In early of August 2019, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has successfully hosted a group of young Chinese research students to do study visit on Chinese investment impacts in Cambodia. This research program is organized by the China House,  a social enterprise that sends young people from China href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/study-visit-on-chinese-investment-impacts-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Gender inequality in education is still palpable in Cambodia, causing women to be undervalued in the workplace and their potential to be untapped, the Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs said during the celebration of the United Nations International Day of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/education-ushers-women-into-workforce/ ' 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'>...

“Vietnam strongly protests the fact that Khmer Kampuchea Krom activists held an illegal protest and set a Vietnamese flag on fire in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on Tuesday,” said Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) spokesperson Le Hai Binh on Wednesday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-strongly-protests-khmer-kampuchea-krom-activists-setting-vietnamese-flag-on-fire/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Vietnam fell marginally by 6 per cent in the first half of this year largely due to a slump in Vietnamese exports, according to data from the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-exports-fall-as-thai-trust-rises/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A senior Thai military official is visiting Cambodia with plans to meet Prime Minister Hun Sen and possibly discuss the two countries’ military standoff near the border-hugging Preah Vihear temple, according to Thai media. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-vihear-on-the-agenda-for-visiting-thai-general/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Information is planning to begin regulating the Internet in the country to prevent offensive content from being posted online, ostensibly to prevent defamation and provocations to violence, according to a ministry official. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-plans-to-regulate-online-content/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A five-month protest aimed at a Phnom Penh bus company came to an end on Thursday when Sorya Transportation Company reinstated three of 17 drivers it fired in April. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sorya-bus-hullabaloo-at-an-end/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Former bus drivers are set to stage a protest today outside Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation Company in the capital’s Daun Penh district, calling on its management to respect an arbitration ruling to reinstate most of them.   href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bus-drivers-want-ruling-respected/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Kompong Chhnang provincial authorities on Thursday urged villagers locked in a land dispute with KDC International to accept compensation from the development firm, promising to request that a social land concession be granted to them. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-pushed-to-accept-land-deal-from-kdc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

About 50 villagers living along the Mekong River in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district protested outside their local pagoda Sunday to demand that authorities take action against a company illegally dredging sand from the riverbed. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-say-dredging-a-danger-disturbance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Heng Samrin, president of the National Assembly of Cambodia, will make an official visit to Laos from September 13-17 to advance bilateral ties and cooperation, the legislative body said in a statement on Monday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-parliament-chief-to-visit-laos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Six Cambodian women trafficked to China to become brides and seven Cambodian victims of labor exploitation in Saudi Arabia will be repatriated by the end of the month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Monday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/six-cambodian-women-to-be-returned-from-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Domestic salt production can supply domestic demand this year, relieving Cambodia of the need to engage in imports according to Kampot province’s department of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-2021-salt-production-will-meet-domestic-demand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...