Investment

The Kingdom’s first Ford assembly plant was inaugurated on June 16 in Pursat province amid rising demand for brand-new vehicles among Cambodians. The facility is seen as a game changer for the domestic automobile industry, which could bring a wave of investors seeking to cash ...

Cambodian exports of footwear and related items topped $700 million in the first five months of 2022, representing gains of more than a third from the same period last year, in an upswing expected to continue as international tourism flows return to pre-Covid-19 levels.   ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has just approved four new investment projects with a total investment of nearly $24 million that will create more jobs in the country. ...

Phnom Penh has so far attracted around 1,000 new investment projects covering a construction area of 4.63 million square metres, with an investment capital of over U$2.26 billion. ...

A number of new industrial factories registered in the first period of 2022 increased remarkably, reflecting the confidence of investors in Cambodia after the country allowed the resumption of its socio-economic activities, said a senior official. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on May 31 announced that it had greenlit final registration certificates to four textile-related projects worth a total of about $17 million that are set to create 4,990 jobs.   ...

Prominent Cambodian-based investors are joining forces to shed light on the Law on Trust and advertise the Kingdom’s investment environment, to make up for missed opportunities due to the Covid-19 pandemic as the local outbreak remains under control. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved four new investment projects with a total capital of $8.4 million. ...

Chinese company “Jiangsu General Science Technology Co Ltd” has invested nearly $300 million to build the largest tyre factory in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), according to Beijing’s embassy in Phnom Penh. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has stated that with the subsequent easing of administrative and health measures, Cambodia encourages openness and strengthening of economic integration by promoting investment, trade, by fully implementing free trade agreements. ...

Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved two new investment projects with a total capital of $6.1 million in Takeo and Kampong Speu. ...

An unnamed private company is seeking to lease 308ha of land in the Cardamom Mountain Biodiversity Conservation Corridor for eco-tourism development, in the southeastern corner of Koh Kong province, according to provincial deputy governor Ouk Pheaktra.   ...

The Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CRDB / CDC) and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) held a roundtable dialogue here on May 16 to review request survey of new projects for 2024 in Cambodia. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved four new investment projects with a total capital of $13.9 million. ...

A major rice husk biomass power plant in southeastern Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district is still on track to be completed and start operations by July, a press release confirmed on May 5.   ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has met with a number of major US companies who have expressed interest in investing in Cambodia, in a meeting convened by the US-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC).   ...

The International Multi-Purpose Logistics and Port Centre, principally invested by Kampot Logistics and Port Co Ltd and projected to cost $1.5 billion, has officially broken ground in Bokor town, Kampot province.   ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved six new investment projects with a total investment of more than $150 million. ...

The significance of investment governance for inclusive, sustainable development is often overlooked, including by stakeholders who work on natural resource governance and social and environmental issues. And yet, investment governance plays a major part in shaping the outcomes of their efforts. ...

Cambodia approved 52 fixed asset investment projects worth $2.46 billion in the first four months of 2022, according to a report by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Tuesday. ...

China’s foreign direct investment was on the rise in Cambodia last year despite Covid-19, showing positive confidence of investors in Cambodia as the country fully resumed its socio-economic activities, particularly the bilateral trade pact. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on April 29 announced that it had greenlit final registration certificates for three projects in textile-linked sectors with total capital investment of nearly $19 million that are expected to create 2,005 jobs. ...

Japan has expressed interest in investing on construction of a cosmetic plant in Preah Sihanouk province. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said that it has issued investment project registration certificates to three companies worth almost $20 million. ...