On 11 January 2023, World Wide Fund for nature Cambodia has posted a joint press release on rare birds population show signs of increase on their official website. According to the press, in 2022, for the fourth year in a row, the census counts show higher ...

Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific this year are projected to see better performances than in 2022 as the continued easing of pandemic restrictions boosts consumption, tourism and investment, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said, highlighting “China’s reopening is the main factor brightening ...

Economics  Editor – ResearcherSongmouy is an Economics Editor-Researcher at Open Development Cambodia. She holds a Bachelor of International Affairs and Economics from Lafayette College in 2022. Before joining ODC, Songmouy worked as a senior research analyst at a market research company.Her main responsibilities include publishing ...

Forest view. Photo by Open Development Cambodia, taken on 05 December 2021. Under license CC BY-SA 4.0.Cambodia is covered with forest, accounting for around 13.1 million hectares in 1973, and it is had fallen to 8.7 million hectares in 2014.1 However, based on the Ministry ...

Extractive industries include mining and mineral sectors, natural gas and oil exploration, petroleum refineries, and quarrying for construction resources such as sand, stone, and gravel. Cambodia’s extractive resources have gone largely untapped, while these resources are geographically identifiable. French and Chinese geologists have been indicated ...

On 24 May 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the implementation of the self-declaration system of labor inspection through the automatic system.Refer to the Labor Law and Proclamation No. 358 dated 30 December 2021 on the implementation of the ...

Pandemics are disease epidemics that spread from person to person as a result of human-to-human transmission. Many medical texts do not define the term “pandemic”. However, some key characteristics of pandemics, including wide geographic spread, disease movement, novelty, severity, high attack rates and explosiveness, minimal ...

Deforestation has always been a problem in Cambodia since the 1970s, and it has aggravated in​the last decade. Some protected areas have been deforested. Between 2001 and 2018, Cambodia had lost 557,000 hectares (11.7%) of forest cover in protected areas.155 This loss has had an ...

Sweden’s Ambassador to Cambodia, His Excellency Björn Häggmark, shook hands with Prime Minister Hun Sen, dated 04 December 2019. Photo from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook page.Cambodia and Sweden established their diplomatic ties in 1961. Sweden started to provide the first development cooperation support in ...

On 01 December 2021, the Ministry of Commerce issued a notice on the extension of fines for applying for a license or e-commerce license. In order to enable the fulfillment of the obligation to apply for a license or e-commerce license, the Ministry of Commerce ...

On 08 January 2022, the Ministry of Health issued a notification on the 4th COVID-19 vaccination campaign for the target group in Phnom Penh.The COVID-19 Vaccination Commission will provide the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine using Pizer to the leaders of the Royal Government, the ...

On 04 February 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (78th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (78th) under social protection program to a total of 5 576 workers in 42 ...

On 21 January 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (77th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (77th) under social protection program to a total of 14 142 workers in 84 ...

On 25 April 2022, the Ministry of Health issued a notification on the reminder to get COVID-19 vaccine, third dose or booster dose, for the age group of 5 years old or older.The Ministry of Health would like to remind those in the age group ...

On 05 May 2022, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction issued a press release on the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a logistics center and multi-purpose port of Kampot Logistics and Port Co., Ltd.Kampot Logistics and Port Co., Ltd. has received ...

On 04 January 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Deputy PM Prak Sokhonn confers royal order of Sahametrei, Grand Officer, upon outgoing Australian Ambassador.On the morning of 04 January 2023, His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister PRAK Sokhonn, ...

On 23 September 2022, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the role of banking sector and fintech in digital economy in Cambodia.The workshop aimed to (1) disseminate the government’s policies, laws, and regulations on digitalization and the banking sector as ...

The NGO ChildFund has announced its strategic plan for 2022-2025 as well as a brand-new online safety project “Swipe Safe” to protect children from online abuse of all kinds. ChildFund said in its press release on November 2 that the ChildFund-initiated project, “Swipe Safe” will begin ...

On 03 March 2022, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has posted a petition in support of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on the verdict of Kem Sokha on their official social media site. According to the petition, all the civil servants and all teachers, ...

Cambodia’s exports to neighbouring Thailand and Vietnam surged in January this year compared to the same period last year in sharp contrast to the country’s exports to traditionally strong markets such as China and the US declining during the period. According to the data of ...