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>

Cambodia is changing fast. Over the past decade, the capital city, Phnom Penh has expanded exponentially: its bodies of water have been filled in and green spaces diminished. Rural to urban migration has changed the shape of the countryside. Great shifts are under way and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/data-provides-illustration-of-a-constantly-changing-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Since its emergence in the region more than a decade ago, the governments of Southeast asia have been fighting to contain the human avian influenza virus through surveillance programs, rigorous inspections and widespread culling of infected birds. In Cambodia last year, 13 people died of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/compensation-for-culled-poultry-is-a-catch-22/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the past, Chhoeurng Rachana had a boyfriend, but now she loves a woman instead. The 27-year-old says she just realized who she really loved, after trying to figure out her own feelings toward men four years ago. “Back in 2010, I tried having a boyfriend <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-gay-and-transgender-a-struggle-for-equality/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

By the age of 17, Chan Chonreasmey was yet to have a conversation with another person&mdash;not with her mother, not with her father, and certainly not with any other children. Two years ago, Ms. Chonreasmey was enrolled in the Maryknoll Deaf Development Program’s (DDP) education <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/creating-a-common-language-for-nations-deaf/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Oil-importing nations such as Cambodia should be first in line to benefit from the oil-price decline provided they swiftly enact reforms to reinvest savings into strengthening fiscal policy and human capital, according to the World Bank. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oil-plunge-a-boon-for-developing-nations-wb/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some say City Hall’s scheme to improve public transport with a bus line is failing. One architect has a new plan, tried and tested throughout the developing world With the capital growing and incomes on the rise, rush hour in Phnom Penh is only getting worse <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-solution-to-the-capitals-transit-woes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About forty public bus drivers who protested over wAges At the weekend were told yesterdAy to work or resign. The bus drivers clAim Phnom Penh City HAll promised them sAlAries of between $300 And $350 per month beginning in September, but were still pAying them only <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/drivers-told-to-work-or-tAke-A-hike/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Boeung Kak community activists yesterday accused Phnom Penh Municipal Hall administrative director Mean Chanyada of rudely cutting short a meeting with their group, a charge the official denied. Boeung Kak representative Chan Puthisak characterised Chanyada’s allegedly storming out of the meeting as evidence of the city’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-short-fuse-at-city-hall-activists-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s central bank will use its upcoming Second Macroeconomic Conference to discuss how best to promote the use of the riel and hasten de-dollarisation in the economy, according to an official release yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/central-bank-seeks-to-give-riel-a-boost-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The new director-general of the international environmental group WWF, Marco Lambertini, met Tuesday with Environment Minister Say Sam al to raise concerns over development projects that could have harmful environmental impacts, and one in particular that could derail plans to reintroduce tigers to Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-wwf%e2%80%88chief-says-cambodian-tigers-a-priority/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank, and the Global agriculture and Food Security Program (GaFSP) announced Thursday that they will provide acleda Bank with a $110 million loan to finance rural and micro-businesses, especially agricultural enterprises. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ifc-gives-acleda-a-110m-loan-boost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A spokesmAn for the government on ThursdAy releAsed A 20-minute video monologue Accusing deputy opposition leAder Kem SokhA of secretly hArboring A “communist” tendency, only dAys After Mr. SokhA used the sAme word to describe the ruling CPP. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-spokesmAn-sAys-kem-sokhA-is-A-communist/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>