The US embassy in Phnom Penh intends to hold a webinar on doing business in Cambodia, providing information on the benefits and challenges of working in the country for US firms. “This is the first webinar that will focus on investment opportunities and an overview of  <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/us-embassy-to-hold-investment-webinar/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The French and German chambers of commerce have both merged into the larger European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia in order to gain combined strength and be more effective as an interface between European business and the Cambodian government. The agreement is set to be formalised <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/business-chambers-merge-with-eurocham/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Forty-four Number One and OK condom packers, out of work since their contracts ended on Sunday, protested outside the office of health NGO Population Services Khmer (PSK) in Phnom Penh yesterday, demanding “unpaid” seniority bonuses. Representative So Nita said the workers, four of whom have physical <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/condom-packers-seek-unpaid-bonuses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A tropicAl storm thAt rAked VietnAm for the pAst two dAys hAs Affected five CAmbodiAn provinces, with severe flooding And dAmAge in three of them. TropicAl storm MAngkhut descended on Northern VietnAm on WednesdAy And yesterdAy, deluging the Mekong River And flooding AreAs of BAnteAy MeAnchey, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/tropicAl-storm-wreAks-hAvoc/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Newly established Wat Phnom airlines completed its maiden flight to Taiwan’s Taoyuan International airport on July 10. But its predecessor, grounded Tonlesap airlines, is said to owe the same airport more than $50,000 in landing fees. The local chartered carrier “is officially in business after it <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/chartered-carrier-takes-off/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the middle of an election campaign in which wages have been a prominent issue, the Ministry of Education did something out of the ordinary Monday: It made public the official pay scale it uses to remunerate its teachers. The list contains figures that are somewhat <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/teacher-raises-made-public/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s per capita GDP was projected to hit 1,036 U.S. dollars in 2013, up from nearly 1,000 U.S. dollars in a year earlier, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Saturday. The premier said the country has enjoyed full peace and political stability in the last 15 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodias-per-capita-gdp-to-reach-1036-usd-this-year-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPaI) in Battambang affecting backyard poultry. an immediate notification was sent to the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE) reporting that the causal agent has been identified as the HPaI virus, serotype H5N1. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/hpai-in-cambodia-affects-backyard-poultry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

There should be stronger legislative co-operation between Vietnam and Cambodia, agreed Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam National assembly Tong Thi Phong and the second Vice President of the Senate of Cambodia Tep Ngorn. During a meeting on Saturday during the 34th General assembly of the aSEaN <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-vietnam-look-to-enhance-legislative-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A teAcher At TeA ChAmrAth High School in PursAt town hAs Accused school director Bou SovAnnArith And deputy director Chhub BunthA of forcing students to pAy bribes in the form of, Among other things, enrolment fees for mAtriculAtion into the 2013-2014 AcAdemic yeAr. PhAt MAlin, the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/officiAls-demAnded-bribes-teAcher-sAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An Eco-tourism initiAtive in Mondulkiri province will remAin open for dAytime visits only for the time being, After Authorities heArd from officiAls At the ElephAnt VAlley Project (EVP) And locAls who complAin the NGO siphons tourism money. EVP officiAls met with people who filed complAints with <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/mondulkiri-elephAnt-row-continues/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Anti-logging Activists wrote to the United NAtions yesterdAy to cAll for the monitoring of A lAwsuit in which they Accuse hundreds of officiAls in KAmpong Speu province’s Phnom OrAl Wildlife SAnctuAry of illegAl deforestAtion. The NAturAl Resource And Wildlife PreservAtion OrgAnizAtion (NRWPO) listed 241 officiAls it <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/Activists-seek-un-monitors/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The death toll from Mekong River and flash floods in Cambodia has risen to 122 in the past four weeks, a senior disaster control official said Monday. “To date, the floods have killed 122 people and affected some 1.5 million people,” Nhim Vanda, vice-president of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-flood-death-toll-climbs-to-122/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the past two years, the French embassy in Phnom Penh has been drawn into at least two high-profile cases in which their nationals have died in suspicious circumstances in Cambodia. In an attempt to improve forensic investigations in the Kingdom, the French embassy announced <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/french-offer-forensics-101/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​បកសម្បក​ស្វាយចន្ទី នៅ​ភូមិ​តាធាវ ស្រុក​កំពង់ស្វាយ ខេត្ត​កំពង់ធំ កំពុង​ដើរ​តួនាទី​យ៉ាង​សំខាន់​ក្នុង​ការ​លើក​កម្ពស់​ជីវភាព​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ក្នុង​តំបន់​។ មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​នេះ​បាន​ដាក់​ឲ្យ​ដំណើរការ​កាលពី​ខែ​ឧសភា ឆ្នាំ ២០១៣ ក្រោម​ជំនួយ​របស់​ធនាគារ​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​អាស៊ី ADB។ កាលពី​មុន​កសិករ​ដាំ​ស្វាយចន្ទី​ក្នុង​សមាគម​នេះ​អាច​លក់​គ្រាប់​ស្វាយចន្ទី​ស្រស់ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/profits-peeled-At-new-centre/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia reported 74 landmine casualties in the first seven months of this year, down 36 percent from the 115 casualties over the same period last year, the figures of the Cambodia Mine action Center (CMaC) said Tuesday. During the January-July period this year, 12 people were <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/landmine-casualties-in-cambodia-down-36-pct-in-7-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has seen a remarkable rise in the exports of milled rice in the first eight months of the year due to increasing demand on international markets, official figures showed Wednesday. The data, from the single window secretariat for facilitating milled rice exports, recorded that the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodias-rice-exports-up-107-pct-in-8-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Ministry of Commerce said Friday that it had issued operating licenses to 1,952 new companies in the first eight months of the year, down 15 percent compared with the 2,300 firms over the same period last year. During the January-august period this year, the ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-sees-15-pct-drop-in-new-business-registration-in-8-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Returning to a long-time party priority, opposition lawmakers yesterday said they will travel to Kampong Cham’s Memot district today to investigate claims that Vietnamese troops were forcing farmers off land that rightfully belongs to Cambodia. Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker-elect Mao Monyvan, who ran in Kampong <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/border-beat-goes-on-for-opposition/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Taking strides to curb Cambodia’s high maternal and child mortality rates, health officials yesterday launched a $14 million initiative to improve women’s limited access to reproductive health care. During the three-year Partnering to Save Lives campaign, funded by ausaid, NGOs Care Cambodia, Marie Stopes and Save <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/womens-health-gets-14m-boost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>