Sihanoukville governor develops two Otres Beaches to boost tourism

The Sihanoukville governor is improving two Otres Beaches to 1,746 metres long to enhance their beauty and boost tourism, according to the official website of the Ministry of Interior, released on 25 May 2020. Mr Matt Ly, Manager of OTRES MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., reported that the development of these two Otres Beaches is to enhance the beauty of the beaches as well as attract tourists. The pro...

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Kep Tourism Master Plan includes construction of new tourist port and expansion of two beaches

The Kep Provincial Governor is building a Kaoh Tonsay tourist port and planning to expand two beaches - a public beach and Angkoal natural beach - to advance major infrastructure development and to welcome increasing numbers of tourists. The beach expansion project sites include A 3km public beach (running from the water treatment station to the mangrove forest), and the expansion of the 3.5km ...

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Government exchanges 30 hectares of Beoung Ta Mok with other three land areas

The government has decided to grant ownership of 30 hectares of Beoung Ta Mok to Mrs Kim Heang in exchange with three other land areas, according to a letter from the Council of Ministers to the Minister of Economy and Finance, the Minister of Land Management, Urbanisation and Construction, the Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology and the Governor of Phnom Penh dated 27 April 2020. Th...

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Hyundai Engineering wins US$164m bid to build third AEON Mall

Hyundai Engineering of South Korea has won a US$164 million project to build the third AEON Mall in Cambodia, according to a Hyundai staff member quoted in the Korea IT TIMES on 19 April 2020. This project is to build a five-story shopping centre and parking facility on a total area of 174,000 square meters which is larger than sum of the AEON Mall I (68,000 square meters) and Sen Sok AEON II (...

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Construction on Road 146 commences in Sihanoukville

Construction on Road 146 started on 17 April 2020 under the technical supervision by H.E Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport (MPWT). The construction project is being implemented by China Road & Bridge Corporation Co.Ltd (CRBC) spending US$S76 million of a US$100 million national budget and is projected to take about 28 months to complete, according to MPWT’s Facebook page. ...

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New US$1.5 billion Phnom Penh International Airport now 30% complete

A new Phnom Penh International Airport with an investment of US$1.5 billion located in Kandal and Takeo province has been 30% completed. The new US$1.5 billion Phnom Penh International Airport billion located in Kandal and Takeo provinces is now 30% complete according to the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation. H.E Sin Chanserey Vutha, Deputy Director General Technical of State Secretariat o...

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Garden and sidewalk development project in Beong Samrong paused due to land disputes

Phnom Penh City Hall’s garden and sidewalk development project in Beong Samrong has been paused due to land disputes, as some residents continue to occupy state property around the area. In order to save drainage and the lake surface land, Phnom Penh City Hall decided on 30 March 2020 to pour the dam along the lake and transform the area into a garden and sidewalk. Prek Pnov authorities ordered...

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Cambodia will need 50,000 houses per year

Cambodia will need around 50,000 houses a year in order to supply the growing population, according to researchers’ predictions. "At present, we are responding to the housing supply for the private sector by constructing houses to fulfill the needs of the people,” said H.E. Seng Lot, Ministry of Land Management spokesperson, at a press conference organized by the Royal Government Spokesperson U...

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Chom Chao flyover and underpass construction 40% completed

The Chom Chao flyover and underpass construction are 40% completed after being started in June 2018. Construction is expected to finish before the end of 2021. Mr Sam Piseth, Director of the Department of Public Works and Transport, reported that “The construction of this project is almost completed. So far, we have finished two underground tunnels, two underpasses, and we are expending two sid...

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Foster & Partner to design US$1.5 billion new Phnom Penh International Airport

Globally renowned English architectural design and engineering firm Foster & Partners have been selected to design the master plan of the US$1.5 billion new Phnom Penh International Airport located in Kandal and Takeo province, according to the airport’s developer. The new Phnom Penh International Airport is a massive investment project by Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) str...

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