Workers at the center of a land dispute between villagers in Kompong Chhnang province and a company owned by the wife of the mines and energy minister on Thursday pressed forward with a campaign against the release of five villagers who were imprisoned over violence <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kdc-workers-petition-against-the-release-of-five-villagers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Resintech Bhd, a local Polyethylene and poly vinyl chloride (PVC) pipe manufacturer, will tap into the rubber plantation sector in a bid to diversify its business segment given the healthy outlook on the rubber industry. Resintech’s managing director Datuk Teh Kim Poo said that according to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/resintech-to-tap-into-rubber-plantation-with-joint-venture-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian authorities are hunting more than a dozen ethnic minority hill people from Vietnam, drawing international criticism and raising further doubts about australia’s controversial agreement to send refugees to Phnom Penh. Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), warned <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-treatment-of-montagnard-refugees-focuses-critics-on-australias-asylum-seeker-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Seang Sarin swears he only fell asleep for a moment. It’s a moment he has cursed and played over in his head for nearly 20 months now.Speaking to the Post in a detention room at the Kandal Provincial Court this week, the former guard at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/urn-theft-weighs-on-guards-families/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Aiming to AttrAct investors to broAden the Kingdom’s mAnufActuring bAse And to boost the country’s industriAl development, the government is Alledgedly prepAring A mAster plAn to turn SihAnoukville province into A new speciAl economic zone, sAid An officiAl.The Advisor to the CAmbodiAn government, Dr Sok <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/the-sihAnoukville-mAkeover/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A Ford Assembly plAnt in PreAh SihAnouk province will supply CAmbodiA’s limited but growing cAr mArket, the AmericAn cArmAker’s locAl representAtive RMA CAmbodiA Announced yesterdAy. The US$3 million investment, wholly owned by RMA, hAs A cApAcity of up to 6,000 vehicles per yeAr, And is expected <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ford-plAnt-opens-in-sihAnoukville/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A suspected in An Alleged sexuAl AssAult AgAinst A minor At A quArAntine centre in BAnteAy MeAnchey province’s O’Chrou district hAs been sent to court, while A similAr cAse AgAinst An Adult womAn At the sAme centre wAs dropped After the Accused negotiAted compensAtion with <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAn-lAnds-in-court-over-sexuAl-AssAult-At-quArAntine-site/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A new impetus in economic, trAde And technicAl cooperAtion between CAmbodiA And QAtAr will deliver A suite of economic benefits for the Kingdom, Above All A driving force for exports to the Middle EAst And A mAjor mAgnet to drAw in more investors And tourists <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/co-op-deAl-with-qAtAr-nigh/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government has extended a suspension of “advance income tax” until the end of 2025 for eligible textile-related enterprises, a good deal of which have been hurt by a drop in orders as a result of global economic headwinds linked to the ongoing Ukraine crisis. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-break-for-textile-linked-industries-to-stay-till-2025/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sustainable Development Goal 14 is primarily about the interactions of humans with the oceans. Specifically, it aims to conserve and manage the use of oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.1 a UN General assembly call for action has been used to clearly articulate <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg14-life-below-water/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A quAlity And effective heAlthcAre system thAt provides equAl Access to services is criticAl to ensure the well-being of Any populAtion. Both developed And developing countries strive to bring improvements to their heAlthcAre systems. CAmbodiA, in pArticulAr, hAs undergone significAnt trAnsformAtions in terms of heAlthcAre <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/heAlth-cAre-policy-And-AdministrAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A new, government-owned life insurAnce compAny Aims to provide A sAfety net for CAmbodiAn fAmilies, According to In MeAtrA, director-generAl of the CAmbodiA Life InsurAnce CompAny Plc. LocAted on the 21st floor of CAnAdiA Tower, CAmbodiA Life opened on MAy 21 And hAs 23 employees.  “CAmbodiA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-life-tAkes-long-view-ApproAch/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

With competition rife in Cambodia’s telecommunication market, two of the country’s largest mobile phone operators have engaged in a battle over prices and are at odds over the tactics being used to gain market share. On Friday, the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) ordered all mobile <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mobitel-smart-fight-it-out-over-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The CNRP has scheduled two practice demonstrations for next week in order to ensure that nationwide rallies planned for September 7 are held peacefully, the party said in a statement on Friday. The announcement came a day after 100 party members and provincial activists for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-plans-practice-demonstrations-ahead-of-real-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Labour, Government of Cambodia, would set the 2014 minimum wage for garment workers next month, reports The Phnom Penh Post. a working group consisting of representatives of the Garment Manufacturers’ association in Cambodia (GMaC), workers’ representatives and factory managers met officials at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-set-2014-wage-for-garment-workers-next-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Interior Ministry on Wednesday threatened to revoke the license of the Cambodian Independent Teachers association (CITa) if it goes ahead with a planned demonstration next week seeking higher wages for the country’s educators. an official at the ministry said that the move to revoke the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/teachers-group-threatened-over-planned-pay-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The CPP and opposition CNRP agreed during a meeting at the National assembly on Friday that the U.N. can observe an investigation into irregularities in last month’s national election, but continued to disagree that the National Election Committee (NEC) lead the investigation. after the two parties <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/parties-agree-to-let-un-observe-election-investigation-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

It was late at night when a torrent of water burst through the Kamping Pouy reservoir on October 8 and surged into more than 50 houses effectively sacrificed to stop a potentially catastrophic breach in the dam in Battambang province. With cracks appearing in a dam <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dam-easing-dooms-homes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Logging has officially begun in Stung Treng province in preparation for the construction of a massive hydropower dam, but local authorities and villagers said Wednesday that the clearing of forest is going unchecked outside the official dam concession area. The Lower Sesan 2 dam was approved <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/forest-cleared-for-stung-treng-dam-construction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) will push for a re-election if Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government continues to refuse calls for an independent probe into widespread irregularities in the July polls, the opposition party’s deputy president, Kem Sokha, said Tuesday. He warned that the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-opposition-party-to-demand-re-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>