Infrastructure

Vietnam pledges $25m to cambodia for national assembly building

Vietnam has pledged $25 million to Cambodia to build a new National Assembly secretariat building in Phnom Penh, while also promising greater cooperation on a range of issues between the two nations, officials said on Thursday. ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnam-pledges-25m-to-cambodia-for-national-assembly-building-132747/

A road paved with promise

Land prices along one of Cambodia’s main highways have seen a slight increase in the first half of 2017, thanks to road improvements and residential developments, insiders say. ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5073593/road-paved-promise/

Telecom cable to run from coast to Kampong Cham

State-owned Telecom Cambodia yesterday inaugurated its Greater Mekong Telecom Backbone Network Project, which includes the installation of a 467-kilometre fibre-optic cable connection between Sihanoukville and Kampong Cham, the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia said in a news release. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/telecom-cable-run-coast-kampong-cham

Air arrivals soar higher

Air traffic for Cambodia’s three international airports increased by 23 percent in the first six months of the year, driven largely by growing Chinese tourism and the increased number of international flights to Sihanoukville’s airport, a spokesman for the company that operates the Kingdom’s three ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/air-arrivals-soar-higher

More than $1bn invested in local infrastructure

Cambodia has invested more than $1 billion on infrastructure, especially on transport, a senior official at the Ministry of Economy and Finance says. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40155/more-than--1bn-invested-in-local-infrastructure/

Hydropower dam to open early

The Lower Sesan II Dam hydropower plant will start generating 50 megawatts of power by October this year, according to a senior government official.​​ ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40152/hydropower-dam-to-open-early/

ISP licences pulled by telecom regulator over inactivity

The Kingdom’s telecom regulator has revoked the licences of three internet service providers (ISPs) after finding that the companies were no longer operating. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/isp-licences-pulled-telecom-regulator-over-inactivity

Aeon anniversary highlights shifting market for local malls

AEON Mall, the first large-scale modern shopping mall in Cambodia, recently celebrated its third year of operation in the Kingdom, but with several new high-end malls slated to open over the next few years, analysts expect more competition and sweeping changes in the country’s retail ...

Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/aeon-anniversary-highlights-shifting-market-local-malls

Sewage canal poised for facelift

Phnom Penh municipal authorities plan to restore the Stung Meanchey sewage canal, a rubbish-filled eyesore where residents face flooding, foul smells and health fears. City Hall said the canal will be developed without the need to evict or relocate residents. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39899/sewage-canal-poised-for-facelift/

Digital advertising company targets local market

Havas Riverorchid, a leading advertising agency in Indochina, has officially launched its digital and social media brand to tap into the popularity of social media, the ever-rising use of mobile phones as well as digital innovation in the Cambodian market.   ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39869/digital-advertising-company-targets-local-market/

Emirates boosts cargo capacity

UAE-based Emirates Airlines inaugurated a daily passenger flight on Saturday connecting Phnom Penh to Dubai, with a stopover in Yangon, Myanmar. ...

Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/emirates-boosts-cargo-capacity

Malindo Air set for Kuala Lumpur to Phnom Penh service

Malindo Air, a Malaysian low-cost carrier, will launch daily flights from Kuala Lumpur to Phnom Penh beginning on August 1, the airline announced on its website yesterday. ...

Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/malindo-air-set-kuala-lumpur-phnom-penh-service

Telecoms urged over additional charges

Cambodia’s telecom regulator has urged mobile phone network operators to be more transparent on the fees they charge subscribers on opt-in services and to ensure that users are not charged for services they have not requested. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/telecoms-urged-over-additional-charges

BigPhone now in Cambodia

Mobile World Investment (MWG), one of the largest mobile phone and electronics distribution chains in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, has opened its first overseas store in Cambodia. ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39837/pigphone-now-in-cambodia/

Directive to mobile operators

The Telecom Regulator of Cambodia yesterday issued a directive to mobile operators to ensure they are transparent with automatic fees charged to customers after a spike in complaints.   ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39840/directive-to-mobile-operators/

Residents fear bridge loss

Nearly 200 villagers from three communes in Stung Treng province protested yesterday at Sre Pok bridge to demand that authorities stop dismantling it when the Sesan dam sluice gate closes next month. ...

Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39858/residents-fear-bridge-loss/

Safe water from Kamchay dam

A feasibility study on producing safe drinking water from the Chinese-built Kamchay hydropower dam in Kampot province has been completed, according to the Ministry of Industry, raising hopes that the current water shortage in the province and neighbouring Kep could be alleviated. ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39782/safe-water-from-kamchay-dam/

Building materials market to cater to growing needs

Chinese investors have injected nearly $5 million to build the first international-standard construction materials market – Difa International Decoration and Building Materials Market – with famous brand products from around the world.   ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39723/building-materials-market-to-cater-to-growing-needs/

ADB funds solar project

Cambodians will soon have access to more affordable power if the agreement signed on Monday between Electricite Du Cambodge (EDC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to set up a 100 megawatt national solar park programme goes according to plan.   ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39750/adb-funds-solar-project/

Still no train in sight

The train service between Cambodia and Thailand, which was expected to begin operations early this year, seems to be delayed indefinitely due to a contentious one-kilometer stretch of track in Poipet City. ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39753/still-no-train-in-sight/

Pros and cons of China’s Belt and Road plan

Cambodia has been a vocal supporter of the BRI since the initiative’s conception in 2013. The BRI will offer a new framework of cooperation between Cambodia and her neighbours, through the increased connectivity that will arise in the region once the work on the improved ...

Samithi Sok
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39680/pros-and-cons-of-china---s-belt-and-road-plan/

Fresh Mart to become retail fresh food hub

Cambodia-based integrated food-distribution company Hun Ty plans to open its own retail fresh-food market next month and will increase its cold storage and food-distribution business by opening two additional locations in the Kingdom, a company executive said yesterday. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fresh-mart-become-retail-fresh-food-hub

Solar plant poised to boost grid

Singapore-based Sunseap’s solar farm, the country’s first renewable power facility which has a contract to feed 10MW to the national grid, is set to start generating in August, officials say. ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39540/solar-plant-poised-to-boost-grid/

Koh Kong airport confirmed to begin construction in early 2018

The international airport to be built in Koh Kong province will kick off construction in January next year, according to a spokesman from the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA).​ ...

Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/koh-kong-airport-confirmed-begin-construction-early-2018

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