A low-pressure system over BurmA will bring heAvy rAin And widespreAd flooding to CAmbodiA in A week’s time, According to A stAtement releAsed by the Ministry of WAter Resources And Meteorology on MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/more-rAin-widespreAd-flooding-expected-in-A-week/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

“Turn the lights off soon, or people will see us,” the young fisherman said in a muted voice that was barely audible, even in the pre-dawn quiet. The fact that fishermen are resorting to sneaking into the lake’s protected areas speaks of an alarming <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-fishy-situation-in-cambodias-biggest-lake/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of the National assembly-Senate Relation and Inspection today held a meeting at Cambodiana hotel, discussing on a new draft law on inspection before sending to the Council of Ministers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/inter-ministries-discuss-a-draft-law-on-inspection/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Operating from a modest tin shack he shares with his wife and children near the Mekong River in Kandal province, 34-year-old Seurn Sokheang treats his neighbors for a wide range of ailments. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unlicensed-clinics-prove-a-tough-issue-to-treat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the launch of daily scheduled services, Qatar airways becomes the only Middle Eastern airline flying to the South East asian nation &ndash; and destination number 125 served worldwide. Guests gathered at Phonm Penh International airport in celebration of the new air link, connecting Cambodia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/qatar-airways-touches-down-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

October marks the start of the main rice harvest in Thailand, the world’s largest exporter of the grain. Traders are waiting to see the full impact of flooding on the crop, but it’s already clear that output across Southeast asia will fall substantially. The U.N.’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-crops-take-a-pounding-from-southeast-asian-floods/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Government officials did not, and Lao students could not, attend yesterday’s asean Peoples’ Forum in Phnom Penh, where more than 1,500 members of civil society groups discussed the region’s most pressing issues, including human rights, poverty, land usurping and domestic violence. The three-day forum, which is not <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-one-city-a-tale-of-two-asean-forums/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Government spokesman Phay Siphan said on Monday that Preah Sihanouk province will become a second Singapore, as authorities were warned that its development, fuelled largely by Chinese investment, was coming at a cost to locals. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phay-siphan-preah-sihanouk-will-become-a-second-singapore/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Speaking to the United Nations General assembly (UNGa) on Friday, Hun Sen defended July’s national elections and hit out at criticism from certain unnamed countries, calling them a “serious insult” to the will of the Cambodian people that showed “the ambition to interfere” in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/poll-criticism-a-serious-insult-pm-tells-the-un/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The process of obtaining geographical indication (GI) status for Kampong Speu palm sugar in the European Union suffered a setback this week after a company asked for revisions to the wording of the product’s guidebook, according to a producers association. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/palm-sugar-gi-status-in-eu-hits-a-glitch/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Over100 indigenous groups from eight of the Kingdom’s provinces asked the government on Thursday to grant them land concessions instead of forcing their relocation. Celebrating the 24th International Day of Indigenous People, the groups gathered under the banner of the Indigenous People’s Migration and Movement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indigenous-groups-call-for-a-halt-to-forced-relocations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In 2009 the Royal Government of Cambodia signed a Concession agreement with Toll from australia the biggest Logistics company in australia at the time to be the Operator and Maintainer of the North and South Line. Soon after Toll signed it joined with Neat Oknha <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/royal-railway-takes-extra-measures-for-a-smooth-ride/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

When the Lao national assembly last week approved a potentially destructive dam project just 2 kilometers from the border with Cambodia, the surprise announcement was yet another blow to the regional framework designed to protect the Mekong River.  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/laos-dam-project-a-black-eye-for-mekong-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia says at least 15 factories have suspended workers, due to a lack of job orders, even as union leaders say they will demand a higher minimum wage. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/manufacturers-say-a-high-number-of-factories-suspending-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ms. Kem Sopheak, 32, is a mother, community leader and Grade 1 teacher at Roveang primary school in Kampong Cham province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-read-turns-a-page-towards-early-childhood-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At A smAll food shop in Phnom Penh recently, customers crowded in, eAting hotdogs And meAtbAlls. These kinds of processed meAts Are widely populAr in CAmbodiA, And business wAs brisk. Few here seem to be concerned by new wArnings from the World HeAlth OrgAnizAtion thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/despite-heAlth-risks-processed-meAts-remAin-A-mAin-course/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Born in 1953, Hay Ly Eang is the same age as independent Cambodia. But unlike his home country, which was torn apart by war and political conflicts in the decades that followed independence, Mr. Ly Eang managed to avoid much of the turmoil after leaving the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/from-pharmaceuticals-to-palm-sugar-helping-a-country-heal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cruise tours will be a type of potential tourism, while Sihanouk was placed in the map of aSEaN Cruise Tourism Line, as part the promotional campaign jointly Cruise Southeast asia &ndash; Feel the Warmth, which officially announced on 22 January 2016 at the Tourism Forum <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%81%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%98%e1%9f%82%e1%9e%9a-%e1%9e%91%e1%9f%81%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%85%e1%9e%9a%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%8f%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%98%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%93%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9c%e1%9e%b6%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%9f/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Amid mounting internAtionAl concern over the emergence of drug-resistAnt mAlAriA in the Kingdom’s western provinces, A drug cocktAil discontinued in 2008 hAs been reintroduced to stunning success &ndAsh; though how long thAt success cAn be sustAined is uncertAin. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAutious-optimism-As-mAlAriA-drug-cocktAil-mAkes-A-comebAck/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More Cambodians than ever are turning to microfinance for money to cover their small business endeavours or pay expenses, and, increasingly, they are looking to protect their families from the burden of these debts in the event of death or disability. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/credit-life-insurance-provides-a-safety-net-for-borrowers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>