Cambodia

Dragon Capital raising $100m fund to target Cambodia’s growth

Vietnam-based Dragon Capital is raising up to US$100 million for a new Indochina fund, some of which the private equity firm would invest in Cambodian agriculture and infra-structure, Dragon’s chief information officer Bill Stoops said yesterday. While the majority of the fund will be invested in Vietnamese companies, Stoops said there was considerable opportunity in Cambodia. “We believe there are a lot of big-ticket projects in Cambodia right now,” he said by phone, although he declined to name the projects. The firm will also look at some investments in manu-facturing, Stoops said

Published

9 years ago

March 4, 2012

Rithy Chey

Cambodia

CLMV’s economic growth crashes to two-decade low due to COVID-19

The COVID-19 crisis has caused the rate of economic growth in the CLMV bloc to be at its lowest in two decades, the CLMV economies could grow at 3.4 percent this year

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10 months ago

May 25, 2020

Bui Dung

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a negative impact on CLMV economies through their dependency on foreign-sourced revenue from tourism and exports says KResearchCenter.

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Cambodia

Cambodia’s aid and investment affair with China

China is Cambodia’s biggest aid provider and Chinese investors hold almost a quarter of Cambodia’s total FDI stock. Distinguishing Chinese aid from investment is difficult, but there is no doubting China’s huge economic impact in Cambodia.

Published

2 years ago

July 30, 2019

East Asia Forum

The debate about China’s rapidly growing global investment and development financing footprint has focused on deciphering Chinese intentions — whether China aims to revise or maintain the US-led ‘liberal international order’.

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Cambodia

Thailand pushes CLMVT as the “New Value Chain Hub of Asia”

The Ministry of Commerce, in cooperation with 11 relevant agencies, hosted the CLMVT Forum 2019 with delegates from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand

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2 years ago

June 25, 2019

National News Bureau of Thailand

BANGKOK, 24 June 2019 (NNT) – Thailand’s Prime Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, today attended the opening of the CLMVT Forum 2019, and urged its member countries to push for the development of the CLMVT Regional Value Chain, so that they can have more bargaining power and improve the well-being of their citizens.

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