Technology and Engineering
South Korea Finances Us$700 Million Loan to Help Infrastructures in Cambodia
Cambodia-Korea business forum credit : SPM Page The government of Republic of Korea has recently provided a USD700 million loan to Cambodia to upgrade and expand the infrastructure system in Cambodia, according to an official FB Page Samdech Hun Sen, Cambodian Prime Minister. The loans agreement was signed by Samdech Hun Sen Prime Minister of Cambodia and H.E. Moon Jae-In President of Republ...
Read MoreKorea Signs Mou With Cambodia to Increase Cooperation in Construction
Korea signs MoU with Cambodia credit: CPM The South Korean government, through the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Cambodian Constructors Association (CCA) to boost construction investment in Cambodia. Mr Kwon Pyung-oh, President of KOTRA, said at the signing ceremony on 14 March 2019 that Korean companies have a keen i...
Read MoreChroy Changva City to See Multi-Million International Convention Centre by 2020
The Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC) has invested more than US$18 million to build a new International Convention Exhibition Centre in Chroy Changva satellite city, according to the company’s management team. “This new convention centre will have a total area of 30,000 square metres, which is 80 metres wide and 240 metres long. The project is currently being constructed and is e...
Read MoreCambodia-singapore Co-host Seminar on Fire Safety Code
burning high-rise collapses - credit : Los Angeles Times The Ministry of Land and Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) together with the Singapore Board of Architects co-hosted a seminar on the fire safety code for the construction sector on 12 March, to help improve construction safety standards in Cambodia. The seminar, chaired by H.E Leang Monirith, the Secretary of State ...
Read MoreEU Provides €11.5 Million to Enhance Infrastructure in Kandal Province
Credit: kh.ambafrance.org The European Union (EU) through the French Development Agency (AFD) has signed an agreement with the government of Cambodia to provide financing of €11.5 million to construct and renovate the irrigation system in Kandal province, according to press release from the French Embassy in Phnom Penh. The signing ceremony for the provision of the funding was held on 06 Mar...
Read MoreJapan Provides Us$209 Million Loan to Expand Sihanoukville Deep Water Seaport
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port credit: MPWT The expansion project for Sihanoukville deep water seaport is expected to start construction this year, after Japanese government confirmed the provision of a US$209 million loan according to the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia webpage on 05 March 2019. The expansion will be undertaken by building a new terminal which will be 14.5 metre...
Read MoreJapan Grants Aid for Construction of Five Bridges in Kratie
credit: CNC The government of Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is providing funds to Cambodia to help renovate five bridges along Road No. 73 from downtown Kratie to Chhlong. According to the director of the Public Works and Transport Department in Kratie, Sreng Sros, in an interview with local media CNC, the five projects includes Sandan bridge, Prek Russey ...
Read MoreGround Broken on Us$50 Million Chinese-funded Tbong Khmum Hospital
Ground breaking by Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen Credit: SPM page Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen presided over the ground-breaking ceremony of the "Friendship of Cambodia - China Tbong Khmum Hospital", funded by the People's Republic of China on 01 March 2019. This US$50 million hospital project is being built on 24,300 square metres of land, equipped with modern medical equipme...
Read MoreCambodia-japan Eyeing Cooperation to Promote Waste Water Management
The government of Cambodia and Japan are eyeing for cooperation to promote waste water management in Cambodia following a meeting between the two parties on 26 February 2019. According to a press release, the meeting between H.E Bong Bunhuon under-secretary of MPWT and Mr Hiroyuki Ishii, representative of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) is aimed to discuss abo...
Read MoreChina Pledges to Finance Construction of Nr 7 From Kratie to Lao Border
Nation road 7 Credit to: MPWT The Shanghai Construction Company has decided to continue building National Road 7 from Kratie to the Lao border under a grant aid from the People's Republic of China, according to a report from the Department of Public Works and Transport of Kratie. The decision was made after the Chinese Development Cooperation Agency (SCDF), H.E. Lim Sidany, Secretary of Stat...
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