After About 70 villAgers And environmentAl Activists spent the weekend trying to drive AwAy sAnd-dredging bArges they clAimed were illegAlly operAting off the coAst of Koh Kong province, A locAl officiAl sAid MondAy thAt he hAd ordered A brief suspension of All dredging in the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/koh-kong-officiAl-orders-brief-suspension-of-sAnd-dredging/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Vietnam, the world’s third largest rice exporter after India and Thailand, has raised by 3% the export price floor for the 25% broken rice to $350 a ton as it prepares for a tender in the Philippines, traders said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-export-prices-rise-for-rice-sought-by-phl/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The company that has been given production rights over a 5,500-square-km area off the coast of Sihanoukville known as Block D has been given 10 days to submit their exploration plans to be reviewed by the Mines and Energy Ministry, a spokesman said Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-to-review-oil-companys-plans/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia exported 243,025 tons of milled rice in the first five months of this year, representing a 63.9 percent increase on the 148,262 tons recorded the year before, according to a report from the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-rice-exports-increases-63-percent-in-first-five-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With Phnom Penh’s parking situation in “disarray,” City Hall has agreed to allow a Cambodian-Japanese joint venture to test a paid-parking scheme next month in an effort to reduce the number of parked cars clogging the capital’s streets, according to company officials. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firm-tests-paid-spots-to-curb-parking-woes-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturers association in Cambodia (GMaC), which represents most of the country’s export-oriented garment factories, will establish a training institute with the aim of replacing more than 8,000 jobs in the garment industry held by foreign  workers with a highly skilled local workforce. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-training-to-boost-local-talent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After A meeting with U.S. President BArAck ObAmA thAt wAs dogged by protests from VietnAmese exiles And expAtriAtes, the heAd of VietnAm’s Communist PArty sAid WednesdAy thAt humAn rights were A top concern of the AuthoritAriAn, one-pArty country. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vietnAms-communist-pArty-chief-Addresses-humAn-rights-in-key-u-s-trip/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia and Vietnam on Thursday wrapped up a three-day meeting to discuss  tensions over their disputed border, with the two sides agreeing to complete demarcation of territory “very soon,” but a Cambodian opposition lawmaker dismissed the agreement and accused his government of ceding land to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vietnam-agree-to-complete-border-demarcation-very-soon/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A yeAr After A protest At Freedom PArk thAt turned violent And wAs lAbeled An Attempted insurrection, the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court on MondAy Announced thAt it would fAst-trAck the triAl of 11 men Arrested in its AftermAth And ordered them not to leAve the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/court-to-fAst-trAck-triAl-of-insurrectionists/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiAn court on TuesdAy sentenced 11 opposition pArty Activists to prison terms of up to 20 yeArs on insurrection chArges for pArticipAting in A protest thAt turned violent, prompting the defendAnts’ lAwyers And rights groups to denounce the hArsh penAlties. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-court-sentences-opposition-pArty-Activists-on-insurrection-chArges/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A pilot project to creAte the first-ever mechAnicAl toll-pArking system in the CAmbodiAn cApitAl hAs spArked concern Among the city’s freelAnce pArking AttendAnts, who eke out A living on the tips they receive from helping drivers find spAce to pArk their cAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pArking-AttendAnts-leery-of-AutomAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The leader of Cambodia’s opposition party on Thursday denounced the conviction and sentencing of 11 party activists to prison terms of up to 20 years for participating in a protest that turned violent as a “brutal act of repression.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-party-leader-decries-sentences-as-act-of-repression/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Responding to 12 opposition lawmakers who issued a letter asking the government to bring a case against Vietnam to the International Court of Justice over its alleged border incursions, Prime Minister Hun Sen this week said his administration was already doing fine demarcating its eastern <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-letter-to-lawmakers-pm-says-border-work-on-track/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three more opposition activists were charged with “joining an insurrection” Wednesday for taking part in a CNRP-led protest that turned violent last year, with two being sent to Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison and a third detained overnight at municipal police headquarters. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/three-more-charged-over-freedom-park-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A prominent lAwyer And A lAwmAker on ThursdAy rejected the lAtest explAnAtion from the Anti-Corruption Unit for why it cAnnot pursue chArges AgAinst the disgrAced former heAd of the NAtionAl MAlAriA Center, who hAs been told to pAy bAck hundreds of thousAnds of dollArs in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/double-stAndArd-in-mosquito-net-bribe-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Three activists from environmental NGO Mother Nature were summoned to appear at the Botum Sakor district police station in Koh Kong province on Friday to answer for their involvement in a campaign to chase off a sand-dredging company accused of destroying the environment, officials said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-summon-three-koh-kong-anti-sand-dredging-activists/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite implementing a ban on marketing for breast-milk substitutes (BMS) in an effort to boost natural breastfeeding, suppliers of baby formula continue to commit “flagrant violations” of the law by marketing their products illegally and claiming superior health benefits, a new report shows. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/marketing-tactics-illegal-orgs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In an effort to curb illegal migration, the Ministry of Interior issued a letter on Tuesday announcing that all migrant workers who want to gain employment abroad will be able to obtain so-called migrant passes instead of having to wait for a regular passport. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/passes-set-to-replace-passports-for-migrants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has announced a program that will allow approved exporters to use their invoices to self-certify their products’ origin, removing the need to apply directly to the ministry each time a company needs to ship goods from Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/initiative-to-self-certify-origin-of-goods-set-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new breAkout of Porcine Reproductive And RespirAtory Syndrome (PRRS) hAs tAken the lives of more thAn 1,200 pigs while infecting some 3,200 more in three districts Across Siem ReAp since mid-August, A new report by the province’s Agriculture DepArtment sAys. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAss-infection-in-pigs-spArks-feArs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>