Although exploratory work has indicated the presence of modest coal resources in northern Cambodia, no commercial-scale mining has yet begun. The coal used in electricity generation and for other purposes is imported.A coal barge from Samarinda coal mine on the Mahakam river. Indonesia, Borneo. Photo href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/coal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodians in Washington raised more than $15,000 for the Kantha Bopha Hospital on Saturday, at an event sponsored by the Cambodian Embassy. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodians-in-washington-fundraise-for-childrens-hospital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Passenger traffic at Cambodia’s three main airports climbed by 21.8 per cent during the year to date compared to the same period last year, according to data released yesterday by Cambodia Airports. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-airport-traffic-soars-despite-global-slump/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Minerals from Halpern Mineral Collection, San Francisco, Photo by Eric Hunt taken on October 21 2006. License under: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Many of Cambodia’s mineral resources are undeveloped, with most production concentrating on construction materials such as crushed stone, sand, gravel and limestone.19There is currently no href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/mineral-and-mineral-products/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Barcamp Angkor 2017 took place on September 09-10, at Build Bright University, in Siem Reap province. The principle of the camp is to empower young Cambodian minds with speakers sharing their entrepreneurial, tech or digital experiences. Attendees will still have the ability to speak directly href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/odc-participated-in-barcamp-angkor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Social land concessions (SLCs) are intended to provide to the landless or land-poor land on which to establish residences and/or generate income through agriculture. The Cambodian Government that more than 30,000 households have received land as social land concessions. Despite its pro-poor intention, the SLC href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/social-land-concessions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Election ballots, Cambodia. Photo by Daniel Littlewood, taken on April 20, 2004. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0History of Cambodia’s electionsCambodia saw consecutive civil wars for more than 20 years after the coup in 1970. In 1991, parties in the conflict reached agreement to end the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes 2 new topic pages on​ “SDG 2 Zero hunger” and “SDG 10 Reduced inequalities”, which are two of the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic pages on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sdg-2-zero-hunger-and-sdg-10-reduced-inequalities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The U.N. refugee agency warns the number of people forcibly displaced from their homes is likely to exceed 60 million in 2015.The UNHCR has released its Mid-Year Trends 2015 report covering global forced displacement during the first six months of this year. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-record-breaking-60-million-forcibly-displaced-worldwide/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The private sector and industry professionals were engaged yesterday in the first consultation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government in an effort to understand the factors affecting Cambodia’s economy, and ultimately determined that human capital, infrastructure, innovation and regulatory issues as the key areas href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/adb-maps-kingdoms-needs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

CIMB Bank plc, which aims to be among the top 10 banks in Cambodia over the next five years, is targeting more than US$100mil (RM317mil ) in deposits and US$90mil (RM285mil) in total loan size by year-end. Its deputy general manager and head of commercial banking href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cimb-aiming-to-be-top-10-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The garment industry could be close to renewing an industrial relations memorandum of understanding, but an independent union believes it is being edged out of negotiations because it opposes the use of short-term and fixed-duration contracts. Ath Thorn, president of the Cambodian Labour Confederation, said yesterday href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-out-of-loop-in-mou-negotiations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Chemical substances used in about 3,000 mining drills operating in the Prey Lang forest in Kratie and Kampong Thom provinces are wreaking environmental havoc and making people sick, a report by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights released yesterday says. Substances used by a number of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/reckless-mining-in-prey-lang-takes-toll-on-environment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The 13 Boeung Kak lake women imprisoned after a three-hour trial on May 24 were tried unjustly on charges that had no basis, according to a Cambodian Center for Human Rights report released yesterday. Ou Virak said the women’s sentencing, which came two days after href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/report-slams-boeung-kak-13-sentencing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on the “Health care policy and administration”. On the new bilingual page, the public will be able to get more insights about Health care policy and administration in Cambodia, specifically on policies and regulations.  => Please click href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-health-care-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia has published a new online resource detailing on​ US bombing in Cambodia (1965-1975) in both Khmer and English. The spatial data contains information such as date of the bombing, exact location, the number and type of aircraft in the sortie, bombing load href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-published-new-dataset-of-us-bombing-in-cambodia-1965-1975/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (August 28, 2019) issues an order to classify the jobs’ listing and to bar foreign nationals from self-employment. The legal document, which issued with number 360/19 and dated on 28 August 2019, categories the types of job that href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/directive-to-determine-categories-of-job-and-ban-foreign-nationals-from-self-employment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Floods”, a hot topic discussed in the present day. In this bilingual new topic page, you will get some insights regarding the situation of floods in Cambodia, together with the related statistic figures and references. =>Please href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-floods/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 08 November 2020, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the suspension of KTV and movie theaters across the country in the context of the global epidemic of COVID-19. The Royal of Government of Cambodia used to take the same measurement once on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-on-the-temporary-suspension-of-all-ktv-and-cinema-across-the-country-for-the-2nd-time/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on the “Banking and financial services”. On the new bilingual page, the public will be able to get more information regarding banking and financial services in Cambodia, together with an understanding of the evolution of policies href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-banking-and-financial-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...