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Korean-Style Forest Park to be Established Near Angkor Wat
- 24 February 2022
A Korean-style forest park will be established near Angkor Wat using South Korean forest management technology. The Korea Forest Service held the first plenary session for the Korea-Cambodia joint operating committee online on Tuesday 22 February. The park will be set up at a location near Angkor Wat, which will take 30 minutes to reach by car from the temple or less than an hour from Siem R...
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Techo Westerdam Tourism Park to be Built in Sihanoukville
- 24 February 2022
The National Committee for Clean City Assessment of the Ministry of Tourism plans to establish Techo Westerdam Park in Sihanoukville to attract tourists and commemorate the cruise disembarkment in 2020. The committee has set up a technical working group to study the development of the Westerdam Tourism Park in Sihanoukville, according to a statement issued on15 February. The working group is...
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Inter-Ministries, WB to Establish Standardised Solid Waste & Plastic Management in 5 Cities
- 24 February 2022
The Ministry of Interior has partnered with the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, the Ministry of Environment and the World Bank to study and develop a project to improve solid and plastic waste management in Cambodia. The project will be implemented with a US$60-million budget funded by the World Bank for a six-year period. According to the Ministr...
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Port EDI system testing over 90% complete, to put into real use by August
- 24 February 2022
As of this February, the Port EDI system testing procedure phase 1 has been over 90% completed and will be put into real operation by August this year, according to the following up meeting on 22 February Secretary of State of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport HE Ros Vanna said in the meeting that the system testing is close to completion, the remaining is to wait for Customs and Excis...
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AC & Concrete Roads Account for 50% of Over 18,000 km Roads Built
- 23 February 2022
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has built a total of 18,125 km of roads across the country, of which more than half are AC and concrete roads. The figures were shared by Minister and Minister of Public Works and Transport HE Sun Chanthol in the Transport Committee Meeting held virtually on 23 February. HE Sun Chanthol confirmed that Cambodia has been investing heavily in the devel...
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Cambodia’s Construction Sector Improves Ranking in Region
- 23 February 2022
Cambodia’s construction sector has improved its ranking among countries in the region, with the score rated in January 2022 showing better performance. According to the GlobalData's Construction Project Momentum Index, the construction sector in Cambodia is also seeing fewer and fewer problems, with score on the index going up from 0.47 in December 2021 to 0.82 in January 2022. Within Southe...
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Local Firms, USAID Jointly Invest in Establishing Cold Chain Infrastructure in Cambodia
- 23 February 2022
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced two new partnerships with private firms to co-invest in the cold chain, agricultural storage capacity, and logistics sectors in Cambodia. According to the USAID announcement on 23 February, Khmer Cold Chain Company (KCCC) and Amru Rice will develop, test, and operationalise agricultural cold chain storage and logistics cap...
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PM Rejects Criticism of Deep SHV Seaport Development as a China Debt Trap
- 22 February 2022
Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen once again dismissed criticism of the development of Sihanoukville deep seaport as a China debt trap, given that the port has been developed and supported by Japan. PM Hun Sen made the announcement during the ground-breaking ceremony of the Japanese-funded US$20-million Boeung Choeung Ek sewage treatment plant on 22 February. “The deep seaport is under Ja...
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Ground officially broken on large-scale Choeung Ek wastewater treatment plant
- 22 February 2022
The construction of the Choeung Ek wastewater treatment plant stretching over 3 hectares of land in Prek Ta Kong 1 village of Chak Angre commune officially began. The groundbreaking ceremony is presided over by Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia HE. Mikami Masahiro. Built by Kubota-Metawater Joint Venture, the project is being built under a grant from the Japanese...
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CMAC, JICA Finalise Mine Museum Project for Siem Reap, Mine-Shape Design Rejected
- 21 February 2022
The Mine Action Centre of Cambodia (CMAC) and JICA’s consultant team have finalised the design of the planned construction of a mine museum in Siem Reap province, citing that the building will not be mine-shaped. The two sides signed an agreement on the layout design of the project on Friday 18 February. According to CMAC Director-General HE Heng Ratana, the mine-sharped museum building, whi...
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