Migrant worker brokers arrested
Police in Pailin province yesterday arrested two suspects accused of brokering illegal passage for migrant workers into Thailand. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077920/migrant-worker-brokers-arrested/
Kampong Cham residents say casinos pollute fishing grounds
Residents of Tropang Thlong village in Ponhea Krek district say casinos near the border with Vietnam are polluting fishing grounds. ...
LG Brand Shop to open Saturday
South Korea’s LG Electronics said the grand opening of its new outlet on Monivong Boulevard would take place on Saturday. ...
UN concerned over garment workers’ reproductive health
The UN plans to devote resources to improving the sexual and reproductive health of young women working in garment factories. ...
Donald Lee and Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12954/un-concerned-over-garment-workers----reproductive-health/
Tree-planting campaigns target deforestation
Faced with Cambodia’s rapid deforestation, a group of monks and environmental groups want to replenish Cambodia’s natural world. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14099/tree-planting-campaigns-target-deforestation/
Japanese developer unveils housing projects
Japan’s Creed Group is investing hundreds of millions in three housing developments in Phnom Penh, the company announced last week. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14510/japanese-developer-unveils-housing-projects/
Pandemics
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Pandemics are disease epidemics that spread from person to person as a result of human-to-human transmission. Many medical texts do not define the term “pandemic”. However, some key characteristics of pandemics, including wide geographic spread, disease movement, novelty, severity, high attack rates and explosiveness, minimal ...
SMEs policy and regulation
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The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a major economic shock in Cambodia, having a spillover on Cambodian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and small household farmers’ survival and business continuity.51 Digital technologies are crucial during the pandemic, in which the owners of SMEs should focus ...
Communal land
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Though there are multiple forms of communal property, the rights associated with indigenous communal property are subject to significant legal and socio-economic issues. Indigenous communities are culturally very different from the rest of Cambodia, and the law provides them with the opportunity to obtain collective ...
Forest cover
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Cambodian forest cover has reduced dramatically in recent decades. In 1973 there were 13.1 million hectares of total forest, but by 2014 the total cover had fallen to 8.7 million hectares. ...
Oil and gas resources
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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 ...
Business structures and legal registration
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Since the 1990s, the Cambodian economy has recorded a substantial expansion led by the tourism, manufacturing and construction sectors. One of the highest economic growth rates in the world allowed Cambodia to become a lower-middle-income country in 2015 139The country has a strategic position in ...
Empowering women's rights in land ownership and natural resource management: Insights from a knowledge-sharing event
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On 11 March 2024, Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) in collaboration with Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC) with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through Family Health International – Civil Society Support Activity (FHI360-CSS), Advancing Land-based Investment Governance (ALIGN), and ...
A half-day conversation: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and stakeholder engagement
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The Open Development Cambodia (ODC) organized a half-day workshop on 9 May 2024 in Phnom Penh, on “Using CSR data to promote transparency in business and stakeholder engagement in Cambodia,” which provided opportunities for people from various domain backgrounds to explore the concept of corporate ...
Thanks for giving me the best memories – Than Davit
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During my three-month internship at ODC as a Research Intern, I worked closely with the Economy Researcher-Editor to assist the editor team in conducting research, producing more topics, collecting publication documents and data for publishing and uploading onto ODC’s platform. ...
Open Development Cambodia updates an existing dataset on “State land reclassification”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” by adding three new map features on the cutting of 3 areas with a total area of 133,729 m2 (one hundred and thirty-three thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine square meters) located in Sangkat ...
Sihanoukville beach businesses given brief reprieve
Sihanoukville beachfront businesses that were due to be bulldozed this weekend have been granted a temporary stay of execution. ...
Morn Vanntey
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sihanoukville-beach-businesses-given-brief-reprieve
Tourism working group created
The government has set up an inter-ministerial working group for the management and development of tourism and ecotourism. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5089314/tourism-working-group-created/
Ly Hour eyes next borey development
Housing Development Association of Cambodia president Ly Hour has unveiled plans to erect a borey in Tboung Khmum province. ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/ly-hour-eyes-next-borey-development