Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new map layer of population census 2019 (provisional population totals) on the interactive map, under the map category of “Demographic”. This dataset provides a provisional census of the population in the Kingdom of Cambodia in 2019, which shows the ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new map layer of “Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Cambodia” on the interactive map, under the map category of “Social development”. The dataset of map layer shows the cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Cambodia. The dataset information will be ...

On 01 September 2021, the Cambodian Embassy in Australia has issued a notification informing Cambodians to be careful of any recruitment information to come to Australia under the new “Agriculture” visa scheme.To avoid being scammed, the embassy took the opportunity to clarify that the Australian ...

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Manet paid a courtesy call to MARN Ki-jeong, President of the Korea Industrial Alliance Forum (KIAF), during his official visit to Seoul, Republic of Korea, on May 17, 2024. ...

Vietnam-based Dragon Capital is raising up to US$100 million for a new Indochina fund, some of which the private equity firm would invest in Cambodian agriculture and infra-structure, Dragon’s chief information officer Bill Stoops said yesterday. Dragon Capital has a 20 per cent stake ...

New policies in agriculture, real estate and finance led the Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday to keep its outlook on Cambodia’s economic growth this year at an estimated 6.8 percent. The announcement comes even as the World Bank and the government have reduced their expectations, projecting ...

Cambodia’s first association for expanding business opportunities and financing for women was launched on Saturday. The Cambodia Women Entrepreneurs Association would seek to enhance the competitiveness of businesswomen in the growing ASEAN market, which was set to integrate by 2015, Seng Takakneary, president of the new ...

The Philippine government congratulated Cambodia for holding a peaceful and orderly election on July 29, saying that it is committed to working with a new government. In the statement issued on August 5, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano said that the Philippine government ...

The Industry Minister on Monday said that he is committed to expanding the coverage of clean water supply across the country. During a visit to a water processing plant in Pursat province, Industry Minister Cham Prasidh said that providing clean water to rural areas is ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday rebuked reports that the new Phnom Penh police chief Lieutenant General Sar Thet is his brother. Lieutenant General Sar Thet officially took over as Phnom Penh police chief on Tuesday, filling a void left by General Chuon Sovann, who took ...

Workers are putting the finishing touches to the capital’s Chroy Changvar Bridge before its official reopening on April 4, in time for Khmer New Year. The bridge has been under renovation since October 2017, thanks to a $30 million grant aid issued by the Japanese ...

The Mekong River Commission yesterday announced new efforts to address natural disasters in the region, including a decision to upgrade and rename the Regional Flood Management and Mitigation Centre to the Regional Flood and Drought Management Centre. The announcement followed a two-day bi-annual meeting, which ...

The Interior Minister has selected 31 districts in 24 provinces to have new one-window service offices this year, according to a letter issued on Thursday.​​ Interior Minister Sar Kheng said in the letter that five of the 24 provinces require multiple one-window service offices, including ...

More than 3,000 members of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) attended the opening of the party’s 41st Congress of the Central Committee in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. The congress aims to elect new members to top party committees and carefully decide strategies to maintain ...

At a small food shop in Phnom Penh recently, customers crowded in, eating hotdogs and meatballs. These kinds of processed meats are widely popular in Cambodia, and business was brisk. Few here seem to be concerned by new warnings from the World Health Organization that ...

SET-listed Major Cineplex Group Plc has earmarked 1.2 billion baht to open 100 new cinemas nationwide next year in a bid to boost revenue by 10-15%.The investment budget will not cover further expansion in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, which will be made through partnerships ...

Cambodian rice exports are finding new markets and rising demand in ASEAN this year, but officials and exporters are not linking this to the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), saying it was too early to tell what impact the regional trade bloc – which took effect ...

Despite the government’s vow to be more transparent with regulations and the issuing of sand-dredging licences, the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) has granted nearly 70 new such licences without holding public auctions or requiring companies to disclose environmental impact assessments (EIA) results to ...

A survey of foreign direct investment by the National Bank of Cambodia due to be completed at the end of this month will help fill data gaps in the construction industry and could lead to new regulations in the property market that will pave the ...

Factories in Cambodia’s garment industry say they need more productivity out of workers if they are to survive a new wage hike.Earlier this month, the government agreed to raise minimum wage to $140 per month, a figure managers said would damage the industry. ...