Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, accompanied by businesspeople and senior officials, flew to Nanning City of southwest China’s Guangxi province on Monday to attend the 11th ASEAN-China Expo. Senior officials accompanying the prime minister included Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol, Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia Chea href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-businessmen-head-to-nanning-for-11th-asean-china-expo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia, along with other ASEAN members, will make joint efforts to create an upgraded China-ASEAN Free Trade Area and contribute to the building of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, said a senior Cambodian official at the First ASEAN href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vows-to-contribute-to-chinas-one-belt-one-road-initiatives/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Police seized more than two tonnes of dangerous counterfeit medication on Saturday and arrested a Phnom Penh pharmacy owner in a sting officials say has netted the largest-ever haul of illegal medication in Cambodia. After nine days of surveillance, the Ministry of Interior’s Economic Police unit swooped href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/record-bad-medicine-haul/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Five metric tonnes of certified organic rice — the first such shipment from Cambodia — will depart for the European Union this Friday. The shipment, exported from Cambodia by an entity called Green Trade, comprises three tonnes of brown rice and two tonnes of white jasmine href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-certified-organic-rice-heads-for-europe/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Asia Development Bank‘s Cambodia Resident Mission has appointed Eric Sidgwick as its new country director. Sidgwick aims to focus his efforts on promoting an inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth, said a press release issued by the Asia Development Bank (ADB) yesterday. Sidgwick started working at the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-country-director-for-adb-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A union representative is accused of beating a rival over the head with a walkie-talkie during a factory protest yesterday in the latest burst of violence in one of Cambodia’s special economic zones. Bou Sokray, 25, a representative for the Coalition of Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/blows-at-capital-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

More than 2,500 Ocean Garment factory workers jostled with about 100 military police in the capital’s Dangkor district yesterday in their second protest march over the alleged sexual harassment of four female employees. In an inter-governmental ministerial committee meeting on Tuesday, Ocean – which supplies href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/clash-charges-roil-ocean/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) of Japan will sign a memorandum of understanding with Acleda Bank Plc this weekend for mutual business co-operation. Senior Acleda officials said the agreement would help to improve investment and trade from Japan to Cambodia.   Acleda will also give Japanese investors and businesses advice href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sumitomo-mitsui-bank-returns-to-kingdom-after-45-years/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The unclear future of Cambodia’s national railway, following Toll Royal Railways’ suspension of operations on March 31, has cast doubt not only on the oft-delayed redevelopment project but also on a larger build-out expected to connect much of Asia. Toll Royal, a joint venture by Australian href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/toll-royal-derails-regional-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Discussion about hydroelectric power plants in Cambodia tends to focus on two aspects, both negative. One is an overdependence on Chinese investment, and the other is a relatively disproportionate focus on the environmental impacts of hydroelectric power. Chinese Influence Most hydroelectric power plants in Cambodia are associated href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-hydroelectric-question-china-power-and-the-environment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will face both challenges and opportunities when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) combines its 10 countries into a single market for economic development, a move intended for 2015, officials said during a round-table discussion yesterday. Sok Siphanna, an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opportunities-challenges-for-asean/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/data-literacy-training-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 02 March 2023, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) hosted​ a Consultative Workshop on Digital Educational Resources in Indigenous Languages for Primary School Students in a meaningful and active collaboration with the Special Education Department (SED) of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MOEYS) that href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/consultative-workshop-on-digital-educational-resources-in-indigenous-languages-for-primary-school-students/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Following the success of the first edition in March 2020 in Phnom Penh, the 2nd Training Workshop on Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) was conducted on August 26th and 27th in Battambang after being postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/second-training-workshop-on-strategic-environment-assessment-sea/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to announce the Second Workshop: on Data Collection and Application of GIS. The workshop aims to provide a comprehensive knowledge on conducting data collection with mobile application and using of GIS in natural resource management and disaster management with href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/2nd-workshop-data-collection-and-application-of-gis/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

One of the highlights of last year’s edition of the​ 5th Mekong ICT Camp 2017 hosted by Open Development Cambodia was the “Seed Grant Innovative Award”, endowed with 3,000$ for each of the five awarded teams. About half a year after the grant receivers were href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/success-stories-from-seed-grant-innovation-awardees-of-the-5th-mekong-ict-camp-2017/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Open Development Cambodia (ODC) Team recently had the privilege of attending the United Nations High-Level Political Forum 2023 in New York City. This global event serves as a platform to discuss and accelerate the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic while emphasizing the full implementation href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/odc-teams-insights-from-unhlpf-2023-accelerating-recovery-and-sdg-implementation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The launch event of a project improving the delivery of public services through ICT in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia. Photo by the ODC team, taken on 28 June 2017. Licensed under a CC BY-SA 4.0.Civil society, representing the interests of ordinary citizens, is the part of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/civil-society/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Flooding  this year cost the government significantly less than expected due to better preparation and lower water levels than in previous years, first vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management Nhim Vanda announced yesterday. The NCDM could not yet report the precise amount spent on flood href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/flood-money-runneth-over/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The second Cambodia International Machinery Industry Fair 2012 (CIMIF 2012) will kick off this weekend from at the Diamond Island Convention Center in an effort to promote the industry development and foreign investment in Cambodia. It will run for four days from tomorrow to August href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/second-international-machinery-fair-opens-this-weekend/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...