Cambodia News
Southeast Asia’s tallest skyscraper may break ground this year – Cambodia could scale unchartered heights very soon Project insiders have told The Phnom Penh Post that construction of the Thai Boon Roong Twin Trade Center, a 500-metre high, 133-storey skyscraper, will begin by the end of the year. The project’s groundbreaking will reportedly take place within […]
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Thailand’s Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl said on Tuesday (09/08) it has raised its 2023 capacity target by 3 percent to 10,000 megawatts (MW) as it wanted to invest more in renewable energy to boost growth. Of the target, 20 percent or 2,000 MW will come from renewables, which has strong growth prospects, Rum Herabat, […]
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Is Cambodia, future site of ASEAN’s tallest building, ready for a big quake? A seemingly quake-free country gets its bearings after the recent Myanmar disaster Genocide, tortures, war — Cambodia has seen truly appalling things, but a significant earthquake isn’t on the list. As its buildings continue to shoot heavenwards on the back of a […]
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Society of Professional Engineers in Thailand (SPET) Monthly Members Meeting for September 2016 SPET Monthly Members Meeting Thursday 15th September 2016, 6:30pm at the British Club, Soi 18, Silom Road,Bangkok ““Design Build & Operate the Hydraulic Steel Structures for the Spillway and Navigation Lock. Xayaburi HEPP – Lao PDR”” By Wallace Ross – Construction Director […]
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Ticon Industrial Connection Pcl, a Thailand based factory and warehouse developer, plans to sell factories and warehouses worth more than 1.47 billion baht ($42.6 million) to Ticon Freehold and Leasehold Real Estate Investment Trust (TREIT). This second sale transaction will take place before the end of this year, said managing director Virapan Pulges. The assets […]
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Singapore-based renewables firm Sunseap Group has won a 10MW solar PV project in Cambodia, the Southeast Asian country’s first ever utility-scale solar plant tendered by the government. Sunseap has now signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with national utility Electricite Du Cambodge (EDC). Sunseap Cambodia, a majority-owned subsidiary of Sunseap Group, will be executing this […]
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Vietnam, which is located on the lower course of the Mekong River, is expected to see fish resources decline and erosion and saline intrusion increase because of the new hydropower plant in Laos. KPL News has reported that the commencement ceremony of the construction of Don Sahong hydropower plant took place on August 16 in […]
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Cambodia intends to make sweeping changes to its immigration regulations that will allow foreigners to stay for up to three years on a single visa in an effort to boost long-stay tourism. Khmer Times quoted Tourism Minister Thong Khon saying the three-year multiple-entry visa is part of a government strategy to encourage foreigners to stay […]
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PEA ENCOM International, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) in charge of renewable-energy and energy-saving business, is considering setting up its own manufacturing facilities for LED lighting products and solar panels at a total cost of between Bt300 million and Bt500 million, for the domestic market and export to neighbouring markets. […]
Continue ReadingSouth Korea will push to build a highly efficient and eco-friendly city in Cambodia using its latest information technology, and support the Southeast Asian nation’s public housing program, the government said Monday. South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, and its Cambodian counterpart will sign a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday in Seoul to […]
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