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ខ្មែរ Laws and Regulation
Let’s Find Out! EP 41: Types of license or permit for real estate business in Cambodia
- 27 August 2020
<div class="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9jzSGQrIDY </div> All development business for condominiums, land lots, office buildings, malls and residences for the purpose of selling or leasing long-term must be licensed by the Ministry or permitted by the Provincial-Municipal Department. How many types of license or permit for real estate business are there in Cambo...
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How to avoid disputes in property sale and purchase transaction
- 14 August 2020
The real estate sector in Cambodia is growing steadily. The Cambodian government has thus far closely monitored and issued regulations to ensure that all types of land transactions being done legally. Despite the government’s attempt, there are still some loopholes which leads to disputes while making sale and purchase transaction of the property. Therefore, to avoid disputes, buyers should unders...
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Tax on Unused Land in Cambodia
- 10 August 2020
In Cambodia, some properties are taxable, while others are not. Among them, unused land is considered taxable, although tax payments on properties are not, all the same, depending on the type, size, and location of the property. For instance, the tax base of unused land is not the same as the tax base of immovable property, as stated in Article 13 of the Finance Law in 2010, which refers to land, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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