On 04 August 2022, the Forestry Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries issued a press release on the forest situation in the Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Centre.The Forestry Administration has issued a press release stating that in Phnom Tamao, a ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia Prak Sokhonn had separate bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Gambia and Brazil to exchange views on promoting bilateral relations, in New York City, USA on Sept. 22, on the sidelines of ...

On 31 January 2023, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a press release on the intervention of providing compensation for the termination of employment contracts in accordance with the labor law to former employees of NagaWorld. As of this press release date, 262 ...

On 25 January 2023, the Cambodian Indigenous People Alliance (CIPA) issued a statement on indigenous women’s issues and challenges on law enforcements and law amendments on forestry and protected areas.Indigenous communities, associations, and organizations consisting of a total of 48 individuals, and 36 women organized ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Management zones of natural protected areas (2019-2023)” adding 02 new map features​ of Phnom Krang Dei Meas protected landscape in Kampong Chhnang province. The dataset​ shows​ the​ management​ zones​ of​ the​ natural​ protected​ areas​ in​ 4​ ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Special economic zone in Cambodia” adding 01 new map features in Banteay Meanchey from Sub-decree no. 235 on the establishment of LL Poipet Special Economic Zone. This dataset describes the information of special economic zone (SEZ) ...

A new report alleges that conservation NGO Wildlife Alliance forcibly evicted, arrested and mistreated members of the Indigenous Chong community who live in the Cardamom Mountain National Park in the name of a carbon offset scheme. ...

The Ministry of Health issued an announcement to the public that the ministry found a positive case of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) at 3pm on 27 January 2020. The infection was detected by the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia on 60-year-old Chinese national Jia Jianhua, ...

The smoke and stench blow into the air in Phnom Penh’s huge landfill. Photo by Alan Morgan, taken on 17 September 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Air pollution originates mainly from the burning of fuels such as petroleum, diesel and coal in the transport, household, ...

Venturing into Cambodia’s casino market in May 2011, Macau-backed gambling firm Entertainment Gaming Asia (EGA) promised tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of Pailin’s provincial governor in order to lease land for the construction of a new casino, documents filed with the U.S. ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Special economic zone in Cambodia” adding 1 new map features in Preah Sihanou​k from sub decree no. 54 on the establishment of King Bridge International Prey Nob special economic zone. This dataset describes the information of ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” by adding three new map features on the cutting of 3 areas with a total area of ​​133,729 m2 (one hundred and thirty-three thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine square meters) located in Sangkat ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated the map features of “Road and railway networks in Cambodia (2012 & 2024)” dataset. These road networks are produced by Open Street Map. ODC’s map and data team extracted the data in vector format. Moreover, the polyline data of railway​ ...

Obviously, COVID-19 has forced many people’s lives to a certain degree as the fear of its spreading compels the government to take strict measures and fellow citizens are advised to abide by. At ODC, working from home appears to be an alternative and Information and ...

Upon the reinstatement of the second monarchy in 1993, Cambodian citizens are the master of their destiny and sources of all power. With the introduction of the liberal democracy in the Kingdom, all Cambodians at their 18 years or over, except where it is prescribed ...

In the second GIS workshop, ODC received 21 participants who successfully attended and awarded in the three-day workshop with theme focusing on “data collection and application of GIS”. This time, “GIS application in land management and education” are in the center.Welcoming remark by Mr. Phy ...

A technology called “Super Wi-Fi” that uses the frequency spectrum between television channels called “white spaces” could be a game-changing force in how people connect to the internet, especially in places like Cambodia. The technology, which requires specialised equipment costing about US$2,000 for a base station ...

Cambodia held on to its Tier 2 ranking for the third straight year in the U.S. State Depart- ments latest global Trafficking in Persons Report, which praised the country for a rise in prosecutions, but criticized the country over a new sub-decree on migrant labor. In ...

A new, government-owned life insurance company aims to provide a safety net for Cambodian families, according to In Meatra, director-general of the Cambodia Life Insurance Company Plc. Located on the 21st floor of Canadia Tower, Cambodia Life opened on May 21 and has 23 employees.  “Cambodia ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said that the government had identified nearly 100,000 families who are now considered eligible for land titles, and that plans were in store to locate hundreds of thousands more in the coming month. Speaking at the inauguration of a new 128-km stretch of ...