Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates a profile page on “Foreign investment in Cambodia”. This bilingual profile page gives a quick overview of foreign investment in Cambodia, together with related content, such as the definition of foreign investment, the reasons investors invest in Cambodia, priority sectors, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/fa_slide/happy-water-festival-2018/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) is pleased to announce the opening of applications for Cohort 2 of Youth-Led Project 2024.Youth-Led Project 2024 is a six-month training program that was initiated by ODC. Selected youths will be equipped with skills and expertise that are necessary href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/opportunity-for-cambodian-youths-to-participate-in-cohort-2-of-youth-led-project-2024/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

According to the Kingdom of Cambodia’s 2019 general population census, the total Cambodian population is 15,552,211 (51.31% of females).1 By 2021, the population increased to 16,589,023.2 Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and other minorities also live in the country. Indigenous ethnic groups known as “Khmer Loeu” live href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/ethnic-minorities-and-indigenous-people/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Community fishery refuges, Battambang, Cambodia. Photo by Alan Brooks/WorldFish, taken on 2 November 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Fishing practices in Cambodia are classified into three broad categories: small-scale or family fishing, medium-scale and large-scale or commercial fishing.In 2001, aware of the need to safeguard href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/community-fisheries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Land transfers in Cambodia assume a variety of forms involving both public and private entities. The right to transfer property to another and to be protected from forced transfer is essential to land tenure security. Land transfer capacity is a source of value for landowners, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/land-transfers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prey lang protection East West Management Institute (EWMI) worked alongside communities since 2007. They began resourcing activities and forest community members across the forest. They supported the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) for several years.Supporting Forests and Biodiversity (SFB) in Cambodia (November 2012​ to November 2016) href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/?wp-feature-box=prey-lang-protection ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) was thrilled to host a panel discussion on “Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in Mekong countries” at the 42nd Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment: Resilience through impact assessment and Leadership on 10th May 2023 at Borneo Convention Centre href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/strategic-environmental-assessment-in-mekong-country/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Japan’s Sumi Wiring Systems Co Ltd launched production of automobile wiring this month, a company official said yesterday. Japanese companies such as Sumi and Minebea, a ball-bearings maker, have helped Cambodia’s manufacturing industry diversify away from garments, the country’s main manufacturing product and export, and Prime Minister Hun Sen href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-aims-to-attract-more-japanese-money/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, one of two state-owned companies slated to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange this year, yesterday called the price decline in the country’s first publicly traded company worrisome. The eight-day slide in price that neared Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s initial public offering href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/follow-up-ipos-still-on-track/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Red Cross”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of Cambodia Red Cross (CRC).=>Please click here to go to “Red Cross”.   References1. Rainforest Rescue. “Cambodia: Our rainforest needs protection.” Accessed 1 November 2016. https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/907/cambodia-our-rainforest-needs-protection2. May href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-red-cross/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates a topic page on​ “Extractive industries”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of Extractive industries in Cambodia.=>Please click here to go to “Extractive industries”.   References1. Rainforest Rescue. “Cambodia: Our rainforest needs protection.” Accessed 1 November 2016. https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/907/cambodia-our-rainforest-needs-protection2. May Titthara. “Prey href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-updates-a-new-topic-page-on-extractive-industries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Forest protection”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of Forest protection in Cambodia.=>Please click here to go to “Forest protection”.   References1. Rainforest Rescue. “Cambodia: Our rainforest needs protection.” Accessed 1 November 2016. https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/907/cambodia-our-rainforest-needs-protection2. May Titthara. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-forest-protection/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Jatropha, known in Cambodia as “Lhong Kwong”, is commonly grown in the Kingdom. Jatropha mainly grows in the mountainous regions of the north and central parts of Cambodia but is not restricted to those areas. It can be found in Battambong, Pursat, Kampong Speu, Sihanouk, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/jatropha/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Land Law of 2001 both guarantee an individual’s right to property protection. Though part of the Government’s policy framework since 2002, not until 2010 did a legal framework exist to govern the process by which the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/expropriation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is set up as a multi-party democracy under a constitutional monarchy. The King serves as the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of the Royal Government of Cambodia. Norodom Sihamoni,41 the King, was crowned in 2004 after the abdication of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The total value of Cambodia’s international trade amounted to $35.8 billion in 2020, a 2.5 percent increase on the $34.9 billion in 2019 even after the Covid-19 pandemic slowed global trade, according to Ministry of Commerce (MoC) reports from 2020. The main sources of Cambodia’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/imports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

ODC Senior Mapper Mean Naro presented polling station density maps.On May 28, the ODC team hosted a monthly Phnom Penh Mapping Meet-up (PPMM), in which ODC, Urban Voice of Cambodia, and John Weeks presented on recent project updates and results. Urban Voice presented results from href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/ppmm16-polling-station-density-maps-and-election-page-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published 3 new datasets on “Result of the 4th mandate of commune/sangkat council election 2017” in both Khmer and English. These datasets shows the official result of the recent commune election at provincial level by three classifications:  (1) number and percentage href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-three-new-datasets-on-result-of-the-4th-mandate-of-communesangkat-council-election-2017/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at a bilateral meeting. Photo by U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh, taken on 06 January 2016. Licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.Cambodia is a lower middle-income country with a fast-growing economy that has sustained a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The EU Ambassador to Cambodia, Carmen Moreno, shook hands with Prime Minister Hun Sen at Peace Palace on December 2, 2019. Photo from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook page.European Union (EU) has been one of Cambodia’s biggest trading partners and a major development partner since href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/european-union-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...