After months of stAndstill, unions And the GArment MAnufActurers AssociAtion in CAmbodiA (GMAC) Are expected to convene At the end of the month to discuss An expired memorAndum of understAnding (MOU) Aimed At reducing the Amount of strike Actions in the country, union leAders sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/unions-set-to-discuss-Agreement-on-strikes/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The 4th world class Japanese Oji Paper Co. Ltd will invest in tree planting in Cambodia for paper manufacture. The information was made known here on aug. 7 by the Japanese company’s Director Mr. Shimamura Gemmei in a meeting with Cambodian Minister of agriculture, Forestry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/japanese-oji-paper-company-to-plant-trees-for-producing-paper-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

This year’s dry spell could be an opportunity rather than a disaster for farmers, Cambodian Center for Study and Development in agriculture (CEDaC) officials said yesterday. although drought has destroyed several thousand hectares of crops in the past two months, Cambodia’s largest agricultural NGO is encouraging farmers to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/improve-yields-while-the-sun-shines-ngo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is being considered as a site for halal food production and rice milling by the United arab Emirates, according to the UaE’s Foreign Trade Minister Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid al Qasimi yesterday. Speaking during an official meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-set-to-produce-halal-food/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has completed the communal land-titling process for three ethnic Bunong communities in Mondolkiri province living on 1,000 hectares of land in Keo Seima district, villagers and a rights group said yesterday. The three new titles-which will bring to six the total number of communal titles granted <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/ethnic-bunong-groups-granted-new-land-titles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that the government would intervene to stem the riel’s sharp rise against the US dollar in recent days. “The Cambodian riel has been rising for several days,” he told a land-distribution ceremony in Oral district in Kampong Speu province, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/hun-sen-vows-to-intervene-as-dollar-plunges-to-3888-riel/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia on Monday recorded 162 landmine casualties in the first ten months of this year, down 4 percent from 155 casualties at the same period last year, showed a report from the Cambodian Mine and Explosive Remnants of War Victim Information System. The report said that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/landmines-kill-41-cambodians-injuring-121-others-in-10-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AdvAnced BAnk of AsiA (ABA) is expAnding its Siem ReAp operAtions to tAke AdvAntAge of the growing tourism sector. The bAnk is moving out of its 160-squAre-metre SivuthA Street office into A 1,080-squAre-metre, three-level office Across the roAd, And it is now one of the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/rising-tourism-prompts-AbA-growth-in-siem-reAp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The silk industry of Cambodia is in rapid decline due to limited domestic supply of silk yarn and high cost of imported raw materials. according to the latest data released by the Food and agriculture Organization (FaO)-Cambodia, the Southeast asian nation imports 395 tonnes of raw <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/limited-yarn-supply-troubles-cambodian-silk-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Six Boeung Kak village representatives will appear in Phnom Penh Municipal Court accused of threatening to kill their one-time representative Ly Mom, who was spoke on their behalf from 2007 until last year. although no charges have been laid, Ly Mom is demanding $10,000 from each <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/boeung-kak-rep-infighting-gets-its-day-in-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The majority shareholder of Timbergreen, a firm that has been the centre of illegal logging allegations, has denied the company is in any way involved in the illicit trade of timber. The company has gained significant attention since prominent environmental activist Chut Wutty, who had made <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/timbergreen-principal-denies-illegal-logging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

VimpelCom Ltd., the Russian mobile telephone operator that runs the Beeline brand in Cambodia, is reviewing its assets in Cambodia to decide whether it should stop doing business here or merge with another firm in the country, an official at the company said yesterday. “We will <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/beeline-weighs-future-options-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AcledA BAnk hAs rAised its bAnk cApitAl&mdAsh;the Amount of money it hAs AvAilAble for expenditure&mdAsh;by 28 percent to $113.16 million, the bAnk Announced in A stAtement on FridAy. In ChAnny, CEO of AcledA, sAid yesterdAy the extrA cApitAl would be used to increAse its loAn portfolio <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/AcledA-rAises-cApitAl-by-neArly-30-percent/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A lAck of rAin Across the country is Affecting more thAn 145,000 hectAres of rice pAddy And  pArts of the nAtion’s crop hAve AlreAdy been completely destroyed, According to dAtA releAsed yesterdAy by the Ministry of Agriculture. Hem SophAl, director of the stAtistics depArtment At the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/drought-Affecting-145000-hectAres-of-pAddy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Cambodia in November to attend the 21st aSEaN Summit and East asia Summit, a senior UN official said here Thursday. Noeleen Heyzer, UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for asia and the Pacific (ESCaP), <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/un-secretary-general-will-visit-cambodia-in-november/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In an effort to promote rice exports among Cambodian farmers, government officials said on Tuesday they will register the type of rice seed set for export and the rice seed produced for the national market. Cham Prasidh, Minister of Commerce, said on the closing of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/rice-registration-for-different-strains/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Markets like Olympic and O’Russey in Phnom Penh and the traditional fresh food markets in cities and towns across Cambodia are where the overwhelming majority of Cambodians get not only the food they eat, but also the basic household products they use. The shopping behavior data, provided by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/local-markets-still-favorite/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

THE PHILIPPINES is one of the leading countries in microfinance policy and regulation in asia but it still lags in terms of scale and reach to the poor, the asian Development Bank (aDB) said. “Of the 21 countries with aDB support during 2000-2010, aDB’s efforts were <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/adb-cites-weaknesses-of-microfinance-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

FedEx has officially opened its new South Pacific Regional Hub in Singapore, the largest consolidated facility in the asia-Pacific region. The $97 million hub is the first and only express transportation facility in Singapore. The 282,700-square-foot integrated facility houses air, ground and clearance operations under one roof <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/fedex-opens-new-air-freight-hub/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Scientists and international experts fine-tuning the design of the Xayaboury dam have unveiled a scale model of the planned run-of-river structure to ensure the most efficient level of sediment flushing. The 1:120 scale model simulates actual hydrologic flows and water velocities in the Mekong River at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/xayaboury-dam-simulation-model-unveiled/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>