Voter registration drive falls behind schedule
Voter registration has fallen far behind schedule over the past two weeks, with enrolment dropping to just 30,000 a day from a target of 100,000, according to official figures, leaving more than 2 million Cambodians at risk of not registering to vote in time. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/voter-registration-drive-falls-behind-schedule/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-registration-drive-falls-behind-schedule
Schools to teach financial literacy
Financial literacy as a school subject to increase students’ knowledge about money will be introduced nationwide through the first phase of the Cambodian School Curriculum Project, with the Ministry of Education collaborating with the National Bank of Cambodia, Asian Development Bank, Good Return and the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/schools-to-teach-financial-literacy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083840/schools-teach-financial-literacy/
Thailand repatriates 500 dead Cambodians
More than 500 dead Cambodians were repatriated from Thailand in the first six months of 2017, according to an Interior Ministry official. Chou Bun Eng, secretary of state at the ministry, said yesterday the 500 bodies were repatriated through three checkpoints in Banteay Meanchey province. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thailand-repatriates-500-dead-cambodians/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084746/thailand-repatriates-500-dead-cambodians/
Ministry of foreign affairs to build first diplomatic institute
The Foreign Affairs Ministry expects to complete construction on its first training institute for local diplomats in the next 18 months, officials said Monday. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokes-man Chum Sounry said work on the National Institute for Diplomatic and Relations of International Study began in December. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-to-build-first-diplomatic-institute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/ministry-foreign-affairs-build-first-diplomatic-institute-126811/
Fisheries earnings on the rise
Cambodia’s fisheries sector that plays a vital role in food security and improving nutrition, generated a slightly improved income of more than $275,000 in the first half of the year, according to a report released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fisheries-earnings-on-the-rise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5073695/fisheries-earnings-rise/
Best rice to be decided in national competition
The Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) will host a competition on November 1 to determine the finest rice in Cambodia, with the winning brand representing the kingdom at the ninth edition of the World’s Best Rice Competition Program, which will take place a few days later href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/best-rice-to-be-decided-in-national-competition/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088003/best-rice-decided-national-competition/
Cambodian PM, Opposition Chief discuss political row over phone
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday discussed their political differences on telephone, a senior opposition official confirmed. “They had met on the telephone this (Wednesday) morning for about 45 minutes to discuss about the current political dispute,” Eng Chhay Eang, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-opposition-chief-discuss-political-row-over-phone/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-04/09/c_133249974.htm
CamDX to add three more ministries to its network
The Industry Science Technology and Innovation, Tourism and the Post and Telecommunications ministries will join the newly launched Cambodia Data Exchange (CamDX) platform to exchange data with other ministries as well as with the private sector. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/camdx-to-add-three-more-ministries-to-its-network/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50926187/camdx-to-add-three-more-ministries-to-its-network/
Consultation workshop on the draft national program for sub-national democratic development program phase II (2021-2030)
On 06 September 2021, the National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development issued a press release on consultation workshop on the draft national program for sub-national democratic development program phase II.The National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development will hold a consultative workshop on the draft national href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/consultation-workshop-on-the-draft-national-program-for-sub-national-democratic-development-program-phase-ii-2021-2030/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development
Open Development Cambodia published Health facilities in Cambodia (2010) dataset
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing on Health facilities in Cambodia (2010) in both Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map explorer tool, we provide the details information on health facilities such as health posts, health centers, referral hospitals href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-published-health-facilities-in-cambodia-2010-dataset/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Opportunities to improve the management of marine fisheries conservation areas through open data and public participation
![](https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_8473-150x150.jpg)
On 29 December 2020, at the new office of Children and Women Development Center in Cambodia (CWDCC) in Kampot, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a focus group discussion on mapping information and data of saltwater community fisheries and conservative fisheries in Kampot and Kep.Group photo href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/opportunities-to-improve-the-management-of-marine-fisheries-conservation-areas-through-open-data-and-public-participation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam Discuss Ways to Boost Tourism
Tourism ministers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam held a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss ways to boost tourism in all the four countries, creating a four country tourist destination. At the meeting on September 13, attended by over 200 delegates and investors, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-laos-myanmar-and-vietnam-discuss-ways-to-boost-tourism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Villagers protest electricity towers near their homes
Around 100 people upset over the installation of new electricity transmission towers by the national electricity company, Electricite du Cambodge (EdC), protested on Friday morning in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district to demand a halt in the placement of the towers, or suitable compensation, protesters and officials href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-protest-electricity-towers-near-their-homes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-protest-electricity-towers-near-their-homes-102162/
Public debt figures released
The government has borrowed $732.06 million in the form of concessional loans from development partners (DPs), amounting to 74.83 percent of the debt ceiling of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) approved by the National Assembly last year, according to the latest report on Cambodia’s public debt. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/public-debt-figures-released/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084552/public-debt-figures-released/
19 killed in Cambodia floods
At least 19 people were killed and thousands have been evacuated from their homes in Cambodia due floods caused by heavy rains and overflowing rivers, an official said Saturday. According to the official, more than 8,000 families have been evacuated to higher grounds, Xinhua reported. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/19-killed-in-cambodia-floods/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Free Press Journal News Staff
http://freepressjournal.in/19-killed-in-cambodia-floods/
Vaccine trial for dengue ‘promising'
Researchers in Colombia have conducted a promising randomised trial of a vaccine for the dengue virus, a disease that affects thousands of Cambodians every year, according to results published in the September issue of The Lancet. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vaccine-trial-for-dengue-promising/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vaccine-trial-dengue-%E2%80%98promising
Chinese vice president meets chair of Cambodia's Funcinpec Party
Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao met with chair of Cambodia’s Funcinpec Party Norodom Ranarith on Tuesday. Ranarith, who led the Funcinpec Party to win Cambodia’s general election in 1993, was re-elected chairman of the party in January this year. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-vice-president-meets-chair-of-cambodias-funcinpec-party/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://bit.ly/1bhpMtk
PM orders temporary ban on imported frozen meat
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered a temporary ban on imported meat, although details are still forthcoming, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-orders-temporary-ban-on-imported-frozen-meat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50904325/pm-orders-temporary-ban-on-imported-frozen-meat/
Suspension the websites of indebted companies for 2013 and 2014
On 19 October 2021, the Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia issued a notification on suspension the websites of indebted companies for 2013 and 2014. Companies that are still indebted for the use of .kh website services for 2013 and 2014 have been informed that the Telecommunications href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/suspension-the-websites-of-indebted-companies-for-2013-and-2014/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia
Public posting of judgment documents
On 23 September 2021, the Kandal Provincial Administration issued a notification on the public posting of judgment documents. The judgment documents in Lumhach Village, Angkor Meas Village, Romdenh Village and Beng Village, Makak Commune, Ang Snoul District, Kandal Province will be publicly posted within 15 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/public-posting-of-judgment-documents/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Kandal Provincial Administration