On Wednesday 23 September 2015, lawmaker leaders of the parties having seats in the National assembly will have a meeting to discuss amendments to Law on Election of Commune/Sangkat Council from 17:30 pm, at the National assembly’s office. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-announcement-on-a-meeting-between-lawmaker-leaders-of-the-two-parties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As the CAmbodiAn government moves forwArd with the creAtion of A lAw to regulAte cyber-security, experts sAy Any legislAtion should include cleAr lAnguAge to prevent Abuse of the lAw And restrictions to online freedoms.A drAft of the lAw from July obtAined by VOA Khmer sAys <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mediA-experts-wArn-AgAinst-A-cyber-crime-lAw-thAt-hurts-online-freedom/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An officiAl At the Council for the Development of CAmbodiA confessed during his triAl on MondAy to soliciting bribes from A gArment fActory to process its import ApplicAtions, but sAid he did not believe At the time thAt he wAs committing A crime. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-officiAl-tells-court-he-didnt-know-bribe-wAs-A-crime/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government’s anti-logging task force on Monday confiscated nearly 3,000 logs stashed in a forest clearing in Mondolkiri province, officials said on Tuesday. The owner of the 2,949 pieces of second-grade timber&mdash;Khlong, Tbeng and Trach&mdash;is unknown, said Eng Hy, spokesman for the National Military Police, which <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/who-owns-the-2949-logs-found-by-a-government-task-force/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering won a $120 million deal from a Japanese retail giant aeon Co. to build a shopping mall in the Kingdom of Cambodia, a deal that is expected to help the Korean engineering company that has been focusing on plant construction diversify <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hyundai-engineering-wins-120mn-order-to-build-a-mall-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia angkor air, the Kingdom’s flag carrier, inked an agreement with Singapore-based aircraft leasing company BOC aviation Ltd yesterday to dry lease two airbus a320s, with the new planes scheduled for delivery by the end of the year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/flag-carrier-to-expand-fleet-with-two-dry-leased-a320s/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new page on “Health services and centers” under access to public services in both Khmer and English.=>Please click here to get in to Public transportation page. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-profile-page-on-health-services-and-centers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Forest protection NGOs” under Environment and natural resources in both Khmer and English.=>Please click here to get into Forest protection NGOs topic page. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-forest-protection-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In an unusually candid interview yesterday, United States ambassador to Cambodia William Heidt questioned whether the Cambodian government ever had “an honest desire” to form a relationship with the US, as Prime Minister Hun Sen continues to claim the superpower backed a purported “revolution”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-ambassador-says-cambodia-not-interested-in-a-positive-relationship-with-us/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A trove of documents left behind by lAw enforcement officiAls At A recently shuttered cockfighting ring Allegedly owned by the nephew-in-lAw of Hun Sen AppeArs to show orgAnised pAyments to police And government officiAls Across KAndAl province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AbAndoned-documents-At-rAided-cockfighting-ring-suggest-A-network-of-locAl-pAyoffs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Malaysia is investing some US$250 million to establish a Cambodia Islamic Trade Centre (CITC) seen as positive contribution to the country’s economic development. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysia-to-establish-a-us250-million-islamic-trade-centre-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than a month after businesses on a prime stretch of Occheuteal Beach were told to pack up and leave, officials in Preah Sihanouk province are still unaware of local conglomerate Royal Group’s plans for the space. Evictions on the beach began around Christmas time, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/royal-group-plan-for-sihanoukville-beach-cleared-of-businesses-remains-a-mystery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian farmers plant rice in a paddy field in Kampong Speu province august 21, 2012. a drought has hit Cambodia during its rainy season destroying more than 100,000 hectares of crops across the country, a government spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. according to National Committee <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-farmers-plant-rice-in-a-paddy-field-in-kampong-speu-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia will earn about $50 million a year from exports of dried cassava to China through Sihanoukville autonomous Port, Deputy Prime Minister Yim Chhay Ly said Thursday. Cambodia’s agricultural exports previously went through Vietnam and Thailand, amounting to between 7,000 and 8,000 tons a year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-earn-50-mln-a-year-from-cassava-exports-to-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The price for cassava plants is increasing in the Kingdom’s north-western provinces, where the new season started. Due to the lack of rain many were damaged, according to farmers and officials. Sreng Sreang, deputy director of the Pailin longan collective, which planted about five hectares of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/farmers-of-cassava-afraid-of-losing-out-to-a-lack-of-rainfall/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sitting in front of her small house in the Chey Thorn commune of Kandal province, 35-year-old Sokhun’s face is etched with worry. She would like to plant crops on her four hectares of land, but she only has enough money to cultivate two of them. She could go to a microfinance finance institution <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/high-interest-rates-on-loans-remain-a-big-hurdle-for-cambodian-farmers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With the promise of better care for both mother and baby during labour, the Maternal Child Medical Centre was inaugurated yesterday at the Siem Reap Provincial Hospital. The inauguration was presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Tea Banh, who said the centre was the first of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-siem-reap-health-centre-to-be-a-boon-for-mothers-babies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ASX-listed Indochine Mining hAs completed the first pArt of A A$26.3-million cApitAl rAising, And hAs signed A deAl with fellow-listed CApitAl Mining to dispose of An 85% shAreholding in its wholly owned subsidiAry, which owns gold Assets in CAmbodiA. EArlier this month, the precious metAls developer <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/indochine-rAises-A5-5m-sells-85-of-cAmbodiA-gold-Assets/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

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The Opposition leader reaffirmed that the Cambodia National Rescue Party would not join the National assembly until there is an agreement on new election. “We will not join the assembly until there is an agreement on the holding of a new election,” Sam Rainsy said in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-will-not-join-the-parliament-until-a-new-election-sam-rainsy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>