It was supposed to be about supermarkets helping the planet by cutting down on plastic bags, but it turned into a war of words &ndash; and a veritable duel of conflicting data &ndash; over just how many plastic products Phnom Penh’s population discards each day. On <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/claim-about-quantity-of-citys-plastic-waste-prompts-debate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rights group Adhoc sAid yesterdAy thAt A lArge-scAle mArch in RAtAnAkkiri province involving hundreds of ethnic minority villAgers cAught in lAnd disputes would go on As plAnned lAter this month despite the government’s refusAl to Approve the mArch. The provinciAl coordinAtor for Adhoc, Pen BonnAr, sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/rkiri-villAgers-to-mArch-without-permission/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The government last month granted four companies a total 23,000 hectares of land concessions for agro-industry projects and a special economic zone (SEZ), according to human rights groups, which said it obtained the information from government documents. an additional 500 hectares inside a wildlife sanctuary were <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/23000-hectares-of-land-concessions-approved/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has officially opened a stock exchange, which economists say will provide a chance for the development of the country and job creation. However, they warn that mismanagement of the bourse could also lead to economic woes. “When this stock market goes well, it will <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/economists-see-growth-potential-in-stock-exchange/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s garment sector is in danger of losing its reputation for adherence to international labor standards because of the widespread use of “abusive temporary labor contracts,” according to a report released by Yale Law School on Wednesday. “Cambodian garment manufacturers have adopted the practice of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/fixed-duration-contracts-threaten-garment-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

CAMBODIA’S prices were 7 percent higher At the end of June compAred to the month in 2010, According to NAtionAl Institute of StAtistics officiAl Sim Ly yesterdAy. Although the orgAnisAtion wAs still prepAring to releAse the officiAl figures, Sim Ly sAid the figures would Also <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/figures-reveAl-inflAtion-increAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A US-AseAn Business Council delegAtion representing 11 fortune 500 compAnies concluded A two-dAy visit to Phnom Penh on SAturdAy, the council sAid in A stAtement. With CAmbodiA scheduled to tAke the chAirmAnship of AseAn next yeAr, members from US compAnies such As Chevron, GE, Abbot, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/us-fortune-500-firms-wrAp-up-cAmbodiA-visit/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) yesterdAy countered Prime Minister Hun Sen’s prediction thAt gross domestic product growth will reAch 8.7% this yeAr, citing A smAller projection in its AnnuAl AsiAn Development Outlook updAte. The premier quoted the growth figure in A speech given on MondAy, but <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/Adb-sees-growth-for-kingdom/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Phnom Penh is making a comeback after years of sluggishness and weak demand in the property sector, real estate agents said. Rose Condominiums, a project in Chamkar Mon district consisting of eight 28 and 29-story towers holding more than 350 units, has already sold out ahead <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/demand-for-city-property-slowly-returning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rolling out what may be the world’s longest krama, some 130 protesters presented the National assembly with a petition yesterday morning bearing thousands of thumbprints urging lawmakers not to pass a trio of pending laws. “We all urge the government to stop its attempt to pass <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/krama-petition-urges-government-to-abandon-trio-of-laws/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

About 40 evictees form the Borei KeilA community blocked A roAd in Phnom Penh’s PrAmpi MAkArA district for neArly two hours yesterdAy, protesting A letter written by municipAl governor Kep ChuktekmA stAting thAt they hAd no right to stAte-provided housing. According to A copy of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/former-borei-keilA-residents-protest-ApArtment-rejections/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The upcoming visit of Chinese president Hu Jintao to Cambodia next week will build closer ties between the two countries, China and aSEaN as the visit is coincided with the 20th aSEaN Summit, said a senior official Sunday. The visit will also create more confidence among <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/hus-visit-in-cambodia-boosts-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Unless Cambodian exporters find new routes to China, a proposed doubling of bilateral trade to US$5 billion by 2017 would mean little more than increased Chinese goods and investment flooding into the Kingdom. Chinese investments and imports dominated bilateral trade with Cambodia, which was worth about <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/tourism-wins-in-china-trade-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Just two days after dozens of workers fainted at a factory in Kompong Speu province that manufactures clothing for US sports brand Nike, another 300 workers at the same factory fainted on Friday. Chy Sakla, a secretary for the Free Trade Union (FTU) at the Sabrina <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/hundreds-more-faint-again-at-nike-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of NGOs on FridAy cAlled on AustrAliA And the AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB) to suspend work And funding for A government-led project to rehAbilitAte the country’s rAilwAy system should Authorities in Poipet City follow through on An eviction notice delivered to 22 fAmilies <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/donors-fAce-mounting-pressure-over-rAil-project/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

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លទ្ធផល​ប្រឡង​បាក់ឌុប​ឆ្នាំ ២០១៥ មាន​ភាព​ប្រសើរ​ជាង​ឆ្នាំ​មុន​ខណៈ​ដែល​បេក្ខជន​ជាប់​មាន​ប្រមាណ ៥៥ ភាគរយ​ហើយ​ក្នុង​នោះ​និទ្ទេស A មាន​ដល់​ទៅ ១០៨ នាក់​បើ​ធៀប​នឹង​លទ្ធផល​ឆ្នាំ ២០១៤ ការ​ប្រឡង​លើក​ទី ១ ដែល​បេក្ខជន​ជាប់​មាន​ប្រមាណ​តែ ២៥ ​ភាគរយ​ហើយ​និទ្ទេស A មាន​ត្រឹម​តែ ១១ នាក់​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ​។ តាម​សេចក្តី​ប្រកាស​ព័ត៌មាន​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/test-results-pleAse-mAny/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

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