Cambodia News
Sahakol Equipment’s Sasavat Sirison engineers a regional push After taking the family firm public, Sasavat Sirison is digging for mining opportunities throughout Asean Forty-nine years ago, Sahakol Engineer Co was just a local civil construction company run by the Sirison family. Some metropolitan and provincial roads provided the company with work to serve the government’s […]
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Cambodian seaside casino city Sihanoukville opens Furi Times Square, its first shopping mall 12 December 2019 The Cambodian seaside casino city of Sihanoukville in Cambodia now has a shopping mall. The first Sihanoukville mall, the 6000sqm Furi Times Square opened on Monday, a project backed by local Furi corporation and investment from Macau and Hong […]
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Finnish electricity generator installed in Cambodia Two generators worth some $400 million that the government bought from Finland and Germany earlier this year will generate an additional 400MW of electricity by June 2020, which will help reduce dry season power shortages., Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy, H.E.Victor Jona said on 2nd December 2019. MR. […]
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Cambodia’s construction sector continues skyscraping performance INVESTMENTS in the Cambodian construction sector are expected to rise to 78 per cent by the end of the year, compared to 2018. Its Ministry of Land and Management, Urban Planning and Construction said that investments across the country are expected to be around US$9.3 billion (RM38.9 billion) this […]
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Saving the Mekong With Floating Solar Power Solution 05 December 2019 By: David Brown, Mongabay For two decades or more, alarms have been sounding for the Mekong Delta. It is being hammered by climate change, by a proliferation of upstream dams, by unsustainable and inappropriate farming practices, by greed and political expediency. The punishment the […]
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Vietnam’s Auction Plan for Solar Energy •Vietnam’s energy demand is forecast to increase by over 10 percent by 2020. •After a rush of investment in solar energy in Vietnam, the government has introduced an auction system to stabilize the sector. •While the sector remains attractive, investors can expect a more rigorous approval process. Vietnam’s electricity […]
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Tadano Italthai to tap Indochina for crane sales 4 December 2019 Italthai Industrial Co, an importer and distributor of heavy machinery under Italthai Group, has teamed up with Japan’s Tadano Ltd to raise sales of cranes in five countries of the Indochina region to 2 billion baht by 2024. Yesterday the company signed a venture […]
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Thailand set to introduce “Double Entry Tourism Visa” – “multiple entry” visa being considered Nong Khai and Sadao border checkpoints set to open 24 hours for a three month trial A leading government figure has said that Thailand is about to introduce a “Double Entry Tourism Visa”. This will enable a visitor to go in […]
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Vinci Construction wins $200m contract for Cambodian water treatment plant outside Phnom Penh Construction engineering firm Vinci Construction has won a $200m contract to build a drinking water treatment plant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. As per the contract with the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, Vinci Construction Grands Projets will design and build the Bakheng […]
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Swiss-Belhotel International plans to debut in Thailand with four hotels Expanding the Hong Kong chain’s portfolio of 145 hotels 18 November 2019 Hong Kong-based hotel operator Swiss-Belhotel International has announced its plans to move into Thailand with four new hotels. The group explains it is currently in “advanced negotiations” on having hotels in Bangkok, Chiang […]
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