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Minister of Public Works drills road to prove no corruption
Holding two big pieces of broken rubber drilled from the road, Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol told the national press that “The ministry has now taken a new step: to make road quality better. With regard to criticism where people have said the Ministry cheats on road constructions, it does not hold true.” The Senior Minister made the affirmative statement on 04 May 2020 aft...
Read MoreNew Flyover at Kbal Thnal area officially opened for official use
Kbal Thnal Flyover connecting Monivong Boulevard to Norodom Boulevard will open for public use from May 1, 2020, onward to address traffic congestion in the Kbal Thnol area. According to the official website of the Ministry of Information on 30 April 2020, Mr. Met Measpheakdey, spokesperson for Phnom Penh City Hall, said that “This new flyover located next to the Kbal Thnal Flyover, linking Mon...
Read MoreMPWT holds technical training on National Road 2 & Road 22 renovation for young engineers
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) held a technical training on the National Road 2 and Road 22 renovations for 10 young engineers to improve their knowledge on how to conduct technical inspections and project site coordination, according to a post on the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) Facebook page on 29 April 2020. “The technical training for National Road 2 and ...
Read MoreRenovation completed of international standard Olympic Stadium swimming pool
The renovation of the international standard swimming pool at the Olympic Stadium, costing nearly US$3 million, has been completed. The statement was delivered by H.E. Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport and President of the Khmer Swimming Federation during the inspection of progress on construction of the swimming pool at the Olympic Stadium on 23 April 2020. He said that t...
Read MoreCDC approves construction equipment factory project worth US$1 million
The Cambodian government, through the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), has recently approved Mountain Moon Millwork Co., Ltd’s US$1 million investment proposal to build a construction equipment factory in Sihanoukville province. The Mountain Moon Millwork company is developing this furniture production factory to supply construction materials for the Cambodian market especially in...
Read MoreKorea approves request for an additional loan to upgrade National Road 48
The Korean government has approved a Cambodian request for an additional loan to rehabilitate National Road 48 and in preparation for signing an MoU on 24 April 2020 prior to the opening of public bidding. The agreement was announced at a meeting on the request for an additional loan for National Road 48 between representatives of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) and representa...
Read More1 million ounces of gold expected from Okvau, says Ministry of Mines
A senior official of the Ministry of Mines and Energy said that Cambodia expected to extract nearly 1 million ounces of goal based on the study on the first gold mine in the Okvau area in Kaev Seima district in Mondulkiri province. The statement was made by H.E. Yous Monyrath, Director General of Mines in a press conference on “Progress and Continuing Direction of the Ministry of Mines and Ener...
Read MoreExpert: medical tourism industry still has untapped potential for for investors
Experts view major medical center development project in Cambodia as a high potential sector for economic growth, a good opportunity for investors to invest as there are only few major projects in this sector in Cambodia. “Related to the medical-industrial sectors, we still lack hospitals and clinics in our country. That’s why most of the Cambodians are fighting to access hospitals in for examp...
Read MoreCOVID-19 poses challenge for extraction of Cambodia’s first oil
The impact of COVID-19 on the first oil extraction in Cambodia will be discussed and evaluated further after the virus crisis has ceased, said H.E Cheab Sour, Director General of the Department of Petroleum, at a press conference on the progress and continued working direction of the Ministry of Mines and Energy on the morning of 21 April 2020. In response to a question from a local journalist ...
Read MoreHyundai 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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