Real estate and hotel developers have identified the southern coast of Cambodia as having tourism potential to encourage more business investment. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen declared a passion for forest protection yesterday, urging officials to improve the efficiency of forest crime prevention. ...

A businessman is appealing his conviction for smuggling more than three tonnes of ivory into Cambodia, the largest haul ever seized. ...

Seven Cambodian loggers have been released from a Thai prison a year after they were caught crossing the border in search of rosewood. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports denied that they allowed stakeholders and companies to charge fees for students to apply for scholarships. ...

During Cambodia’s political roller coaster of recent years, European Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain emerged as a consistent and powerful voice for democracy. ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has begun seeking technical advisors to assist in the creation of a Cambodia Garment Training Institute. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has dismissed reports that Lao PDR has commenced construction of the giant 360MW Don Sahong Hydro Dam project. ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy met with Cambodian Muslim leaders recently, promising a broad range of political concessions important to their community. ...

The fall in value of multiple Asian currencies is making some analysts worry the dampening effect this might have on tourism to Cambodia. ...

The recently formed Grassroots Democracy Party (GDP) has taken another step in joining the political mainstream, announcing the appointment of a spokesman yesterday. ...

Every evening, Seu Rin takes his family’s wooden fishing boat down the Teuk Chhu River to the waters of the Cambodian coast. ...

Japan’s swelling ranks of elderly citizens could soon be receiving care from Cambodians if one NGO’s plan comes to fruition. ...

Located at Banteay Meanchey province, Ou Chruv district lies in the west of the province and is also one of the nine districts of the province. Bordering with Thailand makes Ou Chruv a border crossing point that is home to one of the busy districts. ...

Chi Phat primary school, Koh Kong Province. Photo by ODC team, taken on 28 November 2017. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.Access to free, good quality education in Cambodia is a right set out in the country’s Constitution: Article 65: “The State shall protect and promote citizens’ ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) was honored to present our profile page on social accountability to clarify its use and function in the National Learning Forum on the Implementation of the Social Accountability Framework (I-SAF) Phase II on 19 and 20 December 2022 in Siem Reap ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” by adding four new map layers on land reclassification in Preah Sihanouk, Kep, and Siem Reap and renamed the dataset’s title from Urban land reclassification to State land reclassification. This dataset contains information ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) published a new dataset on “Mobile network coverage in Cambodia”. This dataset visually presents comprehensive maps detailing the extent of the mobile network coverage of Cellcard, Metfone, and Smart across Cambodia. This network map shows the location of available networks in ...

Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties are “narrowing their differences” in talks aimed at ending a standoff over recent elections, officials said Tuesday, as protesters ended three straight days of mass demonstrations against poll results. Both the leaders led their parties in the discussions, which were ...

Managing EditorVENG Seang Hai has joined Open Development Cambodia (ODC) since 2023 in the role of Managing Editor, providing both operational and technical assistance to the Executive Editor/Editor-in-Chief and to the ODC team as a whole. He works closely together with ODC’s Editors team to ...