Transport and shipping
Transport infrastructure and facilities
Three high-speed rails to diversify transportation
The government has been working to build new infrastructure and upgrade the quality of the existing old tracks to high-speed rail. The government plans to build three high-speed rail lines connecting Phnom Penh to the country’s borders to promote a more diversified transportation sector, according ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501229019/three-high-speed-rails-to-diversify-transportation/
Cambodia’s travel industry set to get boost with direct flights from Indonesia
At least two Indonesian Airlines are poised to mount direct flights, probably starting with one scheduled flight a week from Indonesia to Phnom Penh within the first quarter of this year. ...
Capital-Poipet express rail project making headway
The preliminary results of a feasibility study to upgrade the Phnom Penh-Poipet railway into Cambodia’s first express railway indicate that the project would cost more than $4 billion and would take around four years to complete. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-poipet-express-rail-project-making-headway
PP-Poipet high-speed train will cost $4b
Construction of the Phnom Penh-Poipet high-speed railway will cost more than $4 billion and take about four years to complete. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-pp-poipet-high-speed-train-will-cost-4b
Battambang airport in line for upgrade to receive tourists
Battambang Airport will be upgraded to be akin to Siem Reap airport as part of plans to attract more tourists to the country. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-battambang-airport-in-line-for-upgrade-to-receive-tourists
Phnom Penh-Poipet high-speed rail line construction price tag at about $4 billion
The construction of the Phnom Penh high-speed railway construction is planned to cost about $4 billion and will take about four years to build. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501225091/phnom-penh-poipet-high-speed-rail-line-construction-price-tag-at-about-4-billion/
$2M allotted for 68km Siem Reap-Oddar Meanchey road
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has earmarked about $2 million to improve a 68km road from Siem Reap to Oddar Meanchey provinces to make travel easier and cut down delivery times of agricultural products. ...
Sem Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/2m-allotted-68km-siem-reap-oddar-meanchey-road
Royal Group signs agreement to build Koh Rong airport
An agreement has been signed for the construction of a $300 million airport on Koh Rong island, taking five years to complete. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-royal-group-sign-agreement-to-build-koh-rong-airport
New int’l airport nearly half complete as travel industry returns to life
Construction of a new airport that is slated to serve the capital has passed the 43 per cent completion mark, raising prospects for a proper recovery in the civil aviation and tourism sectors as international travellers return to the Kingdom in increasingly large numbers. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-intl-airport-nearly-half-complete-travel-industry-returns-life
A street in Cambodia to be named Cambodia-Maldives Friendship Street
Cambodia will choose a street in a coastal province and name it “Cambodia-Maldives Friendship Street”, as a symbol of the friendship between the two countries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501220906/a-street-in-cambodia-to-be-names-cambodia-maldives-friendship-street/
Seamless contactless payment experience for Unionpay cardholders at PPSHV Expressway
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited Phnom Penh Branch (ICBC PP) and UnionPay International (UPI) today announced that ICBC PP has enabled UnionPay Chip card and Contactless card payment for UnionPay Cardholders on Phnom Penh Sihanoukville (PPSHV) Expressway. UnionPay is the only payment brand ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501220892/seamless-contactless-payment-experience-for-unionpay-cardholders-at-ppshv-expressway/
PM urges rapid progress on transport system upgrade studies
At a plenary meeting of the Council of Ministers on January 13, Prime Minister Hun Sen urged the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to work together to accelerate the study of the construction of high-speed rail projects ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-urges-rapid-progress-transport-system-upgrade-studies
Work on Cambodian capital new airport expected to finish in 2024
The construction work on a Chinese-built new Phnom Penh international airport, formally known as the Techo International Airport, is expected to be completed in 2024, a spokesman said on Sunday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501220244/work-on-cambodian-capital-new-airport-expected-to-finish-in-2024/
Cambodia forecasts 4.6 million air passengers in 2023 after China’s reopening
Cambodia is expected to attract 4.6 million air passengers in 2023 after China’s optimization of its pandemic control policies on January 8, a spokesman said on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501219669/cambodia-forecasts-4-6-million-air-passengers-in-2023-after-chinas-reopening/
Ministry to build bus terminal on the outskirts of Phnom Penh
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol said that his ministry will build a bus terminal on the outskirts of Phnom Penh to boost the public transportation in collaboration with the private sector. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501218910/ministry-to-build-bus-terminal-on-the-outskirts-of-phnom-penh/
Siem Reap int’l airport set for opening in fourth quarter
By the end of this year, Cambodia is all set to add more airport capacity to its existing facilities with the opening of the new Siem Reap Angkor International Airport. ...
Prakash Jha
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501217284/siem-reap-intl-airport-set-for-opening-in-fourth-quarter/
Japanese firm to study urban, provincial railways in Cambodia
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) on Monday asked the Japanese firm NIPPON KOEI to conduct a study on railway systems in Phnom Penh after the company presented the project for the improvement of passenger transportation systems in some provinces in the north ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501217375/japanese-firm-to-study-urban-provincial-railways-in-cambodia/
October 2023 start date targeted for Siem Reap Angkor International Airport in Cambodia
Sixty-three percent of the construction work on a Chinese-invested international airport in northwestern Cambodia’s Siem Reap province has so far been completed, said a press statement on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501217684/october-2023-start-date-targeted-for-siem-reap-angkor-international-airport-in-cambodia/
PM breaks ground on $117M nat’l road project in K Cham
Prime Minister Hun Sen on January 9 presided over a groundbreaking ceremony for a 45.5km stretch of National Road 7 being upgraded and widened from two lanes to four. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-breaks-ground-117m-natl-road-project-k-cham
Preparations afoot for National Road 7 upgrade groundbreaking
The Kampong Cham Provincial Administration will temporarily suspend traffic on National Road 7 on January 8 and 9, as it hosts a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion and upgrading of the road from one of four lanes. The ceremony will be presided over by Prime ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preparations-afoot-national-road-7-upgrade-groundbreaking
Kandal residents near new airport asked to take down structures
Kandal residents affected by the new airport development said they were told by company workers to dismantle small sheds they use to house animals, causing anxiety among people that their land could be cleared soon. Residents in four communes of Kandal Stung district have been affected ...
Pa Sokheng
https://vodenglish.news/kandal-residents-near-new-airport-asked-to-take-down-structures/
Construction work begins on Mekong River bridge in Kratie
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Chinese ambassador Wang Wentian on January 2 broke ground for the construction of a new bridge which will span the Mekong River in Kratie province. The bridge is expected to bring “rapid economic development” to the people of Cambodia’s northeastern ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-work-begins-mekong-river-bridge-kratie
China’s BRI greatly benefits Cambodia, other participating countries, says Cambodia’s Prime Minister
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said here on Monday that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has provided a lot of tangible benefits to his country and other participating countries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501212941/chinas-bri-greatly-benefits-cambodia-other-participating-countries-says-cambodias-prime-minister/
More than one million vehicles travelled on Chinese-invested expressway in Cambodia in 3 months
More than 1 million vehicles had travelled on Cambodia’s first-ever expressway in the first three months since its inauguration in October last year, according to data released by the freeway operator on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501212948/more-than-one-million-vehicles-travelled-on-chinese-invested-expressway-in-cambodia-in-3-months/