Category: Cambodia

Cambodia Cancels 700-ME coal-fired plant in Favor of  800-MW Gas-Fired Facility A Cambodian energy official said the country no longer plans to build a coal-fired power plant along the nation’s southwest coast, and will instead move forward with a natural gas-fired facility. Energy Minister Keo Rottanak told the Reuters news service an official announcement is […]

Cambodia’s big bet on the dirtiest fossil fuel faces major delays The skeletal exterior of one of the newest coal power plants in Cambodia sat silent among farmland in Oddar Meanchey province on a still afternoon in June. Weeds entangling brick stacks, cement mixers and truck tires showed construction had long been paused. Locals toasting […]

Phnom Penh’s new international airport construction passes 55% complete The construction of Techo International Airport (TIA) is over halfway complete, with expectations of concluding the project by the end of 2024 and commencing operations mid-2025, said a senior official of the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA). Sinn Chanserey Vutha, undersecretary of state at the […]

Cambodia to construct two more airports at Mondulkiri and Koh Rong Cambodia will add two more airports to the construction agenda in a bid to improve connectivity between the country and other tourism hubs in the world, said Mao Havannall, Minister in charge of the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation. Cambodia is planning to develop […]

Cambodia Shifts Focus To Solar And Wind Energy To Meet Rising Power Demand Cambodia is gearing up to embrace solar and wind energy as part of its strategy to meet its growing energy needs, as stated by Minister of Mines and Energy Keo Rottanak during the Singapore International Energy Week event. The country aims to […]

Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport opens in Siem Reap, the gateway to UNESCO-listed Angkor Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport opened to commercial operations in the province of Siem Reap in the country’s northwest this week. The China-funded Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport is now the main gateway to one of the country’s most popular tourist sites, […]

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Chinese leaders to open new Siem Reap Angkor International Airport on 01 December 2023 Prime Minister Hun Manet and Chinese leaders would jointly participate in the official opening of the new Chinese-invested Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport on December 1. The airport symbolises a new page in the history of […]

Cambodia’s Prime Minister pushes for skytrain in Phnom Penh to meet the growing populace Prime Minister Hun Manet said that the government has conducted studies on skytrain and subway train projects to be operated in Phnom Penh in addition to increasing road connectivity countrywide to meet the growing population in Cambodia. Addressing an interactive session […]

The shadowy Chinese firms that own chunks of Cambodia By Lulu Luo & Jonathan Head The highway runs through the forest like a black ribbon, down to the sea and to what must be one of the world’s largest tourism projects. Fifteen years after it began, there is still not much to see of the […]