Projects Development
New National Defense Ministry Administrative Building Officially Inaugurated
The new administration building and conference hall of the National Defense Ministry were officially inaugurated on Wednesday 29 December, marking the 23-year anniversary of the success of bringing peace through the win-win policy (December 29, 1998-December 29, 2021). The inauguration ceremony was presided over by Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia. The new administration bui...
Read MoreUS$80 million Chinese-funded Kossamak Hospital Building Passes Completion Inspection
The new US$80-million Chinese-funded Preah Kossamak Hospital building successfully passed the completion inspection on Tuesday 28 December, according to the contractor China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd. The construction project technical team's leader, Shi Xiaoguang, said the building will become the first hospital in Cambodia with a modern medical concept of low energy consu...
Read MoreYouth Rehabilitation Centre in Kandal Province Inaugurated
The Youth Rehabilitation Centre in Kandal Steung District of Kandal Province has officially been inaugurated, which will play an important role in helping rehabilitate and build better human resources. The inauguration ceremony was on Tuesday 28 December and was presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Samdech Sar Kheng with the participation of Kandal provincial officials. With ground broken ...
Read MoreMajor Infrastructure Projects Broken Ground in 2021
Although 2021 was hit hard by the COVD-19 pandemic with several lockdowns and the spread of new variants, the Cambodian government has continuously upgraded and built infrastructure projects. Thus far, none of the infrastructure projects has been delayed. Here is the list of the major infrastructure projects that saw ground broken in 2021. US$19 million Siem Reap Provincial Hospital Building_De...
Read More3,263 Construction Projects Registered in 9 Months
3,263 construction projects were registered in the first nine months of this year, a 476-project decrease from the same period last year. Figures from the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued recently showed that the value of registered construction projects was US$4.6 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 20.6%. Of the total registered construction projects, 2,909 projects or equivalent to...
Read MoreConstruction Officially Begins on US$19 million Siem Reap Provincial Hospital Building
The construction of a new building in the Siem Reap Provincial Hospital under a JICA grant aid of approximately US$19 million has officially begun. Held on Thursday 23 December, the ground-breaking ceremony was presided over by the Director of Siem Reap Provincial Health Department Dr Kros Sarath and joined by other relevant officers. The building has an area of 7,260 square meters, 4 floors...
Read MoreConstruction of Longest Bridge of PP-SHV Expressway Completed
The longest bridge of the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville expressway has completed the installation of all box girders and has been fully connected to the pavement on both sides. According to the official Facebook page of the expressway on 22 December, the bridge is located at the 179-kilometre point of the expressway crossing over the river at Kbal Chhay Waterfall. As of late November, the express...
Read More35-Storey GDCE Building Officially Inaugurated 23 December
Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen on Thursday 23 December officially inaugurated the 35-storey administration building of the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) along with two other buildings— the National Customs School and the Customs Museum. Built on the old site in front of the National Bank of Cambodia on Norodom Blvd, the GDCE administrative building started construction in Febr...
Read MoreConstruction to Begin on New Large-Scale Hospital Complex in Koh Thom in January
Construction on the new Techo Sen Koh Thom Hospital building is set to begin in January 2022, according to the meeting of the construction committee and relevant officers from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport on 21 December. The project includes the construction of three new buildings with a total area of over 12,500sqm. The buildings are interconnected with the central building havin...
Read MoreConstruction Begins for New US$25-million National Assembly Building
Construction has officially begun for the new US$25-million administration building of the National Assembly. The ground-breaking ceremony was presided over by President of the National Assembly of Cambodia Samdech Heng Samrin and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam HE Nguyen Xuan Phuc on 21 December. The building is being constructed under a grant from Vietnam, with an aid agreem...
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