Double trove of wartime explosives unearthed
Hundreds of unexploded landmines and cluster munitions were found in Battambang and Kampong Cham provinces on Monday, according to an official from the Cambodian Mine Action Centre. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/double-trove-of-wartime-explosives-unearthed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078278/double-trove-wartime-explosives-unearthed/
Transparency keeps driving improvements in working conditions
The International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) programme today releases its 2nd online transparency report showing how individual garment factories measure up on key working conditions. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/transparency-keeps-driving-improvements-in-working-conditions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Better Factories Cambodia
Cambodia to bid on Philippine rice tender
Cambodia is vying for a share of the Philippines’ latest rice import tender of 500,000 tons, according to Thon Virak, general-director of state-owned Green Trade Company. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-bid-on-philippine-rice-tender/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear and George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodia-to-bid-on-philippine-rice-tender-65922/
Law and Judiciary
National Assembly of Cambodia. Photo by Sorn Seang Heng, taken on 12 June 2010. Licensed under CC-BY 2.0.With a constitution written a little more than 20 years ago, the current rule of law in Cambodia is relatively new, and continues to be shaped by many href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/law-and-judiciary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Solar power set to shine in Bavet
Cambodia’s first large-scale solar power project is still in the trial testing stage, but is expected to be fully operational at the end of this month. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/solar-power-set-to-shine-in-bavet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079197/solar-power-set-shine-bavet/
Start date set for garment worker health checks
The Ministry of Labour’s spokesman yesterday said that free medical treatment for garment workers, announced by Prime Minister Hun Sen last week, will start on January 1. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/start-date-set-for-garment-worker-health-checks-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5081004/start-date-set-garment-worker-health-checks/
Unexploded ordinances destroyed in Preah Vihear
Villagers in Preah Vihear’s Choam Ksan district who found a haul of unexploded ordinances on their farmland on Monday have handed it over to provincial authorities. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unexploded-ordinances-destroyed-in-preah-vihear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085588/unexploded-ordinances-destroyed-preah-vihear/
More tigers means a lot more tourists, say NGOs
A project to increase the number of wild tigers in the northeastern part of Cambodia was put forward to the Cambodian government by a group of NGOs yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-tigers-means-a-lot-more-tourists-say-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079471/tigers-means-lot-tourists-say-ngos/
Vietnam extends credit for Cambodian modernisation
Vietnam has provided neighbouring Cambodia with USD22 million in credit to support the military modernisation efforts of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-extends-credit-for-cambodian-modernisation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Jon Grevatt
http://www.janes.com/article/42924/vietnam-extends-credit-for-cambodian-modernisation
Cambodia, Laos achieve 86 percent of border demarcation
Cambodia and Laos have so far achieved 86 percent of joint border demarcation and the two neighbors vowed to fully complete it as soon as possible, a spokesman said Tuesday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-laos-achieve-86-percent-of-border-demarcation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140819/cambodia-laos-achieve-86-percent-border-demarcation
Development fears at Cambodia's most beautiful beach
Dozens of independent bungalows at one of Cambodia’s most unspoiled beaches are to be bulldozed with weeks, raising fears that a “soulless” mega-resort will replace them. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/development-fears-at-cambodias-most-beautiful-beach/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Nathan Thompson
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/cambodia/articles/otres-beach-cambodia-threatened-by-development/
Freedom Park finally cleared of car brokers
The Daun Penh district governor yesterday said his authorities had successfully carried out an order from City Hall last week to clear all cars for sale around Freedom Park. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/freedom-park-finally-cleared-of-car-brokers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080154/freedom-park-finally-cleared-car-brokers/
Asia-Pacific region needs to join force to fight against corruption: Cambodian PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that countries and economies in Asia and the Pacific region needed to work together to fight against corruption. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asia-pacific-region-needs-to-join-force-to-fight-against-corruption-cambodian-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-09/03/c_133617623.htm
Cambodia says China-proposed "maritime silk road" to benefit ASEAN
The China-proposed “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” will benefit the Southeast Asian nations in term of economy, a senior Cambodian official said Tuesday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-says-china-proposed-maritime-silk-road-to-benefit-asean/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-09/16/c_133647940.htm
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) published a new dataset on “Mobile network coverage in Cambodia”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) published a new dataset on “Mobile network coverage in Cambodia”. This dataset visually presents comprehensive maps detailing the extent of the mobile network coverage of Cellcard, Metfone, and Smart across Cambodia. This network map shows the location of available networks in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-odc-published-a-new-dataset-on-mobile-network-coverage-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Major foreign investment projects in Cambodia”
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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-odc-updated-an-existing-dataset-on-major-foreign-investment-projects-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) published a dataset on "Commune/Sangkat budget in 2023"
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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-odc-published-a-dataset-on-commune-sangkat-budget-in-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia open to talks on ‘every issue’ with US, ambassador says
As Cambodia prepares for an official visit from US Secretary of State John Kerry next week, the country’s US ambassador says it would consider joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-open-to-talks-on-every-issue-with-us-ambassador-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-open-to-talks-on-every-issue-with-us-ambassador-says/3154335.html
Interest cap poses body blow for Cambodian microfinance
Just months ahead of local elections, the Cambodian government has ordered the microfinance industry to cap interest rates on new and refinanced loans at 18 percent a year starting April 1. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interest-cap-poses-body-blow-for-cambodian-microfinance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/interest-cap-poses-body-blow-for-cambodian-microfinance/3783292.html
NGO positive NA wants to tackle corruption
Transparency International Cambodia yesterday presented findings of a recent scathing report on corruption to the newly formed parliamentary anti-corruption commission. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngo-positive-na-wants-to-tackle-corruption/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/ngo-positive-na-wants-tackle-corruption