Cambodia News
Cambodia-Thailand cross-border railway expected to start operation in March 2020 Railway authorities of Cambodia and Thailand set to meet on February 14 for final discussions on cross-border rail transportation between the nations. The two countries’ agreement on cross-border railway was signed last April, but yet to be implemented, Ly Borin, under-secretary of state of the […]
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Cambodia greenlights two coal-fired power plants with 965MW capacity A 700MW plant will be developed by China’s Sinosteel and local company Royal Group. The government of Cambodia has approved the construction of two coal-fired power plants totalling 965 MW. The government has approved a 265 MW coal-fired power project worth US$294m developed by the local […]
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Nearly 93 pct or 13,131 villages of Cambodia’s villages have access to electricity About 92.68 percent, or 13,131 villages of Cambodia’s total villages, had access to electricity by the end of 2019, a Mines and Energy Ministry’s report showed on Tuesday. The report, released during the ministry’s annual conference, indicated that some 2.68 million houses, […]
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Cambodia Airport Investment’s new Phnom Penh International Airport cost estimated at $1.5 billion Cambodia Airports and the Overseas Investment Corp (OCIC) have shown progress in discussions on the development of a new Phnom Penh International Airport which is expected to be finished next year. Their cooperation has been signalled through a draft memorandum of understanding […]
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Construction of 1,400-megawatt (MW) Luang Prabang hydropower dam project slated to begin later in 2020 On a wide bank of the Mekong River, yellow markers and visits by surveyors show preparations underway to build Laos’ third and largest dam on Southeast Asia’s most vital waterway. About an hour downstream, in the laid-back tourist centre of […]
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Laos supplies 195MW power from Don Sahong Dam to Cambodia’s national grid Nearly 200 megawatts of electricity from Don Sahong Dam in Laos has been linked to Cambodia’s national grid after the dam finished tests on four electricity generators. The power linking was made between interim transmitters in Laos and transmitters in Cambodia’s Stung Treng […]
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Thai Cabinet decides “to stop the project” on China-led plan to dredge Mekong river 5 February 2020, 05:23PM Beijing has long wanted to blast 97 kilometres (60 miles) of rocks and dredge the riverbed in northern Thailand to open up a passage for massive cargo ships. The vision is to create a river trade link […]
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Thai industrial estate developer Amata Corp invests $1bn to build industrial complex in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city Amata aims to woo foreign manufacturers with modern industrial zone in Yangon NAYPYITAW — Thai industrial estate developer Amata Corp. plans to build an industrial complex with an investment of $1 billion in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city. The […]
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Cambodia’s Sihanoukville airport runway to be completed by midyear 2020 By midyear, Sihanoukville International Airport will be able to handle the land-in and take-off of long-haul aircrafts when the standard runway is extended to 3,300 metres. The completion of the runway extension coinciding with the airport seeing high year-on-year growth of passenger traffic. The extension […]
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Restoring Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Foreign investors rode a hot streak in Sihanoukville until the gambling game collapsed last summer. Now, with the boomtown at risk of going bust and the city decaying around them, long-term residents, local businesses and construction workers are picking up the pieces Foreign investors rode a hot streak in Sihanoukville until the […]
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