The Parkland 6A: Perfect Housing for Modern Living

Chip Mong Land, one of Cambodia’s leading real estate developers, has unveiled their plan to develop the Parkland 6A, a massive residential project in the Chroy Changvar area which will officially open for sale soon. The senior management team of Chip Mong Land claims that the project has been studied in detail to provide the most modern and reliable housing project for the Chroy Changvar area....

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Chip Mong Insee Inaugurates New Industrial Waste Storage Factory in SSEZ

Chip Mong Insee Cement Corporation (CMIC) inaugurated a new industrial waste storage factor in Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone on 13 January, with the aim of providing sustainable waste management services to enterprises within the zone. According to the Chip Mong Group Facebook page, this factory has a capacity to store up to 100 tons of waste. This is a part of the Chip Mong Ecocycle proj...

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Siem Reap 38-Road Renovation Project 14% Complete

As of 12 January, the 38-road renovation project in Siem Reap is 14.27% completed and still expected to finish as scheduled by the end of this year, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transports (MPWT). The progress was revealed during a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Tea Banh, other relevant ministers and officials on 13 January. With ground broken on 30 November last year...

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400-Megawatt Power Plants in Lvea Em District Start Turbines

The US$380-million 400-megawatt fuel-fired power plants in Lvea Em have started power generation and been linked to the national grid since earlier this year, according to the spokesman of Ministry of Mines and Energy HE Victor Jona on 12 January. HE Victor Jona said the operation is in response to the high demand in the dry season and is part of the government’s attempt to diversify electricit...

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MPWT to Establish Cambodia’s First Public and Transport Skills Training Institute

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has partnered with the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) to establish the first Public and Transport Skills Training Institute in Cambodia, focusing on road and bridge construction skills. The MoU signing ceremony was held on 12 January under the presidency of HE Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport and HE Hang Chuon Naron, Mini...

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Chinese Firm to Build a New Larger Road Connecting Siem Reap City to New Airport

Chinese-owned firm Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport has unveiled plans to build a new 60km road, linking the airport to the Siem Reap city. To date, the firm has just completed the impact resettlement with the affected community. Deputy Governor of Siem Reap province Ly Samrith said that the new road will be built to ease the increasing traffic between the airport and the city. “The cu...

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Cambodia Receives US$860-million in China FDI in 2020

Cambodia received a total of US$860 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) from China in 2020, an increase of about 70% compared to 2019, according to a recent press release from the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia. Many development projects went smoothly despite the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, the construction of new Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (AIAI) has been 35% completed, wh...

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US$17 million Steel Processing Plant in Kampong Speu Officially Opens

A new US$17 million steel processing plant in Oudong district of Kampong Speu province officially opened last week, bringing the total number of metal scrap plants in Cambodia to four. The project is invested by Chinese firm Hong De Sheng (Cambodia) and will use metal scraps in the country as raw materials to produce finished steel. Hong De Sheng (Cambodia) said it could produce up to 500,000 t...

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Transport Minister Urges Construction Firm to Finish Kampot Tourism Port by June

Minister of Public Works and Transport HE Sun Chanthol has ordered the responsible firm to finish Kampot Tourism Port's construction by June 2021 after several delays. HE Sun Chanthol said during the site inspection on 04 January that the company should set a concrete plan or add more labour to accelerate the construction speed and to ensure that it proceeds as scheduled. "It is not good to ...

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NR3 to Be Equipped with Two Weighing Stations and 11 Speed Cameras

National Road 3 (NR3) will be equipped with two weighing stations and 11 speed cameras to ensure safety and the quality of the road, as the renovation is approaching completion, according to Minister of Public Works and Transport HE Sun Chanthol. HE Sun Chanthol said during the NR3 construction site on 04 January that the ministry also plans to equip axle weight sensors on both sides of the roa...

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