A community forest pAtrol of locAls yesterdAy confiscAted A lArge hAul of illegAlly logged luxury wood thAt wAs being trAnsported to the VietnAmese border in Mondolkiri province, locAl officiAls sAid. Commune police chief Pech SotheAry sAid the cAse hAs been referred to provinciAl forestry AdministrAtion <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/community-pAtrol-gets-luxury-wood-hAul/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia has announced a new human case of H5N1 avian influenza, according to a ministry press release Wednesday. The case is a 6-year-old girl from Romdoul village, O Romdoul commune, Phnom Preuk district, Battambang province confirmed positive <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/h5n1-avian-influenza-cambodia-reports-22nd-case-in-girl-from-battambang-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation has laid out a series of reforms it says are needed as the 2015 deadline looms for the asean Economic Community, a single market for trade and development. Strengthening tax collection to increase revenue while nurturing an attractive investment climate is <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-reform-looms-large-for-new-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Villagers embroiled in a longstanding land dispute with a Chinese rubber company in Ratanakkiri’s O’Chum district received an official eviction notice last week from local authorities who failed to promise compensation, community representatives told the Post yesterday. More than 100 families will have to move so Swift Rubber <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rubber-firm-tells-villagers-to-bounce/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has seen a 34 percent rise in dry rubber export last year thanks to rising demand globally, the figures of the Ministry of Commerce showed Thursday. The country had exported 74,200 tones of dry rubber last year, up 34 percent from 55,344 tones in a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-rubber-export-up-34-pct-in-2013/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The British Embassy in Phnom Penh on Monday sponsored a training course on company and insolvency law for 150 commercial judge trainees with the aim of supporting legal and judicial reform in Cambodia. The workshop is intended to train Cambodian commercial judge trainees on English <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/british-expert-trains-cambodian-judges/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturers association of Cambodia says it appreciates and supports government action to enforce the union registration provision of the Cambodian Labor Law. In a statement released Friday, GMaC noted that article 269 of the law stipulated that administrators and managers of professional organizations had <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gmac-welcomes-government-commitment-to-labor-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

To attract tourism and make Battambang province more appealing as a nightlife destination, provincial authorities are preparing to follow the way of Siem Reap and lay the groundwork for a Pub Street ahead of the Khmer New Year. The deputy governor of Battambang, Ngon Ratthanak, says <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/battambang-moves-to-establish-first-pub-street/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s government should make public a proposed law aimed at regulating the country’s labor movement, a rights group said Thursday, amid concerns that it includes provisions for the suspension of unions and for severely restricting their right to freedom of association. Requests from civil society to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-must-make-union-draft-law-public-rights-group/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A TAiwAnese-owned gArment mAker hAs delAyed its plAnned CAmbodiA listing by three weeks, setting bAck whAt would be just the second initiAl public offering to be held in this developing SoutheAst AsiAn nAtion. GrAnd Twins InternAtionAl (CAmbodiA) PLC now plAns to list on MAy 29, According <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAs-second-stock-listing-delAyed/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A speciAl committee set up in MArch to settle A long-running lAnd dispute between 52 fAmilies in Kompong ChhnAng province And the wife of Mines And Energy Minister Suy Sem hAs finished its work, leAving 17 fAmilies without A deAl. Deputy provinciAl governor Dork SotheA, who <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/17-fAmilies-reject-pAyout-from-ministers-wife/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Sales of the SOHO (small office and home office) component of The Bridge condominium project, which will have 54 floors and will be built with an investment of $300 million, officially launched last week. Sear Rithy, director of World Bridge Land, said he was proud and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bridge-soho-launch-receives-warm-reception/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A conservAtion group hAs sAid its recent trip to LAos reveAled thAt construction on A controversiAl hydropower dAm decried by neighbouring Mekong countries is AlreAdy under wAy. InternAtionAl Rivers representAtives visiting the proposed site of the 260-megAwAtt Don SAhong Hydropower Project eArlier this month sAy they <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngo-sAys-work-on-don-sAhong-dAm-under-wAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About hAlf the Koh Kong province villAgers relocAted to mAke wAy for A Union Development Group resort project hAve AbAndoned the new homes provided for them, citing poor conditions And An inconvenient locAtion, A villAge representAtive sAid yesterdAy. More thAn 1,000 fAmilies living in the province’s <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/evictees-AbAndon-new-lAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Siem Reap provincial department of education, youth and sports overruled a decision by the director of the provincial teachers training center to ban two outspoken teachers-in-training from their upcoming final exam after a successful protest by about 250 of their peers Tuesday. Vin Savy, 21, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/student-teachers-are-put-back-on-the-exam-list/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In response to a spate of Cambodian illegal loggers being shot dead by Thai soldiers near the border, the government on Tuesday urged a Thai delegation to consider border patrols composed of representatives from the two countries, the foreign minister said. “I would like to request <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/joint-patrols-on-agenda/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Water Supply authority (PPWSa) &ndash; the first listed company on the Cambodian stock exchange &ndash; has recorded a profit of $1.33 million for the first quarter, a decrease of 60 per cent from the same period last year, according to audited financial statements <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ppwsa-profit-for-q1-down-60-pct-over-previous-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong on Monday slammed municipal waste disposal company Cintri for its poor performance in collecting the city’s garbage after a strike by trash collectors last week once again left the streets a mess. Cintri’s trash collectors ended their second strike of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-calls-out-cintris-rubbish-collecting-efforts-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Former staffers of Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation will meet with a company representative tomorrow to demand reinstatement after more than two weeks of the firm’s continued refusal to comply with a decision by the arbitration Council, they and the bus operator said yesterday. according to Yim <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sorya-back-at-negotiating-table/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen warned opposition leaders on Saturday not to put Cambodia hostage for political benefit or face a government crackdown. “Do not try to put this country hostage for bargaining your power,” Hun Sen said, warning that any attempt to stage a civil war <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-warns-opposition-not-to-put-cambodia-hostage-for-politics/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>