Flooding  this year cost the government significantly less than expected due to better preparation and lower water levels than in previous years, first vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management Nhim Vanda announced yesterday. The NCDM could not yet report the precise amount spent on flood href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/flood-money-runneth-over/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The second Cambodia International Machinery Industry Fair 2012 (CIMIF 2012) will kick off this weekend from at the Diamond Island Convention Center in an effort to promote the industry development and foreign investment in Cambodia. It will run for four days from tomorrow to August href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/second-international-machinery-fair-opens-this-weekend/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Four officials from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction arrested last week on bribery charges involving millions of dollars would be freed on bail in the next few days, officials said yesterday. Kuy Bunson, director of the Ministry of Interior’s prisons department, said he had href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/bail-granted-for-disgraced-officials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Meas Bopha, 47, sits in an outdoor pagoda over a lotus-filled pond on her property in Kampong Speu, home to 10 of her 12 children, and wipes back tears as she talks about her missing teenage daughter, Bophea, who vanished one morning last week. Bophea href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/missing-girl-feared-trafficked/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The European Union (EU) signs Wednesday to provide Cambodia with equipment to detect illicit trafficking and criminal use of nuclear and radiological materials. The agreement was inked between EU Ambassador to Cambodia Jean Francois Cautain and Om Yentieng, vice-chairman of the Secretariat of National Counter-Terrorism Committee. Under the deal, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/eu-aids-cambodia-in-combating-illicit-trafficking-use-of-nuclear-radiological-materials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

As the latest draft of Cambodia’s long-awaited trade-union law sits idly at the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Labour officials have turned to outsiders to help hasten its enactment, a union advocate said yesterday. Dave Welsh, country director of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity, said href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/still-no-motion-on-union-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The World Bank’s biannual report on Cambodia was largely positive given dire economic prospects in Europe, which economists agreed were closely tied to the Kingdom’s key export sectors. The report, released yesterday, predicted 6.6 per cent growth in gross domestic product Manufacturing is predicted to slow slightly this year, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/world-bank-outlook-for-cambodia-positive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The man police allege was behind a so-called secession plan in Kratie province – an accusation used to justify a crackdown in which a teenager was killed last week – plans to hold a press conference to defend himself in the next two days, his href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/accused-secessionist-in-kratie-to-meet-with-the-press/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Increasing the tobacco retail tax — one of the world’s lowest at 10 per cent of unit price for domestically produced cigarettes — would deter smokers and increase government revenue while having minimal effect on tobacco producers, Ayda Yurekli, co-ordinator for the World Health Organization’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/tobacco-tax-increase-likely/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Forestry Administration officials reportedly blocked vehicles in three provinces from travelling to Koh Kong town yesterday on their way to the site where prominent environmental activist Chut Wutty was shot last month. But hundreds of others from six provinces in a convoy of 27 vans made it href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/anti-loggers-held-back-by-fa-officials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Human rights groups in Cambodia fear a new south-east Asian declaration of human rights could conversely offer the government in Phnom Penh a figleaf to clamp down on dissent. Cambodia signed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) human rights declaration on Sunday, two days href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/asean-declaration-allows-cambodia-to-flout-human-rights-warn-campaigners/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The arrival of Startup Weekend in Cambodia marked a new beginning for high-tech entrepreneurship as more than 80 people worked on all kinds of new business ideas all weekend at Yellow Tower across the Tonle Sap from The Riverside. Chief Marketing Officer Joey Pomerenke of Startup href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/inspiring-tech-entrepreneurship/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ​​ប្រកាស​​ជា​​ផ្លូវការ​​ពី​កំណែទ​ម្រង់​​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​​ នា​ពេល​ខាង​មុខ ដោយ​ស្នើ​ឲ្យធ្វើ​វិសោធនកម្ម​ច្បាប់ និង​នីតិវិធី​ទាំងឡាយ ដែល​​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ការបោះឆ្នោត ឲ្យ​ស្រប​តាម​គោលការណ៍​នៃ​លទិ្ធប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និង​នីតិរដ្ឋ​។ ការប្រកាស​នេះ ធ្វើឡើងខណៈ​ដែលគណបក្ស​សង្រ្គោះ​ជាតិ កំពុង​ប្រមូល​ស្នាម href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cpp%e1%9e%94%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%87%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%95%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9b%e1%9e%bc%e1%9e%9c%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%92%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9c%e1%9e%be%e1%9e%80/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A report released by the World Bank on Tuesday highlighted Cambodia as the most improved country in terms of businesses getting credit, due to the establishment of the country’s first credit bureau in March. Cambodia ranked 133 out of 185 in the World Bank’s report, up from 141 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/credit-bureau-makes-doing-business-easier/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A group of Phnom Penh-based high-tech professionals are putting on the second annual Startup Weekend Cambodia from June 22 to 24 at Yellow Tower, across the Tonle Sap from the Riverside. Darren Jensen of Yoolk, a software company that builds content, sales and HR management systems href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/tech-start-up-pitches-sought/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

An NGO’s plan to build an “entire city” for the victims of a forced eviction has been backed by the Phnom Penh municipal government, with preliminary construction already under way. The $2.2 to $2.5 million project, devised by the organisation People for Care and Learning, is expected href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/ngo-plans-to-build-mini-city/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Taiwanese food supplier Ve Wong, one of two sugar company owners locked in a long-running battle with villagers in Koh Kong’s Sre Ambel district, has made an eyebrow-raising offer – to give the disputed land back. The company’s offer, posted to the non-profit Business and Human href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/new-twist-in-cambodian-sugar-firm-saga/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

១. គណបក្សសញ្ជាតិកម្ពុជា ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធនិង គោលនយោបាយ​របស់​គណបក្ស​នេះ​ពុំមាន​ជា​សាធារណៈ​លើ​ប្រព័ន្ធ​អ៊ិនធើណិត​ទេ ២. គណបក្សហ្វ៊ុនស៊ិនប៉ិច ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រនេះ http://www.funcinpecparty.org/ ៣. គណបក្សសាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សនេះពុំមានជាសាធារណៈលើប្រព័ន្ធអ៊ិនធើណិតទេ ៤.​ គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រ http://www.cpp.org.kh/ ៥. គណបក្សខ្មែរអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សេដ្ឋកិច្ច ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សពុំមានជាសាធារណៈលើប្រព័ន្ធអ៊ិនធើណិតទេ ៦. គណបក្សខ្មែរឈប់ក្រ ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ គោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រ http://khmerantipovertyparty.com/ ៧.គណបក្សសង្រ្គោះជាតិ ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រ http://www.nationalrescueparty.org/ ៨. គណបក្សសម្ព័ន្ធដើម្បីប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ពត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងរចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ និងគោលនយោបាយរបស់គណបក្សអាចរកបាននៅគេហទំព័រ http://www.camldp.org/ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/registed-political-parties-2013/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The ban on sending Cambodian women for employment as maids in Malaysia will be lifted once certain safety and training precautions for workers are established, a senior government official said yesterday. Seng Sakada, the director general of the Ministry of Labour, said that his office is href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/maid-ban-to-remain-until-safety-improves/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s second conference on social enterprise is set to take place tomorrow with the aim of tackling poverty, social exclusion and health and environmental problems, organisers say. The all-day conference, at the Cambodia-Japan Conference Centre at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, will facilitate discussions among participants href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/conference-focus-on-social-enterprises/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...