Canadia Bank will launch a rice mill in Cambodia’s Takeo province in October, a move that insiders said could help curb the flow of unmilled rice to neighbouring Vietnam. Bank officials yesterday said they will buy US$3 million in milling equipment, and the total cost of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/canadia-bank-backs-a-rice-mill-in-takeo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said that the government had identified nearly 100,000 families who are now considered eligible for land titles, and that plans were in store to locate hundreds of thousands more in the coming month. Speaking at the inauguration of a new 128-km stretch of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-says-land-program-proving-a-success/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On Saturday, the family of slain environmental activist Chut Wutty will commemorate the 100 days, or thereabouts, that have passed since his death in a case that remains unresolved even though six eyewitnesses have already been questioned. The official story is that he was killed by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/slain-activist-chut-wuttys-death-still-a-mystery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Honey collectors from four provinces in Cambodia signed an agreement with the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in agriculture (CEDaC) in order to bring more honey to the capital. CEDaC has encouraged farmers from four provinces &ndash; Preah Vihear, Kratie, Koh Kong and Mondulkiri &ndash; <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cedac-plus-honey-makes-for-a-sweet-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

When the international community hammered out a hard-fought deal with the government in 2001 for a war crimes tribunal to try the most senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, they hoped their efforts would also set an example for local court system riddled with <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sonando-verdict-a-tough-test-for-krt-legacy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The World Bank has warned that the rapid growth of lending by Cambodia’s Banks is still a concern, despite a recent slow-down in credit disbursals. “Credit growth, which has been driven largely by wholesale and retail financing, and starting in 2011 agriculture financing, has eased to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-says-credit-growth-still-a-risk/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A strike involving hundreds of cAsino workers &ndAsh; mAny who hAve been told their contrActs hAve been terminAted &ndAsh; reAched An impAsse yesterdAy After NAgAWorld officiAls did not Attend A conciliAtion session At the ArbitrAtion Council, A union leAder sAid. “The ArbitrAtion Council could not immediAtely <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/nAgAworld-A-no-show-At-ArbitrAtion-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Kingdom’s tax revenue increased 27.85 per cent in the first two months compared to a year earlier, a figure the opposition party said is low due to corruption and tax cheats. according to the data from the General Department of Taxation (GDT), total tax revenue <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-revenue-sees-a-27-per-cent-jump/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Since 2007, the NGO Pact has been working with the government to turn 68,000 hectares of forest in Oddar Meanchey province into a moneymaking venture for the state just by keeping trees in the area standing. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-troubled-start-for-cambodias-carbon-credits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the past few years, the explosive events at Boeung Kak lake &ndash; including violent evictions and arrests &ndash; have gone largely unreported outside the Kingdom’s independent media outlets. Outspoken community representative Tep Vanny has been under attack from her fellow Boeung Kak residents, who <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-more-personal-b-kak-dispute-makes-airwaves/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The coming sprawls of Phnom Penh’s new satellite cities will bring about not only opportunities but also challenges for the population. “any urban area has to sprawl outside the main city areas so that it can keep up with the increasing demand of commercial land,” said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/satellite-cities-a-solution-for-overcrowded-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia needs to build new leaders to take over the country in the next generation, a leading rights activist says. “This means the party is ready to let their children take over, family style,” he [Cambodian Center for Human Rights head Ou Virak]. “But this younger <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/political-inheritance-a-brewing-problem-rights-activist-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five Tumpuon villagers have again been summonsed for questioning by the Ratanakkiri Provincial Court in a lengthy dispute after private firm Ly Sokim Co Ltd accused villagers of destroying its property. In the latest summons, dated July 30, villagers are warned that failing to show up <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-in-a-drawn-out-land-fight-summonsed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Aided by the recovery of lArge economies in the United StAtes, the EuropeAn Union And JApAn, CAmbodiA’s exports jumped more thAn 20 per cent during the first hAlf of the yeAr compAred with the sAme period in 2012. Ministry of Commerce dAtA releAsed At the end <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/recovery-in-lArge-economies-gives-exports-A-boost/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Trade and tourism between Indonesia and Cambodia is growing but the two countries can still increase cooperation in those fields, according to participants in the 7th Indonesian Trade and Tourism Promotion exhibition on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich on Sunday. The sale of Indonesian pharmaceuticals, food products <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-with-indonesia-up-but-logistics-a-hurdle/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The head of the tiny Khmer Economic Development Party (KEDP), which failed to win a single seat in the July 28 elections, yesterday called on the opposition to take its 55 seats at the National assembly and form a coalition with the ruling Cambodian People’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/outsider-party-urges-cnrp-to-take-a-seat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 300,000 women of reproductive Age will receive higher-quAlity emergency obstetric And newborn-cAre services thAnks to A sizeAble hAndover of medicAl equipment And supplies to government heAlth centres And hospitAls in KAmpong Thom, KAmpot And Kep provinces. Through A pArtnership seeking to improve the sociAl heAlthcAre <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAternAl-heAlth-gets-A-boost-in-3-provinces/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC) warned garment workers on Thursday that they risk losing their jobs if they extend their Khmer New Year vacation by joining a stay-at-home strike. aiming to avoid police suppression of street protests for a higher garment sector minimum wage, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/staying-at-home-not-a-strike-factories-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite a noticeable increase in daily tourist arrivals in Preah Vihear province &ndash; home of the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple &ndash; overnight stays remain low, tourism officials and guesthouse owners say. Preah Vihear tourism department figures show that from January to March, foreign tourist arrivals reached <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-vihear-overnight-tourist-stays-a-hard-sell/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Filthy trucks loaded with luxury timber rule the red-earth roads in this heavily deforested district. Each day, dozens of 10-wheelers bounce along the pot-holed roads, carting logs of the much-sought Thnong timber. and while some of the cargo is legal, much of it is not. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sesan-ii-reservoir-a-laundry-for-illegal-timber/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>