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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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” 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 ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) Published a new dataset on “Building footprints in Phnom Penh”. This dataset contains information about​​ building footprint in Phnom Penh. Building footprints can be used for a variety of essential purposes, including population estimation, urban planning, and humanitarian response, as well ...

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 ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” adding 2 new map features in Siemreap and Preah Sihnouk province. This dataset contains information regarding​​ the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private properties of some ...

Immigration officials from the Interior Ministry and Pursat province today are to begin a census of all foreigners living in the Kingdom, though it is expected to focus primarily on those of Vietnamese descent. Following a meeting in Pursat yesterday afternoon, Major General Khun Sambor, chief ...

Russia is set to approve duty- and quota-free imports for up to 3,000 Cambodian agricultural products, according to local government officials. A statement issued by Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce on Friday states that Russia’s Minister for Economic Development, Alexey Ulyukaev, agreed in principal to increase the ...

Businesses in Phnom Penh have been ordered to dismantle signs and advertisements erected on public property without the permission of City Hall. In a letter sent to businesses on Wednesday and published on the city’s website yesterday, City Hall said companies found to have been flouting ...

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need to intensify self-regulatory efforts against corrupt practices to help foster a stronger business environment, NGO Transparency International (TI) Cambodia said yesterday. At a seminar in Phnom Penh, TI Cambodia executive director Preap Kol told business representatives that while government corruption ...

The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) has issued a warning to 15 companies that offer Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services for allegedly failing to pay their annual fees. In a statement published on a local media website on August 22, the TRC demanded the companies ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new dataset on “Global building footprints​ in Cambodia”. This bilingual new dataset of 3,874,425 building footprints in Cambodia is publicly available for download.=> Please click here to go to “Global building footprints​ in Cambodia”. ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new dataset on “Cambodia food prices”. This dataset provides Cambodian food price data from the World Food Programme price database. The World Food Programme price database includes corn, rice, beans, fish, and sugar prices.=> Please click here to go ...

The Anti-Corruption Unit has announced that three people, including a police officer, who were arrested last week in Svay Rieng province after posing as students taking the grade 12 national exam, have been charged with using false identities. In a statement released on Monday, the ACU ...

Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) held its first consultation meeting with the private sector on Friday over a proposed new anti-corruption guidebook, encouraging firms to police themselves in the absence of any official regulation. According to Om Yentieng, head of the ACU, the new Guide on Anti ...

Cambodia Bayon Airlines will soon import two Modern Ark 60 aircrafts from the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), with plans to begin domestic flights before the end of the year, a company representative said yesterday. Bayon will sign an agreement with AVIC on Thursday ...

Cambodia stands to be the biggest beneficiary, in terms of GDP growth, for the first decade following ASEAN Economic Integration in 2015, according to a study released publicly today by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The ILO’s 160-page report says Cambodia could see a 19.9 per ...

The body of a 100-kilogram Irrawaddy dolphin from Cambodia was found dead in Vietnamese territory and repatriated to its home waters yesterday, officials said. Im Phat, deputy chief of the Fishery Administration in Takeo province’s Angkor Borei district, said two endangered freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins – fewer ...