New Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport (AIAI) receives master plan certificate

The State Secretariat of Civil Aviation handed over the master plan certificate to Angkor International Airport Investment (AIAI) for the construction of the new Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport project, which is scheduled to be completed by 2023. Dr Mao Havannal, Secretariat of Civil Aviation, handed the master plan certificate to Mr Lu Wei, Chairman of AIAI to build the new Siem Reap-An...

Read More

Sewerage system and wastewater treatment station planned in Battambang

A sewerage system and wastewater treatment station in Battambang with a capacity of a 1,200 litres of wastewater per day is scheduled to start construction by the end of 2020 and is expected to be completed by 2022. The Battambang Provincial Administration is preparing to build the wastewater treatment station for the development of a clean, friendly environmental city in response to the growin...

Read More

Former Kampot airport to be used for clean water supply project

An area of the old unused Kampot province will be used for a clean water project to supply clean water within in the coastal province of Kampot. The Kampot Provincial Administration has decided to hand designate five hectares of land on the site of the old airport, located in O’ Touch village, Andong Khmer commune, Kampot city to the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MI...

Read More

Phnom Penh had 583 new construction projects worth US$1.3 billion after 5 months of COVID-19 in 2020

In the last five months, there have been 583 new construction projects in Phnom Penh, on a total area of ​​about 2,881,317 square metres, according to Mr Sarin Vanna, Director of the Department of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction during a​speech in a Press Conference on “Progress and Continuing Direction of the Phnom Penh Administration” on 16 May 2020. He also reported on the c...

Read More

Koh Kong Administration: Dara Sakor Airport is not for military service

Photo Source: The New York Times Due to the scepticism of numerous analysts who have questioned the role of Dara Sakor Airport, on 11 June 2020, HE Ms Mithona Phouthong, Koh Kong Provincial Governor recently rejected any claim of use for military service saying that the area was only built for tourism. Analysts continue to be sceptical about the intention of the Dara Sakor Airport citing evi...

Read More

LEDs to enlighten Kampot Smart City

The Kampot provincial administration has unveiled plans to equip Kampot city with LED street lights as part of the future smart city development. The LED light project was raised in a meeting on 10 June chaired by H.E. Chev Tay, Kampot Governor and the representative of Minebea (Cambodia) a Japanese light technology company producing in Cambodia. According to the Kampot provincial administra...

Read More

Free access to freshwater bathrooms planned for Sihanoukville beach

The Sihanoukvilleprovincial governor plans to build more than 20 restrooms and washing facilities along 9 kilometers of beach for tourists to use for free. H.E. KouchChamroeun, a provincial governor, said at a press conference on the “Progress and Continuing Direction of the Sihanoukville Province” on 09 June 2020 that his technical team has already finished the study on building more than 20re...

Read More

Sihanoukville receives US$10 billion investment for tourism and hotel services

Sihanoukville has received a total investment of US$10 billion in tourism and hotel services, according to a report by the Sihanoukville provincial administration on 10 June 2020. To date, Sihanoukville province has a total of 194 investment projects worth US$30 billion in operation, in which 60 companies has invested in the tourism and hotel services worth more than USD$ 10 billion. H.E. Ko...

Read More

COVID–19  gives the advantage to Vietnam leading ASEAN toward a Smart City Vision

COVID-19 pushes ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASNC) COVID-19 has tested Vietnam's leadership of ASEAN. During its tenure as chair of ASEAN in 2020, the country has introduced five priority plans to be implemented by this year, including strengthening ASEAN institutional capacity and using the Industrial Revolution 4.0 to address social inequality. Among the five priority plans is the application ...

Read More

Two mountain resorts in Battambang granted natural heritage status

The Royal Government of Cambodia has designated two mountain resorts in Battambang as natural heritage sites with a total area of ​​more than 400 hectares. Both have been declared as natural heritage sites by two separate sub-decrees. Sub-Decree No. 64 RNKR.BK dated 25 May 2020 declared Phnom Prampi as the Phnom Prampi Natural Heritage Site on 358.8 hectares located in Bour commune, Phnom Proek...

Read More