A new book, released today by WWF and The New York Botanical Garden, provides the most up-to-date, comprehensive catalogue of 65 rattan species found in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam – two of which are new species endemic to Cambodia. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/wwf-launches-first-ever-book-on-mekong-rattan-species/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A joint force of local and provincial police in Kampot on Friday burned down more than 1,000 marijuana plants growing on the side of a mountain, according to an official involved in the operation. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-find-cannabis-in-high-place/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia on Monday launched a five-year policy and action plan for early childhood care and development with an aim to increase enrollment and enhance protection for children aged less than six years old. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-launches-action-plan-for-early-childhood-care-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In 2012 and 2013, more than 80 percent of the Grade 12 high school students taking the national exam passed it. In 2014, 70 percent failed. The difference? This year cheating was not tolerated. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/over-70-fail-cambodian-national-exam-updated/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

With National Assembly President Heng Samrin attending a conference in Laos, CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha on Wednesday hosted his first official foreign visit since becoming first vice president of parliament in late August. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kem-sokha-hosts-1st-visit-as-assembly-leader/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Minister of Commerce Sun Chanthol said Friday that the country is unlikely to achieve its self-imposed target of exporting one million tons of milled rice by 2015 due to lack of milling capacity and funding. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-unlikely-to-achieve-1-million-ton-rice-export-by-2015-commerce-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that an estimated 30 percent of the 93,456 applicants passed their high school graduation exam early this month because the country took strict measures to enhance the quality of education sector. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/30-pct-of-students-passes-high-school-exam-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Kratie town and provincial administrators met with representatives of families living alongside Kratie Town Hall yesterday after receiving a petition expressing villagers’ concern that the town hall planned to expand its premises onto their land. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-at-risk-families-in-kratie-wary-over-moves/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Local rights group Adhoc on Thursday called on Prime Minister Hun Sen and other government officials to hold regular meetings with NGOs in order to better understand the human rights situation in the country. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rights-group-wants-sit-downs-with-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

As the deadly Ebola virus continues to plague parts of western Africa, Cambodia has since August put in place detection measures at its international airports and border crossings to screen for several diseases. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-takes-measures-to-detect-ebola-virus-in-travelers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Minority villagers from Ratanakkiri’s O’Chum district climbed up a mountain to a community forest yesterday morning to challenge a company they claim is illegally felling their trees. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ratanakkiri-villagers-claim-mountain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

About 300 workers, including taxi drivers and market vendors, protested in front of the Poipet International Border Checkpoint on Thursday to voice their anger at authorities on both sides of the Thai-Cambodian border. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/taxi-drivers-market-sellers-protest-in-poipet/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday launched a policy brief and a tool to leverage data and artificial intelligence for mapping vulnerability in Cambodia. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/undp-launches-tool-to-use-ai-for-mapping-socio-economic-vulnerabilities-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is once again excited to organize the Annual Staff Reflection Workshop 2022 in Preah Sihanouk province from 09 – 11 December 2022. Surprisingly, the 9th Sea Festival was held on the same date under the theme “Bay of Peace, Bay of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/odc-2022-annual-staff-reflection-workshop/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 30 August 2021, the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued a press release on His Excellency Sok Chenda Sophea, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister and Secretary-General of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, and His Excellency Masahiro Mikami, Ambassador Extraordinary and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/his-excellency-sok-chenda-sophea-deputy-prime-minister-and-secretary-general-of-the-council-for-the-development-of-cambodia-and-his-excellency-masahiro-mikami-ambassador-extraordinary-and-plenipote/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A Montagnard asylum seeker was found dead on Wednesday morning in a Phnom Penh residence provided by the U.N.’s refugee agency, having committed suicide in his room, according to police. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/montagnard-asylum-seeker-kills-himself/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government was unaware of about half of the residential child care centers operating in four provinces and Phnom Penh prior to a study conducted last year, according to a report released on Thursday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-unaware-of-at-least-128-orphanages-report-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Two weeks after Bangladesh and Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Phnom Penh to purchase rice from Cambodia, on Monday of this week Bangladesh signed a deal to buy 250,000 tonnes of milled rice from Cambodia. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bangladesh-signs-big-rice-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A senior Vietnamese leader has met with Cambodia’s National Assembly to request the continued acknowledgement of Cambodian-born Vietnamese, Vietnamese investors and to request that young Vietnamese born in the country be allowed to study in Cambodian public schools. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-born-vietnamese-deserve-better-visiting-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) is providing €600,000 (approximately US$ 832,000) to help reduce the risk of water-borne diseases to vulnerable Cambodian children and their families during and after a flood emergency. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/the-european-commissions-humanitarian-aid-and-civil-protection-department-echo-is-providing-e600000-approximately-us-832000-to-help-reduce-the-risk-of-water-borne-diseases-to-vulnerabl/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...