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Independent research on Cambodian markets Tuesday, 14 July 2026 · Phnom Penh Edition № 28

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Retiring in Cambodia: The Honest Guide to Visas, Costs, Healthcare, and Property

Cambodia runs the region's simplest retirement paperwork — a ~$300-a-year ER extension, no deposits, no property locks. The honest guide to what it costs to live well, where retirees actually settle, the healthcare ceiling and the evacuation question, and whether to rent or buy.

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Legal & Ownership

Escrow in Cambodia Property Deals: How Retention Accounts Now Protect Your Money

For years the honest answer to “is my deposit safe?” in Cambodia was “not really.” That has quietly changed: escrow is now a regulated, licensed service. How a retention account works, when to insist on one, what it costs, and what it does — and does not — protect.
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Sector Analysis

A Rungis for Phnom Penh? The WorldBridge–SEMMARIS Study and the Logistics Real Estate Gap

WorldBridge and the operator of Paris's Rungis market signed a feasibility study for an international agro-food wholesale market in Phnom Penh. Why it matters, what it would take, and where Cambodia's warehousing gap actually is.
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Investment Framework

Reading the CDC Pipeline: What 2026 Investment Approvals Say About Property Demand

Cambodia approved $3.26 billion of fixed-asset investment in the first five months of 2026, after a record $10 billion in 2025. How to read the CDC numbers, where the projects land, and what the pipeline means for property.
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Property

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Market Analysis

Prague to Sihanoukville Direct: A Small Charter With a Big Signal for the Coast

From December 2026, TUI Airways will fly weekly Prague–Sihanoukville 787 charters — the first direct European link to Cambodia's coast. What roughly 4,800 seats a season can and cannot do for a tourism market down nearly 50 percent.
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Location Guides

Cambodia's Northeast Frontier: Ratanakkiri, Mondulkiri and the SPIN Investment Push

Cambodia is steering roughly $2 billion of approved capital into its four northeastern provinces under the SPIN programme — agro-industry, gold, wind and a crowd-funded border road. A guide to the frontier: what is real, how land works there, and where buyers get hurt.
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Risk & Due Diligence

Cambodia's Riverbank Planning Shift: What Devolved Waterfront Rules Mean for Buyers

Cambodia is pushing riverbank planning and land demarcation down to provincial committees and inviting waterfront owners into erosion-prevention schemes. For riverside property, local autonomy is both an opportunity and a new layer of risk — a due-diligence read.

Companies & Deals

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Investment Framework

The Cambodia–US Open Skies Deal: What It Really Does for Property

On 30 June 2026 the US and Cambodia signed their first air transport agreement — full Open Skies, plus DFC money for Techo airport. An honest read of what it changes for tourism, industrial and investor demand — and why "direct flights" is the wrong headline.
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Investment Framework

Czech–Cambodia Ties and the Central European Investment Gap

2026 marks 70 years of Czech–Cambodia relations, and the framing is shifting from aid to trade and investment. An honest look at the Central and Eastern European channel into Cambodia — real but small — and what it does, and does not, mean for property.
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Deal Flow & M&A

The DFC–OCIC Techo Airport Deal: Why US Capital Vetting a Cambodian Developer Matters

The US DFC signed a letter of intent to lend $100M for Techo airport — to OCIC, the Canadia Group developer behind Koh Pich. The financing itself is modest; the two years of US due diligence on a Cambodian developer is the real signal for property.

Economy & Policy

The rules of the game, and how they change All research →
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Sector Analysis

Green Finance in Cambodia: Solar Rules, Green Bonds, and What Certification Is Worth

Cambodia now has a rooftop-solar quota, a green-bond rulebook, and its first certified green buildings. An independent read of the green finance framework — and where the property and business angles actually are.
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Sector Analysis

Koh Kong Zhejiang SEZ: Cambodia Builds a Furniture Hub on the Thai Border

A Zhejiang-backed SEZ in Koh Kong has pulled in 76 projects and $567 million in two years, betting on furniture manufacturing migrating out of China. What it means for the province, the labor market, and property.
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Sector Analysis

Factory Phnom Penh: The Creative Hub Betting on the Southern Corridor

A former Levi's and Speedo garment plant became Cambodia's largest creative hub, and in August 2026 it expands into retail and entertainment. What Factory Phnom Penh is, who is behind it, and how to read a mixed-use bet on the Techo corridor as an investor, not a visitor.

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