Laos President Choummaly Sayasone will pay a state visit to Cambodia on Feb. 26 and 27 to further promote bilateral ties and cooperation, a news statement from the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign affairs on said on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/laos-president-to-visit-cambodia-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Former employees of a Phnom Penh factory that burned down in July held a small protest outside the office of the Coalition of Cambodian apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CaWDU), demanding payment they say they are owed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unionist-accused-of-withholding-payments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 170 workers at a rubber company in Mondulkiri began striking yesterday for the right to unionise, the reversal of a recent pay cut and the reinstatement of two staffers who were allegedly fired unjustly, workers said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unjust-firings-pay-cuts-lead-workers-to-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A RoyAl Decree signed by Acting heAd of stAte CheA Sim hAs Approved the Appointment of 63 Advisers And AssistAnts to NAtionAl Assembly Second Vice President Nguon Nhel, According to A copy of the document obtAined WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Assemblys-2nd-deputy-president-gets-63-Advisers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A yeAr After A VietnAmese mAn wAs cAught trying to mAil teddy beArs stuffed with the drug precursor chemicAl pseudoephedrine to AustrAliA from Phnom Penh, he AppeAred in court on TuesdAy over Another Alleged drug smuggling scheme. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/teddy-beAr-drug-smuggler-denies-chArges-during-triAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Nearly a week after Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report detailing systemic labour rights abuse in Cambodia’s garment sector, the country’s garment manufacturers association fired back, criticising the study’s methodology and alleged omissions. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gmac-slams-sample-size-in-hrw-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Laos President Choummaly Sayasone will pay a state visit to Cambodia on Feb. 26 and 27 to further promote bilateral ties and cooperation, a news statement from the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign affairs on said on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/laos-president-to-visit-cambodia-next-week-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A UkrAiniAn member of pArliAment And former television executive is being sought by CAmbodiAn Authorities for Allegedly rAping A minor in Phnom Penh in 2011 And hAs been plAced on Interpol’s list of most-wAnted criminAls. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ukrAiniAn-politiciAn-sought-for-rApe-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia has ordered a temporary halt to all sand dredging operations in the country’s rivers and lakes in order to study the environment and social impact of a practice that has caused deadly river bank collapse incidents. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-orders-temporary-halt-to-sand-dredging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A judge At the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court suspended the triAl of An opposition Activist MondAy After the defendAnt demAnded thAt his Alleged victims fAce him in court And declAred thAt his triAl wAs A politicized shAm. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Activist-demAnds-plAintiffs-show-up-in-court/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A Guinness World Records judge kicked this yeAr’s Angkor SAnkrAntA festivAl into Action MondAy by officiAlly declAring A 4-ton sticky rice cAke produced for the Khmer New YeAr celebrAtion to be the lArgest ever mAde. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-clAims-guinness-world-record-for-sticky-rice-cAke-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiAn rice exporter is expected to tAke pArt in An IrAqi bid for 30,000 tons of milled rice lAte this month, A compAny’s representAtive sAid WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-to-bid-for-irAqi-rice-supply/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Members of a community in Battambang where an unlicensed doctor allegedly infected more than 200 people with HIV earlier this year have demanded free general healthcare, a provision usually reserved only for the country’s most poor. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hiv-village-demands-access-to-healthcare/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Opposition lawmaker Um Sam an on Saturday led about 200 nationalist activists to inspect a non-demarcated strip of land along Kandal province’s disputed border with Vietnam where the Vietnamese government is constructing a military outpost. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-leads-trip-to-another-disputed-vietnamese-border-area/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications on Monday launched a low-cost van service that will shepherd passengers and goods across the country in what he said he hoped would be a profitable venture for the government. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/posts-ministry-launches-low-cost-van-service/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia Bayon airlines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the aviation Industry Corporation of China, will start daily flights between Cambodian capital Phnom Penh and Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City from today, a company representative said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bayon-launches-daily-flights-to-vietnam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two women were charged with extortion and placed in Kandal Provincial Prison on Wednesday for accepting $4,500 from the factory where they worked and had recently set up a union, a court official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-women-charged-with-extorting-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Dozens of drought-hit farmers from two districts in Banteay Meanchey province scuffled on Saturday night after one group blocked a canal leading from a shared reservoir, preventing water from flowing to  the other community. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/amid-drought-farmers-scuffle-over-water/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Rice Federation signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Commerce on Thursday to receive $450,000 in financial support from the government to increase Cambodia’s rice exports, according to a federation official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-federation-to-get-450000-from-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ArbitrAtion Council on WednesdAy ordered 40 CApitol Tours bus drivers to end A strike thAt begAn on July 22 over clAims thAt five other drivers were fired for Attempting to orgAnize A union At the compAny. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ArbitrAtion-body-orders-cApitol-tours-bus-drivers-bAck-to-work/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>