Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “SDG 7 Affordable and clean energy”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic page on SDG 7, you href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sdg-7-affordable-and-clean-energy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “SDG 3 Good health and well-being”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic pages on SDG 3, you href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sdg-3-good-health-and-well-being/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “SDG 14 Life below water”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic page on SDG 14, you will href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sdg-14-life-below-water/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The mother of a domestic maid allegedly stranded in Malaysia has become the latest Cambodian claimant to file an official complaint to the Ministry of Interior over labor abuse in the country. Em Sokhum said her 24-year-old daughter Chher Sophorn left to pursue work in Malaysia more than href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maid-may-be-stuck-in-malaysia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Chased out of the house by her Malaysian employer, fresh-faced Tieng SaSa, 18, found shelter with an NGO, escaping alleged abuse at the hands of her employer that included binding her hands and beating her feet with a metal club until her bones broke. Three months href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maids-seek-justice-in-malaysia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) did not take any sides in South China Sea disputes, but supported the settlement of the disputes based on international law and agreed documents, a senior Cambodian official said in Phnom Penh on Sunday. “ASEAN made the statement based on a principle that href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-not-take-sides-in-south-china-sea-disputes-cambodian-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

More than 200 Cambodian garment workers have been hospitalized after episodes of mass fainting at three factories this week, highlighting problems within an industry that is critical to the kingdom’s fledgling economy. The plants all make clothes for brands such as sportswear giants Puma SE and Adidas. Both href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mass-faintings-in-cambodia-sicken-over-200-garment-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

One of Malaysia’s biggest investment banks, RHB Capital, announced it will acquire OSK Indochina Bank, via the transfer of 100 per cent of OSK Investment Bank shares from parent OSK Holdings, giving OSK Holdings a 10 per cent stake in the larger Malaysian RHB Capital href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/osk-indochina-bank-acquired-by-rhb-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

It’s been done numerous times, comparing the “China miracle” to its emerging and frontier neighbours as a benchmark for development. Cambodia might seem an ill-fitted student of the world’s second-biggest economy. But a recent report from the Cambodia Development Resource Institute pointed to some lessons the Kingdom href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/development-report-cites-china-as-growth-model/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Many groups, including the ruling party, would benefit from a proposed access to information law – which would provide transparency when it comes to the government’s development plans and spending – a Council of Ministers official said yesterday. Tuot Lux, a legal expert who has been href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/official-pushes-for-an-information-access-act/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s population nearly doubled in the first decade of the 21st century, in large part thanks to workers streaming into the capital in hopes of sending money back home to their families in the provinces.Published in Migration Studies, Dr Laurie Parsons’ Mobile inequality: Remittances href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/remittances-may-worsen-kingdoms-wealth-divide-study/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

ASEAN needs to seek more funds from development partners to develop infrastructure and connectivity in order to narrow the gap among member states, said Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday at the opening ceremony of the 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers meeting. The Premier said strengthening the connectivity href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-needs-more-funding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Community activists and conservationists commemorating slain environment activist Chut Wutty on the weekend used the occasion to shed light on what they allege are the shadowy practices of a logging company in the southwestern Cardamom forests. Activists amongst the hundreds of people who travelled to Koh href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chut-wutty-slaying-puts-timbergreen-logging-in-spotlight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Foreign direct investment flows continued to see strong growth across the 10-member ASEAN bloc in 2014, with most countries in the Lower Mekong region reporting higher levels of inflows given their rising infrastructure needs and manufacturing activities, according to a new report jointly produced by href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-shows-narrow-but-strong-fdi-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Europe’s largest manufacturer of two-wheeled vehicles, Italy’s Piaggio, will return to Cambodia in September, being absent since the Khmer Rouge takeover. Vespa Cambodia Co Ltd, part of Narith Long’s Narita group, signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Piaggio last month to distribute its Piaggio scooters, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/piaggio-to-return-to-cambodia-with-legendary-vespa-scooters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Training workshop on the basics of Geography Information System (GIS) and the use of QGIS (Quantum Geographic Information System) was announced on the Open Development Cambodia (ODC)’s platform and social media on 13th July 2023 to call for the participants to attend the workshop on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/basic-of-gis-and-qgis-training-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The second cluster convention was held on 19 December 2022, at the FHI 360 Office in Phnom Penh, with 25 participants (06 females). The convention brought together the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC), the Ministry of Interior (MoI), civil society organizations href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/the-second-cluster-convention/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Twenty convicts in Preah Sihanouk Provincial Prison were employed by military and local authorities to tear apart a nearby village on land slated for a second prison compound, villagers and rights groups alleged yesterday. However, prison authorities denied that any incarcerated people were involved in the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prisoners-utilised-in-violent-eviction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

As much as local people are benefiting from the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) recovery project following last year’s record floods, they aren’t receiving all the benefits they could, according to some accounts. Operating in five provinces of Cambodia to restore road access to those affected by the floods, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/locals-bypass-road-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Last year, the United Nations called for culture to be given top priority in the post-2015 global development agenda, citing its importance to economic growth, social inclusion, equality, and sustainable development. It is difficult to quantify the impact culture has on a nation, particularly for a developing href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-cambodia-culture-shapes-identity-spurs-economic-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...