ABA Bank is helping fund construction of Phnom Penh’s new international airport. It bought $30 million in bonds issued by Techo International Airport Construction Company. Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC), Cambodia Airport Investment Company (CAIC) and ABA Bank representatives attended Tuesday’s signing ceremony. The bond pays an annual interest rate of 5.5 percent over three years and is guaranteed by …
Australia pledges three million COVID-19 vaccines to Cambodia – Reuters Australia
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks with media during a news conference at the Government Office in Hanoi, Vietnam October 4, 2019. REUTERS/Kham PHNOM PENH, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Australia has pledged more than three million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday, which would help the Southeast nation give booster shots to its people. …
PM gives nickname to new Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge
Prime Minister Hun Sen gave a nickname to the 10th Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge when he presided over the inauguration ceremony of this important achievement this morning. The bridge can be called Spean Pchoab Nisay, which literally means temperament connection bridge), he said. Samdech Techo Hun Sen also made a small joke during the inauguration ceremony on himself and his wife, …
Cambodia announces phased reopening to vaccinated tourists – Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s government announced plans Tuesday to reopen the country in several stages to fully vaccinated foreign tourists starting from the end of next month.The program beginning Nov. 30 will allow visitors who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to skip being quarantined if they stay at least five days in designated areas, the Tourism Ministry …
Cambodia limits US diplomat's scrutiny of controversial base – ABC News
The U.S. Embassy in Cambodia says one of its diplomats was not allowed to freely inspect a naval base on the Gulf of Thailand despite permission to do so to assuage Washington’s concerns about China’s military presence therePHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Efforts by Cambodia to assuage U.S. concerns about China’s right to use a naval base on the Gulf of …