Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said he had set a vision that his country will be among countries with upper middle income by the year of 2030. He said Cambodia has laid out strategies and action plans to achieve an annual economic growth of 6-7 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-vows-to-bring-greater-prosperity-to-his-people/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the remAins of the county’s forests fAll to rApAcious illegAl loggers And to mAke wAy for the government-AwArded economic lAnd concessions, officiAls tAsked with forestry protection Are hoping newlywed couples cAn build A lAst line of defense. “Wedding gArdens”- green spAces where newly-mArried couples Are <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/forestry-AdministrAtion-fights-logging-with-wedding-gArdens/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

State-owned energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) has sent letters to some of Phnom Penh’s four- and five-star hotels, asking that they switch to generators between 8am and 9pm this month &mdash; a move hotel-industry experts say would have a significant economic impact. In a letter <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hotels-told-to-use-own-power/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prior to 2013, Dom Dorn, a farmer in Phnom Sruoch district of Kampong Speu province, used oxen to farm his white-rice paddies; now, after just his second harvest of sowing phkarmalis (also known as jasmine or fragrant rice), he is using a kor yun, or <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-focuses-on-its-fragrant-rice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Families in Ratanakiri province yesterday logged a complaint with rights group adhoc accusing a trio of economic land concession (ELC) owners of illegally logging outside of their concession areas and felling their vital resin and palm oil trees. Chan Naroun said she was among 29 families <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firms-accused-of-illegal-logging-in-ratanakkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Employees reportedly working for the controversial Company 72 have allegedly been illegally felling timber in a community forest in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district and shipping it across the Vietnamese border, community members and adhoc said yesterday. Romas Svat, a community representative in Paknhai commune’s Lom village, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnamese-firm-is-still-logging-illegally-adhoc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three members of the Royal Cambodian armed Forces (RCaF) on Monday filed a complaint with police in Kompong Chhnang province, accusing irate villagers of torching a wooden shelter built for them by the well-connected KDC agro-industry firm. The soldiers have accused local residents, who have been <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-burn-down-soldiers-shelter-on-disputed-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A gold mine shAft hAs collApsed in PreAh ViheAr province, trApping At leAst seven miners, officiAls sAid MondAy. The collApse took plAce in A shAft thAt is typicAlly mined by up to 60 people At A time, he [Rovieng Police Chief Sin Thorn]. Sin Thorn sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/seven-feAred-trApped-in-gold-mine-collApse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 60 villagers from Kampong Cham province’s Stung Trang district staged a protest on Monday at arak Tnort commune hall, demanding answers for a massive price hike that has accompanied the installation of electricity meters ahead of a planned switchover to state-provided power. Private company <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-protest-hike-in-electricity-expense/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An IrrAwAddy dolphin wAs found deAd yesterdAy morning tied up in A fishing net And floAting in the Mekong River in KrAtie province, officiAls sAid. Khieu Kin, chief of KrAtie’s provinciAl fishery AdministrAtion, sAid thAt the 2.03-meter long, 105kg femAle dolphin hAd likely become entAngled in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/irrAwAddy-dolphin-killed-in-mekong-river-by-illegAl-fishing/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Following a weekend of opposition demonstrations and rejection of official election results, King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday called for the two political parties embroiled in Cambodia’s post-election deadlock to open a legislative meeting on the Sept. 28 deadline. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party has said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/king-to-invite-both-parties-to-open-assembly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday called on opposition protesters and police to stop using violence against each other after a clash on Sunday night left one protester dead and several others injured. “I would like to beg all compatriots who are the protesters and the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-king-urges-opposition-protestors-police-to-end-violence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A neArly four-month strike, punctuAted by A violent clAsh between unionists And police thAt left one bystAnder deAd, could come to An end this Afternoon. OfficiAls from SL GArment Processing (CAmbodiA) Ltd And the CoAlition of CAmbodiAn AppArel Workers’ DemocrAtic Union (C.CAWDU) &ndAsh; which represents A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sl-reps-unionists-to-sign-deAl-to-end-strike/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Some of these ASEAN economies Are not like the others. SingApore is 80 times richer thAn MyAnmAr And its populAtion lives 20 yeArs longer thAn CAmbodiA’s, while MyAnmAr rAnks 50 plAces behind CAmbodiA in terms of globAl competitiveness, According to A wide-rAnging AnAlysis from the World <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/troubling-contrAsts-in-AseAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

High school students are increasingly using methamphetamines and other stimulants to relax or help them study, according to the UN. a spike in trafficking of amphetamine-type stimulants (aTS) across the borders with Thailand and Laos over the past two years has gone hand-in-hand with a rise <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/high-school-meth-use-up-un/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition president Sam Rainsy will lead a delegation to attend talks with CPP leaders led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, and officiated by King Norodom Sihamoni, at the Royal Palace on Saturday, but a mass demonstration scheduled for Sunday would go ahead as planned, the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-confirms-attendance-at-royal-palace-meeting-with-cpp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lAbour union representing A minority of workers who hAve been striking At SL GArment Processing (CAmbodiA) Ltd for neArly three months releAsed A stAtement yesterdAy, cAlling the strike bAd for the industry’s reputAtion. Without specificAlly mentioning the CoAlition of CAmbodiAn AppArel Workers’ DemocrAtic Union (C.CAWDU) <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sl-strike-bAd-for-industrys-rep-sAys-union/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

ACLEDA officiAlly lAunched its first credit cArd on FridAy As CAmbodiA’s lArgest bAnk eyes the country’s rising middle income brAcket, president And CEO In ChAnny sAid yesterdAy. “This is the right time for us to stArt this VisA credit cArd product. By 2020, CAmbodiA will chAnge <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AcledA-debuts-its-credit-cArd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said Wednesday that information sector has played a very important role to further enhance ties and cooperation between Cambodia and China, saying that Cambodia is looking forward to broadening information cooperation with China. “Information sector is a potential and effective way <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/information-sector-vital-to-deepen-cambodia-china-ties-cambodian-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the opposition CNRP set to hold a rally at their party headquarters in Kompong Cham province Sunday, the CPP government deployed hundreds of police and military police to the area as ruling party supporters staged a rival rally, forcing opposition leaders to call off <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/amid-outpouring-of-cpp-support-cnrp-calls-another-rally/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>