Government Urges Public to Cease Occupying Border Areas, Threatens Lawsuit

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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Government Seizes Over 4,000 Hectares of Illegally Owned Land in Kampong Speu

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...

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Koh Kong Provincial Hall: Unauthorised Land Transactions to be Voided

All land buying and selling transactions without the inspection and approval from the relevant authorities, particularly the land located in protected areas, community, and forest areas in Koh Kong province, are considered illegal and will be voided, according to an announcement by the Koh Kong Provincial Administration on 14 July 2020. The statement is squarely aimed at stopping the illegal sa...

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CCA joins IFAWPCA video conferencing call

The Cambodia Constructors Association (CCA) joined a video conferencing call of the International Federation of Asian and Western Pacific Contractors' Associations (IFAWPCA) in late June to update Cambodia's construction sector status quo and exchange ideas for resilient strategies. The meeting allows members to exchange experiences related to the construction industry with the other members of...

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ACF discusses How to Overcome COVID-19 Pandemic at 49th Meeting

The ASEAN Constructors Federation (ACF) conducted it 49th meeting via Zoom video conferencing on 10 June 2020 to discuss the development of the construction industry in the region. ACF Council Meeting is an annual meeting that provides opportunities for its members including, Cambodia which is represented by the Cambodia Constructors Association (CCA), to share information on the potential of t...

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Cambodia and other 5 Countries Agree to Donate US$180.2 million to Fund BRI Projects

Cambodia and other 5 countries including China, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, and the Philippines have agreed to donate US$180.2 million as a multilateral fund to support Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure projects, according to China Daily on 08 July 2020. The fund was set up by the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance and approved by the Asian Infrastructure Inve...

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Gov’t will not cut infrastructure spending

The Cambodian government is excluding funding for building and restoring infrastructure from its COVID-19 budget cuts. According to the government announcement, the 2020 fiscal budget cut is being implemented to save money for economic recovery, which has been hit hard by the pandemic. The budget gained expenditure cutting will be used as a subsidy fund for COVID-19 affected-garment workers,...

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Cambodia’s construction investment reached US$4 billion in H1 2020, a 13% increase

Despite the global crisis of Covid-19, Cambodia’s construction investment value in the first half of 2020 has reached nearly US$4 billion, indicating a 13% increase compared to the same period in 2019, according to the data of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction dated 02 July 2020. According to the same source, in H1 of 2020, the government has approved a total of 2...

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Government to Strengthen Mineral Resource Management for State Projects

The government is strengthening royalty collections and management of mineral resources used for state infrastructure projects, according to a new inter-ministerial Prakas on 01 July. Signed by HE Aun Pornmoniroth, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, and HE Suy Sem, Minister of Mines and Energy, the enforcement of this Prakas covers the entire operation of mining resource...

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PM Hun Sen: Real estate market continues as usual despite COVID-19

Although the COVID-19 crisis has affected the Cambodian economy, the real estate business continues as usual and shophouse businesses have recently become more popular, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen's official Facebook page on 30 June 2020. He also mentioned during a visit to the construction of the new Phnom Penh International Airport that despite the fact that the Cambodian economy is p...

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