Land

Environmental activists and communities launched a campaign urging the government to revoke a sub-decree that allows a private company to build a cement factory on 99 hectares of protected forest in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. ...

In April 2025 alone, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 59 investment projects with a total capital of $860 million, bringing the total number of approved projects in the first four months of 2025 to 231. ...

Around 120,000 mixed-species trees are being planted in the Antung Ang area (better known as “Phnom 1500”) on over 200 hectares of land in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district. ...

A water supply company in Kampong Chhnang town has agreed to remove a roughly 70-meter-long embankment that it constructed in the Tonle Sap Lake. ...

The authorities are scheduled to meet on Tuesday, tomorrow, to discuss finding a solution to an issue which has arisen in the Tonle Sap Lake. ...

Hun Manet has announced the allocation of 70 hectares in the capital’s Kob Srov area for a new public park, emphasising the importance of green spaces and encouraging all provinces to dedicate similar areas for public use. ...

As of 2024, approximately 5.04 million Cambodians owed financial institutions, according to a report from the Credit Bureau of Cambodia (CBC). ...

Luxembourg will provide financial assistance of 2 million euros to support phases 4 and 5 of the “Clearing for Results” project in Cambodia. ...

Sea Sambath and Soun Sao, former residents of Boeung Tamok, are faced with the threat of arrest if they fail to pay a fine of one million riel by April 22​ after their case was dismissed by the Supreme Court last year. ...

Investment capital from Chinese investors has increased this year. In the first two months of 2025, nearly 80% of the total investment capital in Cambodia came from China, with Special Economic Zones (SEZs) becoming a key driving force in attracting Chinese investors. ...

Authorities have begun demolishing the homes and commercial structures of residents who refused to leave the Phnom 1500 area, in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district. ...

The authorities have doubled down on eviction plans for the remaining holdouts in Pursat province’s Phnom 1500 area, noting that many of their claims of ownership are demonstrably false. ...

More than 40 investment projects, totaling over $320 million, were approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) in February, bringing the total number of investment projects approved by the CDC in the first two months of 2025 to 112, with a total ...

A new special economic zone (SEZ) in Preah Sihanouk province – with total investment of approximately $500 million – is reportedly close to final approval. ...

Hean Sahib, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Chairman of the Investment Promotion Working Group for Preah Sihanouk, Monday led an inspection team to the Peninsula Bay project and Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) to strengthen investment promotion under the ...

Indigenous community members in Preah Vihear province sought intervention for their communal land, which has been allegedly cleared by a company said to belong to a senior provincial official — a claim that has been denied by another official on the basis that it involves ...

Sun Chanthol first vice-president of The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), stated that Cambodia is continuing to push for improvements in all sectors to enhance the business environment and increase the potential to attract more foreign direct investment. ...

This afternoon, the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) organised a meeting of the Mine Action Coordination Committee (MACC) to review the implementation of the National Mine Action Strategic Plan 2018-2025. ...

A new government programme, the “Land Granting and Forest Protection Programme for Sustainable Development”, could begin accepting land applications from genuinely landless impoverished citizens as early as next week, according to Prime Minister Hun Manet. ...

The government is pushing for the completion of nationwide land measurement by next year, leading to the distribution of land titles to citizens by 2027. ...

Minister for Labour and Vocational Training Heng Sour Thursday told a visiting South Korean business delegation that Korea should set up a Special Economic Zone in Cambodia to take advantage of the Kingdom’s strong pro-investment policies. ...

Approximately 40,000 hectares of land in Zones 2 and 3 surrounding the Tonle Sap Lake in Kampong Thom province have been illegally encroached upon by 176 individuals. Authorities are currently deliberating to find solutions for those unwilling to return the land to the state. ...

The government has formed the “National Committee for Leading the Implementation of the Social Land Concession Programme for Joint Forest Protection and Sustainable Development” to ensure that social land allocated to disadvantaged individuals remains sustainable and that the surrounding forests are protected. ...

Hun Manet has warned against false land requests using underprivileged households as an excuse, emphasising legal action for offenders, while social analysts call for reinvestigations of fraudulent cases and stricter, clearer land allocation procedures. ...