On 17th November 2022, LICADHA issued a joint statement on AIIB loans to Cambodian microlenders risk worsening a human rights crisis.We, the undersigned civil society organisations in southeast Asia and Europe, decry the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) approval of Us$175 million in financing to ss='cambodia-color'>...

To increase the efficiency of criminal background checks, the Ministry of Justice will trial a digital application process from February 6. In a February 3 public notice, the ministry said that moving the process to a digital platform would makes applications faster and easier for the ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a video conference with the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and VF Corporation, Cambodia’s secretary of state of the Ministry of Commerce, sok sopheak, who heads the commission for manufacturing subcontract management in the garment, textile and footwear industry, said the country will ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 13 February 2023, Asian Network for Free Elections issued a statement condemning the shutdown of Voice of Democracy (VOD) in Cambodia.The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) condemns the shutdown of the Voice of Democracy (VOD) in Cambodia today, a blatant attack on media ss='cambodia-color'>...

Angkor Archaeological Park, one of the Kingdom’s biggest tourist attractions notched a whopping 312 percent hike in sales of entry passes totalling $27.8 million in the January-October period this year, according to a report from the state-owned Angkor Enterprise. sales of entry passes to foreign ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia approved fixed-asset investment projects worth $1.39 billion in the first two months of 2024, a significant rise of about 500 percent compared to the same period last year, a Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)’s report said on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Deforestation has always been a problem in Cambodia since the 1970s, and it has aggravated in​the last decade. some protected areas have been deforested. Between 2001 and 2018, Cambodia had lost 557,000 hectares (11.7%) of forest cover in protected areas.1 This loss has had an ss='cambodia-color'>...

Higher education, in general, refers to education beyond the secondary level. Higher education institutions (HEIs) in Cambodia can be classified into three categories: The Royal Academy, university, and college. Cambodia’s higher education consists of an associate degree, four years of undergraduate education, two years of ss='cambodia-color'>...

N.B. After receiving feedback from Forestry Administration and other organizations, ODC has updated the data on this page and included forest cover 2014, adopting the methodology outlined in the notes that you can read here. Please contact us if you have any questions about these ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnam has joined Cambodia in questioning the sustainability of the planned Don sahong dam project on the Mekong River in southern Laos, saying more environmental impact studies are needed before the scheme moves forward. Le Duc Trung, director general of the Vietnam National Mekong Committee under ss='cambodia-color'>...

At least six people were injured on Friday when a small group of Borei Keila villagers were evicted from the grounds of an unfinished building in Phnom Penh that they began occupying this week in a bid to draw attention to a years-long fight for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just updated the economic land concession and developer information of Chhun Hong Rubber Better Co., and published an amendment contract between the company and the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). Published with comprehensive documentation, the profile page is accessible ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has one of the youngest and fastest-growing populations in southeast Asia, with a population of approximately 16 million in 2019.143 According to the World Bank, the country’s birth rate per 1,000 people decreased slightly, from 25.5 in 2010 to 22.4 in 2018.144 With economic growth ss='cambodia-color'>...

Civil StatuSCambodia haS one of the youngeSt and faSteSt-growing populationS in SoutheaSt ASia, with a population of approximately 16 million in 2019.159 According to the World Bank, the country&rSquo;S birth rate per 1,000 people decreaSed Slightly, from 25.5 in 2010 to 22.4 in 2018.160&nbSp;With economic SS='cambodia-color'>...

The first outbreak of COVID-19 was reported in China in late 2019 and on 30 January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).175 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the global economy and the growing crisis ss='cambodia-color'>...

 On Monday, June 3, 2024, ODC attended an afternoon conference titled “Enabling Environment for a Human-Centered Adoption of AI in AsEAN” at the sofitel Angkor Phokeethra Resort in siem Reap, Cambodia. The conference was a side event of the larger 85th meeting of the AsEAN ss='cambodia-color'>...

Construction on a Phnom Penh tower block. Photo by Axel Drainville, taken on 4 May 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0The construction industry has boomed in Cambodia. From 2000 to November 2018, Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction approved 43,136 construction projects representing ss='cambodia-color'>...

Defining and measuring forests is not an easy business. Definitions that initially sound very similar can turn out to have crucial differences. Understanding the terms is important for understanding forest use, forest cover, forest laws and policies and deforestation. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 01 August 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a sectoral Consultation Workshop on the Enhancement of Dataset and the Profile Page on Foreign Investment in Cambodia at sunway Hotel Phnom Penh. Thirty-two participants (11 females), including civil societies, researchers, indigenous NGOs, and university students ss='cambodia-color'>...

As a part of the Innovations for social Accountability in Cambodia (IsAC) project, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is pleased to share the Open Data survey conducted by Internews.In 2019, Internews commissioned ITC lecturer Vamoeurn Nimol and Júlia Garcia Puig to review existing resources and conduct ss='cambodia-color'>...