On 10 November 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (74th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (74th) under social protection program to a total of 1,037 workers in 15 factories ...

On 02 December 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (75th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (75th) under social protection program to a total of 944 workers in 8 factories ...

On 23 December 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (76th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (76th) under social protection program to a total of 3,409 workers in 46 factories ...

On 08 January 2022, the Ministry of Health issued a notification on the 4th COVID-19 vaccination campaign for the target group in Phnom Penh.The COVID-19 Vaccination Commission will provide the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine using Pizer to the leaders of the Royal Government, the ...

On 04 February 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (78th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (78th) under social protection program to a total of 5 576 workers in 42 ...

On 21 January 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (77th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (77th) under social protection program to a total of 14 142 workers in 84 ...

On 05 May 2022, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction issued a press release on the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a logistics center and multi-purpose port of Kampot Logistics and Port Co., Ltd.Kampot Logistics and Port Co., Ltd. has received ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” adding 07 new map features in Phnom Penh and Kandal province. This dataset contains information regarding​​ the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private properties of some ...

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 ...

Executive Director/Editor-in-ChiefTHY Try is an Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief of Open Development Cambodia (ODC). In 2011, he joined ODC as an advisory board member, and later on, he became a chairman of the board. As an Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief, Try plays an important role in increasing public access ...

A group of opposition lawmakers have written to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen urging action against a sugar factory owned by a ruling party official accused of exploiting child labor and grabbing land from villagers. Six Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) parliamentarians sent a letter dated Jan. ...

For Cambodian farmer In Chanthy, illuminating the rural night used to be tiresome task. His village in Svay Rieng province is not connected to the national electricity grid and to light the dark he would have to take car batteries to a station and pay ...

In light of ongoing disputes over working conditions in the garment sector, the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) released yesterday details on hundreds of factories it believes will offer greater transparency along the garment supply chain – from producers to buyers – and shine ...

Cambodia is considering offering sovereign bonds to raise more revenue for the national budget and move away from its dependence on overseas aid, a senior central bank official said Sunday. National Bank of Cambodia director-general Nguon Sokha said the Ministry of Economy and Finance was currently ...

The National Assembly’s 12-member permanent committee will take its first look at the country’s $3.54 billion draft budget for 2014 on Monday, though officials are still refusing to offer a breakdown of how the money will be spent. The draft, which allocates more than $400 million ...

Dissident monks and political activists hosted a ceremony Thursday for the protesting garment workers killed by military police during their repression of stone-throwing demonstrators on Veng Sreng Street two weeks ago. The hourlong ceremony, held at the home of housing rights activist Tep Vanny in the ...

Nearly a million hectares of land has been granted to ordinary Cambodian citizens through social land concessions (SLC) since May 2012, the government has claimed, though civil society groups have cast doubt on that high figure and questioned how many landless or evicted poor have ...

Keeping ahead of Phnom Penh’s mounting piles of garbage has proved tough for Cintri since it was awarded sole rights in 2002 to keep the city clean. But a new plan harnessing global satellite positioning and digital mapping is offering the company a high-tech helping ...

Vietnam and China lead the pack of foreign companies granted economic land concessions in Cambodia for agro-industrial development by a wide margin, new data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries show. According to the ministry’s annual report, released last month, since 1993 the ...

Cambodia’s upcoming elections have been dubbed the “Cambodian Spring”, with an unprecedented number of young activists taking to the streets and social media, demanding a change. More than a third of registered voters are aged between 18 and 30, and the Opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party ...