Vietnam’s President and the Cambodian Government have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral relations and cooperation, driven by a shared cultural heritage and principles of good neighbourliness. Both sides aim to expand and deepen their partnership for the betterment of their peoples and nations. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Cambodia (ECC) Wednesday discussed ways to take the existing diplomatic ties between the two countries to the next level by promoting investment activities and supporting the development ss='cambodia-color'>...

The mining sector in Cambodia is mostly undeveloped, and active mining enterprises are typically small-scale quarries producing materials for construction, such as laterite, marble, granite, limestone, gravel and sand. There is no industrial-scale extraction of minerals, although many exploration licenses have been granted to ss='cambodia-color'>...

By 2022, there are 447 community fisheries across the country, and 46 community fisheries are located in the coastal areas. There are 5 registered communities located in Kep while 7 out of 10 communities in Kampot have been registered. In Preah sihanouk, 13 out of ss='cambodia-color'>...

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, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Fish farmers operating cage culture, Cambodia. Photo by O. Joffre/WorldFish, taken on 3 October 2009. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Aquaculture production has grown significantly. In 2012 it stood at 74,000 tonnes, or almost 11 percent of total fishery production. By 2016 it had grown to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has been conducting regular social media outreach postings on Facebook for its many activities, including its work for the Innovations in social Accountability project. Its IsAC program partner Internews facilitated training by a digital marketing specialist on Advanced social Media for ss='cambodia-color'>...

National Bank of Cambodia, Cambodia. Photo by Stephen McGrath, taken on 21 June 2010. LicenSed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 &nbSp;In 1996, the MiniStry of Economy and Finance (MEF) waS eStabliShed by law.35 ItS organization and functioning iS defined by a Sub-decree of the Royal Government SS='cambodia-color'>...

The ODC team is excited to share highlights from the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2023, where Open Development Cambodia’s team members (ODC), and advisory committee members of the Youth Internet Governance Forum Cambodia 2023 were in attendance. This significant event took place at Kyoto International ss='cambodia-color'>...

There is currently no oils refinery in Cambodia. Although a refinery has been planned, its construction has been delayed several times, reportedly over financing difficulties. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Communications OfficerPositionCommunications Officer  (1 position)Reports toPartnership and Communication Manager     Coordinates withIT team, Editor-research team, Mapper team and other staffsJob locationPhnom PenhContract typeFull-timesalary rangeUsD 450 to UsD 750 per month and plus other benefitsJob summaryOpen Development Cambodia manages an open data website (www.opendevcam.net), aggregating a wide ss='cambodia-color'>...

In January 2019, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) in partnership with East-West Management Institute (EWMI) and the Ministry of Education, Youth and sport (MoEYs) signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the purpose to strengthen MoEYs’ efforts to become a “clearinghouse for education resources and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Bird eye view of a local market in Phnom Penh. Photo by Roberto Trombetta, taken on 8 May 2015. Photo licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 GenericThe development and administration of Cambodia’s urban areas has struggled to keep pace with urban population growth. For example, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Penhleak providing a “walk” through the ODC websiteOn saturday, October 19, ODC Research & Volunteer Coordinator Chan Penhleak gave an interactive presentation session on “How to Locate, Fact-Check, and share Cambodia’s Development Data” at the BarCamp Phnom Penh, which was held at the Institute of Technology of ss='cambodia-color'>...

During my three-month internship at ODC as a Research Intern, I worked closely with the Economy Researcher-Editor to assist the editor team in conducting research, producing more topics, collecting publication documents and data for publishing and uploading onto ODC’s platform. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia, on Saturday, hoSted the 7th ASia Economic Forum ( AEF) under theme of “The ASian Century in the Making: AchievementS, ChallengeS and Future TrendS” while highlighting the majority of the region&rSquo;S demonStrated remarkable reSilience againSt the global economic and financial criSeS, while major SuperpowerS SS='cambodia-color'>...

Tiny Cambodia is emerging as a key pawn in the diplomatic struggle over one of the world’s busiest stretches of water: the potentially energy-rich south China sea. The country of 15 million people is this year hosting a series of regional summits in which China’s claims ss='cambodia-color'>...

After receiving a letter from the Ministry of Economy and Finance on the request to take actions against the Radio Free Asia and the Voice of America located in Cambodia, which have been actively engaged in broadcasting and renting airtime from other radio stations yet ss='cambodia-color'>...

American business group Akra, led by Cambodian-born former Us ambassador to the United Nations, sichan siv, has signed an agreement with a rice mill under a new co-operative structure it says puts ownership and profits back in to the hands of Cambodian producers. Akra’s managing director ss='cambodia-color'>...

At 9 a.m. yesterday, more than 200 soldiers, police and military police officers were gathered outside a large mansion on street 55 in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district. All were waiting for their promised “ang pao” – red envelopes containing cash usually handed out during ss='cambodia-color'>...