Investment policy and regulations

Japan’s investment in Cambodia continues to grow and its investors are playing a leading role in developing and diversifying the Kingdom’s light industrial sector. ...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) to Cambodia over a 20-year period – from 1994 to 2014 – is estimated to have reached $19.2 billion and was heavily weighed by inflows of capital from China, according to the first-ever comprehensive survey on FDI, released yesterday. ...

Bosch Cambodia, a supplier of power tools and automotive parts, announced yesterday that its sales revenue grew by 22 per cent in 2015, driven largely by a greater number of construction and automotive projects in the Kingdom. ...

Total Japanese investment in Cambodia under the Kingdom’s qualified investment project (QIP) scheme surged tenfold during the first half of the year, driven by Japan’s improved economy and a hefty capital injection by one of its biggest retail giants. ...

American sporting goods giant Nike has opened its first dedicated retail store in Cambodia in what observers have described as another sign the Kingdom’s strong economy and rising incomes had not gone unnoticed by international retail giants. ...

Dai-ichi Life Insurance will become the first Japanese life insurer to establish a presence in Cambodia, setting up a representative’s office in the capital Phnom Penh this month. ...

The Swedish-Thai business community was given a rare opportunity to get a heads up on the investment climate in Cambodia, courtesy of departing Ambassador of Sweden to Cambodia, Ms Anna Maj Hultgård. ...

Seven angel investors descended on Phnom Penh last Friday as part of the launch of a new investment initiative that aims to tap into Cambodia’s growing startup culture and support entrepreneurial endeavours with guidance and early stage risk funding. ...

A visiting US government official urged Cambodia to continue with negotiations to develop a bilateral investment agreement between the two nations that could be used for further trade inclusion. ...

The Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) jointly operated by a China-based conglomerate and the Cambodia International Investment Development Group Co. Ltd reached a milestone yesterday with the 100th factory set up to operate in the economic and trade cooperation zone. ...

The President of the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC), a leading organization representing the private sector in the Kingdom, has urged Malaysian investors and businessmen to invest in and do business with Cambodia to forge a stronger relationship between the two Asean states. ...

Over 20 Cambodian NGOs, Chinese government officials, public and private Chinese companies, and Chinese NGOs held a roundtable discussion on Friday in Phnom Penh to talk about Chinese investment in Cambodia. ...

The highest hotel complex in Phnom Penh city will soon make its debut with ample parking space for all its guests and visitors. The complex, Ding Li Sunshine City, will be 37 stories high with four levels of underground parking, said its developer Ding Li ...

NagaWorld has just celebrated its 21st anniversary since its inception on May 1, 1995, and sited near the beautiful Mekong River in the capital city of Phnom Penh, NagaWorld is the biggest integrated entertainment resort in the Mekong region. ...

Cambodia is seeking a loan from China to set up a common commodity distribution hub for exporters and importers to reduce production and logistics costs and raise the competitiveness of manufactured and agricultural products in the region. ...

A group of companies from Taiwan are seeking joint ventures with partners in Cambodia, to export products and services to the Kingdom, amidst growing investor confidence that the Mekong country is developing in almost all sectors. ...

The property behemoth in Phnom Penh has attracted a top China-based developer, Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd, which seems keen to invest in the building of a modern satellite city that can accommodate two million people in the Kingdom. Yang Guoqiang, Chairman of Country Garden ...

Supermarket owners are to be called for a meeting with the Commerce Ministry in response to complaints from small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that local products are not displayed or sold on their shelves, the commerce minister said yesterday at the launch of a ...

An ecologically-friendly satellite town called Le Urban Eco Park, a $50 million joint venture between Singaporean and local investors, is expected to be completed in the next couple of months after the more than two years of construction. ...

Gold Tower 42 owner Yon Woo Cambodia is calling on creditors, buyers and lessees of the project to lodge any claims by May 12 to clear outstanding issues and pave the way for moving the development forward. ...

The government approved more than $1 billion worth of domestic and foreign direct investment in the first quarter of the year, down sharply from the $2.8 billion approved in the same quarter last year, figures released by the Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC) yesterday ...

A bilateral investment agreement between Cambodia and Hungary will be sent to the National Assembly floor this week after it gained approval from the Council of Ministers on Friday, according to spokesman Phay Siphan.   ...

With Southeast Asian nations struggling to produce enough energy to drive their economies, some of China’s leading solar companies are looking for investment opportunities in the region.   ...

Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong on Tuesday urged outgoing Singaporean ambassador Kevin Cheok to encourage the island state to invest more in Cambodia. ...