Million-home dilemma
A soAring populAtion And increAsed migrAtion to urbAn AreAs will creAte demAnd for more thAn A million new homes by 2030, According to A drAft nAtionAl housing policy. Approved by the Council of Ministers on FridAy After A series of revisions, the drAft highlights the increAsing <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/million-home-dilemmA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/million-home-dilemma
Police say official had luxury logs
An immigrAtion officiAl At the Ministry of Interior’s office in RAtAnAkkiri province wAs Arrested yesterdAy, Accused of illegAl logging, district police sAid. O’YAdAv police chief Sok Min sAid provinciAl court prosecutor Liv Sreng led militAry And police officiAls on A cAr chAse thAt ended with the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-sAy-officiAl-hAd-luxury-logs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-say-official-had-luxury-logs
Tramway in Capital Feasible by 2017, Firm says
A public trAmwAy system in Phnom Penh could be completed by As eArly As 2017, A representAtive of A French urbAn consultAncy compAny sAid yesterdAy. The municipAlity Announced in October thAt SystrA, A rAilroAd consultAncy firm bAsed in FrAnce, wAs conducting A feAsibility study on A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/trAmwAy-in-cApitAl-feAsible-by-2017-firm-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Weekend marked by spate of drunken shootings
A dAy After A militAry officer fired off A round from his hAndgun At A Phnom Penh restAurAnt, Another officer And A government bodyguArd were involved in sepArAte drunken shootings on SundAy, police officiAls sAid MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/weekend-mArked-by-spAte-of-drunken-shootings/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/weekend-marked-by-spate-of-drunken-shootings-95795/
Union Official Forced to Sign ‘Confession’
A union representAtive who wAs beAten And detAined by police during A protest WednesdAy wAs releAsed After being forced to sign A stAtement tAking responsibility for stArting A fight with Authorities, union officiAls sAid yesterdAy. A bloodied Rong PAnhA, A representAtive of the CAmbodiAn AlliAnce of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/union-officiAl-forced-to-sign-confession/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Australia to continue assisting Cambodia’s vulnerable people
AustrAliA hAs pledged to grAnt $50 million A yeAr to support CAmbodiAn vulnerAble people, including people with disAbilities, women who Are victims of violence And the minority groups. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliA-to-continue-Assisting-cAmbodiAs-vulnerAble-people/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50811288/australia-to-continue-assisting-cambodias-vulnerable-people/
Pailin Governor takes action against encroachers
The government continues to move to crackdown on land encroachers, with Pailin Governor Ban Srey Mom took action against a group of land encroachers in the province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pailin-governor-takes-action-against-encroachers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501096310/pailin-governor-takes-action-against-encroachers/
Cambodia and China sign protocol of Phytosanitary requirements for fresh coconut export
Cambodia and China have recently signed a protocol of phytosanitary requirements to export fresh coconuts from Cambodia to China. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-and-china-sign-protocol-of-phytosanitary-requirements-for-fresh-coconut-export/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363745/cambodia-and-china-sign-protocol-of-phytosanitary-requirements-for-fresh-coconut-export/
KOICA’s $10m project is launched successfully
A new $10 million project by the KoreA InternAtionAl CooperAtion Agency (KOICA), to improve rurAl living conditions And strengthen governAnce of rurAl development in the northwestern region of CAmbodiA, hAs stArted successfully. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/koicAs-10m-project-is-lAunched-successfully/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501303486/koicas-10m-project-is-launched-successfully/
NEC praises smooth process of first day of election campaign
The first day of a three-week-long campaign for the 7th National Election was conducted smoothly with security, safety, good order and without violence. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-praises-smooth-process-of-first-day-of-election-campaign/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501317507/nec-praises-smooth-process-of-first-day-of-election-campaign/
Police officer sued over alleged threat to shoot journalist
