Indigenous families in Kbal Romeas village who were displaced last year by flooding from the reservoir of the Lower Sesan II Dam in Stung Treng province have been given new homes and hope for a better life in a new village along National Road 78. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-no-longer-displaced-by-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has decided to develop Bokor National Park into a futuristic and historic tourism city, a sub-decree on the introduction of the master plan for Bokor town’s development said. The area will be connected to the Kingdom’s southern coastal tourism corridor. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-releases-sub-decree-on-bokor-town-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Amid A hAil of 20,000 bullets, the thud of eight helicopters, A hostAge rescue demonstrAtion And choreogrAphed mArtiAl Arts performAnces, the joint Chinese-CAmbodiAn Golden DrAgon militAry exercises concluded yesterdAy As officiAls from both sides prAised the expAnding relAtionship between the two countries. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/golden-drAgon-militAry-exercises-end-with-bAng/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A criticAlly endAngered IrrAwAddy dolphin wAs found deAd, floAting Along A stretch of the Mekong River in KrAtie’s Chet Boreid district on WednesdAy. The cAuse of the mAmmAl’s deAth wAs determined As bruising to its gills cAused by An illegAl fishing net. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/irrAwAddy-dolphin-found-deAd-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Local and international civil society groups operating in Cambodia face government-imposed restrictions on their operations and have been significantly hindered in their work in the lead up to Sunday’s general election, according to a recent report by a U.S.-based think tank. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-society-groups-in-cambodia-suppressed-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite huge amounts of potential and a well-rooted past, the Kingdom’s cotton cultivation industry seems to be hanging by a thread. Though the country relies heavily on cotton fabric in its massive garment sector, insiders say Cambodian farmers have mostly abandoned the crop. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/local-cotton-farming-abandoned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Civil society groups and associations released a public statement on Tuesday expressing concern over the EU starting the process to withdraw Cambodia’s access to its preferential “Everything But arms” (EBa) agreement, as a delegation from the bloc landed in Phnom Penh the same day. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-warned-as-delegation-lands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Next year’s basic minimum wage has been increased by 4.4 per cent to $190 a month from $170 per month last year after the final round of negotiations ended in a vote last week, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minimum-wage-set-at-190-for-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Joining Force AlliAnce, A coAlition of six lArge orgAnisAtions focusing on children’s rights, issued A report yesterdAy prAising CAmbodiA’s Achievements in defending children’s rights over the pAst three decAdes. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngos-note-childrens-rights-Achievements/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Yaunta Securities, a leading underwriter in the Cambodia’s slow moving stock market, is in talks with regulators and the Cambodia Securities Exchanges (CSX) to assume the role of market maker to provide more liquidity in the market, a senior executive at Yaunta told Khmer <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/yaunta-eyes-new-role-to-jump-start-moribund-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan arrives today for a four-day visit to boost ties, at a time of rising tensions in the South China Sea between Beijing and the US over China’s increasingly aggressive stance over territorial disputes with its neighbors in the area. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-cambodia-build-military-ties-in-tense-times/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group failed to persuade a high-level meeting of government and Preah Sihanouk officials to resume construction of a 40-metre port at Otres Beach, and will instead have to explore the use of other locations along the coastline. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/committee-unaffected-by-kith-mengs-appeal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As A nAtionAl crAckdown on illegAl logging rumbles on, Try PheAp, CAmbodiA’s most prominent timber tycoon, issued A public deniAl of reports thAt he wAs linked to An economic lAnd concession (ELC) where Authorities found hundreds of cubic metres of potentiAlly illegAl timber. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pheAp-denies-link-to-timber-At-mondulkiri-elc/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia has performed poorly in the 2016 edition of a recent environmental report, ranking a dismal 146 out of 180 countries.The Kingdom returned one of the lowest Environmental Performance Index (EPI) scores in the region, narrowly edging ahead of Myanmar and Laos. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-ranks-low-on-global-green-list/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 70 residents from A villAge in Siem ReAp’s Ampil commune yesterdAy submitted A petition to provinciAl officiAls requesting thAt they not be switched to the Authority of neighbouring Nokor Thom commune, though At leAst one locAl officiAl clAimed the mAtter wAs long decided. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/siem-reAp-residents-protest-unwAnted-Address-chAnge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Dwindling donor funding for combating HIV/aIDS, malaria and tuberculosis could have a critical impact on low-income countries like Cambodia, a new study has found, with some health workers in the Kingdom saying that the squeeze is already being felt.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shift-in-focus-for-donors-may-spell-trouble-study/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

USAID And the US TreAsury Office of TechnicAl AssistAnce (OTA) hAve lAunched A joint initiAtive with the Ministry of Economy And FinAnce (MEF) to improve fiscAl trAnspArency And AccountAbility in the mAnAgement of public finAnces, According to A press releAse issued yesterdAy.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mef-And-usAid-lAunch-trAnspArency-initiAtive/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A decAde Ago, powerful businesswomAn Suy SophAn promised to build 10 ApArtment blocks for residents of Phnom Penh’s Borei KeilA neighborhood who fAced eviction to mAke wAy for her reAl estAte project. She only built eight, leAving hundreds of residents without A home.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-building-broken-promises-At-borei-keilA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear-energy agency, is bullish on the outlook of its business in Southeast asia after the speedy development of a project in Vietnam and a range of agreements with every country in the region except Singapore, the Philippines and Brunei. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/russian-nuclear-agency-bullish-on-asean-outlook/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Seven years after Cambodia put a stop to its own international adoption programs, the Catalan regional government in Spain signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Social affairs on Tuesday that will allow its residents to adopt Cambodian children.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/adoption-agreement-signed-with-catalonia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>