News

    China’s appetite driving rice export growth as demand continues to outstrip supply

    Cambodian rice exports increased marginally during the first half of the year as export companies push to fulfill higher quotas destined for China. Rice exports totalled 288,562 tonnes in the first six months of the year, an increase of 7.6 percent compared to the same time ...

    Cheng Sokhorng
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinas-appetite-driving-rice-export-growth-demand-continues-outstrip-supply

    More than $1bn invested in local infrastructure

    Cambodia has invested more than $1 billion on infrastructure, especially on transport, a senior official at the Ministry of Economy and Finance says. ...

    Sok Chan
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40155/more-than--1bn-invested-in-local-infrastructure/

    Workers rescued from Thai boats in Malaysia

    The Cambodian embassy in Malaysia has repatriated 14 Cambodian fishermen who fled a Thai boat and are believed to be human trafficking victims, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.​​ ...

    Ros Chanveasna
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40167/workers-rescued-from-thai-boats-in-malaysia/

    Stung Treng prepares for bridge dismantling

    Stung Treng provincial authorities have vowed to demolish the Sre Pok Bridge ahead of the testing of the Lower Sesan II dam – which will submerge a number of villages – and warned that police will be deployed should villagers protest. ...

    Phak Seangly
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stung-treng-prepares-bridge-dismantling

    Laws failing young sex exploitation victims

    Child sex tourism is continuing to damage the lives of young Cambodians, while the internet is enabling perpetrators to carry out abuse, the Justice Minister has warned.​ ...

    Pech Sotheary
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40172/laws-failing-young-sex-exploitation-victims/

    Activists fear dredging in wildlife sanctuary

    Activists and a fisherman yesterday claimed that a company has started sand dredging within a wildlife sanctuary in Koh Kong, despite a standing ban on sand exports from companies operating in coastal areas. ...

    Yesenia Amaro and Phak Seangly
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-fear-dredging-wildlife-sanctuary

    Ministry to use ‘experts’ to review exam grading

    Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said yesterday that next month’s Grade 12 high school exams will largely follow the same process as the past few years, though a spokesman noted that new subject “experts” will be introduced to help spot grading errors. ...

    Yesenia Amaro and Rinith Taing
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-use-experts-review-exam-grading

    Government approves law to guarantee energy purchase

    The National Assembly approved a draft law yesterday that will guarantee the state’s purchase of electricity from two large-scale private energy projects, protecting the investments against any loss resulting from political instability. ...

    Hor Kimsay
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-approves-law-guarantee-energy-purchase

    Database to curb corrupt promotions

    National Police Commissioner Neth Savoeun yesterday issued an order to have all police officials’ starting dates and ranks recorded in a computer database to avoid corrupt promotions.​ ...

    Khy Sovuthy
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40163/database-to-curb-corrupt-promotions/

    CPP assembly members vote for ‘Anti-Rainsy’ law

    The National Assembly swiftly passed controversial new measures yesterday to effectively ban former opposition leader Sam Rainsy from the political arena or from bolstering the opposition’s firepower ahead of next year’s elections. ...

    Meas Sokchea and Erin Handley
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-assembly-members-vote-anti-rainsy-law

    Tanker filled with timber

    A petrol tanker truck was found with more than 2,000 pieces of luxury rosewood stashed inside its tank when it was intercepted by authorities in Phnom Penh last week, National Military Police spokesman Eng Hy said yesterday. ...

    Soth Koemsoeun and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tanker-filled-timber

    Speed Pay has plans for cash in a digital age

    Speed Pay Plc, a newly licensed electronic payments service provider (PSP), is gearing up to join the ranks of mobile platforms tapping into Cambodia’s nascent digital payment sector. ...

    Hor Kimsay
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/speed-pay-has-plans-cash-digital-age

    Logging probe moved to capital

    A high-profile investigation into corruption charges levelled against Mondulkiri police officials for colluding with Vietnamese timber traders has been transferred from the provincial court to Phnom Penh due to a lethargic investigation by local police, many of whom are involved in the case, a court ...

    Phak Seangly
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-probe-moved-capital

    Hydropower dam to open early

    The Lower Sesan II Dam hydropower plant will start generating 50 megawatts of power by October this year, according to a senior government official.​​ ...