A journAlist in PAilin province yesterdAy filed A lAwsuit AgAinst A locAl police officer for Allegedly threAtening to kill him if he published A story About A drunken shooting spree the officer went on lAst week. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-officer-sued-over-Alleged-threAt-to-shoot-journAlist/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-officer-sued-over-alleged-threat-111209/
Nagaworld reaches tax deal
NagaWorld, a subsidiary of a Hong Kong-listed NagaCorp, reached a deal with the Ministry of Economy and Finance to pay a new tax rate on their non-gaming operations, said a ministry official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%81%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%98%e1%9f%82%e1%9e%9a-nagaworld-reaches-tax-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29693/nagaworld-reaches-tax-deal/
Activist Tep Vanny makes new bid for release from Cambodia prison
Boeung Kak community land activist Tep Vanny is making another bid for release in a case that sent her to prison over a 2013 protest outside the home of Prime Minister Hun Sen. Vanny’s sister, Huot Chansovann, filed a petition on Monday to Hun Sen’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activist-tep-vanny-makes-new-bid-for-release-from-cambodia-prison/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-tep-vanny-makes-new-bid-release-cambodia-prison
Two Killed in Brawl at Thai Seafood Factory
A CAmbodiAn mAn And A Burmese mAn were killed on MondAy in A mAss brAwl thAt broke out between hundreds of migrAnt workers At A seAfood fActory in ThAilAnd, A worker And A government officiAl sAid yesterdAy. Fighting Allegedly broke out between workers At SiAm InternAtionAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/two-killed-in-brAwl-At-thAi-seAfood-fActory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Government Bank Gives Loan for Rice Milling
The government-backed Rural Development Bank has handed a $4.5 million loan to a company planning to invest in Cambodia’s efforts to export more milled rice. Rural Development Bank chairman Son Kuon Thor said yesterday that the bank was giving the loan to a new company <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-bank-gives-loan-for-rice-milling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Australian firm bets on Bavet
AustrAliAn-listed Cell AquAculture (CAQ) &ndAsh; A onetime A mArine technology compAny &ndAsh; hAs purchAsed A cAsino on the CAmbodiA-VietnAm border in A bid to generAte much-needed revenue After neAring bAnkruptcy in 2013. On MAy 26, CAQ Announced in A stAtement to the AustrAliAn Stock ExchAnge thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliAn-firm-bets-on-bAvet/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/australian-firm-bets-bavet
LGBT rights need to be addressed, says report
Due to discrimination, sexual minorities in the country face high poverty, bullying and elevated dropout rates, with the government’s ambiguous stance on LGBT issues worsening the situation, a UN report says. “Laws and policies in Cambodia are silent on LGBT people and rights,” states Being LGBT <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lgbt-rights-need-to-be-addressed-says-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Charles Rollet and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lgbt-rights-need-be-addressed-says-report
China signs 100,000-tonne rice import agreement
The Chinese government-run China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) will today formally agree to import 100,000 tonnes of rice from Cambodia, local officials say. Representatives from COFCO and Green Trade Co, a Cambodian government-owned agriculture firm, today met in Beijing to sign the agreement, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-signs-100000-tonne-rice-import-agreement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-signs-100000-tonne-rice-import-agreement
Survey says: deported
The government’s countrywide census of foreigners resulted in the first deportations, as six undocumented Vietnamese workers were sent back across the border from Ratanakkiri province last week, officials said yesterday. The move prompted one provincial NGO worker to call for more deportations as part of a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/survey-says-deported/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly and Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/survey-says-deported
Audi opens dealership in capital
Automotive AsiA (CAmbodiA), the only Authorised deAler of Audi vehicles in CAmbodiA, opened its first showroom in Phnom Penh yesterdAy. The 2,000-squAre-metre showroom on Monivong BoulevArd currently holds just two of the GermAn cArmAker’s models, the Q7 And the A8L, with prices rAnging between $135,000 And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Audi-opens-deAlership-in-cApitAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Hor Kimsay
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/audi-opens-dealership-capital