Cambodian rice exports are finding new markets and rising demand in aSEaN this year, but officials and exporters are not linking this to the aSEaN Economic Community (aEC), saying it was too early to tell what impact the regional trade bloc &ndash; which took effect <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-still-a-tough-market-for-rice-exports-despite-aec/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The independent industry body representing Cambodia’s authorised automobile distributors launched a consumer awareness campaign yesterday aimed at informing the public of the risks of purchasing second-hand cars on the local grey market, which it said reduces government tax revenue while flooding the streets with predominately <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/caif-hopes-to-put-a-dent-in-used-auto-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

When the Cambodia National assembly passed the 2016 national budget last December Cambodia’s public health system was not high on the list for additional resources, receiving a meager 8 per cent increase from the year prior, or $275 million. admirably education received a boost of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/untrained-unlicensed-a-look-at-cambodias-public-health-system/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The industry body for the nation’s garment and footwear manufacturers said new trade data showing a decline in Cambodian exports to the US during the first half of the year was a sign that the Kingdom was losing its competitive advantage, threatening the future of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/drop-in-us-exports-seen-as-a-wake-up-call/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AustrAliAn-listed mining firm GeoPAcific Announced its first resource estimAte on its copper-gold project in northern CAmbodiA, estimAting 51,000 tonnes of copper equivAlent At two AdjAcent prospects on its Kou SA project site. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/A-50m-copper-mine-At-kou-sA-site-envisAged/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The 70th session of the United Nations General assembly is currently underway in New York. This meeting of the world’s leaders will see the adoption of a new set of global goals &ndash; the Sustainable Development Goals &ndash; that aim to transform the world over <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-cambodia-family-planning-offers-a-path-away-from-poverty/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s announcement on Facebook yesterday that the annual tax on vehicles used by limited-income families, including tractors, would be abolished was met with indifference by small-scale farmers, who said high interest rates on loan were a concern, not the negligible tax assessed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tractor-tax-abolished-but-farmers-still-stuck-in-a-rut/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sok Rasmey (not his real name) works for an NGO in Phnom Penh with a salary of $350 a month. This is usually enough to cover his modest living costs, but when urgent expenses arise, he often looks to borrow to cover his costs. ashamed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/risky-new-lending-service-offers-quick-cash-for-a-price/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On Friday, it will have been a month since Prime Minister Hun Sen took the stage during the opening of the Environment Ministry’s palatial new headquarters in Phnom Penh to announce that 1 million hectares had been confiscated from wayward landholders and would be doled <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/math-behind-pms-canceled-elcs-claim-still-a-mystery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Don Sahong hydroelectric dam threatens the last 80 Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River &ndash; as well as the livelihoods of the people downstream in Cambodia, who depend heavily on the river’s resources. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mekong-dam-a-threat-to-rare-dolphins-and-villagers-too/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After A surge in property-relAted events by vArious reAl estAte developers At Aeon MAll’s DAylight PlAzA, the centre’s mAnAgement teAm is now holding off on requests from developers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Aeon-mAll-A-no-go-zone-for-reAl-estAte-events/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

At its 40th pArty congress over the weekend, the ruling CPP predicted Another victory in commune elections next yeAr And nAtionAl elections the yeAr After on the bAck of recent populist policies including cheAper electricity And more lAnd for the poor. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cpp-touts-populist-policies-At-pArty%e2%80%88congress-promises-A-win/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Bred Banque Populaire &ndash; part of the second-largest banking group in France &ndash; officially launched operations in Cambodia yesterday after a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its headquarters, marking the first venture of a European bank in the Kingdom since the late 1990s. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bred-bank-to-carve-out-a-niche-in-the-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s personal bodyguard unit celebrated its eighth anniversary yesterday, with the unit’s leaders praising Hun Sen to a heavily armed audience flanked by tanks, while also warning the opposition not to underestimate it. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bodyguard-unit-marks-founding-with-a-show-of-strength-threats/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Arriving in Phnom Penh in the midst of A politicAl crAckdown on dissent, Chinese Premier Li KeqiAng showed no quAlms About signing 19 mAjor development deAls yesterdAy with CAmbodiAn Prime Minister Hun Sen, mAking it cleAr thAt Chinese Aid to the Kingdom remAins unAffected by <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AnAlysis-cAmbodiA-signing-up-for-chinese-billions-At-A-price/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

On January 28, Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh reportedly confirmed that China would provide Cambodia with a new round of military aid. The report comes as the two countries are looking to boost their defense ties in 2018 as they commemorate 60 years of their <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-new-military-aid-boost-for-china-cambodia-defense-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Greg Barron, an award-winning radio producer, was 32 when he reported the despair of Cambodian refugees fleeing across the Thai border to escape the Khmer Rouge genocide in late 1979. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-40-years-broadcaster-brings-cambodian-story-to-a-close/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Telecommunications officials have raised the possibility that a series of hacks against government officials and ministries could have been so-called SS7 attacks, a recently discovered hacking method that involves taking over a person’s cellphone number. at a meeting with local cell companies on Tuesday, officials <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hacks-a-wakeup-call-to-telecom-security-weaknesses-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As CAmbodiA goes through rApid development And economic growth, chAnges Are being felt in the workplAce As women look to mAke their mArk in professions trAditionAlly seen As mAle preserves. According to the CAmbodiA Inter-CensAl PopulAtion Survey 2013, women Are predominAntly employed in Agriculture And the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/meet-women-mAking-it-work-in-A-mAle-dominAted-world/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian-american community activists and analysts have said that the recent local elections that saw the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party win a large share of the vote was a positive development for Cambodian democracy. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-americans-say-election-results-a-positive-sign-for-democracy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>