Five metric tonnes of certified organic rice — the first such shipment from Cambodia — will depart for the European Union this Friday. The shipment, exported from Cambodia by an entity called Green Trade, comprises three tonnes of brown rice and two tonnes of white jasmine ...

The Asia Development Bank‘s Cambodia Resident Mission has appointed Eric Sidgwick as its new country director. Sidgwick aims to focus his efforts on promoting an inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth, said a press release issued by the Asia Development Bank (ADB) yesterday. Sidgwick started working at the ...

More than 2,500 Ocean Garment factory workers jostled with about 100 military police in the capital’s Dangkor district yesterday in their second protest march over the alleged sexual harassment of four female employees. In an inter-governmental ministerial committee meeting on Tuesday, Ocean – which supplies ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) of Japan will sign a memorandum of understanding with Acleda Bank Plc this weekend for mutual business co-operation. Senior Acleda officials said the agreement would help to improve investment and trade from Japan to Cambodia.   Acleda will also give Japanese investors and businesses advice ...

The unclear future of Cambodia’s national railway, following Toll Royal Railways’ suspension of operations on March 31, has cast doubt not only on the oft-delayed redevelopment project but also on a larger build-out expected to connect much of Asia. Toll Royal, a joint venture by Australian ...

Discussion about hydroelectric power plants in Cambodia tends to focus on two aspects, both negative. One is an overdependence on Chinese investment, and the other is a relatively disproportionate focus on the environmental impacts of hydroelectric power. Chinese Influence Most hydroelectric power plants in Cambodia are associated ...

Cambodia will face both challenges and opportunities when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) combines its 10 countries into a single market for economic development, a move intended for 2015, officials said during a round-table discussion yesterday. Sok Siphanna, an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ...

Under the project Using Open Data to Support Budget Transparency at District Level, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and its partner STAR Kampuchea (SK) have been collaborating with district administrations throughout the past months. The project, funded by the Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to announce the Second Workshop: on Data Collection and Application of GIS. The workshop aims to provide a comprehensive knowledge on conducting data collection with mobile application and using of GIS in natural resource management and disaster management with ...

 Call for application: Research grant for bachelor’s degree students to write thesisThrough a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) and the Institute of Science and Technology of Cambodia (ISTC) in Preah Vihear, focusing on collaborative efforts in education and research, ...

table { width: 100%; } table td { vertical-align: middle; } Cambodians gathering along the Chaktomuk riverside in Phnom Penh to watch boat racing during the Water Festival. Photo by Patrik M. Loeff, taken on 24 November 2007. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.PopulationProvisional results from ...

In Cambodia, alternate periods of drought and heavy rains bring challenges for water management. The current trends show increasing annual rainfall and temperature throughout Cambodia, with a likelihood that both flooding and droughts will increase in frequency, severity and duration19. Water management involves issues of ...

WordCamp Asia, which happened in Bangkok from February 17-19, 2023, was the first flagship WordCamp in Asia. So far, there have been three types of flagship WordCamp: US, Europe, and Centroamérica. As a member of the Cambodia ICT and Digital Forum (CamIDF), I attended this ...

As the latest draft of Cambodia’s long-awaited trade-union law sits idly at the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Labour officials have turned to outsiders to help hasten its enactment, a union advocate said yesterday. Dave Welsh, country director of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity, said ...

The World Bank’s biannual report on Cambodia was largely positive given dire economic prospects in Europe, which economists agreed were closely tied to the Kingdom’s key export sectors. The report, released yesterday, predicted 6.6 per cent growth in gross domestic product Manufacturing is predicted to slow slightly this year, ...

Increasing the tobacco retail tax — one of the world’s lowest at 10 per cent of unit price for domestically produced cigarettes — would deter smokers and increase government revenue while having minimal effect on tobacco producers, Ayda Yurekli, co-ordinator for the World Health Organization’s ...

Forestry Administration officials reportedly blocked vehicles in three provinces from travelling to Koh Kong town yesterday on their way to the site where prominent environmental activist Chut Wutty was shot last month. But hundreds of others from six provinces in a convoy of 27 vans made it ...

The arrival of Startup Weekend in Cambodia marked a new beginning for high-tech entrepreneurship as more than 80 people worked on all kinds of new business ideas all weekend at Yellow Tower across the Tonle Sap from The Riverside. Chief Marketing Officer Joey Pomerenke of Startup ...

គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ​​ប្រកាស​​ជា​​ផ្លូវការ​​ពី​កំណែទ​ម្រង់​​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​​ នា​ពេល​ខាង​មុខ ដោយ​ស្នើ​ឲ្យធ្វើ​វិសោធនកម្ម​ច្បាប់ និង​នីតិវិធី​ទាំងឡាយ ដែល​​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ការបោះឆ្នោត ឲ្យ​ស្រប​តាម​គោលការណ៍​នៃ​លទិ្ធប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និង​នីតិរដ្ឋ​។ ការប្រកាស​នេះ ធ្វើឡើងខណៈ​ដែលគណបក្ស​សង្រ្គោះ​ជាតិ កំពុង​ប្រមូល​ស្នាម​មេដៃ​ពីពលរដ្ឋ​ដើម្បី​ដាក់​ជូន​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ​ ឲ្យជួយ​ពិនិត្យ​ពី​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រ​តី​នៃការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​នៅកម្ពុជា។ នៅក្នុង​សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍​ របស់​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ចុះ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៤​ខែតុលា​​ឆ្នាំ​​២០១៣ បានឲ្យដឹងថា ការ​ប្រកាស​នូវ​ជំហរ និង​ប្តេជ្ញា​កែ​ទម្រង់​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​​នេះ គឺ​​ផ្អែក​​លើ​​រដ្ឋ​ធម្ម​នុញ្ញ និង​ច្បាប់​ជា​ធរមាន​នានា និង​ស្ថាន​ការជាក់ស្តែង​ក្រោយ​ការបោះឆ្នោត​​ជ្រើសតាំង​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​កន្លងមក ព្រមទាំង​យោង​តាម​ជំនួប​រវាង​ថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំ​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា និង​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៦​ខែ​កញ្ញា ។​ ...

A report released by the World Bank on Tuesday highlighted Cambodia as the most improved country in terms of businesses getting credit, due to the establishment of the country’s first credit bureau in March. Cambodia ranked 133 out of 185 in the World Bank’s report, up from 141 ...