On 27 February 2023, the Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release on the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO projects. The Government of Japan will provide US$843,946 in total for three recipient organizations to carry out the following projects:Nature Center ...

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).1 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the global economy and the growing crisis ...

Forest view. Photo by Open Development Cambodia, taken on 05 December 2021. Under license CC BY-SA 4.0.Cambodia is covered with forest, accounting for around 13.1 million hectares in 1973, and it is had fallen to 8.7 million hectares in 2014.100 However, based on the Ministry ...

On 20 December 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) once again hosted a Sectoral Consultation Workshop on the Foreign Investment Data and Information in Cambodia at Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh. Fifteen participants (03 females), including representatives from civil society organizations and researchers actively working at all ...

The United Nations marks 2022 as this year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples under the theme “The Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge.” This theme recognizes how important and central women are in the longevity and survival ...

The theme for Open Data Day 2020 “Equal Development” is aligned with the Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since global SDG 5 focuses on Gender Equality and to celebrate International women’s rights day which happened to fall on the same week as the event, it ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is an open data website, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. The open data movement is based on the simple premise that data collected for public interest should be publicly available without restrictions. Information or data in the public ...

On 16 March 2020, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the finding of 12 new positive COVID-19 cases. The cases is as follow:1. In Banteay Meanchey province: Two cases of Khmer Muslim man and one Cambodian from Thailand 2. In Phnom Penh: 2 ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Special economic zone in Cambodia” adding 1 new map feature in Koh Kong. This dataset describes the information of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Cambodia from 2006 to 2023. The total number of 49 SEZs are ...

About the PartnershipIn 2019, Cambodia, for the first time, is presenting the Voluntary National Review (VNR) at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (UNHLPF) in July in New York City. The Ministry of Planning (MoP) takes the lead in this country-driven process of the review ...

Extractive industries include mining and mineral sectors, natural gas and oil exploration, petroleum refineries, and quarrying for construction resources such as sand, stone, and gravel. Cambodia’s extractive resources have gone largely untapped, while these resources are geographically identifiable. French and Chinese geologists have been indicated ...

ប្រភព៖ របាយការណ៍សមិទ្ធផលវិស័យសុខាភិបាលឆ្នាំ ២០១៥ (ក្រសួងសុខាភិបាល)។ ទាញចេញពី ផែនការយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រសុខាភិបាល ២០១៦-២០២០. ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit global and Cambodia’s economies hard, having a spillover on the stability of the banking system. Banks and financial institutions have continued to provide services to customers, which can be seen through the rise in the number of depositors’ accounts to ...

Victims of the violent clashes that broke out between security forces and stone-throwing youths in Phnom Penh on Sunday night recounted the event Monday, with some saying they sustained injuries while battling against riot police and others saying they were simply unfortunate commuters trapped in ...

KAMPONG SPEU PROVINCE— Three years ago, Pao had a farm and a charcoal stove near a stream in a community called Omlaing in western Cambodia. The farm gave her rice, charcoal sales gave her extra income and the nearby forest provided edible and medicinal plants. Pao ...

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia—In this quiet beach town, Lim Loeung says she spends up to 80 hours a week gluing soles onto shoes at a factory that does work for companies including Japanese sneaker-maker Asics Corp. 7936.TO +0.95% The factory believes Ms. Lim is at least 18 ...

On 31 January 2023, the General Department of Taxation (GDT) held a meeting to summarize the results of tax revenue collection for December and 2022 and the direction for implementing the GDT for 2023. According to the online revenue management system of the GDT, tax ...

The Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (the Association) is a non-governmental institution for Cambodia’s lawyers.  In keeping with Article 24 of the United Nations Basic Principle on the Role of Lawyers, the Association represents lawyers’ interests, promotes their continuing education and training, and ...

Cambodia restructured its economy after many years of protracted war and instability. The economy grew strongly following the country’s transition to a free-market economy as it opened to trade and capital flows. Growth was supported by the flow of development assistance, access to the European ...