On 17th November 2022, LICADHA issued a joint statement on AIIB loans to Cambodian microlenders risk worsening a human rights crisis.We, the undersigned civil society organisations in southeast Asia and Europe, decry the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) approval of Us$175 million in financing to ss='cambodia-color'>...

To increase the efficiency of criminal background checks, the Ministry of Justice will trial a digital application process from February 6. In a February 3 public notice, the ministry said that moving the process to a digital platform would makes applications faster and easier for the ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a video conference with the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and VF Corporation, Cambodia’s secretary of state of the Ministry of Commerce, sok sopheak, who heads the commission for manufacturing subcontract management in the garment, textile and footwear industry, said the country will ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 13 February 2023, Asian Network for Free Elections issued a statement condemning the shutdown of Voice of Democracy (VOD) in Cambodia.The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) condemns the shutdown of the Voice of Democracy (VOD) in Cambodia today, a blatant attack on media ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a bold stride towards boosting the information and communication technology (ICT) skills of the Kingdom’s young population, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have put pen to paper on a new agreement. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Angkor Archaeological Park, one of the Kingdom’s biggest tourist attractions notched a whopping 312 percent hike in sales of entry passes totalling $27.8 million in the January-October period this year, according to a report from the state-owned Angkor Enterprise. sales of entry passes to foreign ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia approved fixed-asset investment projects worth $1.39 billion in the first two months of 2024, a significant rise of about 500 percent compared to the same period last year, a Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)’s report said on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Photo taken from the ministry’s Facebook Page, taken on 23 August 2023.EstablishmentUnder Royal Decree No. Ns/RKM/0196/10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) was formally established on 24 January 1996. The ministry has a total of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnam has joined Cambodia in questioning the sustainability of the planned Don sahong dam project on the Mekong River in southern Laos, saying more environmental impact studies are needed before the scheme moves forward. Le Duc Trung, director general of the Vietnam National Mekong Committee under ss='cambodia-color'>...

At least six people were injured on Friday when a small group of Borei Keila villagers were evicted from the grounds of an unfinished building in Phnom Penh that they began occupying this week in a bid to draw attention to a years-long fight for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just updated the economic land concession and developer information of Chhun Hong Rubber Better Co., and published an amendment contract between the company and the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). Published with comprehensive documentation, the profile page is accessible ss='cambodia-color'>...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Cambodian Prime MiniSter Hun Sen at a bilateral meeting. Photo by U.S. EmbaSSy Phnom Penh, taken on 06 January 2016. LicenSed under CC BY-ND 2.0.Cambodia iS a lower middle-income country with a faSt-growing economy that haS SuStained a SS='cambodia-color'>...

“When I first arrived in Cambodia, I was impressed of the digitization process here,” Dr. Daniel schmücking remembers his first days in Phnom Penh, and continues: “I thought ‘how can I survive here?’ but then someone told me about PassApp.” The Konrad Adenauer stiftung (KAs) ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) team designed budget infographics of sangkat administrations in target municipalities of the Innovation for social Accountability in Cambodia (IsAC) project, namely Ta Khmau, Kampot, siem Reap, Kampong Chhnang, Battambang, serie saophoan and Poi Pet. In November 2021, ODC collaborated with one ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) added a new map layer of forest cover in 2023 to the existing dataset on “Forest cover in Cambodia (2015-2021)”. This dataset focuses on Cambodia’s annual forest cover range from 2015 to 2023.=> Please click here to go to “Forest cover ss='cambodia-color'>...

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Following curriculum development and localization, ODC’s team taught a Data Literacy Workshop in February in coordination with Internews for the Innovations in social Accountability Project (IsAC). The Workshop aimed to boost Cambodia’s growing Open Data ‘ecosystem’ by strengthening the skills of civil society organizations and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Buoyed by strong demand from the economies of Europe and North America, the total amount of garment, shoe and textile exports that left Cambodia last year was on target to surpass the $4 billion mark, dwarfing 2010’s total of $2.88 billion, the Garment Manufacturers Association ss='cambodia-color'>...

The laws and regulations that govern Cambodia’s securities market were derived from the Objectives and Principles of the International Organization for securities Commissions (IOsCO) and the best practices in the region, according to Dr. Ming Bankosal, Director General of the sECC. the sECC which ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 200 villagers from Kandal’s Kien svay district gathered in protest yesterday to urge the National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution to resolve their long-standing dispute with a CPP official. The protesters assembled in the samrong Thom commune brandishing photos of the prime minister and ss='cambodia-color'>...