Economy and commerce
Investment
Ten investment projects with a total capital of nearly $1.9 billion receive nod
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on January 17, 2022 announced the approval of 10 investment projects with a total capital of nearly $1.9 billion dollars. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501008916/ten-investment-projects-with-a-total-capital-of-nearly-1-9-billion-receive-nod/
Cambodia approves nine new investment projects with a capital of more than $43 million
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on January 12, 2022 announced nine new investment projects that have been approved. The nine investment projects have a capital of more than $43 million and can create jobs for more than 10,000 people. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501006166/cambodia-approves-nine-new-investment-projects-with-a-capital-of-more-than-43-million/
Ford plant may go online ‘early April’
Construction of RMA (Cambodia) Plc’s vehicle assembly plant is 100 per cent complete and installation of the facilities and equipment is nearing the 70 per cent mark, with all signs indicating that production could begin in early April, according to the locally-listed firm’s CEO Ngorn ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ford-plant-may-go-online-early-april
New non-SEZ projects fall 24.11%
Despite a modest improvement in the Covid-19 situation in Cambodia, the number of new projects outside of special economic zones (SEZ) approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) saw a sharp decline in January-November 2021 compared to the same period a year ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-non-sez-projects-fall-2411
Investment projects worth $1.716 billion registered in January-November
Cambodia has a new investment law that offers incentives to foreign investors to inject direct investment into the country. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501004396/investment-projects-worth-1-716-billion-registered-in-january-november/
Gov’t to upgrade National Road 4 with own coffers
Prime Minister Hun Sen said his government intends to widen National Road 4 using its own budget for road construction after waiting for donor funding for the project to materialise for a number of years now with no success. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-upgrade-national-road-4-own-coffers
Lots of buzz as South Korea FTA edges closer
The Cambodia-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) is set to enter into force 60 days after the Kingdom’s Ministry of Commerce and South Korean counterpart have notified each other that their respective internal procedures have been completed, as affirmed by ministry spokesman Pen Sovicheat. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/lots-buzz-south-korea-fta-edges-closer
Kheng announces Chinese investment to reach total of $10 billion in 2023
In the first semester of 2021, Chinese investment in the Kingdom remained the highest of any foreign nations. The total value of Chinese finance reached around $5 billion, an increase of 31 percent when compared to the previous year. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50999151/kheng-announces-chinese-investment-to-reach-total-of-10-billion-in-2023/
Despite COVID-19 pandemic, Cambodia created more than 150,000 jobs through 195 new investments
The Minister of Labor and Vocational Training said that even in the context of Covid-19 pandemic, Cambodia received and approved 195 new investment projects and 43 production expansion requests that could create more than 150,000 jobs. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50995101/despite-covid-19-pandemic-cambodia-created-more-than-150000-jobs-through-195-new-investments/
Vietnam should promote new investment wave in Cambodia, says President
Vietnam needs to improve the scale and quality of investment in Cambodia, promoting a new wave of investment, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated while meeting Vietnamese Cambodian enterprises on December 22 during his State visit to Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50993634/vietnam-should-promote-new-investment-wave-in-cambodia-says-president/
Preah Sihanouk sees more Chinese investors, but arrivals ‘still low’
Tourists and Chinese investors are gradually making their way back to Preah Sihanouk province, as the Covid-19 situation in the Kingdom eases and socio-economic activities pick up pace following early November’s full reopening announcement, according to a spokesman for the coastal province. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/preah-sihanouk-sees-more-chinese-investors-arrivals-still-low
Working group on investment, economy set up with China
Cambodia and China have decided to set up an investment and economic cooperation working group to promote the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as well as strengthen investment and prop up bilateral economic and trade ties. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/working-group-investment-economy-set-china
Bilateral trade with Japan up 12% to nearly $2B in Jan-Oct
Standing as one of the largest economies in Asia, Japan is quickly becoming a prime market for Cambodian goods. Even with both economies embroiled in the Covid-19 crisis, bilateral trade managed to reach $1.96424 billion in the first 10 months of 2020, climbing by 12.2 ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bilateral-trade-japan-12-nearly-2b-jan-oct
Firms seek to resume high rise construction in Sihanoukville
The Covid-19 pandemic brought high-rise building construction in Preah Sihanouk province to a halt when it began, resulting in several business disputes that four real estate companies are now working together to solve, according to provincial governor Kuch Chamroeun. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/firms-seek-resume-high-rise-construction-sihanoukville
Real estate ‘still boasts potential’
Although economic risks from the Covid-19 crisis linger, Cambodian real estate still offers a wealth of potential, as well as reasonably low prices for investments, especially in a handful of key localities marked by burgeoning interest and a gradual pickup in investment activity, according to ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/real-estate-still-boasts-potential
Investment law, FTA to boost Cambodia-Korea ties: envoys
South Korean ambassador to Cambodia Park Heung-kyeong is highly optimistic that the new Cambodian investment law and free trade agreement (FTA) signed between the two countries would be important factors in enhancing bilateral trade and encouraging more direct investment flows from South Korea to the ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/investment-law-fta-boost-cambodia-korea-ties-envoys
$550M of investment projects get CDC nod
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved final registration certificates for 15 projects with capital investment of nearly $550 million in the first two weeks of this month, which could reportedly generate 13,952 new jobs in fields such as car assembly, power ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/550m-investment-projects-get-cdc-nod
146 Japanese investment projects registered at CDC
The Council of the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 146 Japanese qualified investment projects (QIP) as of October with a total investment capital of $2.853 billion. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50970276/146-japanese-investment-projects-registered-at-cdc/
Investment law to guide recovery, FTA uptake
The new Law on Investment will be a crucial tool as the Kingdom pushes ahead with post-Covid-19 economic recovery plans, and help lay the groundwork to maximise benefits from free trade agreements (FTA), according to Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) president Kith Meng. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/investment-law-guide-recovery-fta-uptake
Business council enlisted in US investor push
Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak expressed optimism that more US companies would discover Cambodia, and set up base in or expand operations in the Kingdom, as trade between the two countries logged more than $5.5 billion in January-August, up by 28.5 per cent year-on-year. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/business-council-enlisted-us-investor-push
U.S. companies confirm business expansion in Cambodia
U.S. companies will expand their businesses and inject more investment in Cambodia contributing to the economic recovery of the Kingdom. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50964563/u-s-companies-confirm-business-expansion-in-cambodia/
Opening ‘not ideal’ for investors to return
The business community has welcomed a government decision to ease restrictions for local and foreign investors who reside in the Kingdom, particularly the waiver of hotel quarantine and the option to isolate at home. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/opening-not-ideal-investors-return
Koh Kong airport’s first test flight early 2022
The first trial flight is set to land in Koh Kong province’s Dara Sakor International Airport in late January or early in February, according to the company in charge of construction. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/koh-kong-airports-first-test-flight-early-2022
Japan gov’t to help build small hydrogen stations
To encourage the spread of hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles (FCV), the Japanese government will help build small-scale hydrogen stations around the country. ...
Asia News Network
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-govt-help-build-small-hydrogen-stations