More than 150 residents evicted from Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district to make way for a railway rehabilitation project filed a complaint yesterday with the asian Development Bank (aDB) office in Phnom Penh, one of two principal financiers for the project, saying their relocation site <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-evicted-by-railway-project-file-complaint-with-bank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two ministries have denied plans for a Chinese naval base in Cambodia and that the Kingdom is caught in the middle of US-China “cold war”. In a press release on Saturday, a Ministry of National Defence spokesperson called the spread of information about a naval <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-denies-koh-kong-chinese-naval-base-rumour/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a bid to improve public transportation services, City Hall on Friday launched an app that enables travellers to track the location of city buses. In a press release, City Hall said it cooperated with JICa to install GPS on buses for the City Bus app, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-launches-bus-app/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s famed UNESCO-listed angkor archaeological Park made a revenue of $44 million during the first nine months of the year from ticket sales to angkor Wat. This represents a 2.5 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, according to an official report <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angkor-wat-bags-44-mil/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp Ltd posted a net profit of $184.2 million last year, a 7 percent increase over the previous year, with growth largely tempered by a lacklustre surge in business volume across all gaming segments at its NagaWorld casino complex in Phnom Penh.While <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nagacorp-casino-2016-profits-show-modest-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

China has pledged more than $500 million in soft loans and grants to Cambodia and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao thanked it for helping Beijing maintain good relations with the regional grouping aSEaN, a Cambodian junior minister said. a summit of the 10 members of the association <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-gives-cambodia-aid-and-thanks-for-asean-help/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dutch brewer Heineken NV took a major step towards winning control of the Tiger beer brand and an asian brewing network on Wednesday after a Thai rival accepted the deal When F&amp;N’s board accepted Heineken’s improved offer of S$53 per aPB share, the deal included a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/heineken-nears-tiger-beer-deal-after-truce-with-rival-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thousand of families that stand to be evicted when construction work on the Lower Sesan 2 Dam begins in 2014 will each receive a 1-hectare plot of land for a home as well as a 5 additional hectares for growing crops, provincial officials said yesterday. Provincial <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/resettlement-plans-begin-for-families-affected-by-sesan-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) will forgo an opportunity to voice opposition to the Xayaburi dam project &ndash; which member state Laos began building in November &ndash; when it meets for its annual council meeting next week. Surasak Glahan, communications officer with the MRC secretariat, confirmed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/xayaburi-dam-not-on-agenda/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Since 2008, a whopping $28 billion worth of investments has been pledged by local and international firms looking to set up lux­ury hotels, a new airport and even Cam­­bo­dia’s first horse racing venue. But a closer look at the list of in­vestments approved by the Cam­bodian <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ambition-trumps-reality-in-investment-figures/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Security forces in Cambodia have shot dead a 15-year-old girl who was taking part in a land protest. She was demonstrating against the development of a rubber plantation on farmland in eastern Kratie province. authorities say local residents, armed with axes and crossbows, would not vacate the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teenage-girl-shot-dead-in-cambodia-land-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

New scheduled flights between Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh will probably be launched soon, and Sihanoukville-Siem Reap flights will operate daily instead of three times a week, an industry leader says. These changes by Cambodia angkor air had a “high chance” of taking off in april to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-flights-between-sihanoukville-and-phnom-penh-to-be-launched-soon/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A locAl police officiAl in RAtAnAkkiri province hAs been suspended for demAnding money from villAgers before Adding their nAmes to A list of people eligible for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s new lAnd-titling progrAm, police And villAgers sAid yesterdAy. A totAl of 1,100 student volunteers Are being <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officer-suspended-over-lAnd-progrAm-grAft/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The new list of reforms approved by the government at a high-level meeting with its foreign donors on Wednesday offer a mixed bag of targets, with some sectors, such as education, given more ambitious goals than before, while others had their ambitions scaled back and old goals <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-and-donors-set-new-reform-targets-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Though the mood was congratulatory yesterday at the inauguration of ruling party Senator Ly Yong Phat’s sugar company &ndash; a gleaming, new facility nestled in between two hills in Kampong Speu province’s Omlaing commune &ndash; the mood just a few kilometres away bordered on desperation. Sitting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-sugar-plant-leaves-villagers-bitter/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Vietnamese Bank Sacombak (Cambodia) Plc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sacombank in Vietnam, will extend its operation in the Cambodian financial market, according to a bank official. Nguyen Nhi Thanh, CEO and President of Sacombank in Cambodia, said during the first anniversary celebration after the bank’s transformation <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnamese-bank-to-extend-operation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sar Botra has always liked gardening. The front yard of his house, an explosion of flowers and plants, makes it clear that he’s got a very green thumb. He used to spend a lot of time with his plants after work or on the weekends, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/decorative-plants-are-more-popular-than-ever-but-most-are-imported/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A prolonged court cAse between two French investors in Siem ReAp’s lAndmArk VictoriA Angkor hotel is At A stAndstill After Auditors ordered by the Supreme Court to exAmine the hotel’s finAnces were denied Access to the books this week. In A dispute thAt goes bAck to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/siem-reAp-hotel-dispute-hAs-no-end-in-sight/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Japan agreed Tuesday to provide a loan package of 90 million U.S. dollars to Cambodia for the improvement of a stretch of the national road No. 5 and two bypasses in northwestern provinces, according to a statement from Japanese Embassy to Cambodia. The statement said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-lends-cambodia-90-mln-usd-for-road-improvement-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Throngs of young Cambodian People’s Party supporters have gathered on the corners of Sihanouk and Sothearos Boulevards for days now, their mere presence a testament to the CPP’s ostensibly broad-based popularity. They represent a powerful voting bloc in a country where the lion’s share of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-silent-in-silent-majority/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>