Local officials apologized yesterday to the Vietnamese owners of a rubber plantation in this northwestern province, after a dispute with local residents spiraled out of control a day earlier with angry villagers setting a company building aflame.  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/furious-villagers-respond-with-flames/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

All but A hAndful of foreign journAlists on stAff At The Phnom Penh Post, CAmbodiA’s lAst remAining independent dAily newspAper, resigned on WednesdAy. Citing differences over the meAning of “editoriAl independence,” they quit within dAys After new owners fired its editor-in-chief who refused to remove A published <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/At-cAmbodiAs-lAst-independent-newspAper-top-editor-fired-foreign-journAlists-quit/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia attracted 333,900 Chinese tourists last year, a 35 percent rise compared with 247, 200 Chinese visitors in a year earlier, according to a report of the Ministry of Tourism on Tuesday. “We see a steady rise of Chinese tourists to Cambodia from year to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-greets-333900-chinese-tourists-in-2012-up-35-pct/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Ministry of Social affairs officials yesterday conducted a meeting between the owners of a factory, which produces clothing for H&amp;M, Gap and Levi Strauss, and its workers, but threatened to file a complaint against the Coalition of Cambodian apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCaWDU), union representatives <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-meets-striking-union-representatives/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Both the National assembly and the Constitutional Council of Cambodia, the highest legal authority in the land, convened closed-door meetings Thursday during which they decided not to reinstate opposition leader Sam Rainsy as a voter and parliamentary candidate for Sunday’s national election. according to a copy <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sam-rainsys-last-minute-efforts-to-run-rebuffed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has a response to teachers’ request for health insurance: We’ll provide it if you buy it. at a meeting in Takeo province this past weekend, the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ association (CITa) said an upcoming teacher strike would include health insurance on the list of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/benefits-for-teachers-not-yet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Property prices in Phnom Penh’s prime residential locations increased by 13.7 per cent in the first half of 2014, while prime office development land prices increased by 7.6 per cent, according to Knight Frank Prime asia Development Land Indices. Ross Wheble, the independent global property consultancy’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-half-sees-values-spike-for-prime-residential-areas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Six economic land concessionaires in Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey provinces have had their contracts to supply the government with wood to build housing for soldiers and their families cancelled. In 2011, after the conflict with Thailand over the Preah Vihear temple, the government encouraged the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/logging-deals-cancelled/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

British conservation group Fauna &amp; Flora International says it has captured the first image of a yellow-bellied weasel in Cambodia under a joint initiative with Oxford University. In a statement released Wednesday, the group said researchers led by FFI field biologist Channa Phan were conducting a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shock-and-awe-as-yellow-bellied-weasel-found-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In an effort to “clean” Phnom Penh’s streets ahead of the coming Pchum Ben celebrations, authorities in Daun Penh district yesterday rounded up 27 homeless people. Kim Vutha, district security chief, told the Post that authorities conducted the roundup in Wat Phnom, Srah Chak, Boeung Raing and Chey <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/holiday-brings-street-sweeps/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The battle for subscriber numbers rages on in the still-clustered Cambodian mobile market. Smart Mobile this week announced it passed the 3 million-subscriber mark, which would make it Cambodia’s second-largest operator by subscriber numbers after Vietnam’s Metfone. Numbers obtained by the Post showed Cellcard with a consecutive <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/telcos-still-vie-for-subscribers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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Two thousand five hundred &ndash; for Mom Dalin, this is more than just a random number or the price of a coffee, it is her way of making a living. The 55-year-old sits at a small desk in her son’s shop on Sihanouk Boulevard, within sight <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/discount-shops-attracting-crowds/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Mean Nara, ODC’s Senior Mapper, spoke to the audience about the launch of the GeoServer.On april 30, the ODC team hosted a monthly Phnom Penh Mapping Meet-up (PPMM), in which ODC, atlas, and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut presented on the recent project updates and results. as <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/phnom-penh-mapping-meetup-15/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Energy is about more than just electricity. It includes all means used to provide energy for industrial and domestic purposes, from firewood for cooking to national electricity production. This section focuses on production, distribution and use of power. activities involving the exploration, extraction and refining <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/fa_slide/energy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup #21You’re invited to the PPMM #21, which is scheduled for Tuesday, October 29. Please mark your calendar and extend the invite to your friends. We have two very exciting presentations/discussions:1.  Paul, from aruna Technology,  is giving a presentation on remote sensing, using <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/ppmm-21-monitoring-forest-degradation-using-satellite-imagery-when-mapping-meets-arts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Villagers in Koh Kong province involved in a land dispute with a Chinese company received notice on Saturday that the local government will soon implement a court order kicking them off their land, officials and a villager said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eviction-date-draws-nearer-for-koh-kong-villagers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The son of a police lieutenant colonel and a member of a commune council were among four people arrested Thursday in Kom­pong Thom province for dealing drugs and were remanded in custody, a court prosecutor said Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/drug-sting-snares-policemans-son-commune-council-member/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phum Doung Bridge over the Tatai River. Photo by Robert Tyabji, taken on  9 December 2010. Licensed under  CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Bilateral aid is assistance given by a government directly to the government of another country or to a local NGO. The Royal Government of Cambodia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/bilateral-development-assistance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 400,000 gArment And footweAr mAkers will get A US$5 A month rAise stArting in JAnuAry, And the fActories thAt employ them will receive A two-yeAr tAx holidAy, Prime Minister Hun Sen sAid yesterdAy. The $5 rAise, from $61 to $66 A month, is intended to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pAy-rAise-for-gArment-workers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>