Category: Cambodia

Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on border road improvements project Thailand and Cambodia signed a loan agreement to finance the improvement of a border road section from Siem Riep to Anlong Veng and Choam/Sa Ngam of National Road No. 67 in Cambodia. Perames Vudthitornetiraks, President of Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (NEDA), signed the agreement […]

Foreign Direct Investment in Cambodia’s construction sector touches $334M Cambodia continued to receive substantial Foreign Direct Investment in the construction sector in 2021, despite the economic slowdown in the wake of Covid-19, showed the Asean Investment Report 2022. According to the report, FDI in construction rose from $260 million in 2020 to $334 million in […]

Cambodia’s New Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport construction 40 percent completed The new Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport project has so far achieved 40 percent completion. Tek Reth Samrech, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister, said that the construction of Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport will be 70 percent completed by the end of this year. Construction of […]

Cambodia, China boost construction of Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport 01 October 2022 A group of Chinese experts from the Angkor International Airport Investment (AIAI) Company are in Cambodia to complete the construction and discuss the transfer plan, as the project is scheduled to be completed in March 2023. At Council of Ministers on September 29, […]

Cambodian Government mulls second expressway construction next year linking Phnom Penh Capital to Bavet city bordering Vietnam The Ministry of Public Works and Transport announced the second expressway construction project, linking Phnom Penh Capital to Bavet city, Svay Rieng province, which shares a border with Vietnam. The ministry and a Chinese firm have recently reached […]

Cambodia wants an underground metro in Phnom Penh The government of Cambodia says it wants an underground metro instead of a Bangkok-style elevated railway for a future mass transit system in Phnom Penh. “Now the need for the subway is clear, and is a real possibility – not the sky train, as reported,” Prime Minister […]

‘Ghost buildings’ show boom times are over for Cambodian’s Sihanoukville resort town Construction in the city of Sihanoukville had been big business but many Chinese investors fled after the pandemic. A mass departure of Chinese investors from Cambodia’s Sihanoukville during the coronavirus pandemic left behind more than 1,000 unfinished buildings and an economic headache for […]

First phase of Cambodia’s Bak Kheng Water treatment plant construction more than 66 percent completed As of mid-July 2022, the construction of the first phase of the Bak Kheng water treatment plant has reached 66 percent completion and is scheduled to be completed next year. During a visit to inspect the progress of construction of […]

Foreign investment to boost Cambodia’s construction sector The construction sector is projected for recovery, driven by the influx of foreign investment, as the sector reached more than $1 billion in value in the first half of this year. The draft law on finance for the year 2023 stated that the construction sector is projected to […]