In terms of attractiveness, one of Cambodia’s assets is the relative absence of intense development along its coasts, in comparison with neighboring countries. The 440 kilometer-long coastline includes a large area of non-urbanized zones, where locals can make their livelihoods from coastal resources. Cambodia’s coastline ...

Cambodia has strong diplomatic links with many countries. Its warmest relationship with a superpower is with the People's Republic of China. The most important economic ties are with China, the United States of America, Thailand and Vietnam. Cambodia is a member of the UN, ASEAN, ...

Between 2010 and 2018, 73 people have been victims of extra-judicial violence, more commonly referred to as “mob justice” or “mob killings” and these acts of violence resulted in 57 deaths and 16 wounded.41 Those figures are considered by experts to be largely underestimated due ...

Participants are having group photo ​after the presentation.On May 25-26, 2018 the ODC team joined the Banteay Meanchey BarCamp. Being the second BarCamp conference organised in 2018, and the first time the event was taken place at the Meanchey University of the Banteay Meanchey province. ...

ODC Design Team Leader, Huy Eng, was supported by the OKFestival Foundation to attend the Open Knowledge Festival 2014, which took place July 15–17 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The event was held at the Kulturbrauerei, an aesthetically beautiful piece of architecture originally built and operated ...

Counting money. Photo by Aaron Gilson, taken on 5 April 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia re-opened for international trade in the 1980s, opened up to foreign investment in 1994, joined ASEAN in 1999, and became a member of the WTO in 2004. Its bilateral ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen were at the Aid for Trade Global Review 2019. Photo by World Trade Organization (WTO), taken on 03 July 2019. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.International trade plays an essential role in improving Cambodia’s growth, employment and business opportunities. Trade policy ...

In Southeast Asia, Cambodia is one of the countries rich in natural resources—gemstones, gas, oil, phosphates, manganese, iron ore and timber.244 Since the early 2000s, many companies like Thailand’s PTT, Petro Vietnam and China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) have searched for possible oil reserves ...

Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, and Prime Minister Hun ​Sen at Gala Dinner for ASEAN Heads of State/Government/Delegation and Spouses, dated 12 November 2022. Photo from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia.Cambodia and Australia established their diplomatic ties ...

In October 2013, ODC and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs established a collaborative partnership to aggregate data and describe trends regarding Cambodia’s donors and development assistance. This partnership is tied to SIPA’s Workshop in Development Practice, a course for second-year, Master’s degree ...

Under Cambodia’s Constitution, all Khmer citizens have equal status before the law, regardless of wealth or station.314 This promotes a political principle called the rule of law,315 an ideal that all members of a society, both the people and the State, are held equally accountable ...

Under the theme “Youth Engagement for Global Action”, the 2020 International Youth Day focuses on the participation and representation of young people in public affairs at the local, national and global level. International Youth Day has been celebrated every year since 1999, when the United ...

By definition, Vocational education refers to the program that enables people to acquire highly transferable and development skills. It also grants people the necessary technical skill for their desired career.382 Cambodia’s vocational education plays an important role during the country’s economic structural transition and the ...

Ministry of Women’s Affairs. Photo taken from the Ministry’s Facebook Page, taken on 17 September 2016.EstablishmentUnder Royal Decree No. NS/RKM/0197/22, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs was formally established on 24 January 1996. The Ministry became the Ministry of Women and Veteran’s Affairs under the Royal ...

Sweden’s Ambassador to Cambodia, His Excellency Björn Häggmark, shook hands with Prime Minister Hun Sen, dated 04 December 2019. Photo from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook page.Cambodia and Sweden established their diplomatic ties in 1961. Sweden started to provide the first development cooperation support in ...

Oil and gas have been found on Cambodian territory but no commercial extraction has begun. When extraction may begin is uncertain while oil prices are at comparatively low levels. All the petroleum products for local demand are imported, chiefly from Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand. Consumption ...

Raw gravel, photo by touch and see, taken on March 26, 2014. Licensed under: CC BY-SA 2.0Since 2010, Cambodia has seen increasing production of cement, crushed stone, sand and gravel in response to the country’s booming construction sector. Approved investment in the construction industry in ...

Many of the data transparency training participants have been using data in one way or another in their day-to-day work. They sign-up for the program to improve their ability to use data as a means of storytelling to a new level. Roeun Narith is the ...

The law-making process is about making and enacting new laws or revising existing laws.In the Kingdom of Cambodia, three institutions can initiate the law-making process: any member of the National Assembly, any member of the Senate and the prime minister. 552 Most of the texts ...

On 25 July 2025, Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) in collaboration with My Village Cambodia (MVi), under the project “Enhancing Natural Resource Management Governance through Data-Driven Approaches,” conducted an important training workshop on environmental impact assessment (EIA) in Mondulkiri province. This event aimed to raise ...