Standing inside her shop behind a heavy glass door secured with an electronic lock, it would be easy to mistake Nguon Chorda for a jewelry boutique owner, not the manager of a store that sells dried bird saliva. Mr. Sothy said once the CBNF gets <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nest-farmers-hatch-ambitious-china-export-plan/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The father of a man killed during a government-run fireworks display in October has sent letters to the King and two government institutions demanding compensation for his loss. Na Kry said yesterday that he sent letters last week to the King, the National assembly and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/family-seeks-compensation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia welcomed 3.6 million overseas tourists in the first 10 months of 2014, up 6 percent compared to the same period last year, a tourism official said on Wednesday. Kong Sopheareak, chief of the statistics and planning department at the Ministry of Tourism, said the top <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-receives-3-6-mln-overseas-tourists-in-10-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Former Prime Minister Pen Sovann claimed Monday that he has been barred from entering the U.S. because of an assistant who overstayed his U.S. visa more than a decade ago, and paid a visit to the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh in an effort to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/former-prime-minister-says-us%e2%80%88blacklisted-him/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Malaysian budget airline airasia launched on Monday “airasia aSEaN Pass” in a bid to grab the aSEaN market ahead of the open sky policy that will be implemented next year. airasia aSEaN Pass is a travel pass that allows passengers to enjoy flights at a fixed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/airasia-launches-asean-flight-pass/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The ruling and opposition parties announced on Saturday the creation of a new working group to discuss a bipartisan plan to table a rent control law that will regulate rising housing prices and sudden rental hikes for all tenants in the Kingdom. Originally, the plan <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/group-to-mull-rent-controls/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Funcinpec party president Prince Norodom Ranariddh has called on the opposition and ruling parties to form a tripartite coalition with the royalists after Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy and Prime Minister Hun Sen embarked on a “honeymoon” after years spent at each others’ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prince-calls-for-3-party-coalition/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following Cambodia’s loss of a hefty Filipino rice tender to Vietnam last week, industry insiders say logistics and production costs are hampering the competitiveness of the Kingdom’s rice exports. Cambodia lost a 100,000-tonne tender for the fourth time running after its final price of $455.50 per <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/costs-thwart-potential-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following weeks of trips to disputed sites along the country’s border with Vietnam, the opposition CNRP issued an official statement on Thursday demanding that the government overhaul its border commission, cancel a 2005 border treaty and bring a case against Vietnam to international court. Long a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-demands-new-border-committee-treatys-cancellation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced four men to between 30 years and life in prison for a grenade attack in Phnom Penh last year, an attempted assassination that injured five people and killed the intended target’s 11-year-old son.Presiding judge Leang Samnath convicted the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/grenade-attack-verdicts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Four solar projects, representing a total output of 140 megawatts, were approved during a plenary session of the National assembly yesterday. Each solar farm will be built in a different province &ndash; Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Pursat, and Svay Rieng. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-assembly-says-yes-to-four-solar-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has announced that it is preparing to develop a special tourism area in the coastal province of Sihanoukville. In a move to diversify its tourism offerings, citing a need to boost tourism flow into the area. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/billions-of-dollars-set-to-boost-visitor-attractions-in-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An ASEAN-first Interpol dAtAbAse trAcking trAnsnAtionAl crime between CAmbodiA And VietnAm wAs lAunched in Phnom Penh yesterdAy. Keo VAnnthAn, heAd of CAmbodiA’s Interpol BureAu At the Ministry of Interior, sAid the EuropeAn Union hAd pledged Almost US$800,000 to the pilot EU-ASEAN MigrAtion Border MAnAgement ProgrAm project <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/border-crime-in-interpols-sights/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Global sportswear giant Nike has asked the International Labour Organisation’s industry monitoring body to investigate the two mass fainting incidents at its supplier Sabrina (Cambodia) Manufacturing last week and report its finding to it, Nike said yesterday. “Nike has requested ILO Better [Factories] Cambodia, the industry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nike-seeks-investigation-of-mass-fainting-incidents/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s illegal loggers will soon have a potentially powerful new foe: a pair of NaSa satellites with a keen interest in what they’re up to. Researchers at the University of Maryland in the U.S. say an innovative new system that picks up signs of forest loss <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eyes-in-the-sky-put-illegal-logging-in-focus/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A regulAtor for CAmbodiA’s telecommunicAtions industry is expected to lAunch next month with the hopes of putting in order A sector thAt hAs seen little regulAtion during its short history. Industry insiders hAve cAlled the move positive but mAny questioned the body’s Ability to rein in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/telco-regulAtor-to-lAunch/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A price hAs been set for Phnom Penh WAter Supply Authority’s initiAl public offering, According to the Securities And ExchAnge Commission of CAmbodiA, After whAt wAs reported to be A significAntly oversubscribed book-building process. PPWSA will sell for 6,300 riel, or US$1.57, A shAre, putting the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ppwsA-settles-on-ipo-price/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia and China’s joint COVID-19 fight is an outstanding model of cooperation and a positive step towards building a global community of shared future, said a Cambodian ruling party spokesman. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-china-joint-covid-19-fight-an-outstanding-model-of-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sihanoukville autonomous Port (SaP), the state enterprise that operates Cambodia’s principal seaport, announced a share price of 5,040 riel ($1.26) yesterday for its upcoming initial public offering following a bookbuilding exercise that garnered a strong response from institutional investors. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/port-operators-ipo-share-price-set-near-high-tide-mark/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AsiAtic Group (Holdings) Ltd (AGHL), A SingApore ExchAnge listed compAny, hAs stArted ArbitrAtion proceedings AgAinst the Phnom Penh SpeciAl Economic Zone Plc (PPSP) seeking A minimum of $14.4 million in relief over A disputed power supply contrAct. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ppsp-in-legAl-dispute-over-power-supply-contrAct/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>