Water resources
Geographically, Cambodia is rich in rivers and water bodies. These water resources play an important role in economic and social development, particularly in agriculture, industry, environmental protection and tourism sectors. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on Cambodia
The first outbreak of COVID-19 was reported in China in late 2019 and on 30 January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).1 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the global economy and the growing crisis ss='cambodia-color'>...
Terms and definitions
Defining and measuring forests is not an easy business. Definitions that initially sound very similar can turn out to have crucial differences. Understanding the terms is important for understanding forest use, forest cover, forest laws and policies and deforestation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
2nd Workshop: data collection and application of GIS
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to announce the second Workshop: on Data Collection and Application of GIs. The workshop aims to provide a comprehensive knowledge on conducting data collection with mobile application and using of GIs in natural resource management and disaster management with ss='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia
Economy and commerce
Counting money. Photo by Aaron Gilson, taken on 5 April 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia re-opened for international trade in the 1980s, opened up to foreign investment in 1994, joined AsEAN in 1999, and became a member of the WTO in 2004. Its bilateral ss='cambodia-color'>...
Workshop 2: Data-driven journalism
You have found an interesting topic to write about? support your article with data! To learn more about data-driven journalism Open Development Cambodia, in cooperation with Cambodian Center for Independent Media, hosted the second two-day workshop for journalists and journalism students on May 24-25 2018. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Development and assistance for land tenure and land titling
Beginning in 2002, the World Bank, Germany, Finland and Canada began a joint-program to promote land tenure security in Cambodia by providing financial and technical support to land titling efforts. Following the eviction of residents of the Boeung Kak Lake area of Phnom Penh due ss='cambodia-color'>...
Copper
Copper exploration is concentrated in Preah Vihear province in the northern part of Cambodia. The most active explorer is Australian-based Geopacific Resources, in collaboration with Cambodian tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group. Geopacific Resources is working with Cambodian-based Royal Group at Kou sa, a 158 km2 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Renewable energy production
Renewable sources of energy include biofuels, solar, wind, tidal and geothermal energy. Fossil fuels such as petroleum or coal are not renewable. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Science and technology
StudentS gathering around 3D printed modelS at a conStruction expo in Phnom Penh. Photo by ARC Hub PNH, taken in December 2014. USed with permiSSion from ARC Hub PNH.Cambodia haS achieved conSiderable economic and Social progreSS in the laSt few decadeS, but the country doeS SS='cambodia-color'>...
Special economic zones
A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) iS a defined area within a country that iS Subject to different lawS and regulationS than other areaS of the country. TheSe comprehenSive induStrial areaS provide preferential incentiveS to inveStorS and offer government import-export adminiStrative Support to facilitate trade. Though SS='cambodia-color'>...
Government services
List of public services provided by One Window service Office at Rotanak Mondol district hall in Battambang province. Photo by ODC team, taken on 28 February 2020. Licensed under CC BY-sA 4.0.Government services might be perceived as tools in pursuing the country’s development, and assuring ss='cambodia-color'>...
Partnerships and collaborations
Ministry of PlanningODC and the Ministry of Planning has formed a collaborative partnership with an effort to engage CsOs in and strengthen the implementation and review process of the country-specific goals of the UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development.Read moreMinistry of Education, Youth and sportOpen ss='cambodia-color'>...
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.233 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'>...
Cambodian Garment Factories Come Under Scrutiny
A monitoring group backed by the United Nations said it would begin to publicize garment factories’ compliance with worker rights and safety standards in Cambodia, a controversial program that its organizers say will be the world’s most extensive initiative to improve working conditions at plants. The ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kate O'keeffe
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303818704579089810120675896.html
Tanks, Rocket Launchers Seen Leaving Sihanoukville
Defense Minister Tea Banh on Thursday said that truckloads of tanks and mounted rocket launchers seen by witnesses leaving the sihanoukville Autonomous Port in the direction of Phnom Penh would be used to protect the country in the case that someone “tries to destroy the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Chhorn Chansy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tanks-rocket-launchers-seen-leaving-sihanoukville-39825/
Anti-Eviction Protesters Clash With Security Forces
Protesters, including a band of angry monks, clashed with military and riot police on Thursday in Phnom Penh as authorities tried to prevent a local housing rights group from carrying out a rally against forced evictions. Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF), a coalition of five local ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-eviction-protesters-clash-with-security-forces-44882/
Museum for money planned
In January, officials broke ground on the new $4 million headquarters for the Cambodia securities Exchange. situated along a northern stretch of Freedom Park, a short skip from Wat Phnom, the French colonial-era building is a suitable home for the two-year-old bourse, which now operates ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian Opposition Holds Protest Rally Amid Vote-Tampering Suspicions
A top court ordered Cambodia’s electoral body on Monday to unseal voting records in a second province as the main opposition party held a 20,000-strong rally with an ultimatum to the government to set up an independent probe on widespread irregularities in recently-held national elections ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/elections-08262013195332.html