Press release of the Ministry of Health updating on current health status of the passengers on board Holland America's MS Westerdam in Phnom Penh and Preah Sihanouk province, Cambodia
On 19 February 2020 the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Cambodia announces a press release on its official Facebook page to update the current health status of the passenger on board Hollan America’s Ms Westerdam. According to the press, the Ministry has been ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Health
His Excellency Chhieng Yanara held a meeting with the representatives of European Union and European partners in Cambodia
On 11 January 2021, the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued a press release on His Excellency Chhieng Yanara held a meeting with the representatives of European Union and European partners in Cambodia. On Monday afternoon, 11 January 2021 at the Council for the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Council for the Development of Cambodia
Vocational education
By definition, Vocational education refers to the program that enables people to acquire highly transferable and development skills. It also grants people the necessary technical skill for their desired career.1 Cambodia’s vocational education plays an important role during the country’s economic structural transition and the ss='cambodia-color'>...
United Nations
Secretary-General António GuterreS (right) meetS with Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime MiniSter of the Kingdom of Cambodia in New York. Photo taken from the UN webSite on 22 September 2022.The United NationS (UN), founded in 1945 and guided by the UN SS='cambodia-color'>...
Tourism
The Royal Government of Cambodia has acknowledged the potential of the tourism industry as a source of Cambodia’s socio-economy growth, including job creation and poverty reduction. Tourism has been considered one of Cambodia’s key economic pillars, both international and domestic. In the early 2000s, the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Research travel grants
Grant Opportunities for Bachelor Research supportBackgroundOpen Development Cambodia (ODC) is an ‘open data’ website, the first of its kind in southeast Asia. The open data movement is based on the simple premise that data collected for public interest should be publicly available without restrictions. Information ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jobs: ICT in Education Project Officer
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is the leading open data platform in Cambodia and envisions a sustainable, democratic and participatory development for the country. The mission of ODC is to ensure access to information and improve the data ecosystem by making up-to-date and reliable content on ss='cambodia-color'>...
Energy for transport
In Cambodia, petroleum is traditionally the main source of energy for transportation. The petroleum fuels used for transportation include gasoline, diesel, heavy fuel and fuel oil. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sectoral consultation workshop on the enhancement of dataset and the profile page on Foreign Investment in Cambodia
On 01 August 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a sectoral Consultation Workshop on the Enhancement of Dataset and the Profile Page on Foreign Investment in Cambodia at sunway Hotel Phnom Penh. Thirty-two participants (11 females), including civil societies, researchers, indigenous NGOs, and university students ss='cambodia-color'>...
Development policies and administration
Products from Vietnam arrive at the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port in Kandal province. Photo by World Bank Photo Collection, taken on 23 February 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The Comprehensive Cambodian Peace Agreement, commonly referred to as the Paris Agreement, is seen as the beginning ss='cambodia-color'>...
Floods
In October 2020, tropical storms LINFA and NANGKA struck Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. The storms resulted in at least 48 fatalities, 15 missing people and more than 830,400 affected citizens, as reported by the AsEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Swedish aid
Sweden&rSquo;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&rSquo;S Facebook page.Cambodia and Sweden eStabliShed their diplomatic tieS in 1961. Sweden Started to provide the firSt development cooperation Support in SS='cambodia-color'>...
Elections
Election ballots, Cambodia. Photo by Daniel Littlewood, taken on April 20, 2004. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0History of Cambodia’s electionsCambodia saw consecutive civil wars for more than 20 years after the coup in 1970. In 1991, parties in the conflict reached agreement to end the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Budget and public procurement
National budget on uptrendIn the last three years, Cambodia’s national budget has seen significant growth of around Us$ 1.6 billion, from Us$ 3.4 billion in 2014351 to Us$ 5 billion in 2017.352 This is an average annual increase of almost 14%. The increase can be ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hydropower dams
In 2003, a national sector review for hydropower was prepared by the Ministry for Industry, Mines and Energy (now Ministry of Mines and Energy) and the Cambodian National Mekong Committee (CNMC). This report identified 60 possible sites for hydropower development in Cambodia and estimated the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Trade policy and regulation
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen were at the Aid for Trade Global Review 2019. Photo by World Trade Organization (WTO), taken on 03 July 2019. Licensed under CC BY-sA 2.0.International trade plays an essential role in improving Cambodia’s growth, employment and business opportunities. Trade policy ss='cambodia-color'>...
No Results in Protest Shooting Investigations
At 10 a.m. on January 3, about 2,000 members of the security forces, mostly military police, advanced down Phnom Penh’s factory-lined Veng sreng street, spraying AK-47 assault rifle fire into a crowd of about 100 protesters who had been throwing stones and crude Molotov cocktails. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-results-in-protest-shooting-investigations-51325/
Press Statement: Luang Prabang Dam increases concerns over the change of Lower Mekong River
On 06 February 2020, a group of CSOS working on water governance in Cambodia releaSed a joint Statement to expreSS their concernS over the change of Lower Mekong River and to call for the Lao government and other StakeholderS to provide appropriate SolutionS to addreSS SS='cambodia-color'>...
The NGO Forum in Cambodia
VONG Pisith
Senior Data ReSearch & GIS Officer /Capacity Building Coordinator&nbSp;PiSith workS aS a Senior Data ReSearch & GIS Officer /Capacity Building Coordinator at Open Development Cambodia (ODC). He SatiSfactorily completed Engineering&rSquo;S Degree of Geo-ReSourceS and Geotechnical Engineering (GGE) from the InStitute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) SS='cambodia-color'>...
VENG Seang Hai
Managing EditorVENG Seang Hai haS joined Open Development Cambodia (ODC) Since 2023 in the role of Managing Editor, providing both operational and technical aSSiStance to the Executive Editor/Editor-in-Chief and to the ODC team aS a whole. He workS cloSely together with ODC&rSquo;S EditorS team to SS='cambodia-color'>...
