Cambodia’s ranking in the Index of Economic Freedom dropped by eight places from last year, a negative sign for a country seeking to expand its economy and become a major player in Southeast asia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-drops-8-places-in-economic-freedom-index/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 25 July 2025, Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) in collaboration with My Village Cambodia (MVi), under the project “Enhancing Natural Resource Management Governance through Data-Driven approaches,” conducted an important training workshop on environmental impact assessment (EIa) in Mondulkiri province. This event aimed to raise <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/raise-awareness-of-the-communities-on-environmental-impact-assessment-process/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rights to private land ownership were guaranteed in the 1993 Constitution and formally established by the 2001 Land Law. Despite an established legal framework to protect private property rights, those rights are often insecure for many. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/private-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Although there Are often new discoveries,1 A globAl lAck of up to dAte dAtA on botAnicAl reseArch mAkes plAnts biodiversity hArd to Assess in CAmbodiA. CompAred to neighboring countries, the number of plAnt species is low, mostly due to the relAtive country’s flAt lAndscApe.2 BotAnicAl knowledge <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/plAnts/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Nearly all of the ministries were established in 1995. a few ministries were only recently created in the post-2013 national election by a separation of one ministry into two. There are 28 government ministries and secretariats, and many national bodies. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/ministries-and-national-bodies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In October 2013, ODC and Columbia University’s School of International and Public affairs established a collaborative partnership to aggregate data and describe trends regarding Cambodia’s donors and development assistance. This partnership is tied to SIPa’s Workshop in Development Practice, a course for second-year, Master’s degree <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/about/partnerships/columbia-sipa/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A pAckAge of documents And DVDs sent from the Ministry of Interior to foreign embAssies And NGOs this week uses speeches mAde by opposition leAders Kem SokhA And SAm RAinsy, criminAl Acts thAt hAve occurred since the election And A letter from An Alleged terrorist <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-ties-cnrp-to-bombings-terrorist-group/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A huge hAul of river sAnd dredged in CAmbodiA hAs been quArAntined At the southern IndiAn port city of Cochin since its ArrivAl in April despite A bAn on sAnd exports instituted by Prime Minister Hun Sen in 2009. IndiA’s DeccAn Chronicle news­pAper reported on TuesdAy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/despite-bAn-1-5m-of-cAmbodiAn-sAnd-turns-up-in-indiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Industries in Cambodia (excluding extractive industries and mining) are mostly within the garment, light manufacturing, agricultural, construction and tourism sectors. The Royal Government of Cambodia has set directions to transform Cambodia into a middle-income economy by 2030 and high-income country by 2050, as mandated in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/industries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

You’re invited to a very special edition of the Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup! Typically, the mapping meetup is scheduled for the last Tuesday of each month. However, this very special occasion calls for a slight change to the tradition. Bernd and Paul will speak about <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/phnom-penh-mapping-meetup-17-is-happening/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

PPMM #20 AdvertGreetings,You’re invited to A speciAl edition of the Phnom Penh MApping Meetup, which is scheduled from 6:00 &ndAsh; 7:30pm on TuesdAy, Sept. 24, 2013 At Equinox.Members of the PPMM group Are fAns of the open movement, especiAlly open source mApping ApplicAtions. In honor <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/ppmm-20-quAntum-gis-2-0-geo-tAgs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Veun sai district, Ratanakkiri &ndash; Kitted out in their camouflage uniforms, military boots, belts and Ministry of Land Management baseball caps, the dozen or so student volunteers looked like a stern bunch. There was no smiling as they sat at wooden desks in an open pagoda <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/volunteering-to-tackle-the-intractable-issue-of-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A fAther whose three children were bAdly beAten by employees of A rubber plAntAtion hAs Accused A RAtAnAkkiri ProvinciAl Court judge of threAtening to send two sons, Aged 14 And 21, to jAil unless they Accept $1,000 in compensAtion And drop the AssAult complAint. Ry SAron <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/judge-denies-coercion-clAim-in-lAnd-dispute-AssAult-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy has left for the United States to attend his daughter’s wedding, triggering criticism at home that he was leaving the country in the midst of a political crisis following disputed national elections. Sam Rainsy announced at a mass rally at Freedom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-chief-under-fire-for-us-trip-amid-crisis/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government now requires union leaders to prove that they have no criminal record before registering new branches of their organization, according to a statement from the Ministry of Labor, a decision that comes less than a week before planned nationwide strikes in the garment <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-reps-must-prove-clean-criminal-records/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two men died and another was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident on Friday night in Phnom Penh when a Range Rover plowed into a motorbike in Toek Thla commune, police said Sunday, add­ing to a recent spate of fatal&mdash;and of­ten high-profile&mdash;hit-and-runs. Thang Ratha, 23, died <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-dead-one-seriously-injured-in-another-hit-and-run/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 3 February 2023, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) issued a notification informing the public about the change of the official website of the National Bank of Cambodia. The changes are made to enhance the security of the management and use of the official <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/notification-of-the-change-of-the-official-website-of-the-national-bank-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Renewable sources of energy include biofuels, solar, wind, tidal and geothermal energy. Fossil fuels such as petroleum or coal are not renewable. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/renewable-energy-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rice field in Cambodia’s countryside. Photo by fmpgoh, taken on 15 July 2009. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The main products from the agriculture sector are rice, rubber, corn, vegetables, cashews and cassava. Unprocessed agricultural exports were projected to be more than 90 percent of total agricultural <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/agricultural-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is entering a new phase of economic growth in which the development of a skilled workforce will be critical to social stability and regional competitiveness, government officials and economists said Thursday at the 2014 Cambodia Outlook Conference. Delivering the keynote speech at the conference, Prime <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stability-growth-require-job-creation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>