More than half of Cambodians living in rural areas still do not have access to treated water, about 200 people heard yesterday at a forum at the Phnom Penh Hotel. The event was sponsored by WaterSHED, an NGO funded by USAID’s Regional Development Mission-Asia and the Stone Family Foundation. According href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/looking-to-increase-water-access/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) will forgo an opportunity to voice opposition to the Xayaburi dam project – which member state Laos began building in November – when it meets for its annual council meeting next week. Surasak Glahan, communications officer with the MRC secretariat, confirmed href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/xayaburi-dam-not-on-agenda/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia (FTB) and Tong Yang Securities (Cambodia) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding on financial consultation services and trade co-operation that is hoped to expand banking and securities business in the country. The MoU should bring the bank and the securities firm into href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/ftb-signs-mou-with-tong-yang/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sri Lankan agricultural group Lankem Ceylon PLC says it plans to plant 20,000 hectares of rubber in Cambodia as part of a diversification strategy. Lankem chairman A Rajaratnam disclosed the strategy in the company’s annual report for the year to March, 2012, released by the company href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/sri-lankan-company-to-plant-20000-hectares-of-rubber-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s production of paddy rice is forecast at about 9.3 million tonnes this year, unchanged from last year’s estimate but up from 8.8 million tonnes in 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said Thursday. In its latest quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Situation report, the UN href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodias-rice-output-forecast-to-be-similar-to-last-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

ភ្នំពេញ​ គឺជា​ទីក្រុង​មួយ​ក្នុង​បណ្តា​ក្រុង​ដែល​រីក​ធំធាត់​យ៉ាង​ឆាប់រហ័ស​ក្នុង​ អាស៊ី​អាគ្នេយ៍​។​ ទីក្រុង​នេះ​មាន​កំណើនប្រជាជន​ជិត​៥០០,០០០នាក់ ​រវាង​ឆ្នាំ​២០០០​ និង​ឆ្នាំ​២០១០​ ក្នុង​ចំណោម​ប្រជាជន​ក្នុង​ក្រុង​នេះ​សរុប​ ១.៤​លាន​នាក់​។​ នេះ​មាន​ន័យ​ថា​ជា​ការ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/growing-pains-as-capital-keeps-expanding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Informal workers, a class that includes beer promoters, tuk tuk drivers and farmers, are among those who stand to benefit most from the upcoming trade-union law, observers say – and workers say it can’t come soon enough. Dave Welsh, country director of the American Center for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/workers-waiting-for-a-bargain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A senior agricultural official is concerned by the prevalence of fake fertilizers that cause stunted rice crops and reduce farmers’ profits. Ngin Chhay, director of the Rice Crops Department in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry, told the Development Research Forum in Phnom Penh yesterday the products were href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/fake-potash-reduces-rice-profits-and-farm-output/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The ASEAN Infrastructure Fund, the largest pooling of financial resources among Southeast Asia’s 10-member bloc, held its first board meeting in Manila last week, but the extent to which Cambodia will borrow from the non-concessional fund has yet to be determined, experts said. ASEAN countries and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/newest-asean-fund-may-be-out-of-reach-for-cambodian-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Access to the region’s largest collective financial resource, the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund, could be easier than expected for Cambodia, according to an Asian Development Bank economist. Initiated in May, the fund is expected to lend up to US$4 billion and leverage up to $13 billion for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/asean-infrastructure-fund-could-be-within-cambodias-reach/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

An estimated 600 people will travel to parts of the Cardamom Mountains in Koh Kong province to investigate illegal logging and commemorate the death of slain environment activist Chut Wutty tomorrow. Communities from eight provinces that have been affected by deforestation will travel to Koh Kong href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/leader-lost-but-activists-fight-on/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Fuelled by downward pressure on internet pricing, state-owned Telecom Cambodia had dramatically increased its fibre-optic link with Vietnam, officials and experts said. The new 10-gigabyte connection would further lower prices and boost the speed of Cambodian internet connections in a market where demand for bandwidth was driven by href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/bandwidth-boost-underway/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has urged Laos to halt construction of the controversial Xayaburi hydro dam project in the country’s north, a letter obtained by the Post yesterday reveals. “Preliminary construction on Xayaburi dam has continued despite the lack of regional agreement,” Minister of Water Resources and Cambodia National Mekong Committeechairman Lim href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/water-minister-urges-laos-to-halt-xayaburi/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A Ford assembly plant in Preah Sihanouk province will supply Cambodia’s limited but growing car market, the American carmaker’s local representative RMA Cambodia announced yesterday. The US$3 million investment, wholly owned by RMA, has a capacity of up to 6,000 vehicles per year, and is expected href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/ford-plant-opens-in-sihanoukville/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian military has concluded that one of its own police officers killed a prominent environmentalist then took his own life in an incident in a forest rife with illegal logging. Chut Wutty had been taking photographs on Wednesday in a forest where a Chinese company href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodian-officer-killed-environment-activist-then-took-own-life-army-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/three-convicted-in-uk-over-cambodian-biofuel-scam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ Tokyo​ Electric​ Power​ Co.​ Holdings​ នឹង​សហការ​ជាមួយនឹង​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ Toshiba​ ដើម្បី​រៀបចំ​ខ្សែបណ្តាញ​អគ្គិសនី​ជាតិ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ ដោយ​សង្ឃឹមថា​ នឹង​ធានា​ដល់​ប្រភព​ចំណូល​ថ្មី​ ដើម្បី​ប្រើប្រាស់​សម្រាប់​ការ​ចំនាយ​លើ​ការ​​បោស​សម្អាត​នៃ​​គ្រោះ​មហន្តរាយ​​ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/tepco-toshiba-to-manage-power-grids-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

សាលាដំបូងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញសម្រេចឃុំខ្លួនសមាជិកគណបក្សប្រឆាំងចំនួន៣នាក់ និង​ប្រធាន​សមាគមមួយរូប ជាបណ្ដោះអាសន្ន កាលពីថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ ក្រោមបទចោទផ្សេងៗគ្នា ខណៈបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង និងអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិលអំពាវនាវឱ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាល​បើកលម្ហសិទ្ធិសេរីភាព​ជាមូលដ្ឋាន និង​ដោះលែងអ្នកទាំងបួន។ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/resounding-call-to-release-human-rights-defender-koet-saray-charged-for-incitement-in-preah-vihear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Fishery resources could fall this year because of a lack of flooding along rivers and waterways impeding fish from travelling freely or finding food to encourage their growth, a fishery official says. Sam Nov, deputy general director of Fishery Administration at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/fish-output-likely-to-drop/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance yesterday urged companies intending to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) to buy insurance to bolster public confidence. Vice President Bo Chanpiro of the Financial Industry Department of the Ministry of Economy and Finance said the finance sector relies not only href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/insurance-urged-for-csx-listings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...