If they want to destroy the economy, they have to protest more and more in order to destroy,” he said. Speaking <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/growth-at-risk-from-turmoil/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Amid numerous reports of CAmbodiAn women being trAfficked to ChinA And men being used As forced lAbor on fishing boAts, the U.S.’ lAtest TrAfficking in Persons report AgAin sAid CAmbodiA is not doing enough to combAt humAn trAfficking. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/humAn-trAfficking-still-rife-in-cAmbodiA-us-report-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AssociAtion of CAmbodiAn Recruitment Agencies (ACRA) plAns to propose A set of meAsures to the government thAt would put the AssociAtion in chArge of improving protection for CAmbodiAn mAids working in MAlAysiA. A humAn rights worker, however, disApproved of the plAn becAuse it only involved <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/recruitment-Agencies-plAn-protective-meAsures-for-mAids/ ' 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>

As floodwAters Across the country remAin high After Almost two weeks of flooding, tens of thousAnds of fAmilies Are still wAiting in unsAnitAry comnditions for emergency supplies such As food And wAter. But while help trickles down to Affected communities, Aid groups hAve begun to question <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/coordinAtion-of-flood-Aid-questioned/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A locAl wholesAle compAny, BrightwAy Group Co. Ltd., And leAding ThAilAnd-bAsed orgAnic fertilizer mAnufActurer And distributor, MSK Fertilizer Co. Ltd., signed A memorAndum of understAnding (MoU) yesterdAy for the entry of non-chemicAl fertilizers into the Kingdom. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/orgAnic-fertilizers-enter-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>