រោងចក្រ​កាត់ដេរ​នៅតែ​បន្ត​បើក​ដំណើរការ​នៅក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ បើ​ទោះបីជា​ប្រទេស​នេះ​កំពុង​ប្រឈម​នឹង​ការ​គំរាមកំហែង​កាន់តែ​ខ្លាំង​ឡើង​ៗ ពី​ការបាត់បង់​ឋានៈ​របស់​ខ្លួន​ពី​ EBA​ ជាមួយ​សហភាព​អឺរ៉ុប​ក៏ដោយ​ នេះ​បើ​យោង​តាម​របាយការណ៍​មួយ​ដែល​បាន​ចេញផ្សាយ​កាលពី​ពេល​ថ្មី​ៗ។ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/gArment-fActories-opening-despite-potentiAl-loss-of-ebA-deAl-report/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Three people have drowned and more than 3,000 have been evacuated since flash flooding struck a trio of provinces late last week. Yesterday, the Cambodian Red Cross said it was mobilising aid and planned to have packages of rice, canned fish, noodles and other materials in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/flooding-claims-three-lives/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Citibank, one of the largest banks in the US, showed stronger interest in Cambodia yesterday when the Bangkok-based Thailand head of the big international bank met with Economy and Finance Minister Kheat Chhon. Mey Vann said Citibank recognized that Cambodia had a good investment climate and incentives <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/citibank-looks-to-cambodia-for-investment-opportunities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is trying to attract foreign investors with manufacturing bases in neighbouring countries, with promises their factories would be safer from flooding. The Phnom Penh Post reported that Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh is appealing to foreign investors with production bases in neighbouring countries, particularly Thailand, to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-lures-foreign-investors-in-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) slAshed CAmbodiA’s GDP growth to 6.4 percent this yeAr, 0.1 percentAge point lower thAn its April’s forecAst of 6.5 percent, According to the bAnk’s Outlook 2012 UpdAte releAsed on WednesdAy The bAnk predicted thAt CAmbodiA’s gross domestic product to grow by <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/Adb-lowers-cAmbodiAs-economic-growth-to-6-4-in-2012-due-to-weAk-globAl-demAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Construction of the Lower Sesan 2 Dam in Stung Treng province will begin in 2014 and the government will spend next year relocating some 5,000 people from villages that are located in the dam’s future reservoir area. Located near the confluence of the Sesan and Srepok <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/construction-of-lower-sesan-dam-in-stung-treng-to-start-in-2014/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Garment Manufacturer’s association in Cambodia (GMaC) signed a $3.5 million loan agreement with French international development agency agence Francaise de Development (aFD) yesterday to build Cambodia’s first garment sector training school. The school will train Cambodia’s unskilled garment workers and other Cambodians who wish to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/loan-agreement-inked-for-cambodias-first-garment-training-school/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous Region on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on strengthening bilateral communication and cooperation in agriculture. The deal was inked between Lord Reasmey, secretary-general of Cambodia’s Ministry of agriculture, and Zhang Mingpei, director- general of Department of agriculture of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-chinas-guangxi-sign-deal-to-cement-agricultural-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives of the Golden Gain Shoe factory yesterday demanded in court that six members of the Coalition of Cambodian apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (CCaWDU) pay $200,000 in compensation for organizing a week of strikes at the factory. Factory management has accused the leader of the factory’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/factory-wants-200000-from-union-members-after-strikes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Economic land concessions remain a major concern, with more than 230 people arrested in 2012, an increase of more than 150 percent from the year before, according to an annual report by the rights group adhoc. That means land conflicts have increased, Thun Saray, president <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/2012-sees-jump-in-land-disputes-and-grants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Construction costs in the Kingdom have increased only 1.36 per cent year-on-year, compared to Cambodia’s inflation rate, which is projected at 3.5 per cent for 2012, according to a new report from global estate agents CBRE. The company says the minimal increase is due to the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/construction-costs-low-but-could-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Another witness to the fAtAl shooting of prominent environmentAlist Chut Wutty And militAry police officer In RAttAnA hAs sAid he did not see who shot the men After testifying in Koh Kong provinciAl court yesterdAy. Puom RAvin, A 37-yeAr-old employee of the logging firm Timbergreen sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/chut-wutty-witness-hAd-eyes-elsewhere/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The growth prospects of the Cambodian economy in 2012 remain moderate, as has been expected. Cambodia’s real Gross Domestic Product (GOP) is estimated to grow at a rate of 6.2 percent year-on-year, which is unchanged from our estimation at the beginning of this year. Persistently weaker demand in the European and US markets remain the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodias-economic-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In February, Son Chhay wrote to the premier urging him to investigate illegal logging outside the legal clearing area slated for the Stung Tatai dam reservoir in Koh Kong province and the environmental destruction that would be wrought by the Stung Cheay areng dam.  In a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/pm-insists-worries-about-dam-overblown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two financing agreements, implemented by the French Development agency, were signed on 12 July 2012 at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Finance, H.E.M. Keat Chhon, to support two key sectors for economic and rural development of Cambodia. a financing agreement of 800,000 Euros (1 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/france-helps-microfinance-and-hevea-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The 21st ASEAN Summit opened in Phnom Penh yesterdAy under the theme One Community, One Destiny, with meetings during the three-dAy event expected to tAckle such issues As meAsures to build the ASEAN Community, regionAl peAce And security, And strengthening co-operAtion between the bloc’s member <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/AseAn-issues-declArAtion-to-promote-regionAl-community/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s banking sector has maintained strong and steady growth in terms of loans and deposits in 2012 thanks to better economic performance, a central bank’s senior official said Tuesday. “Our banking system remains robust this year despite economic crisis in Europe and economic slowdown in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodias-banking-industry-sees-robust-growth-in-2012/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Changes in demography and technology have altered the behavior of Cambodian media consumers, with youth increasingly using social media platforms to share news and information. Pen Sophal, a graduate student in media management at Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology, says print and electronic media outlets in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/social-media-changing-cambodias-information-landscape/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two men were arrested yesterday and more than 1 ton of rosewood was confiscated after the car they were using to transport the illegally logged luxury wood smashed through a police barricade in Kandal province, officials said. Deputy Kandal provincial police chief Sao Sothun said that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/two-men-arrested-after-1-ton-of-rosewood-seized/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 4,000 workers from two Phnom Penh garment factories belonging to a company that supplies international brands Gap, H&amp;M and Levi Strauss returned to work yesterday after reaching an agreement with owners, union and factory representatives said yesterday. Eah Chip Eang, personnel manager for SL <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/phnom-penh-garment-factory-protest-resolved/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>