Tourism
The Royal Government of Cambodia has acknowledged the potential of the tourism industry as a source of Cambodia’s socio-economy growth, including job creation and poverty reduction. Tourism has been considered one of Cambodia’s key economic pillars, both international and domestic. In the early 2000s, the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/tourism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia published a new dataset and new map layer of land cover from 2012-2016
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has added a new dataset and new interactive map layer of land cover in Cambodia from 2012-2016 in Cambodia in both Khmer and English. You can find document in various format such as GeoTIFF and JPEG.=> Please click here to access href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/odc-team-published-a-new-dataset-and-new-map-layer-of-land-cover-from-2012-2016/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia receives $100 mn ADB loan for skills development
FacebookTwitterEmailShareThe ADB has approved a $100 million loan to enhance Cambodia’s labour force by addressing skills gaps through reforms in TVET. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-receives-100-mn-adb-loan-for-skills-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501337397/cambodia-receives-100-mn-adb-loan-for-skills-development/
Financial support offered to pregnant civil servants
FacebookTwitterEmailShareThe government will expand its support programme to female civil servants and contract workers who become pregnant, as enjoyed by pregnant garment workers to alleviate hardship and reduce poverty in Cambodia. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/financial-support-offered-to-pregnant-civil-servants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501316552/financial-support-offered-to-pregnant-civil-servants/
Common synergies needed to ensure sustainability of the Lancang-Mekong river
FacebookTwitterEmailShareThe Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, comprises 6 member countries which are Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, and China. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/common-synergies-needed-to-ensure-sustainability-of-the-lancang-mekong-river/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501321079/common-synergies-needed-to-ensure-sustainability-of-the-lancang-mekong-river/
Ministry urges SMEs to embrace sustainability, inclusiveness
FacebookTwitterEmailShareThe small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Cambodia play an important role in socio-economic development and it is necessary to encourage SMEs to embrace the principles of sustainability and inclusiveness, a top official said. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-urges-smes-to-embrace-sustainability-inclusiveness/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501321304/ministry-urges-smes-to-embrace-sustainability-inclusiveness/
Handbook on investing in Cambodia launched
FacebookTwitterEmailShare“Handbook on Investing in Cambodia” has been launched as a practical guide for foreign investors looking for opportunities in the Cambodian market, with a particular focus on the 2021 Law on Investment. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/handbook-on-investing-in-cambodia-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501322858/handbook-on-investing-in-cambodia-launched/
Mr. BUN Tharum
Mr. BUN Tharum is the co-founder of Kiripost, a modern media company that focuses on business and technology. He has been blogging about media and technology in Cambodia since 2004. His work has also appeared in a number of international media outlets.He was also a contributor to Global Voices href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/p_profile/mr-bun-tharum/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation
Sustainable Development Goal 6 has 8 targets and 11 indicators, which will be used to drive action towards achieving universal access to safely managed water and sanitation and appropriate management of water resources.79 SDG 6 recognizes that sustainably managing water goes beyond providing a safe water href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-6-clean-water-and-sanitation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia published new dataset of Baseline Survey on Mine/ERW (2009-2014)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing on Baseline Survey on Mine/ERW (2009-2014) in both Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map explorer tool, we provide the details information about contamination locations of explosive remnants of war (ERW) and mines href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-published-new-dataset-of-baseline-survey-on-mineerw-2009-2014/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia published a new map layer and dataset of the biodiversity conservation corridors of natural protected areas
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) published a new map layer of biodiversity conservation corridors on the interactive map, under the map category of “Environment”. This the spatial representation of the biodiversity conservation corridors of natural protected areas which include North Tonle Sap, East of Mekong River, Cardamom Mountains. The dataset href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-published-a-new-map-layer-and-dataset-of-the-biodiversity-conservation-corridors-of-natural-protected-areas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia published a new dataset and new map layer of Land price for immovable property tax in Phnom Penh
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has added a new dataset and new interactive map layer of “land price for immovable property tax” in Khmer and English. This dataset and map layer contains the geographical representation for the price of land per square meter for the calculation href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/odc-team-published-a-new-dataset-and-new-map-layer-of-land%e2%80%8b-price%e2%80%8b-for%e2%80%8b-immovable%e2%80%8b-property%e2%80%8b-tax-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s banking, financial industry stays healthy in H1, with outstanding loans rising to $58.6 billion
FacebookTwitterEmailShareCambodia’s banking and financial industry continued to enjoy healthy growth in both loans and deposits in the first half of 2023, said the biannual report of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) released on Monday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-banking-financial-industry-stays-healthy-in-h1-with-outstanding-loans-rising-to-58-6-billion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501334791/cambodias-banking-financial-industry-stays-healthy-in-h1-with-outstanding-loans-rising-to-58-6-billion/
Alarming pediatric antibiotic prescribing practices in Cambodia
FacebookTwitterEmailShareIn a recent article published in the journal PLOS Medicine, researchers performed a prospective, longitudinal study to estimate the proportion of outpatient consultations resulting in inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions in young children in three low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), Madagascar, Senegal, and Cambodia. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/alarming-pediatric-antibiotic-prescribing-practices-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501307794/alarming-pediatric-antibiotic-prescribing-practices-in-cambodia/
Cambodian PM attends first high-level meeting of Forum on Global Action for Shared Development
FacebookTwitterEmailSharePrime Minister Hun Sen, attended the ‘First High-level Meeting of Forum on Global Action for Shared Development’ via video conference on Sunday and Monday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-attends-first-high-level-meeting-of-forum-on-global-action-for-shared-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501322268/cambodian-pm-attends-first-high-level-meeting-of-forum-on-global-action-for-shared-development/
SMEs policy and regulation
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a major economic shock in Cambodia, having a spillover on Cambodian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and small household farmers’ survival and business continuity.129 Digital technologies are crucial during the pandemic, in which the owners of SMEs should focus href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/smes-policy-and-regulation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 15 Life on land
SDG 15 focuses on the sustainable use of terrestrial (land-based) biodiversity and ecosystems such as forests, grasslands, deserts and mountains and their interaction with freshwater systems. It aims to protect and restore their ecological function. The work includes applying sustainable land and forest management practices and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-15-life-on-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia has published a new map layer and dataset of "Rainfall stations"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new map layer of rainfall stations on the interactive map, under the map category of “Infrastructure”. This dataset includes 110 locations of hydro-meteorological stations disperse in 18 provinces in Cambodia. The dataset is available and accessible in both English href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-published-a-new-map-layer-and-dataset-of-rainfall-stations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia has updated new map layer and a profile page on electricity license coverage
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has updated layers of electricity license coverage by status and by type of license. ODC also has added a new profile page on electricity license coverage for all province in Cambodia, which are available in both Khmer and English.=> The page href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-updated-new-map-layer-and-a-profile-page-on-electricity-license-coverage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia has published a new map layer and dataset of "Cropland in Cambodia"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new map layer of cropland in Cambodia on the interactive map, under the map category of “Agriculture”. This dataset contains information and location of croplands in Cambodia. The dataset is available and accessible in both English and Khmer languages. => Please href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-published-a-new-map-layer-and-dataset-of-cropland-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
