Bangladesh to send construction workers as Cambodian numbers decline

The construction sector employs an average of 200,000 to 220,000 Cambodian workers per day, but this number dropped by 31.81% in September 2019 compared to the same period of last year, according to an October report by the Ministry of Land Management Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC). Bangladesh's New Age news reported that Salim Reza, secretary of the Ministry of Expatriates Welfare an...

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Conglomerate Chip Mong acquires Grand Phnom Penh International City

One of Cambodia’s leading conglomerates Chip Mong Group has acquired the Grand Phnom Penh International City which is believed to be one of the largest property development projects in Phnom Penh. Grand Phnom Penh International City is a huge development project spanning across 260 hectares of land in Kmounh commune of Sen Sok district featuring residential projects, a shopping centre, a water ...

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Government approves US$22 million for Special Economic Zone projects

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) announced on its Facebook page on 16 October of its approval of several projects, including four projects related to the construction industry, with investment capital worth more than US$22 million and creating 1958 jobs in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SEZ). One project is a furniture factory for FPZ Furniture (Cambodia) Co., Ltd, us...

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New stadium planned for Kampong Speu ahead of 2023 SEA Games

A new stadium has been planned for Kampong Speu province which will serve for the upcoming 32nd SEA Games in 2023, according to the provincial governor. Kampong Speu Provincial Governor H.E Vei Samnang told Construction & Property Magazine on 09 October that, Kampong Speu is to have a stadium that will stretch over 4 hectares of land while work has already begun. “We are currently making...

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Cambodia-China Cultural and Creative Park gets approval

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has recently given the greenlight to several development projects including the Cambodia-China Cultural and Creative Park located in Siem Reap Province. As reported by the CDC over the weekend, Angkor International Culture Investment & Development (Cambodia) Co.,Ltd is to inject US$27.5 million of investment in its project along 60 Metre Str...

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Thai retail supermarket, Big C will provide more job opportunities to Cambodians

Big C supermarket is creating additional job opportunities for local people a week after opening its first branch in Cambodia. Before the soft opening day, Big C supermarket helped to create 1,200 jobs in the area according to its project application with the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). The giant retail store includes a large number of brand names currently looking for wor...

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Public works ministry to begin construction of major roads and bridge

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport will soon begin construction of major roads and a bridge, according to H.E Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister and Minister. Addressing the ministry's recent work progress at the recent ROAD CARE event, H.E Sun Chanthol said that five major roads and one bridge are to be constructed soon as feasibility studies and budgeting have been concluded. According ...

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New Sihanoukville special economic zone proposed

Two companies have proposed 1,600 hectares of land in Sihanoukville province to be developed into a special economic zone through land reclassification, according to the provincial administration. On 07 October, Sihanoukville provincial governor H.E Kouch Chamroeun held a meeting to discuss the proposal with the Stung Hav district governor and other officials from relevant departments. The t...

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Government urges review of Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway

The government has called on all relevant Cambodians stakeholders to review the feasibility of constructing the Phnom Penh-Bavet expressway. The major infrastructure project has been postponed since the completion of the JICA feasibility study in 2017 as the proposed budget was too high at around US$4 billion. During a forum on investment and trade between Cambodia and Vietnam held in Hanoi, Pr...

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Phnom Penh-Sihanouk expressway to finish construction ahead of schedule

The US$2 billion expressway linking Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, on which ground was broken in March, is expected to be completed ahead of the original planned schedule, according to H.E Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister and Minister of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT). After closing the event on ROAD CARE app campaign on 04 October, H.E Sun Chanthol told Construction & Propert...

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