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>

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>

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>

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>

[[“Actors”,”Expertise/purposes”,”Website”,”FAcebook”],[“ HeAly ConsultAnts“,”HeAly ConsultAnts is A privAte compAny thAt Assists multinAtionAl clients with business set up in over 200 countries.”,””,”Link“],[“PRASAC MicrofinAnce Institution“,”PRASAC is A privAte microfinAnce institution thAt pArticipAted with SME BAnk in the SME co-finAncing scheme. It offers loAns to SMEs with An investment <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/?post_type=tAblepress_tAble&p=161555 ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Criminal litigation refers to the judicial procedure held before a criminal court to resolve accusations brought against a person accused of a criminal offense. as defined in the law, “The purpose of a criminal action is to examine the existence of an offense, to prove <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/criminal-litigation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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 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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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-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>

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>

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>