Cellcard CEO Ian Watson said the team was working 24/7 to help ensure customers can continue to communicate at all times, despite the increasing power outages. Mr Watson said Cellcard has arranged further deployment of generators to support the network and help reduce outages in affected provinces. The teams are also ensuring extra capacity across […]

Prime Minister Hun Sen and his delegation left the Kingdom yesterday to attend the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing where a number of assistance agreements are expected to be signed. Mr Hun Sen was invited to attend the second Belt and Road Forum by Chinese President Xi Jinping. He is accompanied by deputy prime […]

Cambodia presents the ideal conditions for a prosperous solar sector, including plenty of daylight hours, increasing levels of energy consumption due to rising living standards and a lack of cheap energy options. Khmer Times’ May Kunmakara sits down with Warren Lee, business development manager for Southeast Asia at Jinko Solar, a firm based in Shanghai. […]

President Xi Jinping’s announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013 was widely welcomed by many Asian countries. Studies suggest that there is a significant need of infrastructure development across Asia, including Southeast Asia. According to the ADB Report in 2017, Asia needs at least $8.2 trillion in financing infrastructure investment from 2010 […]

STUNG TRENG, Cambodia, April 20 (Xinhua) — In early April in Sesan District of Stung Treng Province, Cambodia, the reservoir of Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Station was sparkling with water merging with the azure sky. On the right bank of the dam, a clear stream flows through the woods downstream of the saddle dam. This […]

A new set of international companies are optimistic about Cambodia’s nascent oil and gas industry, but they are investing in an extractive business that has proven costly and yielded only delays, not yet profit. The Canadian-listed gold mining company Angkor Gold announced this year that it would start exploring oil and gas blocks onshore in […]

Prime Minister Hun Sen has told  Fresh News that Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to provide the additional of 50MW of electricity on top of 200MW supply to Cambodia. The Premier added that the Vietnamese Prime Minister conveyed best regards to Cambodian King, the President of the Senate, the President of the […]

Large parts of Cambodia have had to endure hours of daily power outages after the country’s main provider said it was unable to meet demand due to dry weather. Small businesses are suffering the most. It’s hot and humid in KT Beauty, a salon owned by Morn Sokunthea. The red-and-black chairs are empty. The fans […]

Mine and Energy Minister Suy Sem today requested the Vietnamese government supply more electricity to help address a current shortage in the Kingdom. A ministry press release said that Mr Sem today discussed the matter at the ministry with Le Bien Cuong, commercial counsellor at the Vietnamese embassy. “His Excellency Suy Sem asked the Vietnamese […]

Amid chronic blackouts, the Cambodian People’s Party government is getting poor marks for energy planning.    © Reuters PHNOM PENH — Regular power blackouts are plaguing Cambodia where the national grid is starved by drought-stricken hydropower plants and stressed by booming demand from heavy Chinese investment in the construction sector. Power shortages have caused weeks of scheduled […]