An estimAted 7.9 million people in CAmbodiA will be living in urbAn AreAs by 2030, up from 4.5 million in 2014, with officiAls At A forum on nAtionAl housing yesterdAy Announcing Ambitious plAns to meet the demAnd for some 55,000 AffordAble new homes eAch yeAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-eyeing-low-cost-housing/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A decision to extend the vAlidity of CAmbodiAn pAssports from three to 10 yeArs should encourAge more CAmbodiAns to trAvel, clAims the Ministry of Interior. The ministry’s GenerAl DirectorAte of IdentificAtion heAd, GenerAl MAo ChAndArA, wAs quoted by locAl mediA As sAying, the depArtment would begin <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-rethinks-pAssport-life/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A provinciAl police officer AppeAred for questioning At the PAilin ProvinciAl Court on TuesdAy After militAry police, led by A locAl wildlife NGO founded by U.S. Actress AngelinA Jolie, cAught him trAnsporting more thAn 177 kg of illegAlly logged rosewood on SundAy. Sor PhAllA wAs Arrested <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-chief-questioned-About-smuggling-rosewood/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Inside a shop in a restored building on the corner of Sothearos Boulevard and Street 266, nearly 10 Cambodians wearing the same uniform are walking around and cleaning tables. By the end of this year, Brown Coffee will have a total of eight branches in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/local-brands-standing-firm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

During the Management of Residual Explosive Remnants of War (MORE) Symposium in Siem Reap this week, attendees were invited to a demonstration at a live minefield only an hour north of the town. Despite indications that the 2019 treaty deadline would not be met and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/money-a-worry-for-deminers-ahead-of-2019-clean-up-deadline/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Last year, Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) participated in and hosted a panel discussion “Strategic Environmental assessment in Mekong Countries” at the 42nd annual IaIa Conference, “Resilience Through Impact assessment and Leadership,” which was organized in Kuching, Malaysia. as part of its technical assistance collaboration <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/participation-in-the-43rd-annual-iaia-conference-with-odc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh municipal health department on Monday said that it would allow a health center claiming to cure diseases such as cancer and diabetes through “detox” treatments to remain open, despite previous claims that it had already been shut down. Sok Sokun, director of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dubious-cancer-clinic-still-open-for-business/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ministry of Justice and the European Union (EU) experts have finalised the draft policy to provide legal aid to marginalised groups in rural areas in the Kingdom. The ministry and the EU completed the draft during their Technical Support for Legal aid Policy Development workshop <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/legal-policy-on-marginalised-groups-finished-by-govt-eu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hundreds of opponents to a controversial law to regulate NGOs met in a hotel in Phnom Penh Tuesday, as a campaign against the passage of the legislation continues. Zach Lampell, a legal advisor at the International Center for Not-For-Profit Law, told those gathered that he had <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/legal-expert-says-draft-law-could-inhibit-future-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Most Cambodians support the Ministry of Education’s crusade to end corruption on the grade 12 national exam, results from a “snap poll” by the asia Foundation showed yesterday. The survey polled 500 respondents, including 100 current high school students, and 96 per cent were overwhelmingly in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/poll-shows-wide-support-for-heavily-monitored-exams/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A coAlition of CAmbodiAn nongovernmentAl orgAnizAtions will stAge A peAceful protest on MondAy outside pArliAment in the cApitAl Phnom Penh to oppose proposed legislAtion thAt they sAy will restrict their Activities, An officiAl with A prominent domestic rights groups sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-civil-society-groups-to-stAge-mAss-protest-AgAinst-ngo-drAft-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National assembly approved changes to the country’s customs law yesterday, in order to comply with association of Southeast asian Nations intergration standards. The changes demand border operations increase human resources, reduce paperwork and modernise procedures in order to simplify border exchange and facilitate trade between <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/customs-agreement-gets-green-light-at-na/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 400 gArment workers who lost their jobs when their fActory Abruptly closed eArlier this month blocked Access to CAnAdiA IndustriAl PArk on SAturdAy to demAnd full severAnce pAy. Workers from the Hongkong Yufeng fActory, which unexpectedly closed on June 9, Are demAnding thAt mAnAgement of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gArment-workers-continue-protest-After-fActory-owner-flees/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Open Development Cambodia is delighted to organize the workshop “Mobile Data Collection with Kobo Toolbox”. The course will focus on: Principle and application of Kobo Toolbox which is a suite mobile data collection technology for building form questionnaire, data collection and management for higher quality.Hands-on practice <a href='https://Opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/workshop-mobile-data-collection-with-kobo-toolbox/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Villagers in Kampong Khlaing commune in Siem Reap province’s Sotr Nikum district have halted Kamlearnh fish paste production due to lagging demand, according to the industry’s representative body. Proum Hong, president of Kampong Khlaing Fish Paste Producers association (KKFPPa), said the inflated price of the product, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/s-reap-fish-paste-production-halts-over-weak-demand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday questioned four people- including a military police official and a police officer- in relation to the killing of journalist Hang Serei Odom, whose body was discovered hacked to death last month in the trunk of his car,a court official and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-questions-officials-over-slain-journalist/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thailand has committed to supplying additional energy to provinces on the Thai-Cambodia border, an official says. Tun Lean, director of the General Energy Department at the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, said on Monday its Thai counterpart would supply an additional 40 megawatts of energy. For <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-get-more-energy-from-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Outgoing ambassador of the European Union to Cambodia Jean-Francois Cautain on Tuesday welcomed the Cambodian government’s decision to establish a law on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and associations, according to a Cambodian government official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-diplomat-welcomes-cambodias-disputed-draft-ngo-bill/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Almost 150 gArment fActory workers from two Phnom Penh fActories fAinted lAte lAst week After inhAling toxic fumes used to treAt clothes, workers And union leAders sAid yesterdAy. The mAss fAintings cAme As the CleAn Clothes CAmpAign And Community LegAl EducAtion Center releAsed An evAluAtion report <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fAinting-workers-blAme-fumes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s opposition party will boycott a national conference held by parliament to discuss a controversial draft law that would regulate nongovernmental organizations operating in the developing country, because of loopholes in the proposed legislation that would hinder the groups, an opposition lawmaker said Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-opposition-party-to-boycott-conference-on-ngo-draft-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>