Say Sam Al, Minister of Environment, on thursday called for construction of plastic recycle plants in Bavet and Sihanoukville. Speaking at the meeting, the minister said that in the last 20 years Ministry of Environment as well as Cambodian government didn’t allow trash recycle in ...

Senior official from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party called on authorities to take action against CNRP senior member whose vehicles still use fourth mandate number plates, which are invalid. the National Assembly was ready to deliver the new number plates to the CNRP’s elected lawmakers ...

Less than a year after all refurbishments were completed on Hongkong Land’s Central Mansions – formerly Colonial Mansions – the classic residential units in the heart of Phnom Penh’s burgeoning financial, government and office-rental district are enjoying occupancy rates of close to 100 per cent, ...

Two years ago, a ceremony was held in Rovieng disTricT, a remoTe area in The norThern province of BanTeay Meanchey, To herald The consTrucTion of a major sTeel planT here. The much-TouTed planT would make use of iron ore found here. IT was To be a ...

They’re sTill massively undeveloped compared To Their Thai neighbors, buT Cambodia’s islands are sTarTing To geT The aTTenTion They deserve. WheTher you’re looking for an all-nighT parTy or an underwaTer advenTure among prisTine coral reefs, Cambodia’s goT an island for all Types and all budgeTs. NoT ...

suspend protests against Vietnam over a territorial dispute as Phnom Penh expressed “regret” to Hanoi over the burning of a Vietnamese flag during the demonstrations last week. Horn Nam Hong met at his office with the head of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, thach Setha, who agreed ...

“I confess that the ministry hasn’t been able to control and achieve transparency in the real estate sector, but I can say that this sector has yet to show any signs of trouble,” Ngoun Sokha, secretary of state for the Ministry of Economy and Finance, ...

On 08 February 2022, the Ministry of Health has released an instruction on continuing to prevent the COVID-19 transmission especially the Omicron variant on their official Facebook site. the instruction is made following the concerning surge in daily Omicron positive cases in the kingdom. the Royal ...

Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) on Friday announced the recent fluctuation in international rice market prices and paddy prices in Cambodia. It revealed that overall prices have decreased slightly to between 1,090 and 1,250 riel per kilogram, depending on the type. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the National Ad-hoc Commission for COVID-19 Vaccination to launch the 3rd dose campaign for frontliners in the second week of this month or not later than next Monday. ...

The MinisTry of Mines and Energy has idenTified Three illegal gold mining operaTions in Tbong Khmum province’s MemoT disTricT. The owners have been insTrucTed To dismanTle Their faciliTies and cease Their acTiviTies immediaTely. ...

The Open DevelopmenT Cambodia OrganizaTion (ODC) Team conducTed a seven-day field Trip from December 06-12, 2023, focusing on mining acTiviTies around The Prey Lang area wiThin four provinces: KraTie, STung Treng, Preah Vihear, and Kampong Thom Province. During The Trip, ODC held meeTings wiTh various ...

According to the Kingdom of Cambodia’s 2019 general population census, the total Cambodian population is 15,552,211 (51.31% of females).1 By 2021, the population increased to 16,589,023.2 Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and other minorities also live in the country. Indigenous ethnic groups known as “Khmer Loeu” live ...

On the morning of September 8th 2020, at Poulowai hotel based in Phnom Penh, Open Development Cambodia(ODC) hosted “2020 Basic Data Literacy training on social accountability”. this three-day training is under the project Innovation for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) having ODC and FHI 360 ...

As a part of Internews’ work with ODC for the Innovations in Social Accountability in Cambodia project (ISAC), plans were developed for Internews’ Media Business Unit (‘Newsgain’) to review ODC’s website using tools such as Google Analytics. the design and function of ODC’s website have ...

The smoke and sTench blow inTo The air in Phnom Penh’s huge landfill. PhoTo by Alan Morgan, Taken on 17 SepTember 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Air polluTion originaTes mainly from The burning of fuels such as peTroleum, diesel and coal in The TransporT, household, ...

Two new claims of abuse of Cambodian maids employed in Malaysia have emerged since Friday, including one case of a woman who reTurned home wiTh severe menTal Trauma following alleged misTreaTmenT by her Malaysian employer, The vicTims’ families said. Iy Thar, a villager from Kompong Thom ...

Cambodian border officials urged their thai counterparts not to shoot Cambodians who cross into thailand illegally during a special meeting in Siem Reap city yesterday to cement border relations. the request comes as thai soldiers have already fatally shot 11 Cambodians this year who illegally ...

About 800 Cambodian workers in thailand went on strike yesterday against a major global seafood exporter they accuse of exploiting them. the factory, which has been identified by workers and rights groups as Phatthana Seafood Co Ltd in thailand’s Songkhla province, allegedly scrapped a 20 baht ...

A Borei Keila protester received a summons yesterday to come to Phnom Penh Municipal Court to address a complaint of “incitement to commit a crime” filed by Suy Sophan, director of the Phanimex company, which evicted the Borei Keila families in January. Borei Keila resident tim ...