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Vietnam Establishes New 1,600-Hectare Special Economic Zone on Border of Kampot and Takeo Provinces
- 8 April 2021
Vietnam has established a new 1,600-hectare special economic zone at the border between Hà Tiên province and Cambodia’s Kampot and Takeo provinces. According to Vietnam News, the Hà Tiên Border-Gate Economic Zone is located in the Mekong Delta of Kiên Giang and covers five communes of Vietnam. The area is also bordered with Kirivong district inTakeo province, as well as Banteay Meas and Kamp...
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Oversupply, Liquidity Reduction, and Construction Delays Pose Greatest Threats to Real Estate Market in 2021
- 7 April 2021
Among other projected risks, oversupply, reduction of liquidity, and construction delays have been the top three concerns that pose greatest threats to the real estate market in 2021, according to CBRE Cambodia’s recent survey. The survey also listed out other risks such as the threat of international sanctions, lack of infrastructure capacity, domestic regulatory change, construction disasters...
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Cambodia Urges ADB to Focus on Cross-Border Facilities to Boost Logistics
- 6 April 2021
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) has urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to focus its development on cross-border facilities to help improve the logistics sector between Cambodia and neighbouring countries. The proposal was made during a working meeting between the MPWT and the ADB on 06 April. MPWT Minister HE Sun Chanthol said that the development of the cross-border ar...
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Vietnam Plans to Build Over 9,000km of Expressways by 2050
- 2 April 2021
Vietnam’s Transport Minister Nguyen Van The has said the nation is striving to build a total of 5,000km of expressways by 2030 and over 9,000km by 2050, according to Vietnam Plus. The ministry’s report issued last month revealed that Vietnam currently has a total of 1,046km of expressways in operation. The ministry is also currently building an additional 900km. Given this current amount, ex...
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Malaysia Compensates Singapore US$76million After Cancelling KL-Singapore HSR
- 1 April 2021
Malaysia has compensated Singapore over US$76 million after terminating the KL-Singapore High-Speed Railway (HSR) project, according to CNA on 29 March. The project was officially abandoned in early January 2021 due to disagreements between the two governments, especially over high costs and Malaysia’s political issues. (Read more) However, Singapore had already signed and published five ten...
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Construction of Mondulkiri Airport Moved to 2023, Prelim Study Completed
- 31 March 2021
Construction of the Mondulkiri airport is expected to begin in 2023 as the investment firm will take at least one full year to conduct a comprehensive study on the recently-completed preliminary study, according to the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA)’s spokesman. SSCA spokesman Sin Chansereyvutha said this morning that although the preliminary report has been completed, there are oth...
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Bentley Systems Calls for Nominations for the 2021 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure
- 31 March 2021
The world’s leading infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems has announced its call for nominations for the 2021 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure program. Formerly known as the Year in Infrastructure Awards, this global awards program recognises infrastructure projects for digital innovations that improve project delivery and/or asset performance. The deadline for nomin...
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Rehabilitation of 29 Flood-Damaged Phnom Penh Roads Over 50% complete
- 31 March 2021
The rehabilitation of 29 flood-damaged roads across Phnom Penh is now over 50% complete, of which 16 of them have successfully been repaired and repaved. According to the Phnom Penh Municipality, as of March 28, the working group had completed paving many roads around the ‘Gun’ roundabout (Old Stadium). The team is now paving Street 47, starting from the roundabout to Wat Phnom in Daun Penh dis...
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Construction Agreements Signed for US$5.8 billion Thailand-China High-Speed Rail Project
- 31 March 2021
Photo from Bangkokpost The Thai government and Chinese private firms signed three civil engineering contracts on Monday 29 March for the first phase of the US$5.8 billion high-speed rail project between Bangkok and Nong Khai, marking another step forward for this massive China-Thailand connectivity masterplan. According to the Bangkok Post, the first phase of the project is the high-speed ra...
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Transport Ministry to Upgrade Dong Tong River Port in Koh Kong Province
- 30 March 2021
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has unveiled a project to upgrade an existing port on the Dong Tong River in Koh Kong province to facilitate waterway transportation for fishing boats and tourism cruise ships. To date, the port upgrade proposal has already been submitted to the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) for funding, according to the ministry’s...
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