Open Development Cambodia (ODC) organized a national summit on “Influences of Forestry and Land Regulations on Local Communities and Comprehensive EIA Process” on 25 May 2023 with a total of 43 (13 females) representatives from the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), CSOs, EIA firm, journalists, ...

Thailand and Cambodia are set to hold talks on 7 February regarding a disputed energy-rich area in the Gulf of Thailand. The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister of Thailand, ParnpreeBahiddhaNukara, announced that discussions on the overlapping claim area (OCA) will be on the ...

On 31 July 2024, the Senate of Cambodia issued a press release regarding the outcome of the extraordinary sessiOn the Senate’s 5th legislature On 31 July 2024 On their official social media site.According to the press, the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia held its ...

On 31 October 2017, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has organized a workshop On “ODC Website and InformatiOn On Access to Public Services” at TOnle Bassac II Restaurant, Phnom Penh, funded by Swedish Program for ICT in Developing RegiOns (SPIDER), under a project theme of “Public Awareness of and ...

Cambodia’s transformation from war-torn basket-case to one of Asia’s most promising emerging economies is being overshadowed by a backwards lurch in human rights and land policies that critics say are entrenching poverty. ...

Economic diversification is attracting substantial sums of FDI from China and beyond. Rich in history and culture and blessed with wonderful natural and human resources that are driving its impressive economic growth and attracting record sums of foreign direct investment (FDI), the Kingdom of Cambodia offers ...

On 17 July 2018, the NatiOnal Bank of Cambodia issued a press release On the prohibitiOn of taking identity card, family record, and residence record as guarantee for provisiOn of credit, following the directive No. B7-016-210 Sor. Chor. Nor, dated 11th March 2016. However, the ...

To mark the United Nations’ second International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, we, the undersigned civil society organizations (“CSOs”), call upon the Royal Government of Cambodia to bring an end to Cambodia’s rampant culture of impunity, and to ensure that the perpetrators ...

Open Development Cambodia has published new topic page of Water policy and administration, Rivers and lakes, and Marine and coastal areas, which could be found under the “Water resources” page on ODC website.Please click here to access topic page of Water policy and administration.Please click here to access topic ...

Phnom Penh, on 17th August 2016, The first meeting of Cambodia-Russia joint working group on cooperation in the use of atomic energy for peaceful purpose was organized in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, presided over by H.E. Say SAMAL, Minister of Environment and Chair of National Council for ...

On 06 March 2017, the Royal Government of Cambodia through the Ministry of EnvirOnment (MOE) and Japan InternatiOnal CooperatiOn Agency (JICA) Cambodia Office has signed an Agreement On “The Project for Effective ImplementatiOn of EnvirOnment Impact Assessment (EIA) and PollutiOn COntrol through the Capacity Development ...

On 22 August 2017, the Cambodian Microfinance AssociatiOn issued a statement cOnfirming the establishment of the cOnsumer protectiOn working group, declaring five hotlines for the public who have questiOns or problems with the use of the associatiOn’s financial services. The five hotline numbers are: 069 77777 ...

On 29 December 2017, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and COnstructiOn has released a press release On the outcome of the dispute resolutiOn between the cOncessiOns sugar cane exporters and citizens in Preah Vihear. From 04 September to 03 October 2017, the Ministry ...

Amid the winding-down of the Cold War in early December 1987, Prime Minister Hun Sen and Prince Norodom Sihanouk met in the quiet northern French village of Fère-en-Tardenois for their first talks on ending Cambodia’s intractable civil war. It was an overture that opened the ...

Construction of a new airport that will serve Phnom Penh is on track and could be completed as early as 2023, the developer said. Pung Kheav Se, chairman of the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC), the company behind the project, said they are now building ...

The government, civil societies and relevant partners have jointly committed to acting on the plastic waste crisis that is adversely affecting the environment, wildlife and public health. The joint commitment was made on Tuesday during the “Action Against Plastic Waste in Cambodia” forum in the ...

The National Social Protection Council yesterday reported the government has spent $43.8 million to provide healthcare services to impoverished citizens and government officials this year through its Health Equity Fund.​ ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday called on the Vietnamese to invest in the Kingdom’s rice processing sector. Speaking at an annual dinner with the Vietnamese business community in Cambodia ahead of Tet – the Vietnamese Lunar New Year – Hun Sen said the Kingdom’s ...

Cambodia exported 50,450 tonnes of rice worth $39 million to the international market in January, down 15.39 per cent compared to the same period in 2018, Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) secretary-general Lun Yeng said on Sunday. Yeng told The Post that Cambodian rice exports to ...

The inauguration of the brand new 180 kilometers long Cardamom Road, National Road Number 55 will take place on Monday, 9th of March, 2020. ...