Cambodian Economy Reviews

MH Bio-Energy Cambodia, which is the Cambodia’s first biofuel plant located in Kandal province, is set to reopen in October after closing earlier this year because of the high crops prices. The plant started operating in Cambodia in November 2008 by investing initially US$30 million. The plant was closed temporarily in April 2010 due to [...]

Thai Embassy’s Foreign Trade Promotion Office (FTPO) released statistics by showing that international trade between Cambodia and Thailand has increased more than 80 percent during the first four months of 2010, compared to the same period last year. During April 2010, the bilateral trade was estimated to total USD$386 million alone. Exchanged goods with neighboring [...]

Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen departed Vietnam on Saturday in order to attend a Vietnamese investor’s conference in Ho Chi Minh City. During this time, Cambodia and Vietnam has agreements with US$6 billion worth of investment into Cambodia to strengthen the cooperation in four sectors of commerce, tourism, energy and transportation. The agreements were signed [...]

Since the bilateral trade between Cambodian and Russia increased 30 percent, even though the Russian investment in Cambodia is estimated to be lower this year, compared to the last year. Dilyara Borovik, a counselor at the Russian Embassy, gave a speech at the an event to mark the 30th anniversary of the Russian Cultural Center [...]