A mission to exAmine politicAl rights in CAmbodiA hAs been increAsingly overshAdowed by the Kingdom’s dire lAnd rights situAtion, the 2012 report from CAmbodiA’s UN speciAl rApporteur on the situAtion of humAn rights, published yesterdAy, shows. CAmbodiA’s rApporteur, SuryA Subedi, conducted two fAct-finding missions to CAmbodiA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/lAnd-rights-worry-un/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

About 60 fArmers met yesterdAy in Phnom Penh to rise their concerns About the lAw on the mAnAgement of fArmlAnd thAt is currently being drAfted by the Ministry of Agriculture, which critics sAy will legAlize lAnd grAbbing. The lAtest public version of the drAft lAw grAnts power <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/fArmers-concerned-thAt-drAft-lAw-will-legAlize-lAnd-grAbs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s businesses need to dramatically improve their accounting standards if they are to attract interest from investors abroad and reach the standards necessary to list on the recently launched stock market, experts and government officials said yesterday. Speaking at the National Conference on accountancy in Phnom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/firms-need-to-improve-accounting-standards/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Although the CAmbodiAn government hAs projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Around 7 percent this yeAr, A bit higher thAn come other internAtionAl finAnciAl orgAnizAtions like the AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) And the InternAtionAl MonetAry Fund (IMF), it does not meAn thAt the country’s projection could not <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/cAmbodiA-import-export-the-first-hAlf-yeAr-AnAlysis/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

China has done a lot to support Cambodia over the years, with millions of dollars in aid, loans and investment. But after reports last week that China has pledged another $500 million in soft loans and grants-and publicly thanked Cambodia for its support in Southeast <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-says-no-strings-attached-in-recent-chinese-aid-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ASEAN senior officiAls on energy gAthered here on MondAy to discuss And prepAre documents for the 30th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting And relAted meetings to be held on Sept. 12. The two-dAy prepArAtory meeting, under the theme “ASEAN Green Connectivity”, wAs chAired by Tun <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/AseAn-senior-officiAls-meet-AheAd-of-30th-AseAn-ministers-on-energy-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Charoen Pokphand Group is leaning towards investing more in Indochinese countries in light of their growing economies and regional trade liberalisation through the asean Economic Community in 2015. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam have a wealth of natural resources that could support the group’s products from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cp-group-plans-more-investment-in-indochina/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Norwegian energy firm Eltek Valere won an injunction from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court earlier this month against the Thai-owned mobile operator Mfone after it filed a complaint claiming that Mfone had failed to pay $3.73 million in service charges, court documents obtained Friday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/court-issues-injunction-over-mfone-debt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Japanese investment in Cambodia is steadily increasing as a result of sharply rising wages in China and other Southeast asian nations. But experts warned this week that for sustained investment growth&mdash;and to avoid driving Japanese companies to other attractive investment destinations such as Burma &mdash;the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/japanese-investment-grows-hurdles-remain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The minister of posts and telecommunications yesterday said he needs more time to investigate corruption and mismanagement allegations at state-owned firm Telecom Cambodia before involving other government institutions. Telecom Cambodia director-general Lao Saroeun is officially on sick leave, but staff at the company say they were <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/telecom-cambodia-corruption-investigation-needs-time/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) yesterdAy revised its prediction for economic growth in CAmbodiA down to 6.5 percent As it wArned thAt weAkening demAnd from mArkets in the US And Europe could Affect exports leAving the country. The ADB’s biAnnuAl outlook report for 2012 Also sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/bAnk-forecAsts-drop-in-gdp-growth-to-6-5/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

With Sunday’s commune elections quickly approaching, the five main political parties are all predicting substantial gains over how they faired in the last election in 2007, though none deny that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) will continue to dominate the polls. and with the entrance <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/commune-vote-predictable-but-margins-less-so/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian rice millers will increase their capital to purchase unmilled rice this season as bankers agreed to provide more loans, insiders said on Monday. Baitong will increase its capital to purchase up to 140,000 tonnes of fragrant unmilled rice, compared to last year’s 70,000 tonnes said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/rice-millers-to-increase-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As much of the world struggles with post growth, CAmbodiA’s tourism And hospitAlity sector continued to expAnd And diversify, AttrActing more intrAregionAl Activity And especiAlly from mAjor emerging mArkets in AsiA, MICE segments, As well As trAditionAl leisure clientele. Like neighboring countries ThAilAnd, VietnAm, MAlAysiA And LAos, CAmbodiA hAs quickly emerged into A well sought-After tourist <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/cAmbodiA-reAching-new-heights/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Mr. Luu Meng, president of hotel association in Cambodia said this week that Cambodia needs to develop tourism skills to compete with other countries in the aSEaN region as the kingdom has more opportunity to attract foreign visitors. “Our skills of hospitality are limited in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-needs-to-develop-qualified-tourism-skills-private-sector-said/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The growth in international tourists visiting Cambodia is almost 27 per cent that of the numbers seen during the first six months of 2011, according to tourism officials who are predicting that the growth may be 25 per cent at the end of this year. Visitors <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/asian-tourist-numbers-up-profits-stagnant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The 44th economic ministers (AEM) meeting And relAted meetings will be held from 25 August-1 September, 2012 in Siem ReAp province. The ministers will focus on the economic community in 2015 And boost economic council to move forwArd  becAuse this community is going smoother thAn other two <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/cAmbodiA-hosts-44th-AseAn-economic-minister-meeting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

ASEAN leAders hAve proposed putting off the plAnned lAunch of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) until the end of 2015, insteAd of the beginning of thAt yeAr, so eAch member stAte will hAve more time to prepAre for the single mArket, According to CAmbodiAn Commerce <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/the-ArrivAl-of-the-AseAn-economic-community-will-likely-be-delAyed/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Officials from the government  U.N. and human rights groups on Friday put forward amendments to draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) that is designed to impose safeguards for Cambodians to travel to work as maids in Malaysia. While the original draft by the Malaysian government sets out the responsibility of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/experts-put-forward-changes-to-draft-agreement-protecting-maids/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia rose five places to rank 133rd out of 185 countries in the World Bank’s annual Doing Business report released yesterday, with the bank attributing the rise for the most part to the successful launch of the country’s credit bureau. Compared to other countries in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-moves-up-in-world-bank-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>