Cambodia sent a diplomatic protest letter to Vietnam on Wednesday over what it considers an encroachment of its border territory, as the Cambodian border committee planned to reveal the map it is using to demarcate the borderline in response to a demand by the opposition <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-protests-against-vietnams-road-construction-projects-in-border-area/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A community leAder wAs chArged in the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court for illegAlly selling A villAger’s lAnd for Almost $50,000. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/community-leAder-chArged-for-illegAlly-selling-villAgers-lAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National Election Committee (NEC) has prepared a budget of $43 million for the commune council elections scheduled for June 5, a decrease of almost 10 per cent from the 2017 elections.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%82-%e1%9e%87-%e1%9e%94-%e1%9e%82%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9a%e1%9f%84%e1%9e%84%e1%9e%90%e1%9e%9c%e1%9e%b7%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%b6-%e1%9f%a4%e1%9f%a3-%e1%9e%9b%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%93%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%8a%e1%9e%bb/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a bid to enhance bilateral trade, Indonesia will send a delegation to understand the possibility of importing rice from Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indonesia-eyes-cambodian-rice-imports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported 161,562 tons of dry rubber in the first seven months of 2022, a slight drop of 0.3 percent year-on-year, said a General Directorate of Rubber report on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-exports-rubber-worth-almost-255-million-in-first-7-months-of-2022/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Women who had fainted in a poorly ventilated garment factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh on Wednesday morning were making winter coats to be sold at Walmart stores in Canada, it was revealed yesterday. Executives with Taiwanese-owned Heart Enterprise (Cambodia) Ltd also confirmed reports <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fainting-link-to-canadian-cold/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday released a statement condemning National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha for his admission that he sanctioned a “partisan use of force” in a January 15 speech in which he spoke of opposition protesters as the military police’s foes. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rights-group-calls-for-sao-sokhas-removal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP), A listed stAte-owned river quAy, reported A decline in revenue for the first nine months of 2023, A decreAse Attributed to unfAvorAble globAl economic conditions, lArgely exAcerbAted by the prolonged RussiA-UkrAine conflict, which hAs Adversely impActed globAl demAnd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/profit-down-in-first-nine-months-of-yeAr-ppAp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

At leAst 100,000 people hAve been forced to cArry out online scAms in CAmbodiA, According to A UN HumAn Rights report releAsed TuesdAy, but CAmbodiAn government officiAls sAy they wAnt to see more evidence for the estimAte. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/un-estimAtes-100000-trAfficked-into-cAmbodiAn-scAm-operAtions-officiAls-Ask-where-Are-they/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The value of Cambodian trade with the nine other aSEaN countries reached $16.053 billion in 2022 &ndash; up 1.4 per cent from $15.838 million in 2021 &ndash; accounting for a 30.62 per cent share of the Kingdom’s $52.425 billion in total foreign trade for the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-exports-to-asean-markets-rise-13/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government will spend more than $8 billion and take out $2 billion in foreign loans this year, according to the 2020 National Budget Law, which was made public on Tuesday after being signed off by King Norodom Sihamoni. The government will spend some $8.196 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-to-spend-8-2-billion-this-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC) upheld the decisions of provincial election officials Thursday, who had convicted four opposition members and activists for inciting spoiled ballots in the national election. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-upholds-convictions-against-opposition-members-for-inciting-spoiled-ballots/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dozns of construction workers in Oddar Meanchey province’s Trapaing Prasat district protested on Wednesday, demanding more than $7,000 in wages their company owed them. The more than 30 workers were employed to construct a building at a sugarcane factory owned by Oknha Vinh Hour in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/builders-in-protest-over-owed-7k/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn People’s PArty (CPP) lAwmAker hAs sAid thAt the Kingdom’s migrAnt workers in ThAilAnd hAve vowed to return home to vote in the July 29 nAtionAl elections. But A former deputy president of the court-dissolved CAmbodiA NAtionAl Rescue PArty (CNRP) expressed doubts thAt this <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cpp-lAwmAker-visits-migrAnts-in-thAilAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government’s plan to take a new $2 billion loan for next year’s budget will increase the debt burden to 31.5 per cent of the GDP next year, an analyst from credit rating agency Moody’s said, adding that it remained at a moderate level compared <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/moodys-warns-about-impact-of-shift-in-political-relations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 300 families briefly blocked the entrance to the Kandal Provincial Hall on Monday morning to ask the governor to intervene in a land dispute with well-connected conglomerate ING Holdings, which they say has built a fence around Boeung Chi Po, one of multiple <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kandal-locals-ask-for-government-intervention-as-lake-filled-in/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition activists from across Cambodia are expected to descend on Phnom Penh today, bringing a petition for CNRP lawmakers to deliver to the King, even as the National assembly’s permanent committee determines whether to allow a criminal case against the party’s acting president, Kem Sokha, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capital-police-vow-to-keep-order-as-activists-prepare-to-deliver-petition-to-king/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A plAn to burn An effigy of Prime Minister Hun Sen At A CAmbodiA NAtionAl Rescue PArty rAlly in the cApitAl two yeArs Ago would hAve led to the deployment of heAvily Armed security forces hAd ex-US AmbAssAdor WilliAm Todd not intervened to stop the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/effigy-disAster-Averted-sAr-kheng/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Just days after Cambodia was accused of watering down an aSEaN statement on the South China Sea, China promised to pay for a $16 million, 12-floor administration building for the National assembly during a visit of delegates to the country led by assembly President Heng <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-to-foot-bill-for-new-national-assembly-offices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A dAy before LAnd MAnAgement Minister CheA SophArA wAs scheduled to meet residents of Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building, the locAle’s villAge chiefs promised to find A quick solution to the residents’ impending eviction &ndAsh; if the ruling CAmbodiAn People’s PArty fAred well in the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/white-building-dwellers-told-to-vote-cpp-for-speedy-eviction-deAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>