Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are in talks to promote bilateral cooperation in trade, investment and tourism on Wednesday. In the meeting, both sides discussed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on aviation in order to enable UAE airlines to operate direct flights from href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-uae-set-to-boost-cooperation-in-economics-tourism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

As Cambodia’s economy has boomed over the last decade, the broad French-built boulevards and leafy backstreets of Phnom Penh have become bottlenecks, with giant SUVs parked two- or three- deep, clogging the roads. At peak hour, the center of town turns into a Hobbesian crush of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-to-install-smart-traffic-lights-throughout-cambodias-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia needs increased investments, and for that, deeper regional as well as global integration is crucial, Moody’s Investors Service has said. The B2 sovereign bond rating is constrained by the small size of the economy, low per capita income and high level of dollarization while robust href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-needs-more-investments-and-global-integration-moodys/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

After receiving a letter from the Ministry of Economy and Finance on the request to take actions against the Radio Free Asia and the Voice of America located in Cambodia, which have been actively engaged in broadcasting and renting airtime from other radio stations yet href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-of-information-we-tax-only-stations-that-rent-and-use-local-frequency/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

After years of protesting, two Cambodian farmers make their case this week in a Bangkok court against Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol, who they blame for the loss of their livelihoods. The stakes are high for the farmers and the company. The villagers from Cambodia are trying to convince the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-farmers-take-thai-sugar-giant-to-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Private utility companies that run their cables along overhead lines in central Phnom Penh will now have to bury them beneath the city’s streets, and pay to do so, City Hall announced on Friday.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-orders-utility-firms-to-bury-anarchic-cables/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Interior Ministry on Wednesday released a statement directing authorities to clamp down on the unlawful use of police license plates because drivers have been using them as an excuse to commit traffic crimes and avoid paying taxes. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-calls-for-action-on-illegal-police-plates/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Worldwide renowned travel advisory website–the tripadvisor.com–has listed Nepali capital Kathmandu in its top 10 best places to visit in Asia. While Siem Reap of Cambodia topped the chart, China’s Beijing and Shanghai cities hold the respective second and third best places to travel in the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kathmandu-listed-in-top10-places-to-visit-in-2013/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s exports were valued at $4,298 million in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 26.8 percent, according to data from the US Census Bureau. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-seven-month-exports-to-us-surge-27-percent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Ha Noi–The Vietnamese Government would do its best to work with the Cambodian Government to raise bilateral ties to a more effective and fruitful level, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Ha Noi yesterday. Dung told the Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-dung-urges-expanded-co-operation-with-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has seen a remarkable rise in trade volume with its neighboring Vietnam and Thailand in 2012, official statistics showed on Friday. The bilateral trade with Vietnam was worth 3.3 billion U.S. dollars last year, up 18 percent year-on-year, according to a data from the Vietnam href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-sees-sharp-rise-in-trade-volume-with-its-neighbors-last-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia on Tuesday inaugurated a new container terminal of the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, turning the port as a large hub for logistics supply and goods collection and distribution. The inauguration ceremony was presided over by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-inaugurates-china-financed-new-container-terminal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee’s $1 million pilot project last month to test its new computerized voter registration system revealed that the registration process is inefficient and needs to be sped up, a group of NGOs calling itself the Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA) said at a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-say-nec-has-to-work-on-speed-efficiency-of-voter-list/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

About 500 people representing nearly 1,000 people from 5 communes gathered to submit a petition to the commune authorities in Sre Ambel district, find a suitable land solution for them. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-1000-people-in-koh-kong-province-submit-a-petition-to-the-commune-authorities-to-find-a-land-solution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Angkor Wat Temple, one of the World Heritage Sites, received 2.06 million foreign visitors last year, up 28 percent compared to 1.61 million in a year earlier, a tourism report said Tuesday. The temple greeted 339,530 South Koreans last year, up 23 percent year-on-year; href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-world-heritage-angkor-wat-attracts-2-06-mln-foreigners-in-2012/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government is to ask Thailand for help to build a hydropower plant in the border province of Koh Kong. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-seeks-hydropower-deal-with-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s commitment to reform public financial management through a financial management information system (FMIS) is on the right track. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-change-to-electronic-system-to-manage-national-budget/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh International Airport set a new record for passenger traffic yesterday afternoon, breaking the 3 million mark in one year for the first time since it reopened after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, according to a press release from Cambodia Airports, the French-owned href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capitals-airport-soars-to-3-million-passenger-mark/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The World Bank’s private sector arm may be doing more harm than good when it invests in private equity firms, banks and other financial intermediaries, global development group Oxfam said in a report on Wednesday. In one project indirectly sponsored by the bank’s International Finance Corporation href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-may-be-blind-to-harm-of-financial-investments-oxfam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

India is set to bring new development opportunities to Cambodia as it challenges China’s established influence in Southeast Asia, experts say.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-set-to-benefit-as-india-acts-east/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...