Cambodia has earned over $1.5 billion from paddy and milled rice exports in the first ten months of this year, a report from the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) showed yesterday. ...

Cambodia’s path to economic transformation has taken a significant step forward with USAID administrator Samantha Power’s announcement of $50 million in new US government aid. ...

As a part of its strategy to strengthen tools for sharing information about social accountability (for the Innovations for Social Accountability in Cambodia Project), Internews facilitated a Co-Design Workshop with Open Development Cambodia to improve its webpage on “Access to Public Service Information” in May.All ...

Despite having both onshore and offshore oil discoveries in the country, Cambodia does not produce oil and has been importing petroleum products from Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. The Cambodia Trucking Association (CAMTA) says it controls around 70% of the Kingdom’s transportation. ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) team designed budget infographics of Sangkat administrations in target municipalities of the Innovation for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) project, namely Ta Khmau, Kampot, Siem Reap, Kampong Chhnang, Battambang, Serie Saophoan and Poi Pet. In November 2021, ODC collaborated with one ...

Open Development Cambodia is increasing its development of video outreach material, such as the presentation of local Sangkat budget information for the Innovations in Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) Project. Videos document ODC’s ongoing work and serve to promote upcoming events and activities.These are done ...

Jatropha, known in Cambodia as “Lhong Kwong”, is commonly grown in the Kingdom. Jatropha mainly grows in the mountainous regions of the north and central parts of Cambodia but is not restricted to those areas. It can be found in Battambong, Pursat, Kampong Speu, Sihanouk, ...

With financial support from USAID Cambodian Civil Society Strengthening (CCSS) project, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has carried out three phases of Data Literacy Training Program, the first of its kind in Cambodia, with over 25 participants from different sectors including civil society, journalism, think tank, ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new profile page on “mining licenses”. This page shows mining licenses data accessed from various sources, including government data complete, government data partial, secondary data and other data. The data contains information such as location, size, contract date, contract duration, ...

Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy called Friday for election officials to declare his party and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party joint victors in recent polls saying the move would be a first step toward resolving a deadlock over the disputed election. With the opposition Cambodia National ...

Despite the demonstration at Freedom Park, razor-wire barricades, blocked streets and clashes between citizens and police in the past two days, it appears that the camp-in and security presence in the city are merely a novelty for some tourists. On Monday afternoon, one couple, Australians John ...

The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) will push for a re-election if Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government continues to refuse calls for an independent probe into widespread irregularities in the July polls, the opposition party’s deputy president, Kem Sokha, said Tuesday. He warned that the ...

More than 60 police and military police informed 19 families farming on a plot of land in Pailin province’s Sala Krao district on Saturday that they would have to move as they were growing crops on state land. However, Prak Sophima, provincial coordinator for rights group ...

Government data showed that Cambodia’s rice exports to the European Union had dropped by 30 percent in 2019, after the economic bloc imposed tariffs at the start of last year. Ministry of Agriculture data showed that rice exports dropped from 300,000 tons in 2018 to around ...

The co-working and co-living space Outpost Cambodia announced details of a startup competition today that will offer a winning company free 24/7 access to a desk for up to six people for six months in its workspace on Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar peninsula, four specialised consultations with ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has updated profile page on “Public transportation” under Access to public services by revising the 13 Phnom Penh city bus routes and 874 bus stops together with the information in both Khmer and English of distance, operating hour, and map.=>Please click here to ...

On 28 September 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a press release on the minimum wage for workers in the textile, garment, footwear and travel and bag products for 2022. Workers in the textile, garment, footwear and travel and bag industries will ...

Communications ManagerManeth manages social media platforms, designing, and programs of Open Development Cambodia (ODC). He is also in charge of other internal and external communications.Maneth graduated from the Institute for International Studies and Public Policy, RUPP, with International Relations major and completed his exchange study ...

A recent report by Equitable Cambodia has exposed the commercial gold mining industry’s involvement in deforestation, violation of rights, encroachment and land grab of traditional indigenous forested areas. ...

Battambang provincial authorities have issued a warning letter to a Chinese owner of a mango processing factory that allegedly discharged sewage into O’ Treng stream in Svay Sar Village of Treng commune in Rattanak Mondul district. ...