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Chroy Changva City to See Multi-Million International Convention Centre by 2020
- 14 March 2019
The Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC) has invested more than US$18 million to build a new International Convention Exhibition Centre in Chroy Changva satellite city, according to the company’s management team. “This new convention centre will have a total area of 30,000 square metres, which is 80 metres wide and 240 metres long. The project is currently being constructed and is e...
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Cambodia-singapore Co-host Seminar on Fire Safety Code
- 13 March 2019
burning high-rise collapses - credit : Los Angeles Times The Ministry of Land and Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) together with the Singapore Board of Architects co-hosted a seminar on the fire safety code for the construction sector on 12 March, to help improve construction safety standards in Cambodia. The seminar, chaired by H.E Leang Monirith, the Secretary of State ...
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Cambodia Agrees in Principle to Japanese Smart Cities Network
- 13 March 2019
Sample photo by freepik.com The Cambodian government has approved in principle the Japanese Smart Cities Network initiative, according a letter by the Council of Ministers released on 11 March 2019. In a letter sent to H.E Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Ministry of Land Management Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC), the Council of Ministers wrote “the Royal Government agrees...
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Swedish Government and UNDP to Help Increase Solar Energy in Cambodia
- 12 March 2019
Sample photo by Rumduol Post The Swedish government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will together help increase solar energy across Cambodia as part of a newly-launched sustainable development programme. Launched on March 11, 2019 at the Raffle Le Royal Hotel, the US$1.8 ‘Toward Environmental Sustainability (TES)’ project will see work being done to help address challenge...
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Progress on Cambodia-Laos Bridge Project unclear
- 11 March 2019
Progress on plans to a bridge across the Tonle Sap linking Cambodia to Laos remains unclear despite an agreement between the two governments signed at the end of 2018, according to Preah Vihear provincial governor H.E. Un Chanda. “At the moment, we [Preah Vihear Province] have yet to receive any details of the project from the government regarding the details, budgets, or the construction timel...
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EU Provides €11.5 Million to Enhance Infrastructure in Kandal Province
- 11 March 2019
Credit: kh.ambafrance.org The European Union (EU) through the French Development Agency (AFD) has signed an agreement with the government of Cambodia to provide financing of €11.5 million to construct and renovate the irrigation system in Kandal province, according to press release from the French Embassy in Phnom Penh. The signing ceremony for the provision of the funding was held on 06 Mar...
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Japan Provides Us$209 Million Loan to Expand Sihanoukville Deep Water Seaport
- 7 March 2019
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port credit: MPWT The expansion project for Sihanoukville deep water seaport is expected to start construction this year, after Japanese government confirmed the provision of a US$209 million loan according to the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia webpage on 05 March 2019. The expansion will be undertaken by building a new terminal which will be 14.5 metre...
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Japan Provides Jpy100 Million for Home Restoration in Tbong Khmum
- 7 March 2019
The Japanese government and the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) have signed an exchange note on house restoration for Cambodians living in Tbong Khmum province. On 06 March 2019, Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia H.E Hidehisa Horinouchi and UN-Habitat Cambodia representative Mr Sok Vanna signed the house restoration agreement for Cambodians living in Tbong Khmum province wh...
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Cambodia Pushes for Engineering Standards for Competing in International Markets
- 6 March 2019
Photo by Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) The Board of Engineers Cambodia (BEC) is working, through the government, to promote engineering standards both in the public and private sector so engineers can compete internationally, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) Facebook page. The BEC, a group of engineers specialised in the engineering indus...
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Work on Kingdom’s first expressway to start in late March
- 5 March 2019
Work on the US$2 billion Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway project will start on 22 March 2019, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT). Built by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), the expressway will be 190 km long and is 24.5 metres wide with the new route being 50 kilometres shorter than the current 240 km highway. The new expressway will have four lanes wi...
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