If Phoeung Sophoan has his way, Phnom Penh’s days as Cambodia’s capital city are numbered. a secretary of state at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, Mr. Sophoan has big plans for a new 35,000-hectare capital city north of Phnom Penh called “Samdech <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/grand-plans-for-80-billion-capital%e2%80%88city-fit-for-a-techo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 200 people celebrAting World Environment DAy on WednesdAy gAthered in front of the NAtionAl Assembly to submit A petition Asking the government to stop the destruction of CAmbodiA’s forests. A report releAsed by the WWF lAst month sAid thAt CAmbodiA hAs lost Almost A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/on-world-environment-dAy-A-cAll-to-sAve-cAmbodiAs-forests/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control announced on Thursday that there has been a strange increase in the number of cases of paratyphoid a fever from travelers returning from Cambodia. Since March 2013, there have been 34 cases of paratyphoid a fever reported from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ecdc-reports-increase-in-paratyphoid-a-fever-from-travelers-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the 15-storey Vimean Keo Choronai Condominium close to completion, some 70 per cent of its apartments have already been sold. Vimean Keo Choronai sits in what eventually will be an expansive, leafy garden setting on National Road 1 about 600 metres from Monivong Bridge <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garden-view-condominium-complex-a-hit-with-locals-and-foreigners-alike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The vast majority of the country’s 600,000-strong garment factory workforce appeared to be back on the job Monday despite a call from unions to continue a stay-at-home strike until Tuesday. Eight unions had spent weeks urging workers to stay home after the Khmer New Year from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stay-at-home-strike-a-bust-as-workers-return-to-factories/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Nearly four years after it was established by the Commerce Ministry and one year on from its official launch, the National Commercial arbitration Center (NCaC) held its first annual assembly Friday. The NCaC was set up in 2010 to provide businesses with an alternative to the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/four-years-on-arbitration-center-a-step-closer-to-taking-cases/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A drAft telecommunicAtions lAw is cAusing concern from rights groups, who sAy it threAtens freedom of speech online, one of the few spAces open to politicAl discussion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/drAft-lAw-could-meAn-A-crAckdown-on-online-freedom-expert-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Cambodian People’s Party and Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) have set up a joint working group to draft rent control law, a senior opposition official said Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-cnrp-set-up-a-working-group-to-draft-rent-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court will be seeing a lot of union leader ath Thorn next week. From next Monday through Thursday, it has summonsed the president of the country’s largest independent union to three rounds of questioning over three separate cases in which Mr. Thorn <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-busy-week-at-court-expected-for-union-leader-ath-thorn/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Social media has emerged to play a crucial role in providing many Cambodians with information that could mean better governance, an expert says. Ok Serei Sopheak, a good governance specialist, told “Hello VOa” that sites like Facebook help people get information quickly and easily, and can <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/social-media-a-potential-new-tool-for-good-governance-expert-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Villagers in a remote district of northeast Cambodia’s Kratie province say obtaining medical treatment has become extremely difficult since the government reinforced a ban on unlicensed health workers and clinics earlier this month in the wake of a mass HIV infection last year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-villagers-say-medical-treatment-is-a-pain-following-government-directive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

During the Management of Residual Explosive Remnants of War (MORE) Symposium in Siem Reap this week, attendees were invited to a demonstration at a live minefield only an hour north of the town. Despite indications that the 2019 treaty deadline would not be met and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/money-a-worry-for-deminers-ahead-of-2019-clean-up-deadline/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Authority for Protection And MAnAgement of Angkor And the Region of Siem ReAp (APSARA) will build A $10 million hospitAlity center in Siem ReAp, home of Angkor WAt temple. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ApsArA-to-build-A-10-million-hospitAlity-center-in-siem-reAp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith said Cambodia has not yet received any reactions from India over angkor Wat replica in Biha State after sending a protest note to the Ministry of External affairs of India concerning the plan. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-minister-says-india-has-not-yet-reacted-back-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

It is a simple solution to a wildlife water shortage. During the annual dry season [November through april] in a protected forest in eastern Cambodia, wildlife scientists hired local workers with shovels to dig out accumulated sediment from six remote and dried-up waterholes. The result: During <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/this-simple-trick-helped-fix-a-wildlife-water-shortage-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Election Committee (NEC)’s leaders including chairman, vice chairman will receive a group of German Bundestag delegation on Thursday, said NEC’s news alert. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/necs-leaders-to-meet-a-group-of-german-bundestag-delegation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Victims of sexual violence can often have difficulty reintegrating into society, but experts say the healing process from such assault can be a lifelong struggle. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-victims-of-sexual-violence-a-lifelong-struggle-for-mental-health/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Environment today held a workshop to collect inputs from all stakeholders for drafting the environmental code for orienting Cambodia in walking in the right way, and reflecting the people’ need. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-environment-collects-inputs-for-a-draft-on-environmental-code/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

UK retailer Marks &amp; Spencer (M&amp;S) is trialling a new campaign aimed at helping 14,000 garment workers in Cambodia deal with common health issues, as part of its Plan a ethical programme. The company, which aims to become the world’s most sustainable major retailer by 2015, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/uk-cambodia-worker-health-part-of-ms-plan-a-progress/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>