China’s aid to mine, ERW clearance in Cambodia benefits over 1 million people
China’s assistance to the clearance of landmine and explosive remnants of war (ERWs) in Cambodia has benefited more than one million people, a senior Cambodian official said on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357764/chinas-aid-to-mine-erw-clearance-in-cambodia-benefits-over-1-million-people/
Cambodia’s international trade declined by 14.5 pct in Q1 to $11.25 billion
Cambodia recorded $11.25 billion in its international trade during the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, down 14.5 percent from $13.16 billion over the same period last year, said an official report released Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501271464/cambodias-international-trade-declined-by-14-5-pct-in-q1-to-11-25-billion/
Chinese financing nears 50% of total investment in May, US lags at less than 1%
In May, Chinese investment in Cambodia accounted for almost 50% of total financing, with domestic investment accounting for over 30%, while the US lagged behind at less than one per cent, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new dataset on "Forest cover in Cambodia (2015-2021)"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new dataset on “Forest cover in Cambodia (2015-2021)”. This dataset gives data focused on Cambodia’s annual forest cover range from 2015 to 2021.=> Please click here to go to “Forest cover in Cambodia (2015-2021)”. ...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated a dataset on “Allocated land for social land concession”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated a dataset on “Allocated land for social land concession” by added the two new map features in Pursat from the sub-decree no.339 dated 23rd Nov 2023 and no.332 dated 16th Nov 2023. This dataset shows information about the land concession ...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” adding 07 new map features in Preah Sihanouk, Mondul Kiri, Preah Vihear, Phnom Penh and Takeo province. This dataset contains information regarding the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification ...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” adding 03 new map features in Koh Kong, Phnom Penh and Kandal province. This dataset contains information regarding the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private properties ...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” adding 03 new map features in Takeo, Battambang, and Kandal province. This dataset contains information regarding the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private properties of some ...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” adding 02 new map features in Mondul Kiri, and Preah Sihanouk province. This dataset contains information regarding the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private properties of ...
Tempers flare at bus protest
Resolution continued to elude 17 former bus drivers for the Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation Company yesterday when a demonstration at the company’s headquarters was roughly dispersed by company security after the ex-staffers tried to block buses from leaving. Sambath Vorn, president of the union whose founding ...
Mom Kunthear and Tat Oudom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tempers-flare-bus-protest
Thai condo collapse kills 3 Cambodian migrants
At least six people, including three Cambodian migrant workers, were killed late on Monday when a condominium construction project north of Bangkok collapsed, according to news reports, officials and witnesses at the scene. Twenty-four people, at least one of whom is Cambodian, were also injured in ...
Vong Sokheng and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-condo-collapse-kills-3-cambodian-migrants
Stranded migrants on their way home
To get his teenage daughter and niece on a plane yesterday after 10 months of alleged abuse and forced marriages in China, Kim Vicheat* said he had to bury his family in debt because the Cambodian consulate refused to fund their repatriation. The two 19-year-olds told The ...
Laignee Barron and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stranded-migrants-their-way-home
UNICEF slams street sweeps
Following the detention this week of homeless children as young as 1 year old at Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu vocational training centre, UNICEF yesterday called for an end to street sweeps and arbitrary detentions. Three people rounded up on Sunday said in separate accounts this ...
Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/unicef-slams-street-sweeps
Wrangling over wage may spur new unrest
Unions representing garment workers have pledged to reignite protests if the minimum wage for the industry is raised to only $115 next year, a sum they say was offered by the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia during a meeting on Friday. The Labour Advisory Committee (LAC) ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wrangling-over-wage-may-spur-new-unrest
LGBT rights need to be addressed, says report
Due to discrimination, sexual minorities in the country face high poverty, bullying and elevated dropout rates, with the government’s ambiguous stance on LGBT issues worsening the situation, a UN report says. “Laws and policies in Cambodia are silent on LGBT people and rights,” states Being LGBT ...
Charles Rollet and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lgbt-rights-need-be-addressed-says-report
China signs 100,000-tonne rice import agreement
The Chinese government-run China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) will today formally agree to import 100,000 tonnes of rice from Cambodia, local officials say. Representatives from COFCO and Green Trade Co, a Cambodian government-owned agriculture firm, today met in Beijing to sign the agreement, ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-signs-100000-tonne-rice-import-agreement
Survey says: deported
The government’s countrywide census of foreigners resulted in the first deportations, as six undocumented Vietnamese workers were sent back across the border from Ratanakkiri province last week, officials said yesterday. The move prompted one provincial NGO worker to call for more deportations as part of a ...
Phak Seangly and Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/survey-says-deported
Audi opens dealership in capital
Automotive Asia (Cambodia), the only authorised dealer of Audi vehicles in Cambodia, opened its first showroom in Phnom Penh yesterday. The 2,000-square-metre showroom on Monivong Boulevard currently holds just two of the German carmaker’s models, the Q7 and the A8L, with prices ranging between $135,000 and ...
Hor Kimsay
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/audi-opens-dealership-capital
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new dataset on “Sea surface temperature from MODIS Aqua Data”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new dataset on “Sea surface temperature from MODIS Aqua Data”. This bilingual new dataset exists of average sea surface temperature (sst) in Cambodia. The data can be visualized with an interactive map and graph representing its dataset and is ...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” adding 8 new map features in Phnom Penh, Tboung Khmum and Svay Rieng province. This dataset contains information regarding the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private ...