A land concession is a grant of rights over an area of land for a specific purpose. In Cambodia land concessions can be granted for various purposes, including agribusiness, redistribution of land to the landless and land-poor, infrastructure development, mining and fishing. They have been href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/concessions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Photo taken from the ministry’s Facebook Page, taken on 23 August 2023.EstablishmentUnder Royal Decree No. NS/RKM/0196/10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) was formally established on 24 January 1996. The ministry has a total of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-international-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Forest view. Photo by Open Development Cambodia, taken on 05 December 2021. Under license CC BY-SA 4.0.Cambodia is covered with forest, accounting for around 13.1 million hectares in 1973, and it is had fallen to 8.7 million hectares in 2014.45 However, based on the Ministry href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/carbon-trading-and-other-payments-for-ecological-services-pes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Since 1993, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has been working to reform the country’s legal framework, and in particular the application of justice, to provide a clear and fixed procedural system to ensure respect for individual rights and equality before the courts.87 In theory, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/civil-and-commercial-litigation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Mean Nara, ODC’s Senior Mapper, spoke to the audience about the launch of the GeoServer.On April 30, the ODC team hosted a monthly Phnom Penh Mapping Meet-up (PPMM), in which ODC, Atlas, and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut presented on the recent project updates and results. As href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/phnom-penh-mapping-meetup-15/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The United States has expressed its commitment to the success of next week’s 19th ASEAN Regional Forum, which will be held in Phnom Penh, while British Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne said on the same day that the United Kingdom plans to strengthen its relationship href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/uk-us-pledge-asean-support/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Under Cambodia’s Constitution, all Khmer citizens have equal status before the law, regardless of wealth or station.123 This promotes a political principle called the rule of law,124 an ideal that all members of a society, both the people and the State, are held equally accountable href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/legal-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

UNTAC soldiers from India patrolling the streets in Prey Veng province, Cambodia, on the second day of voting. Photo by United Nations Transitional Authority of Cambodia (UNTAC), taken on May 24 1993. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Cambodia inherited legal and political systems and a state href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/system-of-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

“There may be times when you want to explain things through maps, but you don’t know how to create the maps. With the currently available technology, creating map has become relatively easy. You no longer need to be an expert to develop maps, provided that href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/making-digital-maps-using-free-and-simple-mapping-applications/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Respect for strong values is the key to citizens’ trust in their courts.217 The international values recognized for judges are independence and impartiality, integrity, equality of treatment, diligence and competence. A judge cannot both decide a case and have a personal interest in its resolution. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/court-monitoring/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association and Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia celebrated the World Teacher Day from Cambodia. Photo by Education International, taken on 5 October 2009. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0Cambodia’s national budget determines state expenditures and revenues. It is href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/budget/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Copper exploration is concentrated in Preah Vihear province in the northern part of Cambodia. The most active explorer is Australian-based Geopacific Resources, in collaboration with Cambodian tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group. Geopacific Resources is working with Cambodian-based Royal Group at Kou Sa, a 158 km2 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/copper/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Local workers loading fresh catch to be transported to the city market at Chhnoc Trou pier, Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia. Photo by Sylyvann Borei/World Fish, taken on 7 April 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia has abundant and productive fisheries. Fish is a traditional staple in the Cambodian href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/fisheries-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

“Stopping corruption may start from us” (Khmer version on Clean Hand poster), in Kratie province, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank Photo Collection, taken on November 22, 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0In Cambodia, the activities of buying goods, construction work, repairs, and services and consultation href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/procurement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In Southeast Asia, Cambodia is one of the countries rich in natural resources—gemstones, gas, oil, phosphates, manganese, iron ore and timber.325 Since the early 2000s, many companies like Thailand’s PTT, Petro Vietnam and China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) have searched for possible oil reserves href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/oil-exploration-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new page on “Contact number of director of municipal-provincial health department” under Access to public services. The spreadsheet contains information both in Khmer and English including names of head of health department, contact numbers and references.=> Please click here to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-profile-page-on-administrative-services-provided-by-one-window-service-office-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published its “Blogs” page on site in both Khmer and English. This page will provide the users the information of ODC’s activities such as joining workshops, BarCamp, ICT events and especially the events conducted by ODC. => Click here to get href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-blogs-page/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has updated profile page on “Public transportation” under Access to public services by adding public bus lines to 16 lines together with the information in both Khmer and English of bus lines, operating hour, bus stop, and map.=>Please click here to get in to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-updated-profile-page-on-public-transportation-by-adding-16-public-bus-lines/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing on Health facilities in Cambodia (2010) in both Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map explorer tool, we provide the details information on health facilities such as health posts, health centers, referral hospitals href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-published-health-facilities-in-cambodia-2010-dataset/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Cambodia Gazetteer” by adding a new resource in 2023. This Gazetteer shows the name​ list of provincial/municipal, district (Krong/ Srok/ Khan), commune (Khum/ Sangkat), and village in Cambodia. This data is extracted from​ the database of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-odc-updated-an-existing-dataset-on-cambodia-gazetteer/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...