Cambodia currently operates two railway lines from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville and Poipet. The lines are single-track metre-gauge railways using diesel locomotives. The services are among the slowest in Southeast Asia, but if the government goes ahead with its modernisation plan it may be among the fastest. There are plans to upgrade the two current […]
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Norea City – A new urban island in Phnom Penh
Norea City is a new urban area built on an island and reclaimed land in Phnom Penh. The island (Koh Norea) is on the Mekong River next to the mouth of the Bassac River. The project is also known as Koh Norea Satellite City, and it is being developed by Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC). […]
Phnom Penh trip report (2023 edition)
Construction reports for Koh Pich (the fake Paris island), BKK1 (the booming expat area), and Phnom Penh City Center (the city rising out of a drained lake). My first trip report for 2023 begins in Phnom Penh. This was a shorter trip than usual, as it was a visa run from Vietnam that was timed […]
Phnom Penh – Siem Reap Railway
The Phnom Penh – Siem Reap Railway is a proposed new railway connecting the capital of Cambodia to the tourism hotspot of Siem Reap (the city near Angkor). The railway is one of a number of railways that have been proposed in Cambodia, including another railway that would connect Siem Reap to Poipet (and thus […]
Kampot and Kep construction update – 2022 edition
Report on current, proposed, and unfinished construction projects in Kampot and Kep Province as of January 2022. Kampot and Kep are two coastal provinces in Southern Cambodia. Kep was actually part of Kampot until it was turned into a province in 2008. Kep is the smallest province in Cambodia (and smaller than Phnom Penh), so […]
Future Kep: Development project in Kep Province, Cambodia
Kep Province is on the southeast coast of Cambodia, near the Vietnam border. Kep is surrounded by Kampot Province, and it was part of Kampot until it was made a province in 2008. Kep was a seaside playground in French colonial times, and remains of old villas can be found along the coast and in […]
Future Kampot
Kampot is a coastal province in southwestern Cambodia. Its capital is the city of Kampot, which is famous for its colonial remnants. The province is building ports and Special Economic Zones in a bid to increase tourism and investment. Here is a list of projects that are planned or under construction in Kampot Province. Kampot […]
Sihanoukville Construction Update – 2022 Edition
Sihanoukville has emerged from a construction frenzy that was unprecedented for a city this size in Southeast Asia. Cambodia opened the flood gates for Chinese investors to build casinos and hotels in Sihanoukville, with very little government oversight. In the latter half of the 2010s, Sihanoukville had the feeling of a Wild West boomtown (it […]
Future Koh Rong
Koh Rong is an island off the coast of Sihanoukville City and part of Sihanoukville Province in Cambodia. It is the second-largest island in Cambodia after Koh Kong. Koh Rong and Koh Rong Sanloem (4 km south of Koh Rong island) were merged in 2019 to become Koh Rong Town. The government is planning to […]
Sihanoukville construction, transport, and infrastructure projects
A list of current and proposed construction projects in Sihanoukville (city and province), Cambodia. Sihanoukville Construction Sites Map [Map of Sihanoukville construction projects.] Planned/Under Construction Diamond Seaview Bay Address: 2 Thnou St, Sokha Beach, Sihanoukville. News: skyscrapercity.com. Prince Golden Bay Complex Address: Sokha Beach, Sihanoukville. Developer: Prince Huan Yu Real Estate (Cambodia) Group Co.,Ltd. News: […]
