Borey River Town, a residential property development around three kilometres northeast of downtown Phnom Penh on National Road 6a has been selling well for the first two months of the year, according to Teng Rithy, the development’s general manager. Rithy said that the rate of sales <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/river-town-project-sees-budding-prospects-in-sales/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 500 protesters erected bArricAdes on NAtionAl RoAd 76A in KrAtie province’s Snuol district on SAturdAy to protest the loss of their fArmlAnd And homes to encroAchment by three Agro-industry firms: SovAnn Rithy, SAmnAng Angkor And DAi NAm CAmbodiA, officiAls sAid yesterdAy. The protest, which remAined <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/protesters-block-highwAy-over-Alleged-lAnd-grAbs-by-firms/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Council of Ministers on January 13 examined, discussed and agreed to the draft policy on land management and use to convert Preah Sihanouk province into a “Model Multi-Purpose Special Economic Zone” with planning to that end from 2022-2038. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-sihanouk-special-economic-zone-policy-draft-approved/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Constructors AssociAtion (C.A.) wAs officiAlly formed on October 7th with An Aim to develop the country’s construction And reAl estAte sector. The C.A. lAunching ceremony wAs presided over by Senior Minister And Minister of LAnd MAnAgement, UrbAn PlAnning And Construction H.E. Im Chhun Lim. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-estAblishes-constructors-AssociAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After two And A hAlf yeArs, Chevron’s CAmbodiA country mAnAger, Steve Glick, will move on from his position in whAt the oil And gAs giAnt cAlled A routine rotAtion, According to A stAtement releAsed yesterdAy. Glick, who cAme to the job in 2011, will be “tAking <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/oil-And-gAs-giAnt-chevron-rotAtes-locAl-personnel/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Some 1,000 employees from one of Cambodia’s largest microfinance institutions gathered in the Koh Pich exhibition hall yesterday to watch a River Changes Course, the award-winning documentary about three Cambodians from different backgrounds all struggling to eke out a living in fast-changing times. Why angkor Mikroheranhvatho (Kampuchea) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lender-singled-out-after-documentary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

It will be years before oil starts to be produced by energy giant Chevron’s offshore site in the Gulf of Thailand, a senior Cambodian official said yesterday. Meng Saktheara, secretary of state at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, said that negotiations over taxation have continued <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-oil-for-up-to-five-years-cambodian-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Singapore-based upstream oil and gas firm KrisEnergy Ltd said on Monday it has agreed a $65 million deal to buy out Chevron Corp’s interest in an offshore oil block in Cambodia and take over as the block’s operator. KrisEnergy said in a statement it plans to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/singapores-krisenergy-buys-out-chevron-in-cambodian-oil-block/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian embassies rescued 13 Cambodian workers in Thailand and three maids in Malaysia, Koy Kuong, spokesman for Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation, said Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/16-cambodian-workers-rescued-in-thailand-malaysia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn And ThAi dispute over oil neArly reAched A resolution when then prime minister of ThAilAnd ThAksin ShinAwAtrA wAs ousted wAs reveAled in diplomAtic cAbles releAsed by WikileAks. The cAble detAils A meeting between the US-ASEAN Business council in Phnom Penh on MAy 15, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/thAksin-oil-deAl-interrupted/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Violence erupted yesterday in Kratie province’s Snuol district where six people were shot and injured when RCaF soldiers working for a rubber company opened fire on a crowd of villagers who were trying to stop the company from clearing land in the area, police and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/soldiers-shoot-villagers-over-land-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Qatar airways will add a stop in Phnom Penh on it [sic] Doha-Ho Chi Minh City route, 20 February, while air France announced it will pull its Phnom Penh service in March. Qatar airways will operate a daily service between Doha-Phnom Penh via Ho Chi Minh <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/qatar-airways-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Increases in Cambodia’s GDP and foreign direct investment (FDI) are helping to drive the supply and demand in the Kingdom’s office sector, according to a new report from global property agents CBRE. Increasingly, international businesses are favouring Cambodia, in particular Phnom Penh, mainly due to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/logistics-and-insurance-firms-driving-office-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia plans to open bids for concessions on 19 onshore oil and gas exploration blocks to promote investment in the sector, a senior official at the country’s Ministry of Mines and Energy said on Wednesday. The Southeast asian country is also keen to talk with international <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-mulls-auctioning-off-shore-oil-blocks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 200 critically endangered royal turtles will be moved to a new center in Koh Kong’s Mondol Seima district today with 13 Siamese crocodiles also being relocated. Eng Mengey, communications officer for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), said royal turtles were now facing threats to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/royal-turtles-get-new-home/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government’s Disability action Council (DaC) on Monday announced that it would be including speech therapy in its strategic plan for the next four years to address the problem of speech and swallowing disorders. DaC Secretary-General Em Chan Makara said the decision comes after research, conducted <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/disability-groups-put-focus-on-speech-therapy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Singapore-based KrisEnergy Ltd. (KrisEnergy or the Company), an independent upstream oil and gas company, referred to the announcement dated aug. 11 in relation to the acquisition of the entire issued and paid up share capital of Chevron Overseas Petroleum (Cambodia) Limited (COPCL) and announces the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/krisenergy-formally-takes-over-as-operator-of-cambodias-offshore-block-a/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Less than five months from the national elections, Prime Minister Huns Sen yesterday warned the public that his ruling CPP party would stop making charitable donations towards infrastructure and national development if the party is not re-elected. Speaking at the inauguration of a Chinese-funded expansion of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-says-cpp-largess-will-end-if-election-is-lost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The number of condominiums in Phnom Penh has increased 22 percent to 2,578 units since the beginning of the year, according to data released yesterday by asia Real Estate Cambodia. The firm said that the majority of the new units came from the completion of 10 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/number-of-condominiums-grows-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Singapore-listed oil and gas firm KrisEnergy Ltd is moving closer to finalising its deal with the Cambodian government that will pave the way for extraction from the Block a offshore oil field once negotiations over a technical strategy and fiscal regime have been finalised. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oil-firm-ready-to-push-ahead-with-offshore-drilling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>