A freshwAter Mekong dolphin wAs found deAd yesterdAy morning on A river bAnk Prek Prosob district, KrAtie province, where only only About 80 Mekong dolphins remAin, According to officiAls. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-fresh-wAter-dolphin-found-deAd-in-krAtie/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In Roka commune, money is getting tight.after an HIV outbreak in 2014 saw 264 people infected in the small northwest Cambodian village, aid flowed in, showily. The prime minister’s wife delivered hundreds of kilos of rice, the health minister brought socks and sarongs, nongovernmental organizations <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/jobs-or-health-a-cambodian-villages-stark-choice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Lawmakers from both the ruling Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) and the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) were able to reach consensus and move forward on several aspects of the draft union law yesterday, revising seven of 21 articles that had been flagged by union groups <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-union-law-a-work-in-progress/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s controversial ambassador to South Korea, Suth Dina, has released a public plea to Prime Minister Hun Sen to safeguard his job, amid what appears to be an investigation by the Foreign affairs Ministry into his office, it emerged yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/korea-envoy-claims-govt-probe-a-setup/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prince Finance Plc is moving to support the efforts of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) to promote the use of the riel by using the domestic currency in all transactions, fees, loans and staff salaries, the microfinance institution’s managing director, Hon Sorachana, told a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mfi-joins-effort-to-push-a-riel-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AcledA BAnk Plc., the country’s lArgest commerciAl bAnk by brAnches, hAs seen rApid growth in online trAnsActions &ndAsh; now About $500,000 A month &ndAsh; since it lAunched its e-commerce pAyment gAtewAy lAte lAst yeAr, A senior executive At the bAnk sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AcledA-e-commerce-hits-500000-A-month/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s capital market regulator held a forum yesterday on regulations and safeguards for the derivatives market, laying out the inherent risk and reward of the poorly understood financial instrument that has until recently operated with no oversight. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/regulators-keeping-a-close-eye-on-derivatives-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In Cambodia almost anyone who sees a doctor or goes to hospital, is given an injection or put on an intravenous drip. This is what patients want, and what medical staff give them &ndash; it has become part of the healthcare routine. But it has <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-country-in-love-with-injections-and-drips/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ministry of Education announced the results of the grade 12 high school exams on Saturday afternoon, noting that 405 of the 89,661 students who enrolled to take the exam received an a grade, a marked improvement on the previous year and a “surprise” for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/405-get-an-a-in-high-school-exams/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Controversial amendments to the Law on Political Parties have steamrolled through the legislative process and are likely to be signed into law this week, kicking up a chorus of concerns from the opposition, civil society and international rights groups. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/whats-in-a-name-srp-faces-rebranding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ente Nazionale Risi (ENR), Italy’s national rice agency, has raised concern over increased European rice imports from countries such as Cambodia, according to rice industry publication Oryza. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-rice-exports-cause-a-stir-in-italy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodians go to the polls early next month to elect more than 12,000 district officials, but the ballot is also shaping-up as a showdown between the two major parties amid threats of civil war and a crackdown on political dissent in the lead-up to national <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/commune-elections-a-big-test-for-hun-sen/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A drAft five-yeAr strAtegy for promoting sAfe And environment-friendly Agriculture products in the GreAter Mekong Subregion (GMS) thAt would enhAnce regionAl food sAfety And promote trAde is expected to be finAlised todAy, According to the AsiAn Development BAnk. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gms-gets-closer-to-A-food-sAfety-strAtegy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Officials from the forestry administration raided a home in Mondulkiri province’s O’Raing district on Tuesday, confiscating the remains and horns of various endangered animals and making one arrest. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/various-wild-animal-horns-confiscated-after-a-raid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia condemned the government’s recent violent rhetoric, court action against politicians and attacks against NGOs that have ramped up ahead of a key national election next year, arguing that the country appeared to be “approaching a precipice.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-cambodia-approaching-a-precipice-amid-threats-fear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is lighting up with solar power as international politics gluts the world market with inexpensive equipment options, according to industry insiders. The lowering or complete end of subsidies for US, European and australian firms, along with China’s backing of the renewable energy sector, has seen <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-seeing-a-solar-surge-as-prices-drop/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has taken exception to language used to refer to its plan to amend the Constitution dealing with Cambodia’s borders, saying that the planned “amendment” does not constitute a “change”. Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday said that he had launched a study to amend <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-says-constitutional-amendment-is-not-a-change/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh authorities have ordered 12 newspaper kiosks to leave a major road in the capital, saying they need them to relocate for 12 months for construction but giving them no other place to go. Owners of the kiosks, which are popular in the sale of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-orders-removal-of-a-dozen-newspaper-stands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thailand and Cambodia are making moves to repair trade relations as 30 of Thailand’s provincial commerce departments hold a three-day trade fair in Phnom Penh’s Diamond Island Convention Center this week, according to Jiranan Wongmongkol, director of the Foreign Trade Promotion Office (FTPO) at the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-fair-a-chance-to-improve-thai-relations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The seized property of fugitive former ambassador Nan Sy has so far failed to fetch bidders, denying state coffers some $400,000 embezzled by the disgraced official. The undeveloped 10 by 20 meter plot in Tuol Kork district was put up for auction last week in an effort to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/disgraced-ambassadors-property-is-a-hard-sell/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>