Cambodia

Korea Exchange (KRX) and the Cambodia government have finally agreed to establish a Cambodia stock exchange in 2009 according to The Economic Times.

The Cambodia government will own 51 percent and KRX will own 49 percent of the new exchange with KRX acting as the regulatory body to oversee trading.

South Korea has pledged to spend $1.8 million to help set up the Cambodia stock exchange.

For past post regarding the Cambodia stock exchange see: [Read more →]

Alstom, a French firm, sees Cambodia foreign direct investment in trams as a solution to Phnom Penh’s traffic jams and air pollution according to Xinhua.

While no dollar figures were released to support the Cambodia foreign direct investment, [Read more →]

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 →]

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 →]

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 →]

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 →]

Cambodia land prices in Phnom Penh have risen from $5 per sq meter to $100 per sq meter in one year according to Channel Asia News.

The key driver to such an increase in Cambodia land prices is due the growing inflows of foreign direct investment into Cambodia from countries such as [Read more →]