The Cambodian economy is demonstrating signs of a recovery in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2024 and the following periods, according to new statistics released by the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s (MEF) General Department of Policy which have predicted the country’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s exports of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFT) increased by 16.89 percent in the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year, earning the country $6.15 billion, according to the trade data released by the General Department of Customs and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Author: Greg Bem, ODC Library and Information Management SpecialiStThe time haS come to reflect on my experience working with ODC. AS the library SpecialiSt, I have Seen quite a bit of activity Since I arrived laSt September. From releaSing updated pageS in Khmer, to unleaShing SS='cambodia-color'>...

Among thousands of residents in the Boeung Kak Lake district of the capital whose land has been targeted for redevelopment by a Chinese-financed real estate company, Tep Vanny carried a letter explaining the “sadness and suffering” caused by the project — which has turned Phnom ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following Internews’ 2021 class for ODC on Google Analytics, further Advanced Google Analytics training was developed for the third year of participation in the Innovations for social Accountability in Cambodia (IsAC) project. Eight ODC team members joined the training facilitated by Elshad Gojayev of Internews’ ss='cambodia-color'>...

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 ss='cambodia-color'>...

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 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Executive Director/Editor-in-ChiefTHY Try is an Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief of Open Development Cambodia (ODC). In 2011, he joined ODC as an advisory board member, and later on, he became a chairman of the board. As an Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief, Try plays an important role in increasing public access ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers in Preah sihanouk province have accused a businessman of bulldozing almost 1,000 hectares of their farm land in complaints filed to relevant authorities and the provincial court last week. Pin Lean Hun, a village representative, said yesterday rice paddies, vegetable patches and jackfruit trees ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sixty community repreSentativeS from Preah Vihear and Kampong Thom provinceS expreSSed concern yeSterday over a String of recent economic land conceSSionS granted within the boundS of the Boeung Per Wildlife Sanctuary. At a preSS conference held in Preah Vihear&rSquo;S Rovieng diStrict yeSterday, they claimed the SS='cambodia-color'>...

Three women were slightly injured while participating in a strike of about 500 workers outside the Zongtex Garment Factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district yesterday, a union representative said yesterday. suos sokha, head of the Rights and Profit Workers Federation of Trade Unions, said yesterday the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday called for greater regional cooperation to tackle a range of environmental problems in the Greater Mekong sub-region, but did not specifically address the threat posed by dams. “I call on all countries in the Greater Mekong sub-region to place more emphasis ss='cambodia-color'>...

Battambang provincial court has issued an injunction halting the sale of any part of Loran Import Export Company in a dispute over ownership of the prominent rice milling firm, according to a statement. The plaintiffs, including prominent media personality soy sopheap as well as Uy Ang ss='cambodia-color'>...

Poor sanitation costs Cambodia $450 million a year due to health costs resulting from water-borne diseases such as diarrhea, according to a new report by the UN Environment Program. The report follows data released last week by the World Bank that found that 75 percent ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s petroleum authority yesterday announced that it would like to renew discussion with Thailand in order to find a solution over disputed waters in the Gulf of Thailand widely believed to hold large quantities of oil and gas. Negotiations over how to split revenue from ss='cambodia-color'>...

The biggest names in the apparel industry, including Nike, Puma and Gap, would meet today with officials from the Ministry of Labour to discuss issues plaguing the Cambodian garment manufacturing industry, such as mass fainting and contractual disputes, labour activists said yesterday.  Dave Welsh, country ss='cambodia-color'>...

Rubber production in Cambodia is expected to increase by 245,500 tons per year by 2020, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). MAFF Minister Chan sarun said on Aug 30 that Cambodia will have 365,000 hectares for rubber production as the amount ss='cambodia-color'>...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea jumped more than 40 per cent year-on-year through September, according to the Korea Trade InveStment Promotion Agency. Total trade between January and September reached $387 million, according to KOTRA, up 45 per cent from $267 million during the year-ago SS='cambodia-color'>...

A fertiliser company that has been approved to do billions of dollars’ worth of business in Cambodia, and is presumed to be based in the United Kingdom, is in fact affiliated with domestic conglomerate Royal Group, an insider has confirmed. Nitrogen Chemicals and Fertiliser (Cambodia) Ltd ss='cambodia-color'>...

More people are buying furniture thanks to a growing construction sector and solid economic growth. Cambodia’s economy grew by 6.9 percent in 2011 and is expected to grow by 6.5 percent for the next two years, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Meanwhile, the ss='cambodia-color'>...