Infrastructure

Interior ministry ‘suspends’ beach evictions

In early August, Sihanoukville city’s then municipal governor, Chin Sarin, issued a notice giving 26 vendors and their families at Ochheuteal Beach days to remove their stalls from the beach or face forced eviction. ...

Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15540/interior-ministry----suspends----beach-evictions/

Kampot holdouts take compensation, move out

Six families in Kampot City accepted compensation of $3,000 each on Monday for their houses situated on a road that authorities want to expand, after initially rejecting the offer last week. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kampot-holdouts-take-compensation-move-out-93702/

Small Planet Airlines and Sky Angkor to cooperate in Cambodia

In accordance with an agreement made between Small Planet Airlines and Sky Angkor, the two airlines will cooperate flying tourists to Siem Reap in Cambodia from Chinese and South Korean cities for at least five years. Sky Angkor is the South Korean and Cambodian capital ...

Aviation Pros News Staff
http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/12111947/small-planet-airlines-and-sky-angkor-to-cooperate-in-cambodia

Monitoring the internet

Coming on the heels of high-profile arrests linked directly to Facebook posts, the Interior Ministry has revealed plans to establish a new “anti-cybercrime” department that will not only “crack down” on crimes like hacking, but a broad range of misdeeds open to interpretation including incitement ...

Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monitoring-internet

Expressway planned from Saigon to Cambodian border

Vietnam is considering the construction of an expressway to link Ho Chi Minh City to neighboring Tay Ninh Province with investment of 693 million U.S. dollars, local online newspaper Tuoi Tre (Youth) News reported Thursday. ...

Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15269/expressway-planned-from-saigon-to-cambodian-border/

Buyout makes way for road in Kampot

A majority of the families living on a plot of land in Kampot City that authorities want to use to widen a road leading to the sea Thursday accepted a compensation package from the local government, a city official said. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/buyout-makes-way-for-road-in-kampot-93384/

ADB confirms receipt of latest request from railway families

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has received a complaint from 22 Cambodians who say the lender is falling short in its efforts to fix the mistakes it has made in planning and carrying out its ongoing rehabilitation of the country’s dilapidated railway tracks. ...

Zsombor Peter and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adb-confirms-receipt-of-latest-request-from-railway-families-93266/

Vietnam starts building new bridge to Cambodia

Construction began Monday on the Tan An Bridge on a key transport route connecting the southern province of An Giang’s Tan Chau Town and Cambodia’s Phnom Penh via the Vinh Xuong International Border Gate.  ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/world/vietnam-starts-building-new-bridge-to-cambodia-13245

Thailand to restore rail link with Cambodia

Thailand is hoping to resurrect a rail link with Cambodia to improve transport in the Mekong sub-region, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Thursday. ...

Patsara Jikkham
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/transport/671340/thailand-to-restore-rail-link-with-cambodia

Viet Nam, Cambodia facilitate cross-border transport

Viet Nam and Cambodia reached agreements on a range of transport issues at a ministerial meeting held in Ha Noi on Saturday. ...

Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/274886/viet-nam-cambodia-facilitate-cross-border-transport.html

Cambodia hails Chinese firm for helping develop telecom industry

Cambodian Minister of Post and Telecommunications Prak Sokhonn on Sunday praised Chinese-owned Southeast Asia Telecom (Cambodia), or SEATEL, for investing a huge amount of capital in the development of 4G services in Cambodia. ...

Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=299208

Hor Namhong wants water institute built locally

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong on Thursday requested that China construct its planned regional water resources institute in Cambodia, during a meeting with China’s special rapporteur in charge of Asia affairs, a spokesman said. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hor-namhong-wants-water-institute-built-locally-92215/

Market plans inspire rally

Nearly 200 vendors from Phnom Penh’s Doeum Kor Market gathered in Wat Botum Park yesterday to offer a petition asking Prime Minister Hun Sen to block city plans to demolish and replace the market with a multi-storey building. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/market-plans-inspire-rally

New Zealand FM to visit Cambodia next week, air services pact expected to be signed

New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully will pay a two-day visit to Cambodia from Aug. 18 to 19, where he will sign an agreement on air services, according to a press statement from the Cambodian Foreign Ministry on Thursday. ...

Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14356/new-zealand-fm-to-visit-cambodia-next-week--air-services-pact-expected-to-be-signed/

National Road 5 expansion on track

The expansion of the National Road 5, an integral highway that is being developed to enhance connectivity between Thailand and Vietnam, is on schedule to commence at the end of 2015. ...

Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/national-road-5-expansion-track

Port at Sihanoukville sees growth in imports, exports

The number of cargo and cruise ships moving in and out of the port at Sihanoukville continues to increase. More than 2.2 million tons of cargo moved through the port in the first seven months of this year, officials say, an increase of some 200,000 ...

Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/port-at-sihanoukville-sees-growth-in-imports-exports/2915138.html

Opposition eyeing plot of land for TV station

The Cambodian National Rescue Party has started negotiations to buy land in Kandal’s Kien Svay district for its television station Sun TV. ...

Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/opposition-eyeing-plot-land-tv-station

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