Open Development Cambodia updates Special Economic Zone page
ODC has updated the Special Economic Zone page in Cambodia, adding interactive map and data visualization on province based SEZ in respond to the latest SEZ dataset on ODC website.Click here to access the page
Gov’t rolls out 10th round of relief measures
The government has rolled out the 10th round of economic relief measures to manage the impact on key sectors from Covid-19 and the ongoing recovery process, and bolster economic growth during and after the crisis.
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-rolls-out-10th-round-relief-measures
Cambodia’s agricultural exports up over 47 percent in first 10 months
Some 4,221,153 tonnes of agricultural products, besides milled rice and paddy rice, have been exported to foreign markets during the first ten months of this year, despite the global COVID-19 crisis.
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963305/cambodias-agricultural-exports-up-over-47-percent-in-first-10-months/
World Vision assist 174,000 children in capital, 10 provinces
In the past year, the Disaster Management Programme of World Vision International (Cambodia) reached 208,985 people, including 174,798 children. Its January 8 report said the programme had provided food and supplies, as well as child protection awareness, to the people of 39 communes in Phnom
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-vision-assist-174000-children-capital-10-provinces
Cambodia and Japan sign nearly $10 million grant aid
An exchange of notes concerning the provision of Japan’s grant aid at the amount of JPY 1,338,000,000 or approximately $9.7 million was signed here yesterday.
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501382696/cambodia-and-japan-sign-nearly-10-million-grant-aid/
Press release of the Ministry of Justice on the absence of civil society organizations and political parties to meet and discuss the 10th amendment to the constitution
On 5 August 2022, the Ministry of Justice has posted a press release on the absence of civil society organizations and political parties to meet and discuss the 10th amendment to the constitution. According to the press, the ministry has expressed its regret about the absence
Ministry of Justice
Data visualization training in journalism
On 11 September 2023, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted an enriching training session titled “Data visualization in journalism,” attended by a group of 14 journalists (2 females) from various locations such as Phnom Penh, Kratie, Siem Reap, Battambang, Stung Treng, and Mondulkiri.With our “Data visualization
Investment Or Imperialism? Tracking China's Big Ambitions In Cambodia
A few years ago this scene would have played out in China. More specifically, it would have played out in a Chinese coastal region to which millions of rural folks had arrived looking for work. A huge hangar, piles of fabrics of all colors at both
PPWSA stock to list today
Investors, along with the next two companies expected to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, will watch carefully this morning the action on the country’s first initial public offering, nine months after the CSX officially opened.
After a book-building process that was 17 times over-subscribed, Phnom Penh
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012041855632/Business/ppwsa-stock-floats-today.html
Ethnic minorities and indigenous people policy and rights
Cambodia is known for its rich cultural diversity, including ethnic minorities and indigenous communities. As the country has developed, efforts have been made to recognize and protect these groups’ rights through policies and initiatives to promote inclusivity, preserve cultural heritage, and address issues such as
UN urges Cambodia to hold companies to account over land disputes
Companies that have seized land, confiscated livestock and destroyed homes and property have gone unpunished, the UN special rapporteur for Cambodia has said. Surya Subedi, professor of international law at Leeds University, said all the communities he had met raised the issue of misconduct by
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/may/14/un-cambodia-companies-land-disputes
Abused Workers Back Home
A maid who fled her employer after an attempted rape and was then thrown in a detention centre just two days after she gave birth was one of 26 distressed men and women who make up the latest repatriated abuse victims from Malaysia. Detained for
Sen David and David Boyle, P. 1
Open Development Cambodia has added 3 new map layers of forest cover in Cambodia (2015- 2017)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has added 3 new layers of forest cover in Cambodia from 2015 to 2017 in both Khmer and English. You can find document in various format such as GeoTIFF and JPEG.=> Please click here to get in to the dataset page
Notification on the 2 years free city bus rides to all workers and new bus routes
On 20 August 2017, the Phnom Penh Capital Hall issued a formal notification to allow all workers to take free city bus rides in Phnom Penh for 2 years starting from 20 August 2017 to 20 August 2019, by just showing their labour cards.At the
Phnom Penh Capital Hall
Global death toll of environmental activists rising, report says
In April, Chut Wutty was shot to death in the Cambodian forests he was so outspoken in defending, a slaying that outraged human rights activists suspicious of the conflicting explanations given by police.
His death appears to be part of a chilling trend. Growing numbers of activists
Open Development Cambodia has updated economic land concession information and published contract of Chhun Hong Rubber Better Co., with MAFF
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
Strike at seafood giant
About 800 Cambodian workers in Thailand went on strike yesterday against a major global seafood exporter they accuse of exploiting them.
The factory, which has been identified by workers and rights groups as Phatthana Seafood Co Ltd in Thailand’s Songkhla province, allegedly scrapped a 20 baht
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012040955512/National-news/strike-at-seafood-giant.html
Report shows workforce still lacks skills
Cambodia lacks the skilled labor force necessary to advance the economy and the government must find ways to create more valuable work as it faces fierce regional and international competition, according to a new report released Thursday by the World Bank.
The report, “East Asia Pacific
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/report-shows-workforce-still-lacks-skills-58432/
Four face charges in incitement case
Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday summonsed three well-known rights workers and a journalist to appear for questioning next week over years-old incitement charges in connection with a long-standing land dispute.
In a summons signed by deputy provincial prosecutor Chea Sopheak, the court ordered Radio Free Asia journalist Sok Ratha,
Securities exchange policy and regulation
For most of the 21st century, Cambodia has enjoyed significant economic expansion, moving from a period of political turmoil to emerge as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Cambodia achieved lower-middle-income status in 2015, largely as a result of free-market reforms, the introduction
