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Missing Crude Oil Tanker Caught in Indonesia, Cambodia Requesting Help to Return
- 26 August 2021
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is in talks with Indonesia to help facilitate returning the ship loaded with missing crude oil back to Cambodia. The talks come after Indonesian authorities seized a ship loaded with nearly 300,000 barrels of crude oil and more than a dozen crew on board on 25 August. The arrest was in response to the request of the Cambodian government to Interpol asking for...
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Kampot to Develop New Green Tourism Attraction in Traeuy Kaoh
- 26 August 2021
The Prek Traeuy Kaoh area in Kampot province will soon be transformed into a green tourist attraction, while authorities are currently speeding up the master plan preparation. This is according to the Kampot Governor HE Chiao Tai during an inspection on Wednesday 25 August. HE Chiao Tai said that the Prek Traeuy Kaoh region located in Tvi Khang Tbong village in Sangkat Andong Khmer has beaut...
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Battambang & SR Chosen for New Regional COVID-19 Labs
- 26 August 2021
The Ministry of Health has selected Battambang and Siem Reap Provincial Referral Hospitals as the construction sites for regional test laboratories for COVID-19 samples for the northwestern provinces of the country. The construction of a new laboratory in Battambang province has just been completed and is scheduled to open in early September. Minister of Health Mam Bunheng said during a site...
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Cambodia’s First Latter-Day Saints Temple Set to Break Ground Next Month in Phnom Penh
- 25 August 2021
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced that the Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple groundbreaking will be held on Saturday 18 September 2021. Having white walls and five stupas on top, one is which is the tallest, the single-story temple of approximately 10,000 square feet (304sqm) will be built on a 3.16-acre site. Located on Russian Confederation Stre...
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2,235 Construction Projects Worth Over US$2.5 billion Approved in H1, Down by 28% Y-O-Y
- 25 August 2021
During the first half of 2021, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) issued permits for a total of 2,235 construction projects with an estimated investment value of US$2.5 billion, down by 28 % compared to the same period last year. MLMUPC Secretary of State HE Lao Tipseiha confirmed the numbers with PNN TV broadcast on Monday 23 August. He added said that...
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Sihanoukville Selected as ASEAN Tourism Forum 2022
- 24 August 2021
The government has decided to select Sihanoukville as the venue for the 40th ASEAN Tourism Forum in 2022, and the government has also pledged to continue upgrading and improving the infrastructure system in the province, according to Tourism Minister HE Thong Khon during a site inspection on Monday 23 August. According to the plan, the 40th ASEAN Tourism Forum will be held at Sokha Hotel in Sih...
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MPWT Speeding Up Prep Work on NR33 Upgrade Project Connecting Kampot to VN Border
- 24 August 2021
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the Ministry of Economy and Finance are speeding up the review and evaluation work for the NR33 rehabilitation project connecting downtown Kampot to the Prek Chak Vietnamese border, with construction expected to begin soon. Secretary of State of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) HE Pal Chandara said during an inter-institutional mee...
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Power Plants, Livestock Farms & Factories Worth Over US$63m Approved for 5 Provinces
- 24 August 2021
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has recently given permits to private firms to invest US$63.5 million in building a power plant, solar park, livestock farm, and several other factories in Kandal, Kampong Thom, Sihanoukville, Takeo and Kampong Speu. According to a CDC announcement on Monday 23 August, those seven companies include: 1. Ethan Metal Manufacture Co., Ltd., which...
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7-Eleven store opening in Phnom Penh delayed to year’s end
- 23 August 2021
The plan to open Cambodia’s first 7-Eleven store has been delayed due to the surge in the community outbreak, with a new opening date expected to be by year’s end, according to CP All Chief Financial Officer Kriengchai Boonpoapichart. CP All (Cambodia) Plc, the master franchisee of 7-Eleven Cambodia, set an initial plan to open the first branch this July at the Prek Phnov PPT gas station by Jun...
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NR48 Renovation Project to Begin in November; Construction Agreement Signed
- 23 August 2021
The Korean-funded NR48 renovation project connecting NR4 to Koh Kong province is scheduled to begin construction on 1 November, as the construction agreement contract has been already signed between the relevant parties. The signing ceremony was held on the morning of 23 August via ZOOM under the chairmanship of Minister of Public Works and Transport HE Sun Chanthol and joined by the representa...
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