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Senchey Condo sets new way of living near Phnom Penh International Airport

Condominium projects are mushrooming across Phnom Penh bringing a variety of products for customers. As the condominium sector continues to flourish, one of Cambodia’s leading residential developers Chamreun Sambath Construction Co., Ltd has taken another step towards real estate development with the opening of its amazing condominium project ‘Senchey Condo’ near Phnom Penh International Airport. ...

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Government commits to ending child labour in brick kilns by 2020

The royal government of Cambodia has committed to completely ending the use of child labour at brick kilns nationwide by 2020. The campaigns conducted to date to end child labour at brick kilns have nonetheless found that a lot of significant improvements have been made. Mr Veng Heang, director at the Child Labour Department at Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, said during his recent ...

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Coating industry experts to share insights at NCS Global Coatings (Cambodia) seminar

International experts from leading global firms have set their schedule to discuss the insights of coating products in the marine, industrial and construction sectors in an upcoming seminar organised by NCS Global Coatings (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. To be held on 14 September 2019 from 8.00am to 4.30pm at the Great Duke Phnom Penh Hotel, this seminar will host presentations on the topics of protectiv...

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Gov’t allocates more than half US$14.4 billion budget for infrastructure development

The Council of Ministers on 30 August approved the US$14.4 billion budget plan for a public investment programme with the infrastructure sector receiving more than 50% of it over a period of three years. The budget plan, which was proposed by the Ministry of Planning will expand over 609 public investment projects in various sectors between 2020-2022. (Read more) Following the meeting, the C...

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Comin Khmere installs 30,000 floating and curved roof solar panels in Kampot province

Comin Khmere, a subsidiary of Comin Asia Group and one of the country’s leading engineering solutions provider, has successfully executed Cambodia’s first floating solar system and curved rooftop solar installation in Kampot province. In an email response to Construction & Property Magazine on 29 August, Mr Phanith Hak, group marketing and communication coordinator of Comin Khmere said that...

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Council of Ministers endorses draft of construction law

The draft Construction Law was approved by the Council of the Minister on 30 August after the legislation had been compiled and discussed for input since 2017. H.E Phay Siphan, spokesman at the Council of the Ministers, said that the legislation was approved in a meeting of Council of the Minister which was chaired by Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen and only a few words in article 3 was sent for...

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Cambodia’s listed design and construction firms increase by 20% year on year since 2018

The number of local and international design and construction firms in Cambodia increased by more than 20% in July 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, according to a report by the Ministry of Land Management Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC). According to the data Construction & Property Magazine obtained on 29 August, in July 2019, the ministry listed 53 design and constructio...

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International firms eye waste-to-energy plant in Sihanoukville

International firms from Singapore and Malaysia are looking to invest in waste-to-energy plants in Sihanoukville province, according to a 27 August meeting between the companies and the provincial governor. The investment plan was revealed by Mr Dato Mah Kaseng, Director of Ric Natural Development Plc and Sihanoukville Provincial Governor H.E Kuoch Chamroeun. According to a Facebook post fro...

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Hydropower dam projects proposed in Koh Kong

China Huadian Lower Stung Russei Chrum Hydroelectric Project (Cambodia) has proposed two hydropower dam projects in Koh Kong province to the government, after the company completed the feasibility study. The company presented the results of feasibility study on the two projects which are capable of generating 170MW to the Ministry of Mines and Energy for checking and discussion in a meeting hel...

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Cambodia received over US$500 million financing aid from Japan in the past three years

According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Cambodia has received a total of US$550 million in Official Development Assistance (ODA) from Japan over the past three years, most of which has been spent on infrastructure development. This statistic was announced during the farewell meeting for the Japanese ambassador to Cambodia H.E. Hidehisa Horinouchi with the Finance Minister H.E. Aun Por...

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