Almost 500 TropicAnA CAsino stAff from gAmbling hub Poipet hAve threAtened to strike on SAturdAy if the cAsino’s ThAi owner does not reinstAte their union leAder, SAth Ser, sAcked by the compAny for supporting Another terminAted employee, workers sAid yesterdAy. A stAff member who did not <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/unionists-At-cAsino-betting-on-A-strike/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Exporting Vietnamese products to Cambodia is beneficial to both countries, however, in order to hold onto this market, Vietnamese firms must remain proactive and consistently advertise their brands and improve quality of their products and services. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-a-potentially-lucrative-market-for-vietnam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

From large tracts of rural land to sand from the country’s rivers to human hair, a host of Cambodia’s natural resources are on display in the shop window of China’s largest online trading website. alibaba.com &ndash; which claims more than 80 million users worldwide and is <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/from-alibaba-a-trove-of-cambodian-treasures/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

There was so much noise blasting from the loudspeakers that the occasional rallying cry from striking workers at the demonstration in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district last week could hardly be heard. One 2-meter high stack of amplifiers had been set up outside the Nex-T factory and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-garment-sector-a-labor-movement-divided/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AxiAtA Group Bhd is set to strengthen its foothold in CAmbodiA through A merger between Hello AxiAtA CompAny Ltd And LAtelz CompAny Ltd, which it Acquires for A considerAtion of US$155mil (RM473mil). In A stAtement, AxiAtA Announced thAt its CAmbodiAn Arm hAd entered into A sAles <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AxiAtAs-cAmbodiAn-unit-expAnds-through-mA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A Ministry of Agriculture officiAl sAid yesterdAy he wAs AwAre of AllegAtions of illegAl logging by RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces soldiers within protected community forests in OddAr MeAnchey province And wAs looking into it. “I Am following this cAse, but I hAven’t received their petition yet,” <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/illegAl-logging-A-chAllenge-for-cArbon-trAding/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

For the first time in weeks, Phnom Penh Water Supply authority yesterday closed up 4.35 per cent, a sign the stock was stablising after a rough opening, insiders said. after an eight-day price decline, PPWSa &ndash; the sole listed company on the Cambodia Securities Exchange &ndash; <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ppwsa-closes-higher-after-a-week-down/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The amount of air cargo entering and leaving Phnom Penh increased by almost 40 percent last year, and nearly 100,000 more business travelers to the capital were recorded during the first 11 months of last year compared to the same period in 2011, data from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rise-in-cargo-reflects-a-diversifying-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The tourism sector has complained about the attempted extortion and bribery by officials at the international border checkpoints that still upset tourists coming into Cambodia. The issue was raised yesterday during a meeting of the Interministerial Committee for Facilitating the Travel and Transport of Tourists and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bribery-a-challenge-for-cambodias-tourism-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Laos is considering a single-visa scheme with its neighbours Thailand and Cambodia to promote balanced development in the subregion, officials said. The Lao government will hold talks with Cambodia, possibly at the end of this month, to learn from Phnom Penh’s experience in this matter, a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/laos-cambodia-eye-a-single-visa-policy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kim Hyun-joong is looking at you. From a poster outside of a hair salon, from a shop window, in a TV commercial or on local social media sites, the South Korean singer and actor decorates various advertisements in Phnom Penh. But it isn’t just about his <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/k-pop-a-boon-for-cosmetics-shops/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Profitable income generation has many sources. Whether it requires work in an office, trading on the market or farming land &ndash; the outcome always depends on the innovation and effort of the individual. For Pring Leang, the sources are three small fields in Kampong Por village <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garlic-leaves-are-a-boon-for-farmer/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A dAy of peAceful demonstrAtions gAve wAy to An evening of unrest lAst night As A hAndful of protesters were removed from A smAll pAtch of lAnd Across from the United StAtes embAssy And A grup of uninvolved people threw Molotov cocktAils towArds riot police <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-minor-melee-mArs-dAys-events/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As teAchers in severAl provinces continue to strike over low wAges, the Ministry of EducAtion declined to sAy yesterdAy whether it would follow through on threAts to enAct hArsh punishment on those who hAve wAlked. In A stAtement issued on FridAy And obtAined yesterdAy, Pin ChAmnArn, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/striking-teAchers-to-be-tAught-A-lesson/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia has for the first time made it onto the Global Retirement Index, a yearly list of the world’s top retirement locations. The list, compiled annually for the past 30 years by International Living Magazine, compares countries throughout the world across a range of categories including <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-listed-as-a-top-retirement-destination/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Hang Mao was among more than 11,000 Phnom Penh public school teachers who were told two weeks ago that corruption in the classroom would no longer be tolerated. The message came from senior city officials, including Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong and municipal education director Chea <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-underpaid-teachers-a-desire-for-dignity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnong ethnic minority in Mondulkiri province have heard the promises of development before. With increasing investment and the selling off of the region’s forests will come new roads and schools, they are told. But people in this ancient community, tired of seeing their sacred forests handed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-way-of-life-falls-with-trees/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Water and Meteorology has warned farmers of a rainfall shortage forecast to last at least another month, with average daily temperatures also forecast to remain above average. The announcement, issued on Monday, says that up until mid-July Phnom Penh, Kandal, Kampong Speu, Takeo, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainfall-still-a-month-away-says-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s salt production rose sharply at the end of this year’s harvest season thanks to more favourable weather conditions enhancing yields. Salt production in Kampot and Kep provinces &ndash; home to Cambodia’s salt fields &ndash; reached 147,000 tonnes this year, nearly double the 80,000 tonnes recorded <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/salt-makers-shake-out-a-big-surplus/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In southwest Cambodia, at the foot of the Cardamom Mountains, is a single dirt road that meanders through the heart of the pristine areng valley. Ten miles down this road, villagers have set up an encampment to stop a hydroelectric dam project that they fear <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-threat-to-cambodias-sacred-forests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>