Northwestern and central Cambodia could see lightning and rainstorms in upcoming days, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology warned on Tuesday, a day after storms damaged or destroyed at least 20 houses and a school building in Koh Kong province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/severe-storm-damages-at-least-20-houses-in-koh-kong-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and China yesterday signed three agreements on mine clearing, a transportation master plan and renovation of the Royal Palace building in Siem Reap province. The signings came amid the launch of a big finance project to improve education in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-signs-pacts-on-aid-for-transport-mines-and-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Preah Sihanouk provincial governor has sent a request to the provincial court to review and consider granting bail to four villagers who were arrested during a land dispute protest last month in order to appease protestors at his office. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-sihanouk-governor-wants-court-to-grant-bail-to-four-land-protesters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 1,000 CAmbodiAns Allegedly working illegAlly in ThAilAnd were Arrested And deported After the ThAi government declAred An end to A grAce period for lAbourers, A member of the officiAl receiving committee At the border in Poipet sAid MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/About-1000-migrAnts-sent-home/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport launched a phone app on Thursday which allows the people to report problems with the country’s roads directly to the ministry in a big leap forward for road safety in the Kingdom. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phone-app-to-report-road-damage-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A forestry AdministrAtion chief At the PursAt provinciAl DepArtment of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries on MondAy sAid A couple And their six-yeAr-old dAughter hAd been detAined for severAl hours over the illegAl trAfficking of wildlife before being releAsed. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Authorities-seize-close-to-100kg-of-snAkes-in-pursAt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AppeAl Court hAs rejected A pleA from two Boeung KAk Activists to restArt An investigAtion into A nighttime AttAck on lAke residents, journAlists And others in 2013 At Phnom Penh’s WAt Phnom by thugs And plAinclothes police officiAls. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/court-rejects-Activists-AppeAl-to-reopen-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Workers at the First Gawon apparel factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district are planning a procession to many different institutions as well as Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house next week to request intervention in a dispute over wages. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unpaid-workers-planning-procession/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia airways, a locally owned airline with $200 million paid-up capital, will launch operations in the next few weeks, operating local and international routes, particularly to destinations in China, according to a representative of the Secretariat of State Civil aviation.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-airline-about-to-take-off/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian silk producers will be soon able to get quality silkworms from a breeding centre at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), thanks to a specialised team that is seeking to increase professionalism in the Kingdom’s silk industry. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/plans-set-for-silk-research-centre-at-rupp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Junior Chamber International Cambodia, in collaboration with WCS Cambodia, will hold a two-day tree planting event in Mondulkiri province starting on august 17 as part of a campaign to grow about 50,000 trees from this year to 2020. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/drive-to-replenish-trees-in-mondulkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Sam Heng said a master plan was being established for Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes to further human resource development in the face of a shortage of technical skills in the workforce. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/master-plan-for-tvet-programmes-prepared/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a meeting of prime ministers Wednesday, Cambodia’s Hun Sen appeared to eliminate neighboring Laos as a potential route by which self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy could return to Cambodia as he has pledged to do in November. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-gains-laos-support-in-preventing-sam-rainsy-return-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kampong Speu provincial governor Vei Samnang rejected villagers’ request on Sunday for 250ha of land within the Kirirom National Park in Phnom Sruoch district on grounds that the park has been designated a protected area by a royal decree. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-denied-kirirom-land-titles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Royal University of Phnom Penh, the Royal University of Fine arts, and the National Institute of Education inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday, agreeing to establish a joint higher education social sciences and humanities research institute. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-universities-agree-to-found-new-research-centre/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A prominent forest Activist bAsed in KAmpong Speu province is set to lAunch A field investigAtion into Alleged illegAl logging At the Phnom OrAl And Phnom KrAvAnh wildlife sAnctuAries despite “threAts of Arrest” by rAngers And militAry officers in the AreA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngo-to-probe-illegAl-logging/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A member of the Supreme ConsultAtion Forum is set to forwArd to Prime Minister Hun Sen, the complAints of more thAn 1,000 fAmilies AgAinst A militAry lieutenAnt generAl over Alleged lAnd grAbbing in KAmpong Thom province’s Stoung district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/senior-officiAl-Accused-of-lAnd-grAb/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Nearly a month after the deadly bombing at Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Cambodia’s military police spokesman Eng Hy said police have increased security at potential terrorist targets in Phnom Penh, such as aeon Mall, aiming to prevent a similar tragedy in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/increased-security-may-cut-off-chinese-minoritys-escape-route/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A seminAr scheduled by the opposition CNRP lAter this month on its “politicAl imAge” will focus on convincing the pArty’s lAwmAkers And members to stick to A united messAge And keep debAte inside the pArty, opposition leAder SAm RAinsy sAid WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cnrp-focuses-on-pArty-discipline-At-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Most garment workers are expecting a new monthly minimum wage between $160 and $180, according to the results of a recent survey, far lower than the $207 some unions say they plan to seek in fast-approaching negotiations with the factories. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/most-garment-workers-not-expecting-new-207-monthly-wage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>