Cambodia News
Deep Seaport Construction in Cambodia’s Koh Kong Province Confirmed A deep seaport has been planned to be constructed in Koh Kong province, one of the country’s four coastal provinces, to facilitate the transportation of goods, mainly from the province to markets. The construction plan of the deep seaport has been planned for years, said H.E. […]
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Thailand’s construction sector predicted to shrink 3.6% in 2020 Covid-19 will cause Thailand’s construction sector to shrink by 3.6% in 2020, the country’s first contraction since 2017, risk and research company Fitch Solutions has predicted. Thailand’s lockdown began on 26 March. It has twice been extended and is tentatively scheduled to end by 1 July. […]
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Chinese construction firm to be dumped for ‘shoddy work’ on Cambodia’s National Road 7 construction in Kratie and Tbong Khmum The National Road 7 construction in Kratie and Tbong Khmum, which cost $36 million, was separated into three main worksites. The work was expected to take 18 months and the Chinese company would be responsible […]
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Mekong River Commission (MRC) agrees on timeframe for consultation on Sanakham dam The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has agreed on a timeframe for the prior consultation process for Sanakham hydropower project, one of Laos’ dams on the Mekong mainstream. According to a statement from the inter-governmental organisation of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, the prior […]
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B.Grimm Group, a major supporter of WWF Thailand helping save Thailand’s tigers In the wild, tigers play the role of apex predator. The biggest of the wild cats can roam almost 300 kilometres to find food and mates, and they very rarely come into contact with other tigers or people. Unfortunately, the number of wild […]
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Laos’ Sanakam dam anger grows in neighbouring Thailand Nan province A conservation group has called for the scrapping of the Sanakam dam which is being built in Laos on the Mekong River two kilometres from Nan province. The group urged Laos and neighbouring countries to embrace more ecological friendly renewable energy projects such as solar […]
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Cambodia’s Steung Trang-Krouch Chhmar Bridge scheduled for completion by March 2021 The construction of a bridge connecting Kampong Cham’s Steung Trang and Tbong Khmum’s Krouch Chhmar District has been completed 87.5 percent by May and is scheduled for completion by March 2021, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. The bridge will link […]
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Laos Government okays Singaporean-Lao feasibility study for clean thermal power plant in the southern province of Xekong A Singaporean firm joint-venturing with a Lao partner has agreed with the Lao government to conduct a feasibility study on the development of a clean thermal power plant in the southern province of Xekong. Evolution Power Investment Corporation […]
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Cambodia’s local property market best described as ‘flat’ Cambodia’s local property sector has been described as “flat” while condominiums and boreys are tagged to be the hardest hit during the COVID-19 pandemic because the listings will eventually need to be put up for sale under current market prices in the coming months, according to an […]
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nValid Precision Engineering seals PPA for 76-MW solar project in southern Lao province of Attapeu Renewables developer nValid Precision Engineering Pte Ltd has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Electricite du Laos (EdL) that will result in the construction of an up to 76-MWp solar power plant in Laos. This will be the first […]
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