PP-Bavet Railway & Three Major Projects Included in Transport Masterplan
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) has requested its working committee to include the Phnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh railway project and three other major infrastructure projects into the national transport and logistics masterplan, to accelerate progress on the projects. This is according to HE Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, at […]
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China Launches First Fully Electrified Bullet Train in Himalayan Region
The 435.5-km high-speed train connecting Lhasa, the capital of southwest Tibet, and Tibet’s eastern city Nyingchi began operation on Friday 25 June, marking China’s first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region, reported Xinhua. With a designed speed of 160km per hour, this route is considered the first Fuxing bullet train to pass […]
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Koh Kong Governor Revokes All Protected Land Transaction Papers Signed by Local Authorities
Koh Kong Provincial Governor HE Mithona Phouthong has ordered commune and Sangkat officers to stop approving or signing off on all illegal protected land transaction documents and also voided all the previously-signed ones. According to the order letter issued on 24 June, those documents include land transfers, land use permissions, state land purchase agreements, land […]
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Bentley Systems Launches Future Infrastructure Star Challenge 2021
Bentley Systems, the infrastructure engineering software company, has officially launched its global competition known as the Future Infrastructure Star Challenge 2021 to provide a space for the young minds of today to consider and solve the world’s toughest challenges. The global competition is open to students from community colleges, polytechnics institutes, and universities. The winner […]
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Cambodia, China Sign MoU to Strengthen Engineering Education
The Techo Sen Institute of Public Works and Transport of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (TSIPWT) has signed an MoU with the Zhejiang Institute of Communication (ZJIC) of China to enhance the quality of engineering education. The signing ceremony was held on 24 June under the chairmanship of TSIPWT Director HE Hoeun Samneang. […]
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Understanding Compensation Eligibility in Road Construction Projects
Recently, there has been plenty of road construction projects everywhere in Cambodia. During the process, some buildings were ordered demolished, while some landowners were told to leave their land for the road expansion project. Among those, some get compensation while others do not. Let’s find out why and the details of compensation eligibility. You may […]
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China Breaks Ground on US$420-million Underground Nuclear Lab in Gobi Desert
Construction of the US$420-million nuclear underground facility dubbed the Beishan Underground Research Laboratory has begun in China’s Gansu province, reported World Nuclear News. With ground broken on 17 June, the lab will be situated in granite up to 560 metres below ground level in the Gobi Desert and will become the world’s largest underground laboratory […]
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Construction of 21-hectare Standardised Landfill in Battambang 7% Complete
Construction of the 21-hectare standardised landfill in Banan district, Battambang province is taking shape, reaching about 7% completion as of late June, reported the Ministry of Information. Deputy Director of the Department of Public Works and Transport of Battambang Province Ms Kem Sokuntheary said that the landfill was being built according to the technical standards […]
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Over 15,000 Families to Receive Free Land Plots on Completion of LASED III Project
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction held a workshop meeting on 24 June to launch the Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development, known as LASED III. The ministry expects that over 15,000 poor families will receive decent land plots to reside on and grow crops after the project completion in 2026. […]
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Gov’t Ends Freehold Sale of Concessional Land & Rubber Plantations
The Cambodian government has issued a new order to end the freehold sale and exchange of all economic land concessions and co-investment rubber plantations*, to strengthen the efficiency of land management nationwide. According to Official Order No. 01 issued on 7 April 2021, there are also some exceptions. In cases where freehold sale and ownership […]
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Four Factories Worth Over US$27 million Approved for SHV & Svay Rieng
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) recently approved private firms to invest in building four factories, worth approximately US$27 million, in Sihanoukville and Svay Rieng provinces. The first investment permit has been granted to Honglaite Home Handicraft (Cambodia) Co., Ltd to invest US$5.2 million in building a lighting and curtain factory in the […]
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WB to Help Upgrade Water Resource Infrastructure & Management in 6 Provinces
The World Bank has agreed to conduct a large-scale upgrade on water infrastructure in six target provinces in Cambodia next year, following a request from the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MWRM) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance. According to the request, the six target provinces include Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri, Stung Treng, Kratie, Kampong […]
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