After Land Swap, Siem Reap Government Moves Again
Siem Reap’s provincial government apparatus, which in 2010 was relocated to a remote site 16 km outside of the city as part of an extensive and hugely controversial swap of government land and buildings, is moving back to its old home in the tourist city’s ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/top/after-land-swap-siem-reap-government-moves-again-41819/
Rainsy Says King Has Not Set Date for Assembly
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Tuesday he refused to believe King Norodom Sihamoni had officially announced the date he will open the National Assembly later this month, despite the King having signed a letter announcing he would convene the inaugural session on September 23. Speaking to ...
Alex Willemyns and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/rainsy-says-king-has-not-set-date-for-assembly-42120/
As mosques are replaced, Cham minority could see heritage fade
Cambodia is home to some 400,000 Cham Muslims. The ethnic group, like many others, suffered terrible losses during the Khmer Rouge regime. Lives were lost and cultural landmarks destroyed. Now, as mosques and heritage sites around the country are demolished to make way for more ...
Poppy McPherson and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/7days/mosques-are-replaced-cham-minority-could-see-heritage-fade
In Cambodia, Lost Retreats Once Again Found
Kep province – On a sunny weekday in Kep, a seaside village about halfway along Cambodia’s coast, the crab market was heaving. Women in straw hats and rubber boots stood knee deep in the surf shouting out prices, periodically darting into the sea to pull writhing ...
WWF: High-risk trade in wildlife threatens ecosystems and risks exposure to zoonotic diseases
On 10 July 2020, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned that snaring of animals has become a crisis that poses a serious risk to wildlife in Southeast Asia and could spawn the transmission of zoonotic diseases to humans. An estimated 12.3 million snares threaten ...
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Commencement of the second phase of cash subsidies for identified individuals and their families
On July 08, 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the start of the second phase of the subsidy under the “post-closure social assistance program for citizens and families of people with difficulties, people and families of people infected with ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Forest cover
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Data on forest cover is essential for effective forest management and conservation. It enables policymakers to make informed decisions about forest management, such as identifying conservation areas, tracking changes in forest cover, and identifying areas at risk of deforestation. The forest cover profile page contains ...
Press release on the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on "Cross border payment and remittance cooperation" between the National Bank of Cambodia and NPCI International Payments Limited
On 17 April 2023, the National Bank of Cambodia issued a press release on the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on “Cross border payment and remittance cooperation” between the National Bank of Cambodia and NPCI International Payments Limited.H.E. Dr. Chea Serey, Deputy Governor of the National ...
National Bank of Cambodia
Japan provides grant assistance for raising awareness of environment issues, promoting remedial study and developing quality university for physical education through ICT
On 27 February 2023, the Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release on the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO projects. The Government of Japan will provide US$843,946 in total for three recipient organizations to carry out the following projects:Nature Center ...
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
21 opposition activists overseas fined, banned from running for office for 20 years
Twenty-one opposition members and activists were banned from holding elected office for at least 20 years after being convicted in absentia of inciting voters to spoil their national election ballots by the Phnom Penh Municipal Election Committee (PEC) on Tuesday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/21-opposition-activists-overseas-fined-banned-from-running-for-office-for-20-years/
Scholarship opportunity in higher education
The Prayuters Library Program is delighted to announce a scholarship opportunity for Grade 12 students in Preah Vihear province. The application opens for students holding a high school diploma or an equivalent certificate for pursuing a bachelor’s degree. Additionally, students who did not pass the ...
Open Development Cambodia Organization
Health services and centers
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“Citizens’ health is guaranteed. The state is taking care of disease prevention and cure. The poor are entitled to get access to health checks without any payment, at any public health center, infirmary and maternity center.The State shall organize and establish infirmaries and maternity centers.”1// ...
GIS Workshop: Fundamentals of QGIS
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to announce a Geographic Information System (GIS) Workshop: Fundamentals of QGIS of the three series workshops each of which takes three days. This series workshop aims to provide a comprehensive knowledge on geographic information system and using open-source GIS ...
Open Development Cambodia
Announcement: Basic data journalism training
ODC is delighted to announce a new “Training on Basic Data Journalism” that will be implemented in collaboration with CamboJA. The program receives the support from the Mekong: Sustainable News project from CFI, the French Media Development agency in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam led ...
Open Development Cambodia
Announcement Workshop on Cambodia's digital economy and business web portal
On October 20 2022, Techo Startup Center has posted an announcement workshop on Cambodia’s digital economy and business web portal on their official social media site. The primary purpose of the workshop is to disseminate to the public and private sectors information related to essential web ...
Techo Startup Center
ODC Meets Open Knowledge Festival 2014
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ODC Design Team Leader, Huy Eng, was supported by the OKFestival Foundation to attend the Open Knowledge Festival 2014, which took place July 15–17 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The event was held at the Kulturbrauerei, an aesthetically beautiful piece of architecture originally built and operated ...
Construction
Construction on a Phnom Penh tower block. Photo by Axel Drainville, taken on 4 May 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0The construction industry has boomed in Cambodia. From 2000 to November 2018, Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction approved 43,136 construction projects representing ...
Mitigation
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Together, fighting climate change. Photo by 350.org, taken on 12 October 2010. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Clean Development MechanismThe Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), defined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, allows a country with an emission-reduction or emission-limitation commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to ...
Procurement
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“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 ...