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Finnish Company to Operate 200-MW Solar Power in Cambodia

Finnish technology company Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) on the C7 power plant project in Phnom Penh, to maintain a five-year supply of electricity in Cambodia, according to the Power Engineering website on 17 September. Under this agreement, a supplier of electrical engineering SchneiTec will be in charge of implementing the project. The agreement aims ...

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Home Fitness Refined

SEARA understands what matters most when you are considering purchasing a single piece of home equipment or building a complete home gym. Along with having the right fitness solutions, we also know that having the basic knowledge of the benefits from your exercises combined with helpful recommendations from industry experts and finally staying consistent with your exercises are key factors towards...

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Construction of Kampot International Tourism Seaport Delayed

Construction of the Kampot international tourism seaport will not meet the completion deadline as planned due to the impact of COVID-19. According to the Ministry of Tourism, the new deadline for construction completion has been reset to late 2021. “Currently, the construction work is about 30% complete. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the completion date has been rescheduled to late 2021. Mea...

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Kampot Studying Centralised Administrative Area and New Stadium Project

Sample Picture Cambodia Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen has ordered the Kampot Provincial Administration to study the feasibility of organising a centralized administrative area and constructing a new stadium in the province. Kampot Governor Cheav Tay said on 12 September that the team is actively working on this request, and the result will be presented to PM Samdech Hun Sen upon completion....

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New road connecting Toul Kork to Boeung Kak opened for public use

The Phnom Penh Administration on 13 September opened a new road connecting Road 283 around the Toul Kork Dam to the Boeung Kak area in Daun Penh district. The new road is an AC paved 20-metre-wide road which has been under construction since 2019. Director of the Department of Public Works and Transport Mr Sam Piseth said that after the opening, the road would help reduce traffic congestion ...

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Cambodia Urges US firms to Invest in Infrastructure Development

Minister of Public Works and Transport HE Sun Chanthol has urged US construction firms to invest in infrastructure development in Cambodia. This proposal was made during an official meeting between HE Sun Chanthol and US Ambassador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy on 11 September. HE Sun Chanthol stated that there are currently many projects under construction, such as roads, bridges, and wastewat...

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ADB Provides US$128-million Loan to Expand Cambodia’s Electricity Grid

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a US$127.8 million loan to expand the power grid in Phnom Penh and three other provinces in Cambodia, according to Xinhua Net on 11 September. The project includes building four 115-230 kilovolt transmission lines and 10 substations in Phnom Penh, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Cham, and Takeo. ADB Country Director for Cambodia Sunniya Durrani-Jamal sa...

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NR3 renovation project 80% complete

The renovation of National Road 3 is now 80% complete. The working team is currently installing the road median and pedestrian bridges. According to the ministry's site inspection on 10 September, the road medium is built at different lengths depending on different areas. There will be a u-turn point every 1.5km to 2km for the road sections outside of towns, and every 400m to 700m for the se...

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New US$6-million Cambodia-Vietnam Border Checkpoint in Svay Rieng Opened

A new US$6 million ‘Prey Vor’ Cambodia-Vietnam border checkpoint in Svay Rieng province is now temporarily open for service while awaiting official inauguration, according to Minister of Public Works and Transport HE Sun Chanthol on 10 September. As part of the opening, the government is currently setting up relevant procedures to facilitate all goods to cross between Cambodia and Vietnam via t...

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WorldBridge Group to build US$30 million SME Cluster Zone in Ta Khmau

Worldbridge Industrial Developments Co., Ltd. of WorldBridge Group will build an industrial 4.0 SME Cluster zone worth almost US$30 million in Ta Khmau City. The project is located on 6 hectares of land along National Road 21 in Rokarkpos commune, Ta Khmau City, right nearby the WorldBridge affordable housing project. According to Oknha Sear Rithy, the founder and chairman of WorldBridge Group,...

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