On 16 August 2022, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new initiative to support Cambodia’s criminal justice responders investigate and prosecute human trafficking crimes today. The new initiative – to be overseen by the International Justice Mission (IJM) – is a part ...

Open​ Development​ Cambodia​ (ODC)​ publishes​ a​ new​ topic​ page​ on​ “European​ Union​ aid”.​ This​ bilingual​ topic​ page​ gives​ a​ quick​ overview​ of​ European​ Union​ aid​ to​ Cambodia,​ together​ with​ the​ related​ contents​ such​ as​ the​ EU’s​ grand​ aid,​ Everything​ But​ Arms​ (EBA),​ the​ EU’s​ response​ ...

 The CCFTA, signed in October 2020 and effective since January 2022, was initiated by Cambodian officials with the aim of broadening its trade relations and export markets in China in response to the economic fallout caused by the pandemic, local flooding, and economic pressures and ...

On 17 September 2022, Australian Embassy Phnom Penh issued a media release on Cambodia – Australia partnership for resilient economic development. CAP-RED is a five-year partnership that is built on more than a decade of Australia’s support to Cambodian agriculture and infrastructure through the now ...

Turkey is asking Cambodia to support the process of relationship-building with ASEAN nations that will help to expand closer cooperation with stakeholders across the region. ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Major foreign investment projects in Cambodia” adding 52 new map features​ from Council for the development of Cambodia and other sources. The foreign investment project dataset has been established to provide relevantly practical information within Cambodia’s ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) published a dataset on “Commune/Sangkat budget in 2023”. This dataset shows the expenditures and revenues in 2023 of each commune in the targeted communes/Sangkat under the Innovation for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC).=> Please click here to go to “Commune/Sangkat budget ...

Less than a week after Prime Minister Hun Sen called for land to be returned to villagers embroiled in land disputes, a Pursat province villager has been summonsed by the court in a scenario many see as all too common in these disputes. Kuch Veng, a ...

More than two weeks since some 850 inmates were evacuated from Banteay Meanchey prison after floodwater caused a wall to collapse, the move is illuminating just how overcrowded their destinations are, an NGO worker has said. Sharon Critoph, a prison consultant for rights group Licadho, said ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has vowed to create a new law barring political party leaders from holding dual nationalities, an apparent move to further incapacitate beleaguered CNRP president Sam Rainsy.In his latest tirade against his long-time political rival, the premier also vowed to never again ...

On 20 December 2022, National Election Committee has posted a press release on the bilateral meeting between NEC and Comfrel on their official website. The meeting took place after Comfel requested the NEC to meet further to discuss the report on challenges and recommendations related ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “SMEs policy and regulation”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of SMEs policy and regulation in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as law and policies on SMEs, support for SMEs, SME ...

A decade-old rubber plantation project beset with disputes with local residents has had its 9,000 hectares relocated to an intact forest in Stung Treng. A sub-decree signed by the Council of Ministers in March said 9,787 hectares would be provided to Horizon Agriculture Development as “compensation” ...

The world has been disrupted and traumatized by the Coronavirus crisis. Also known as COVID-19, this global pandemic has affected every industry which made them difficult to cop and conduct their work as normal. The COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia is also a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic. ...

Thai firm B. Grimm Power has extended its interest in PV in Southeast Asia by investing in a 30MW solar project to be set up in Cambodia. The ground-mount system is slated for development in Serie Saophoan, Banteay Meanchey Province. Company subsidiary B.Grimm Solar Power entered ...

The Japanese International Co­operation Agency (JICA) on Tuesday announced it hoped to have a public bus system in place in Phnom Penh sometime in 2014, despite earlier assurances it would be up and running this year. The Japanese government’s international aid arm also presented options to ...

Despite internal and external challenges, the Cambodian economy reached even greater heights last year, with the government reporting economic growth of 7.1 per cent – the highest in the Asean region. However, China-US trade tensions and protectionist policies remain obstacles, with the government forecasting 6.5 ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published its “Blogs” page on site in both Khmer and English. This page will provide the users the information of ODC’s activities such as joining workshops, BarCamp, ICT events and especially the events conducted by ODC. => Click here to get ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Disaster preparedness and emergency response policy and administration”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of disaster preparedness and emergency response policy and administration, together with the related contents such as laws, sub-decrees, ...