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Cambodia Seeks $3 Billion Investment for Power Plants

November 26th, 2007 · No Comments

The Cambodia government is seeking $3 billion in Cambodia foreign direct investment to built power plants to handle the future increase in Cambodia energy needs according to the Bangkok Post.

The Cambodia government has identified China and Vietnam as key contributors to Cambodia FDI for the project to build a number of hydropower plants with a combined capacity of 1,100 megawatts.

With the Cambodia economy slated as the fastest growing economy in Southeast Asia this year, continued interest in Cambodia foreign direct investment is [Read more →]

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Cambodia Government Eyes Stock Exchange as a Means to Boost Cambodia Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

November 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The Cambodia Government continues to drive towards creating a Cambodia stock exchange that it believes will significantly help attract Cambodia Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) according to Business Week.

The UN World Investment Report 2007 indices that only $483 million was attributed to Cambodia foreign direct investment (FDI) and the Cambodia government sees is neighbors such as Vietnam and Thailand getting the lion share of FDI with help from the fact they have stock exchanges.

While the Cambodia government is on track with the development of a Cambodia stock exchange, they still have a long way to go considering that the government of Cambodia and the Cambodia economy, among [Read more →]

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Telekom Malaysia to Invest in Cambodia

November 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Telekom Malaysia, fixed line operator, has announced that it will invest in Cambodia $150 million according to Reuters.

The Cambodia investment will go towards upgrading network capacity and adding 500 base transmitter stations into the Cambodia infrastructure.

The move by Telekom Malaysia invest in Cambodia shows continued Cambodia foreign direct investment (FDI) interest [Read more →]

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Cambodia Sees $861 Million in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) This Year

October 18th, 2007 · No Comments

So far this year, Cambodia has seen $861 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) according to the recent United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report as cited by XinHua News.

The breakdown of total Cambodia investment thus far this year is as follows: [Read more →]

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