Open DevelOpment CambOdia OrganizatiOn (ODC) is pleased tO annOunce a fOur-day Data Literacy Training On SOcial AccOuntability frOm 23-24 and 30-31 May 2024. This training is suppOrted by USAID CambOdia thrOugh FHI 360.Interested candidates may register at: https://bit.ly/49NkXOZ?r=qrDeadline Of applicatiOn: 07 May 2024 ...

Cambodia has added an 18th goal to its localized version of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – “End the negative impact of mines/ERW and promote victim assistance”.1 The SDGs were adopted by all United Nations member states in 2015 as a universal call to action ...

Kuala Lumpur (The star /ANN) — A country once torn apart by war is emerging as a key investment destination for small and medium enterprises. It was once home to a great civilization. In the 12th century, the Khmer empire was South-East Asia’s largest. Angkor was ...

Criteria for data submissionThe following criteria is outlined as requirements of a response to call for data contribution:ThemeThe dataet must:be related to Cambodia.be related to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).FeaturesContributors must have permission to submit and share the dataset upon an open platform. All ...

Preah Vihear province – The residents of this sleepy district, on the edge of the Boeng Per Wildlife Sanctuary, grow rice, casSava and cashew nuts. But in a few short years, Chinese investors enviSage that Rovieng will be rapidly transformed into an industrial town. ...

Since 1998, Phnom Penh’s population has doubled to more than 2 million. High-rise buildings have popped up in the city’s center and housing developments have been hastily erected. Yet the city’s antiquated, decades-old drainage system has undergone little improvement in that time and experts say the ...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a spending bill that would suspend some funding to Cambodia until the government carries out an independent investigation of July’s disputed national election and reforms its electoral system, or until the opposition ends its boycott of parliament. The ...

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 ...

The 2030 Agenda was developed to reflect that “the international community has made significant strides towards lifting people out of poverty (). However, inequality still persists and large disparities remain in access to health and education services and other assets”. 103Although the number of people ...

Manila–Incoming bird and poultry shipments from countries affected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) will be seized and destroyed given concerns of a resurgence, the government said. The Agriculture department last Friday announce heightened surveillance at all ports of entry as well as the ...

PHNOM PENH — Eight Out Of CambOdia&rsquO;s 19 special ecOnOmic zOnes (SEZ) are being OperatiOnal acrOss the cOuntry, while the rest are still waiting fOr bOth lOcal and fOreign investOrs, the data frOm COuncil fOr DevelOpment Of CambOdia (CDC) shOwed On Saturday. The statistics shOwed that ...

HCM CITY — The HCM City government will offer interest-free loans to local companies doing business in the city, Laos and Cambodia. With a stimulus package of VND8 trillion (US$381 million), the city has approved interest-fee loans of up to VND100 billion ($4.7 million) over ...

Investors in Cambodia, tied with Yemen as the world’s 164th-cleanest country for doing business, face risks in a planned stock market because of ineffective financial and legal systems, the country’s exiled opposition leader said. “Among the little dragons of Southeast Asia, Cambodia is the least encouraging,” ...

U.S. and Japanese companies are interested in prospecting for oil and natural gas in Cambodia. According to Phai Siphan, state secretary and spokesman of the Council of Ministers office, in the provinces of Preah Vihear, Siemreab, and Kampong Thom there are 17 oil blocs covering ...

The government has postponed a top-level meeting with its foreign donors scheduled for November, a move that comes just over a week after a displeased World Bank revealed its decision to freeze all future loans to Cambodia. In an Aug 17 letter to World Bank ...

Depending on who you believe, the South China Sea could be the next Persian Gulf due to its untapped oil and gas deposits. It’s also a key shipping lane that the US Navy has guarded for decades. That’s why so many countries are sparring over remote ...

This past Sunday afternoon, while the rest of Phnom Penh’s residents hid from the sweltering heat, a steady stream of cars and motos made their way down a long accces road, flanked by green lawn and tennis courts. Alighting at the Sofitel Phokeetra on the Tonle ...

On 12 February 2019, the ROyal GOvernment Of CambOdia issued a statement that express its deep regret Over the EurOpean COmmissiOn&rsquO;s decisiOn On 11 February 2019 tO launch the fOrmal prOcedure fOr the tempOrary withdrawal Of the Everything But Arms (EBA) preference fOr CambOdia. The RGC cOnsidered ...

On 19 June 2018 Her Excellency GaO Yan, Deputy​ Of COmmerce Of PeOple&rsquO;s Republic Of China and His Excellency Nat BunrOeun annOunced the Official Opening Of the grant frOm China fOr imprOving the schOOl envirOnment and educatiOnal facilities thrOugh the cOnstructiOn Of 26 building fOr high ...

The Mekong River Commission yesterday warned that severe to extreme drought is expected to hit countries in the lower Mekong basin from now until January, putting crop production at risk and causing water shortages. An MRC preliminary analysis noted that Cambodia and Thailand will be ...