Cambodia Issues Short-Term Transit Visas to Tourists Visiting Cambodia by Cruise Ship
The Royal Government of Cambodia has announced that it will offer short-term transit visas to tourists visiting the country on a cruise ship. The new policy, effective from 1 March 2023, allows international tourists to apply for a transit visa type D for a five-day stay. According to the Ministry of Tourism, transit visas (D) […]
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Educational Institutions Nationwide Will Get Revenue Tax Exemption for Five Years
The Royal Government of Cambodia has recently declared a tax exemption for public and private educational institutions nationwide. According to an announcement from the Office of the Council of Ministers on 27 February 2023, these institutions will be granted a five-year tax relief from 2024 until the end of 2028. The exemption applies to income […]
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US$4.6m Japanese-Aid Container Freight Station in SPSEZ Officially Inaugurated
The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port Special Economic Zone (SPSEZ) has inaugurated a new container freight station, which was constructed under the “Economic and Social Development Program” of Japan. The program provided a grant of US$4.6 million to Cambodia, in response to a request made by the Cambodian Government in 2019. “The new warehouse, along with the […]
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Three Ministries to Talk with ADB on Restoring Canal Connecting to Kampot Tourist Port
The launch of the Kampot tourist port project has been delayed due to water depth issues although the construction has been completed. Three ministries, including the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Tourism, and the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, are currently negotiating to secure a budget to restore the canal that […]
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ITC Inaugurates Two New ADB-Supported Buildings
The Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) recently inaugurated two new school buildings, the “Knowledge Centre Community Building” and the “Faculty of Civil Engineering,” in the presence of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, the Prime Minister of Cambodia. These new buildings were constructed under financial partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) […]
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Cambodia Will Not Borrow US$4bn to Build Phnom Penh-Poipet High-Speed Railway
Cambodia will refrain from borrowing foreign loans to finance the Phnom Penh-Poipet high-speed railway project, estimated to cost around US$4 billion. Instead, the country seeks private investors to participate in a BOT (Build, Operate, Transfer) partnership, as HE Senior Minister Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, announced on 28 February 2023. The railway […]
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Feasibility Study Agreed for Phnom Penh-Battambang-Poipet Expressway
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has granted permission to a private firm to conduct a feasibility study on the construction of an expressway linking Phnom Penh, Battambang, and Poipet, announced HE Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, during his site inspection of the Third Ring Road construction on 28 February 2023. […]
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In Four Months, PP-SHV Expressway Generated Almost US$11 Million
The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway earned almost US$11 million in the first four months since the start of traffic charging on 1 November 2022 to 28 February 2023, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. The ministry further announced that it is continuing to work with operators to enhance the provision of expressway services […]
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Ring Road 3 Construction Reaches 90% Progress, Completed in May 2023
The first phase of the Ring Road 3 construction project, which connects National Road No. 4 to National Road No. 1, is reported to have reached a completion rate of almost 90% as of 25 February 2023. According to HE Senior Minister Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, who inspected the site on […]
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Gov’t plans to upgrade all railway network to high-speed one
Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen intends to turn all railways in Cambodia into a high-speed system. During the graduation ceremony at National Technical Training Institute on 27 February, PM Hun Sen said that Cambodia will soon leave a low-middle-income status, so Cambodia should push those projects as well as possible. “Becoming a high-middle-income county, Cambodia […]
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Gov’t to transform wet land in Tboung Khmum to carbon-natural ecotourism site
The Ministry of Environment has been preparing the dry river in Ou Raing Ov district to become a carbon-neutral ecotourism site, according to the Ministry’s announcement on 27 February. The dry river is located in the Preah Theat Basrey temple area in Preah Theat commune, Ou Raing Ov district, Tbong Khmum province. The land is […]
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Gov’t reclassifies over 600sqkm of Mekong land to Irrawaddy dolphin conservation zone
The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to designate the Mekong River area in Stung Treng and Kratie provinces, approximately 621 square kilometres, as the Mekong River dolphin management area. This is according to Sub-Decree No. 47, dated February 27, 2023. The Mekong Dolphin Management Area is defined as a protected area (permanent core area) […]
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