Investment in Cambodia’s Construction Increases By 36% by H1
[The] Construction sector has attracted a total investment of 868 million U.S. dollars in the first six months of 2012, up 36 percent from 37 million U.S. dollars at the same period last year, a report from the ministry of land management, urban planning and construction showed on Monday. The report said that during the January-June period this year, the ministry has issued licenses to 849 construction projects, down 21 percent from 1,079 projects at the same period last year. … Besides local ones, foreign investors involved in the project are mostly from South Korea, China, Malaysia and Vietnam. Construction sector is one of the four pillars supporting the economy. The sector attracted 2,129 projects with a total investment of 1.7 billion U.S. dollars last year.