    Sok Chan
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40152/hydropower-dam-to-open-early/

    Cambodia, Japan sign deal for trainees

    Minister of Labour Ith Samheng yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with his Japanese counterparts to make it easier for Cambodian trainees to find work in Japan. ...

    Sen David
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40168/cambodia--japan-sign-deal-for-trainees/

    Cross-border day workers decry closed checkpoints

    Cambodian workers on Saturday protested against the closing of unofficial border checkpoints in Banteay Meanchey, while hundreds of undocumented workers continued to return from Thailand through the official checkpoint in Poipet. ...

    Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Leonie Kijewski
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cross-border-day-workers-decry-closed-checkpoints

    CMA launches fund to strengthen MFI staffing

    The Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) has announced that it will establish a staff development fund to stem the tide of cross-institutional recruitment in the competitive microfinance institution (MFI) sector. ...

    Post Staff
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cma-launches-fund-strengthen-mfi-staffing

    Sesan residents settle on new relocation site

    Over a hundred families in Stung Treng province’s Srekor and Kbal Romea communes said yesterday that they have located around 2,000 hectares to relocate to when a scheduled test run for the Lower Sesan II dam this week leaves their villages flooded. ...

    Phak Seangly
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-residents-settle-new-relocation-site

    Lancang-Mekong expo kicks off in Phnom Penh

    The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation’s economic and technology exhibition 2017 kicked off yesterday in Phnom Penh to enhance trade and investment between China and Cambodia, plus other Mekong countries. ...

    Chea Vannak
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40332/lancang-mekong-expo-kicks-off-in-phnom-penh/

    Illegal timber loads seized

    The Cambodia Royal Gendarmerie and Kratie provincial military police yesterday concluded a crackdown on a known timber smuggling route in Sambour district, confiscating nearly 100 pieces of wood equivalent to about 40 cubic metres. ...

    Mom Sophon
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40130/illegal-timber-loads-seized/

    ISP licences pulled by telecom regulator over inactivity

    The Kingdom’s telecom regulator has revoked the licences of three internet service providers (ISPs) after finding that the companies were no longer operating. ...

    Cheng Sokhorng
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/isp-licences-pulled-telecom-regulator-over-inactivity

    Kampong Thom's Sambor Prei Kuk gets Unesco listing

    The Sambor Prei Kuk archaeological site, a cluster of ancient brick temples scat-tered in the forest in Kampong Thom province, was listed as a World Heritage Site of Unesco on Saturday. ...

    Jovina Chua and Kong Meta
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-thoms-sambor-prei-kuk-gets-unesco-listing

    Passport fees to be investigated

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has officially instructed the Cambodian Embassy in Malaysia to investigate agencies that ask for exorbitant passport renewal fees for workers there, according to a statement released on Friday, though some sources said corruption in the Passport Department itself is part ...

    Leonie Kijewski and Niem Chheng
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/passport-fees-be-investigated

    China to buy more Cambodian rubber

    China is expected to purchase 300,000 tonnes of rubber from Cambodia in 2018, according to a commerce ministry statement.​ ...

    Sum Manet
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40122/china-to-buy-more-cambodian-rubber/

    Contact us

    Contact us

    Do you have questions on the content published by Open Development Cambodia (ODC)? We will gladly help you.

    Have you found a technical problem or issue on the Open Development Cambodia (ODC) website?

    Tell us how we're doing.

    Do you have resources that could help expand the Open Development Cambodia (ODC) website? We will review any map data, laws, articles, and documents that we do not yet have and see if we can implement them into our site. Please make sure the resources are in the public domain or fall under a Creative Commons license.

    File was deleted
    ERROR!

    Disclaimer: Open Development Cambodia (ODC) will thoroughly review all submitted resources for integrity and relevancy before the resources are hosted. All hosted resources will be in the public domain, or licensed under Creative Commons. We thank you for your support.

    FY7n9
    * The idea box couldn't be blank! Something's gone wrong, Please Resubmit the form! Please add the code correctly​ first.

    Thank you for taking the time to get in contact!