Category: Cambodia

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 […]

Cambodia-Thailand Stung Bot-Ban Nong Ian international border crossing more than 90 percent completed The Minister of Public Works and Transport Peng Ponea, on Sep 14, led a delegation from the Ministry to inspect the progress of the Stung Bot-Ban Nong Ian International Border Gate project. The Stung Bot International Gate Project is located in Poipet […]

China consolidates in the Gulf of Thailand with another deep-water port in Cambodia’s Kampot province China is building the Kampot deep water port in Cambodia With Cambodia as the spur, Beijing is consolidating its hold in the Gulf of Thailand, which can become the gateway for Chinese ships to enter the Indian Ocean. China’s state-run […]

Samaiden Energy to develop biogas project in Kampong Seila, Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia SAMAIDEN Group Bhd’s indirect wholly owned unit, Samaiden Energy (Cambodia) Co Ltd, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mong Sotheary Trading Co Ltd (MST), Management Venture Asia (Cambodia) Ltd (MVA) and Panna Energy Sdn Bhd for the development of a […]

Cambodia’s Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway construction to begin mid-year, says minister The construction of the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway will begin by mid-2023, according to Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister and Minister of Public Works and Transport, yesterday. The minister announced this after meeting a delegation from Thailand that called on him to learn more about the Cambodian […]

Cambodia-Thailand Stung Bot-Ban Nong Ian international border crossing more than 80 percent completed Senior Minister Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, stated that as of March 2023, the Stung Bot-Ban Nong Ian International Border Gate Project, which is estimated to cost about $ 26.42 million, has been completed 82.30 percent and the project […]