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UK Clothing and Footwear Retailer Targets Cambodia After Cancelling Orders from Myanmar
- 1 June 2021
British multinational clothing, footwear and home products retailer Next plc has said it would swiftly cancel purchase orders from Myanmar and split them to other countries including Cambodia, as it joined other EU’s retailers suspending orders from Myanmar due to the military coup. Reuters reported recently that the Next has not placed any orders from Myanmar. A senior officer at Next was quot...
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New US$79-million Hotel & Commercial Centre Set for Pou Senchey District
- 1 June 2021
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has officially approved Continent Crown Investment Management Co., Ltd to invest US$79 million to build a 275-key 4-star hotel and commercial centre in Sangkat Kakab, Pou Senchey district in Phnom Penh. On the same day, CDC also approved Cambodian Gome Farm Food Co., Ltd to invest US$6.5 million in building a mango processing factory in Voa Sar ...
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MPWT to modernize transportation and public works system in line with government’s digital policy
- 31 May 2021
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) has been gradually reforming and modernizing the transportation and public work system nationwide, aiming to achieve the government’s digital policy by 2030. This is according to the input gathering meeting for the draft digital policy 2021-2030 between the Ministry and other relevant officers on 28 May. MPWT’s spokesman Vasim Sorya said that...
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Three New Factories Worth Nearly US$10 million Approved for Phnom Penh, Kandal, Kampong Speu
- 31 May 2021
Sen Sok, Angk Snuol and Samraong Tong districts have attracted three new factory investment projects respectively approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) worth a total of US$9.6 million. The first investment is a garment factory located in Sen Sok in Phnom Penh worth US$4.5 million and an invested by Ruixue (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. Meanwhile, the second project is a US$2.6-...
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Transport Ministry to Adapt AI technology into Traffic Control System on NR5 after Upgrade
- 31 May 2021
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) is planning to utilise AI technology to manage a traffic system, especially to monitor overweight trucks along NR5 after the upgrade, according to the official meeting between MPWT and the private firm responsible for the NR5 renovation project on 28 May. The new technology is known as the AI Camera and Weigh-in Motion Sensor Centralised Databas...
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Construction of NR3 Almost 100% Complete
- 31 May 2021
The National Road 3 (NR3) renovation project from Chom Chao roundabout to Kampot city has been 98.04% completed, with only a small amount of work remaining, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) recently. The construction team is currently speeding up work installing speed cameras, security cameras, and underground automatic weighing stations, among others. Meanwhile...
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Plan to build National Assembly’s new admin building takes another step forward
- 29 May 2021
Plan to construct a new US$25-million Vietnamese-funded National Assembly’s administration building proposed since 2017 has taken another step forward, as the government is now reviewing the contract between construction contractors, according to the General Secretariat of the National Assembly’s meeting yesterday. The meeting was held between the General Secretariat of the National Assembly an...
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Gov’t Mulls Including Sewage & Wastewater Treatment Fees in Water Bills
- 28 May 2021
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) is considering including the sewage and wastewater treatment services fee into monthly water bills, perceiving it as a mechanism to help responsible companies maintain sufficient funds to upgrade and manage sewage system more effectively. This is according to the 4th progress discussion on the project between MPWT and relevant officials on 26 Ma...
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Construction of 14-Storey Information Ministry Building 70% Complete
- 28 May 2021
Construction of a new 14-storey building of the Ministry of Information is over 70% complete and is set for full completion by early 2022, according to the site inspection by Minister of Information HE Khieu Kanharith yesterday. Located inside the Ministry of Information along Monivong Blvd., this new building has 14 floors, is 65 metres tall, and 14 metres wide, with more than 300 working room...
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Cambodia Gold Mining Set for Late 2021
- 27 May 2021
Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) has set a goal to extract gold mine in its licensed location in Mondulkiri province by late 2021, as the firm is accelerating preparation procedures. Director-General of Mines at Ministry of Mines and Energy HE Yos Monirath said that the mine extraction will be made from one shaft at a depth of 100m. The extracted gold ore will be shipped to foreign countries ...
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