By DANSON CHEONG Monday, 16 Jan 2023 3:41 PM A wind power project in China’s Hebei province. China has begun building the world’s largest floating wind farm off the coast of Hainan.- SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES BEIJING (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): China is building the world’s largest commercial floating offshore wind farm off the coast of…
Long Kimmarita | Publication date 10 November 2022 | 19:58 ICT Cambodia’s second expressway project, which will run from Phnom Penh to Bavet town in Svay Rieng province on the border with Vietnam, has an estimated cost of more than $1.6 billion, Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol revealed. The construction contract was…
Hin Pisei | Publication date 27 October 2022 | 20:13 ICT Agriculture minister Dith Tina (right) and Chinese ambassador Wang Wentian (third right) look at arrangements of Pailin longan at an event marking the inaugural export of the fruit from Cambodia to China on October 27. Heng Chivoan Longan on October 27 became the third…
A 2021 Chinese government initiative to stop aquaculture feed being made from only wild caught young or low-value fish and to instead start producing “compound feed” – mixed with ingredients harvested from the land – is opening up a greener future for the sector. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, in a series of trials last…
Long Dimanche, Deputy Governor of Preah Sihanouk Province, and Tu Xiaogang Du Xiaogang, Party Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Committee in Wuxi, on December 17, chaired an online meeting on promoting regional development. Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone 2.0 (SSEZ), which is up 40% in value. Xiaogang, said that the video meeting was to determine…
Phnom Penh and Beijing have agreed to bring the major bilateral Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CC-FTA) into force in January, and renewed a pledge to boost trade to $10 billion per annum, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen. The prime minister made the remark on November 15 at a virtual meeting with his Chinese counterpart…
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has awarded a master plan consultancy contract to a top Chinese institute for the development and transformation of Preah Sihanouk province into a “Model Multi-Purpose Special Economic Zone”, Southeast Asia’s next logistics and resort hub and innovation centre. The master plan will serve as a key roadmap to develop…
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) — Visiting China State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Cambodia Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn agreed here on Sunday to further enhance bilateral cooperation between their two countries. During a meeting with Prak Sokhonn, Wang said that he and Sokhonn have met face to face…
According to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport of Cambodia, the construction of the Phnom Penh (PP)-Sihanoukville Expressway is progressing smoothly and to date, the project has achieved 63% in terms of overall completion. After the completion of the above expressway project, the journey from PP to Sihanoukville is estimated to take only 2…
Cambodia and China are committed to increasing bilateral trade to $10 billion by 2023, from $8 billion last year, according to a senior official at the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce. The pledge was made at the Second Cambodia-China Think Tank High-Level Forum, held on July 28 in Chinese capital Beijing in a mixed online and…
PHNOM PENH — In early June, nine women in red gowns held platters of mangoes as Cambodian and Chinese dignitaries cut a red ribbon strung between the piles of tropical fruit grown by farmers in Cambodia to celebrate new trade items sent to China. Concluded with the release of balloons, the ceremony at a wholesale…
The Cambodian Ministry of Commerce expects the ratification of the bilateral Cambodia China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by the National Assembly “soon”. Cambodia hopes that the trade deal will widen the Kingdom’s export market, especially agricultural products, ministry spokesman Seang Thay told The Post on July 5. The CCFTA was signed by Cambodian Minister of…
Cambodia and China have agreed to boost transport development cooperation. The Kingdom has sought assistance from China in human resources development of infrastructure skills. The agreement was made during a virtual meeting held yesterday between the Senior Minister and Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol and his Chinese counterpart Li Xiaopeng. Chanthol briefed…
Cambodian Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol said the construction of the Chinese-invested Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway has gone full steam ahead despite the Covid-19 pandemic. It is expected to be completed ahead of schedule. Invested in by China Road and Bridge Corp (CRBC), the $2 billion expressway will connect the capital city of…
Vietnam farm exports to China posted impressive growth between January and May, with shipments of some produce even matching or surpassing the corresponding figures for the entire 2020, data of the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development showed. During the period, Vietnam shipped over 468,000 tonnes of mango to China,…
China has arranged a deal for Cambodia to export about 500,000 tons of fresh mango to the country, according to reports. After more than three years of negotiation, the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries and the General Administration of Customs of China officially accepted 37 companies with mango farm and five companies with…
The private sector experienced a wave of renewed optimism that mango would become a valuable agro-industrial export and prove particularly attractive to investors, after Cambodia on May 7 shipped around 100 tonnes of fresh mango to China, in the Kingdom’s inaugural direct export of the fruit to the East Asian market. The official export came…
China has allowed Cambodia exports of fresh mangoes directly to its market after Chinese Customs on April 26 certified 37 mango plantations and five packaging factories as compliant with phytosanitary and packaging standards. The approval came after experts from the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) in Guangxi province on…
An evaluation process undertaken to determine whether fresh mango exports can meet China’s rigorous health standards is now complete, according to Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon. The process, which was conducted at three mango farms and four water heat treatment (WHT) and vapour heat treatment (VHT) plants in Cambodia, was overseen by both customs officials from…
Chinese officials have pledged to bolster Cambodia’s railway infrastructure, according to local media reports. National news agency Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP) reported yesterday that an agreement was made following Preah Sihanouk Provincial Governor Kuoch Chamroeun’s request for Chinese aid in developing the province’s railroad infrastructure. Cambodia’s existing 264 kilometre-long Southern Line connects the coastal city…
According to an announcement from China’s General Administration of Customs, China granted import permission for 10 new fruit items in 2020, representing a slight decrease from the previous year. The approved fruit items include Argentinian and Chilean citrus; Brazilian melons; Cambodian mangos; Dominican avocados; Indonesian dragon fruit; U.S. avocados, blueberries and nectarines; and Zambian blueberries….
Cambodian Keo Romiet mangoes remain on target to be directly exported to the Chinese market from early next year after the economic powerhouse penned an agreement in June that set up a 500,000 tonne quota for the Kingdom’s widely-available fruit. Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon told The Post on December 22 that…
The Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), will be a key driver in bilateral trade between Cambodia and China, reaching $10 billion in 2023, and could prove to be a bellwether in boosting trade activities with other countries in the region and globally, according to Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong. Namhong said that the SSEZ enjoys…
At least three Chinese companies are investing in industrial steaming equipment to use in the phytosanitary treatment of agricultural products for export, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon told The Post on Monday. This comes in response to the Chinese government’s June 9 official approval of the export of 500,000 tonnes of Cambodian…
A visceral hit of merriment captured Cambodia’s trade and investment sector as the leaders of 15 Asia-Pacific nations signed the blockbuster Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact on Sunday. Insiders voiced their enthusiasm for the agreement which they say will allow the Kingdom to expand trade and attract more investment from signatory countries. Leaders…
Sihanoukville, Cambodia’s dominant coastal province – is positioned for future growth as the country’s principal gateway onto the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and global trade routes. It is set to be modelled after the high successful Shenzen development master plan which turned backwaters near the Hong Kong border into a bustling metropolis. Urban planning…
