Business and Market
Chip Mong Bank Opens New Branch at Chip Mong Mega Mall 271
The new Chip Mong Bank’s 271 Mega Mall branch was officially inaugurated on the morning of October 5, 2022, at the Chip Mong 271 Mega Mall. The inauguration of this new branch is part of our efforts to bring Chip Mong Bank’s services and products closer to its customers at all times with the highest […]
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Chinese Gov’t Asks Top Banks to Provide Over US$84 billion to Rescue Real Estate Sector
China’s financial regulators have asked its six largest banks to provide 600 billion yuan (US$84.32 billion) of financial support in any form including mortgages, loans to developers, and purchases of their bonds, to help recover the real estate sector. Bloomberg News reported on 30 September that this is the latest scheme after a series of […]
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Industry partners use ORNL software to trim carbon footprint of buildings
Two years after the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory provided a model of nearly every building in America, commercial partners are using the tool for tasks ranging from designing energy-efficient buildings and cities to linking energy efficiency to real estate value and risk. International companies like Google and SmithGroup are sharing the […]
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China’s Property Investment Down 7.4% Y-o-Y During First 8 Months of 2022
China’s investment property investment dropped by 7.4% y-o-y in the first eight months of 2022, a further decrease of 1% in the first seven months, reported Xinhua. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report, the total property investment in this period was 9.08 trillion yuan (US$1.31 trillion). Investment in residential buildings shares were […]
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Japan Urges Cambodia to Further Ease Japanese Investment in Cambodia
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has asked his Cambodia’s counterpart Samdech Hun Sen to continue supporting and easing Japanese investment in Cambodia, as to date, Japanese private investment value in the kingdom has reached nearly US$3 billion. HE Kishida Fumio said during a meeting with Samdech Hun Sen on 28 September in Tokyo that besides […]
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Investor Sentiment Leaning Towards Asia Pacific in 2022, Say Experts
Investors around the world are becoming more cautious in investing in real estate as well as other sectors, as uncertainty in the macroeconomic environment is ongoing, say, experts, emphasizing that the Asia Pacific market has gained more popularity lately compared to other regions. Despite the more cautious approach, the market in the Asia Pacific will […]
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Construction Begins on Vietnam’s US$520-million Industrial Park
Construction has begun on a 10-sq-km industrial park in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Thuan with a ground-breaking ceremony attended by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. The construction will cost US$520 million and the park will serve sectors ranging from building materials to food processing when complete in 2025, according to GCR. The park will […]
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OCIC & Malaysian Association Expand Cooperation in Boosting Construction & Real Estate Sector
Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC) and Malaysia Retail Chain Association (MRCA) have signed more MoUs to boost their respective lines of business in Cambodia. According to the OCIC announcement on 5 September, the cooperation will help expand both parties’ businesses including shopping centers, aviation, satellite city development, real estate development, construction and construction supplies, hotels […]
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Future of Unfinished Construction in SHV: Perspective of Investors, Government & Locals
After the Cambodian government shut down online gaming in Sihanoukville, combined with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Sihanoukville’s economy plummeted while the overheated real estate market in the province finally cooled and dramatically so. After Chinese investors left Cambodia, a total of 1,155 construction projects were left unfinished with the rental price […]
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Chinese to Establish Large-Scale Edible-Nest Swiftlet Processing Plant
The Cambodia (Xiamen) Commercial Center, a representative of the Cambodian Business Center in Xiamen city in China, is cooperating with Southeast Yandu (Xiamen) Industrial Development Co., Ltd. to build a large-scale edible-nest swiftlet processing plant in Cambodia for export to China. The two firms signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the agreement to export […]
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