Foreign investment in Cambodia
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates a profile page on “Foreign investment in Cambodia”. This bilingual profile page gives a quick overview of foreign investment in Cambodia, together with related content, such as the definition of foreign investment, the reasons investors invest in Cambodia, priority sectors,
Hun Sen aims to attract more Japanese money
Japan’s Sumi Wiring Systems Co Ltd launched production of automobile wiring this month, a company official said yesterday.
Japanese companies such as Sumi and Minebea, a ball-bearings maker, have helped Cambodia’s manufacturing industry diversify away from garments, the country’s main manufacturing product and export, and Prime Minister Hun Sen
Open Development Cambodia publishes three new datasets on "Result of the 4th mandate of commune/sangkat council election 2017"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published 3 new datasets on “Result of the 4th mandate of commune/sangkat council election 2017” in both Khmer and English. These datasets shows the official result of the recent commune election at provincial level by three classifications: (1) number and percentage
Ground water
Cambodia relies heavily on its groundwater resources to overcome water shortages during the dry season. More than half of the population depends on it when enough surface water is not available. At a certain depth, the ground is saturated with water, and the upper surface
Indigenous women seek direct help and support from all stakeholders on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2022
The United Nations marks 2022 as this year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples under the theme “The Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge.” This theme recognizes how important and central women are in the longevity and survival
Ethnic minorities and indigenous people
According to the Kingdom of Cambodia’s 2019 general population census, the total Cambodian population is 15,552,211 (51.31% of females).39 By 2021, the population increased to 16,589,023.40 Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and other minorities also live in the country. Indigenous ethnic groups known as “Khmer Loeu” live
Cambodia: Police Officers Kill Girl, 15, in Clash With Villagers Over Land
Security forces shot and killed a 15-year-old girl on Wednesday during a clash with about 200 villagers armed with axes and crossbows in eastern Cambodia, in the latest of several violent evictions aimed at clearing land for development.
Jatropha
Jatropha, known in Cambodia as “Lhong Kwong”, is commonly grown in the Kingdom. Jatropha mainly grows in the mountainous regions of the north and central parts of Cambodia but is not restricted to those areas. It can be found in Battambong, Pursat, Kampong Speu, Sihanouk,
Expropriation
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Land Law of 2001 both guarantee an individual’s right to property protection. Though part of the Government’s policy framework since 2002, not until 2010 did a legal framework exist to govern the process by which the
Administration
Cambodia’s sub-national administration consists of three tiers: capital city/province, municipality/district and sangkat/commune. Phnom Penh is the capital, and there are 24 provinces, 159 districts (including 26 municipalities and 12 khans), 1406 communes and 227 sangkats.
Land transfers
Land transfers in Cambodia assume a variety of forms involving both public and private entities. The right to transfer property to another and to be protected from forced transfer is essential to land tenure security. Land transfer capacity is a source of value for landowners,
Follow-up IPOs still on track
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, one of two state-owned companies slated to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange this year, yesterday called the price decline in the country’s first publicly traded company worrisome.
The eight-day slide in price that neared Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s initial public offering
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050956046/Business/follow-up-ipos-still-on-track.html
Kingdom’s logistics firms see diversity
Logistics firms saw a new level of diversity in Cambodian exports, a trend that would protect the economy from external shock, several shipping companies said.
The Kingdom is on the right track to diversify and increase the export of agricultural products, while decreasing its reliance on
PPMM#16 - Polling Station Density Maps and 'Election Page' Project
ODC Senior Mapper Mean Naro presented polling station density maps.On May 28, the ODC team hosted a monthly Phnom Penh Mapping Meet-up (PPMM), in which ODC, Urban Voice of Cambodia, and John Weeks presented on recent project updates and results. Urban Voice presented results from
Prey Lang protection
Prey lang protection
East West Management Institute (EWMI) worked alongside communities since 2007. They began resourcing activities and forest community members across the forest. They supported the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) for several years.Supporting Forests and Biodiversity (SFB) in Cambodia (November 2012 to November 2016)
Community fisheries
Community fishery refuges, Battambang, Cambodia. Photo by Alan Brooks/WorldFish, taken on 2 November 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Fishing practices in Cambodia are classified into three broad categories: small-scale or family fishing, medium-scale and large-scale or commercial fishing.In 2001, aware of the need to safeguard
Open Development Cambodia updated dataset and added two new features to the map layer of Management zones of natural protected areas
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has updated dataset and added two new features (Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary and Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary) to the map layer of Management zones of natural protected areas in Cambodia in both Khmer and English. You can find the dataset in various format such as
Open Development Cambodia has updated the dataset and map layer of Community protected areas (2006-2019)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has updated the dataset and map layer of Community protected areas (2006-2019) in Cambodia by adding another 13 community protected areas in both Khmer and English. You can find the dataset in various format such as SHP, KML, GeoJSON, CSV and JPEG.=>
Land concession cancelled by PM
The Cambodian government has cancelled a 14,981-hectare concession in the Cardamom mountains granted to an Australian firm for a banana plantation, the conservation group Wildlife Alliance has reported.
Wildlife Alliance has long lobbied against the concession in Koh Kong province’s southern cardamom forest on which Indochina
Chinese aid
Construction of a laboratory funded by Chinese money. Photo by Michael Coghlan, taken on 10 January 2014. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0China, while once being at odds with the current government, is now Cambodia’s largest development partner. The two nations have grown increasingly close in recent
