English 
ខ្មែរ Laws and Regulation
Government Leases Land in Botum Sakor National Park to Royal Group
- 10 August 2020
The Cambodian government issued sub-decree on 06 August leasing 168.8 hectares of land in Botum Sakor National Park in Koh Kong province to the Royal Group for the development of a 700-megawatt coal-fired power plant project. Located in Thmor Sar and Chamlong Kor villages, Botum Sakor district, the land has been granted to the Royal Group with a sustainable development term. According to the...
Read More
What Type of Land Developments Must be Approved by the Competent Authorities?
- 5 August 2020
The land is a type of immovable property that has great potential in the real estate business and many services in Cambodia, especially in the metropolitan and development areas which have recently been booming. Land development is defined as an activity of land organisation by changing the type of land use, changing land use functions, integrating parcels, compacting land parcels, changing the...
Read More
City Hall: All Unsafe Buildings Prohibited or to be Demolished as Necessary
- 30 July 2020
Phnom Penh Governor H.E Khuong Sreng has urged all relevant authorities to ban, or demolish if necessary, for illegal and unsafe buildings and advised people to be more cautious about dilapidated buildings, according to the Ministry of Information. The governor made the statement during a meeting with related officers regarding construction inspections in Phnom Penh on 24 July. “For any cons...
Read More
Let’s Find Out! EP 38: Immovable property and tax registration procedure in Cambodia
- 30 July 2020
<div class="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80B7-k3lTE8 </div> Immovable property registration is very important in managing, trading, and transferring property. How to officially register your property? Subscribe to the Construction & Property TV Channel for more up-to-date construction and property news.
Read More
Over 500 Inter-ministerial Officials Reconfiguring Land Use in Mondulkiri
- 29 July 2020
A total of 550 inter-ministerial officials from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Environment, are in the field measuring and reconfiguring land uses in Mondulkiri province, according to a MLMUPC’s press release on 28 July. The team is using the satellite data acquisition device...
Read More
Ministry of Interior Investigating Forest Land Encroachment Cases in Mondulkiri
- 24 July 2020
The Minister of Interior Samdech Sar Kheng has established an inter-ministerial team to investigate all protected land encroachment cases in protected areas in Mondulkiri province. According to the official decision dated 22 July, the main task of the team is to investigate each case listed in the Council of Ministers Office’s report dated 12 June 2020, and collect all possible pieces of eviden...
Read More
Government Urges Public to Cease Occupying Border Areas, Threatens Lawsuit
- 23 July 2020
The head of the Royal Government Spokesperson's Unit H.E Phay Siphan, warned at a press conference on 23 July that occupying land along the border, in particular the Cambodia-Vietnam border in Takeo province, is illegal, and called for an immediate end with those ignoring the order potentially facing legal action. "The land along the Cambodian-Vietnamese border is not privately owned; it is sta...
Read More
Three Draft Sub-decrees in Discussion to Strengthening Cambodian Construction Sector
- 21 July 2020
The Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction held a technical meeting on 21 July to discuss three draft sub-decrees aimed at strengthening construction quality in Cambodia. The three draft sub-decrees include i) A sub-decree on construction permits (12 chapters and 57 articles), ii) A sub-decree on the conditions and procedures for granting, susp...
Read More
Government Seizes Over 4,000 Hectares of Illegally Owned Land in Kampong Speu
- 21 July 2020
The Kampong Speu Provincial Administration has thus far seized over 4,000 hectares of illegally owned land in three protected areas to be returned to use as national assets, according to the Kampong Speu province work progress report released on 20 July. The report stated that the three protected areas are the Chambok Community Protected Area (1,641 hectares), eight protected areas in Oral Dist...
Read More
The government seizes over 2,000 hectares of illegally-owned land in Mondulkiri
- 16 July 2020
Mondulkiri Provincial Governor H.E Svay Sam Eang said on 16 July that the Provincial Administration has thus far revoked ownership titles and seized back over 2,000 hectares of illegally-occupied land, emphasising that the law is applied equally regardless of social ranking. "Illegal is illegal, legal is legal. The law is applied equally, whether you are small [general people] or big [high-rank...
Read More