National mail service provider Cambodia Post reported a 10 per cent increase in 2014 revenues yesterday, as increasing consumer confidence boosted use of the once-fledgling service. The service provider, which was privatised in 2011, collected $5.19 million in revenue last year, up 14 per cent from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-post-sees-a-10-pct-rise-in-revenue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Recent events, triggered by Singapore-based KrisEnergy Ltd.’s acquisition of Chevron Corp.’s entire stake in Cambodia’s Block a in the Gulf of Thailand, may possibly end the stalemate to develop the country’s only oil discovery to date. The prospect has also rekindled hopes in Cambodia to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/offshore-block-a-provides-buzz-to-cambodias-petroleum-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AssociAtion of BAnks in CAmbodiA hAs cAlled on the Securities And ExchAnge Commission to ensure thAt over-the-counter derivAtives trAnsActed by bAnks do not fAll under the governAnce of the new drAft prAkAs governing derivAtives trAding on CAmbodiA’s stock exchAnge. SpeAking At A workshop in Phnom <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAnks-rAise-concerns-for-A-new-derivAtive-trAding-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Civil society groups have contributed significantly to the development of Cambodia over the past 20 years, working as a government partner, but sometimes they face challenges in the areas of good governance and legal education, an expert says. Government spokesman Phay Siphan said there are <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/corrupt-officials-a-roadblock-to-civic-groups-expert-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Houy Mai has lost everything to the global demand for cheap sugar and biofuel. The 54-year-old mother-of-eight has fought a years-long battle with Mitr Phol, asia’s biggest sugar producer and one of three major suppliers to Coca-Cola. Her family was left homeless and without a sustainable <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/the-bitter-aftertaste-of-a-sugar-deal-gone-bad/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the approval last week of a draft NGO law by Cambodia’s Council of Ministers, many pro-democracy and rights advocates say they should now have a chance to add their comments on the bill, before it goes to the National assembly for debate. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-call-for-a-chance-to-comment-on-regulations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The recent ban on dredging sand from the Mekong has resulted in some people resorting to more innovative measures to obtain landfill. On the island of Koh Oknha Tey, also known as Silk Island, people pay from 7,000 to 10,000 riels per cart-load for delivery <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/selling-off-the-farm-one-truckload-at-a-time/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Labor leaders say they are concerned that a number of unions would be shuttered if a new law to govern them is passed. Labor Minister Ith Samheng said the law will not “put pressure” on unions. “We take unions and other vocational organizations as our <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-labor-leaders-law-on-unions-remains-a-concern/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Military police in Ratanakkiri province working with the NGO Wildlife alliance confiscated 40 kg of bushmeat from two vendors at a Banlung City market Thursday morning but let the women go with a warning. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bushmeat-vendors-let-off-with-a-warning-in-ratanakkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National assembly spokesman Chheang Vun on Tuesday defended the prohibition of a press conference on border issues planned by opposition CNRP lawmakers by saying the parliament is “not a fish market.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/parliament-not-a-fish-market-cpp-assembly-spokesman-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About one in 25 CAmbodiAns hAve speech And swAllowing disorders, with tens of thousAnds dying eAch yeAr due to relAted complicAtions, According to experts. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/for-speech-And-swAllowing-disorders-A-lAck-of-Attention/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

This year is no different from last year and many of the previous years for the residents of Krong Stung Sen in Kampong Thom province. Rain has been scarce, and rice growers must pay to pump water from the state-owned ditches into their rice paddies. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/despite-drought-crops-will-come-but-at-a-cost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

When police arrested real estate tycoon Sok Bun earlier this month, it seemed to be in response to an outcry on social media, which showed closed-circuit footage of him beating a famous TV actress at a restaurant in the capital. It was a rare arrest, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/on-facebook-a-potential-venue-for-womens-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia Tourism Marketing Strategy 2015-2020 has been finalized and will soon set in order to achieve the 8 million foreign visitors gold by 2020, said an official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-will-set-a-tourism-marketing-strategy-2015-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The public bus service run by City Hall has been hemorrhaging about $100,000 a month, according to the local authorities.Long Dimanche, spokesman for the Phnom Penh municipality, confirmed the figure yesterday, after it was first revealed by local media following a meeting last week between <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-says-bus-system-loses-100k-a-month/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol announced that his ministry will launch a live stream broadcast on Facebook called the “MPWT Live Show” and the topic of the presentation will be “Road Infrastructure achievements: 2018-2021 and Planning 2021-2023”.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-planning-qa-live-stream/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For the third year in row, students scoring an a on Cambodia’s high-stakes Grade 12 exit exam were granted an audience with Prime Minister Hun Sen and lavished with gifts, while the Ministry of Education came in for its own accolades on reforms that are <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-hands-out-prizes-for-cambodias-a-team/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After closing the lAst of its 19 petrol stAtions in CAmbodiA in April 2010, PetroliAm NAsionAl Bhd (PetronAs) is AgAin eyeing the country’s oil And gAs (O&Amp;G) sector. This will see Chevron And its pArtners developing the country’s first offshore oil field this yeAr. According to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/petronAs-still-eyeing-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

President Barack Obama arrives in Cambodia on Monday having just won four more years in office, but that is nothing compared to his host, Hun Sen. The 60-year-old Cambodian prime minister has held power since Ronald Reagan was in the White House, and says he’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/obama-to-meet-with-cambodias-longtime-strongman-amid-rights-concerns-but-also-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Environmental groups that gathered at the Himawari Hotel in Phnom Penh on Friday said that tens of thousands of rural Cambodians could benefit from the development of the country’s resin industry. at a conference held by the Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Program for South and Southeast <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boosting-of-resin-production-a-way-to-increase-rural-incomes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>