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ខ្មែរ Construction Focus
Construction of New Medical Laboratory Building in Sihanoukville Set for Completion This Month
- 25 March 2021
A new medical laboratory building located in the Sihanoukville Provincial Referral Hospital will be completed late in March, according to the Sihanoukville Provincial Administration today. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 test kit equipment, which is a grant from China, will be installed later in early April 2021 while the official inauguration ceremony will be held in late April. Besides providing t...
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Two Military Training Centres in Kampong Speu Turned Into COVID-19 Treatment Facilities
- 25 March 2021
Two military training institutes in Kampong Speu province have been selected to become additional COVID-19 treatment facilities for patients from Phnom Penh and Kampong Speu province. General Sem Sovanny, Director-General of the National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces said during the site inspection on 24 March that both new treatment facilities will be under the control of military doctors and...
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Japan Provides More Grant Aid for Infrastructure Development in Cambodia
- 22 March 2021
he Japanese government has agreed to provide approximately US$600,000 in grant aid to build infrastructure in Pailin, Kampong Thom and Svay Rieng provinces, after also providing around US$500,000 last week for other development projects in five provinces. The grant contracts were signed on 19 March between Japan Ambassador to Cambodia HE Mikami Masahiro, and the recipients to carry out construc...
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Gov’t Approves Seven Investment Projects Worth Over US$60 million
- 19 March 2021
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has officially approved private firms to invest in building six factories, and an aquaculture centre, worth a total budget of US$60 million in Takeo, Pursat, Svay Rieng, Kandal, Preah Sihanouk and Phnom Penh. The first investment permit has been granted to Yuan Shuo (Cambodia) Co., Ltd to invest US$2.2 million in building a factory to assemble e...
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Singaporean Firm Partners with WorldBridge Group to Set Up Central LPG Station in Cambodia
- 17 March 2021
Singaporean firm Gas Union Gas Holdings has partnered with Cambodia Worldbridge Industrial Development (WBID) to form a joint venture to set up a central liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) source in Cambodia. The signing ceremony took place on 10 March. Meanwhile, official business activities and supply operations are scheduled to begin at the end of 2021. According to the agreement, both firms a...
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Private Firm Mulls Establishing New Cement Factory in Kampong Speu
- 17 March 2021
A private firm is conducting a feasibility study to build a new cement factory in Kampong Speu province. If built, the factory will be the first one in Kampong Speu and the sixth one nationwide. Kampong Speu Governor Vei Samnang said yesterday that the project is proposed in response to increasing the demand construction sector. “Given the availability of the natural resources in the provinc...
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20 Investment Projects Proposed for Kampong Speu Province
- 16 March 2021
At least twenty new investment projects, mostly clothes and footwear factories, have been proposed to be built in Kampong Speu province in 2021, according to Kampong Speu Provincial Governor Vei Samnang. Governor Samnang told Construction & Property Magazine today that the investors are currently proceeding with their plans, but some of which are being disrupted by the ongoing COVID-19 pand...
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US$4 billion Naga 3 Progressing, Set for Completion in 2025 Despite COVID-19 Crisis
- 10 March 2021
Construction of the US$4 billion Naga 3 complex is progressing smoothly and is scheduled for completion in 2025 despite the COVD-19 crisis, according to NagaCorp’s report on 08 March. To date, construction is at the piling stage and being carried out by the Malaysian company Econpile. This firm has been engaged by Chinese firm MCCI as a sub-contractor to carry out works such as site clearance, ...
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Vietnam Planning US$53 billion 30-year Airport Expansion
- 5 March 2021
Vietnam is planning to raise approximately US$53 billion in an ambitious plan to expand its aviation capacity over the next 30 years, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). US$15.8 billion will be needed in the next 10 years for building and expanding airports across the country with a further US$37 billion between 2030 and 2050. New constructions include the new Long T...
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Ground broken on first river dam at Khmer – Thai border in Battambang
- 4 March 2021
Ground was broken on the Mongkul Borei River dam, the first-ever dam built at the Khmer - Thai border area, on 04 March, marking another rural infrastructure development in Battambang province. The dam is located in Mneas Kal and Kampong Chamlong Krom village in Kamrieng district. The groundbreaking ceremony was presided over by Battambang Governor HE Nguon Rattanak and representatives of ot...
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