August 7, 2023 2022Phnom PenhEu Chin FenFrasers HospitalityCapri by FraserCreateArchitectureMSQM VCCZTH Co Ltd Cambodia: Serviced and hotel residence provider Frasers Hospitality has debuted its Capri by Fraser brand in Cambodia with a property in Phnom Penh. The 86-key property marks the debut opening in Cambodia for Frasers, with two additional projects in the pipeline….
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…
Vietnam will see more real estate projects by businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) investors in the coming time as they are seeking opportunities to enter and expand operations in the country, according to Andrew Lee, Korean Desk Manager at real estate consultancy Savills Vietnam. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) A recent survey by Savills…
Sok Sithika / Khmer Times The $1.5 billion port is expected to be a major artery for Cambodia’s maritime transport. MPWT A large international deep-sea port in Kampot province has officially opened its construction site. The $1.5 billion Kampot port is expected to be a major artery for Cambodia’s maritime transport. The ground-breaking ceremony for…
Prime Minister Hun Sen, Head of the Royal Government has instructed the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to study the feasibility of improving the existing railway system in Cambodia into a high-speed railway. This is according to Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, while leading a youth delegation of the Ministry of…
The CapitaLand Development (CLD), a real estate firm and development wing of CapitaLand Group, is investing $1.3b for the enhancement of its first industrial park, logistics park, as well as township development in Vietnam. The CLD and the People’s Committee of Bac Giang province signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the $1.3b investment deal….
The government has agreed in principle to a 1,400MW hydropower dam in Stung Treng province to be built jointly by local conglomerate Royal Group of Companies Ltd and China (Cambodia) Rich International Co Ltd. According to a letter from Royal Group of Companies chairman Kith Meng to Stung Treng provincial governor Svay Sam Eang obtained…
The largest temperature-controlled cold storage and cross-docking facility in Cambodia – which will be able to handle up to 25 per cent of the Kingdom’s total requirements – has broken ground in Kandal province. The Kandal Cold Storage project, which had its groundbreaking ceremony on March 22 in Kien Svay district, was funded by Private…
Phnom Penh, Cambodia is set to welcome it’s first ibis budget hotel in July, developed by French multinational hospitality group Accor, the company said in a statement posted on travmedia.com on February 24. The first Cambodia ibis budget Phnom Penh Riverside will be located in Chamkarmon district “a short walk away” from Koh Pich island,…
PM Hun Sen said more than $320 million was spent on the construction of infrastructure in Sihanoukville province to improve Cambodia’s image and be the driver of economic growth for the nation. He made the remarks in a speech given at the inaugural ceremony for 37 newly completed roads and three wastewater treatment stations in…
Hong Lai Huat wholly-owned subsidiary HLH Development (HLHD) has agreed to co-develop an 11.5-hectare (ha) site in Sihanoukville, Cambodia with the site’s land owner Smart Winner, announced the group in a bourse filing on Monday (Nov 1). This marks the group’s fourth mixed-use development project in Cambodia as well as its second foray into Sihanoukville…
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…
Sihanoukville was once a city that drove both local and international headlines. Considered the next hot property investment destination, Sihanoukville continued development as a prime residential, commercial, retail, and up until 2019, gambling hub in Southeast Asia. The city was the microcosm of Cambodia’s rapid development in the past decade. Sihanoukville, a once-sleepy beach town…
Ream City development, is a new ‘city within a city that is rising from an 834-hectare plot of reclaimed land in Sihanoukville, Cambodia located along the coast of the Gulf of Thailand. The $16 billion project led by the Cambodian property development company Canopy Sands, is one of the largest real estate investments in the…
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…
Canopy Sands Development, a member of Prince Holding Group has approved a masterplan for Ream City developed by Surbana Jurong Group, a global urban, infrastructure and managed services consultancy headquartered in Singapore. The masterplan specifies a land use plan for the 834-hectare project requiring total investments estimated at $16 billion, and will be developed on…
For over a decade, billions of dollars have poured into the construction and real estate sectors, which until last year was not regulated. A year later, the law has yet to take effect, mired by jurisdiction overlaps, slow-to-enact supporting regulations, and apathy. Despite the lack of safety and hard labour, scores of rural Cambodians have…
