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Aquaculture plan gets the nod

Cambodia has agreed for a China-based firm to invest $100 million in freshwater and seawater aquaculture projects to supply fish for local demand and export. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on February 2 signed an agreement with China Ocean Fishing Holding Limited for a ...

South Korea offers loan to Cambodia

South Korea has agreed to provide more than $400 million in loans to Cambodia for infrastructure and health development. Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn and South Korean ambassador Kim Weon-jin signed two agreements at a ceremony on January 31 outlining loans that will be dispersed to ...

Chinese to transform coastal provinces

Top Chinese firms are keen to invest in the coastal provinces of Preah Sihanouk and Kampot and are eyeing to develop sectors that service the lucrative tourist industry, said the Tourism Ministry on Friday. According to a ministry statement the intention of the Chinese firms was ...

Land survey for Royal’s K Rong project begins

Authorities on Preah Sihanouk province’s Koh Rong island on December 13 started measuring out a land concession given to the Royal Group, which is building a five-star hotel and resort, in order to allow the company to develop the area and to provide plots to ...

Ministry warns of cold snap

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology told citizens living near the mountains, especially soldiers, to be careful and pay more attention to their health as temperatures are expected to fall over the next week. Water Resources and Meteorology Minister Lim Kean Hor said on ...

Telcotech leads race for undersea cable

Telcotech, a subsidiary of local internet provider Ezecom, announced on October 25 that it is nearing completion of Cambodia’s first submarine fibre-optic cable, which it expects to be operational by early next year. The Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand submarine cable system will connect the three countries directly and link in ...

Coal outgrows hydropower

As Cambodia’s demand for electricity grows and domestic energy production increases, new data released from the Ministry of Mines and Energy on October 10 show that coal-fired energy generation surpassed hydroelectricity for the first time last year. According to the Cambodia National Energy Statistics 2016, a joint ...

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