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How Cambodia treats foreign capital — the FDI rules, QIP incentives, SEZs, and sector restrictions — and where the headline incentives come with conditions worth reading first.
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Takeo on the Funan Techo Canal: The Province Betting Its Property Future on a Stalled Megaproject
Takeo's governor pitched the province to Chinese investors in Xining as a future Funan Techo Canal waterway hub. What's real (existing factories, a $1B delegation), what's promised (the canal), and why a buyer needs to keep the two apart.
Europe Is Closing the Door on Citizenship by Investment. Cambodia Opened One in December.
EuroCham's immigration partner says no European country still sells citizenship for investment — only residency. Cambodia's own citizenship-by-investment law took effect three months earlier. What the mismatch means for where wealthy Cambodians actually park capital.
Cambodia's $6 Billion Microfinance Sector — The Financing Tier Property Guides Skip
The CMA reports $5.99B in outstanding microfinance loans, 1.53 million borrowers (61% women), and $2.99B in deposits. For most Cambodian households building or improving a home, this is the actual financing system — not a bank mortgage.
ACLEDA Cracks The Banker's Top 1000 — What One Global Ranking Does and Does Not Tell You
ACLEDA is the only Cambodian bank on The Banker magazine's Top 1000 World Banks 2026 list, ranked 785th. Read against the same week's NBC and AMRO warnings on property-sector NPLs, the ranking is a real but narrow signal.
The CCC's New Investment Blueprint: A Governance Signal Worth Reading Carefully
The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce folded international business associations into the Government-Private Sector Forum mechanism, citing 94.4% policy-reform completion. What the number means, and does not mean, for property investors.
Preah Sihanouk's $72M Project Pipeline — And the 216 Stalled Buildings Behind the Bigger Number
A provincial working group vetted 10 new projects worth $72M and 800 jobs. The more revealing figure sits underneath: of 491 incentivised projects since 2024, 216 are stalled-building revivals — the clearest official acknowledgment yet of Sihanoukville's unfinished-tower problem.
European Residency-by-Investment vs Cambodia Property: Comparing International Investor Options
European golden visa programs presented in Phnom Penh — Portugal, Malta, Italy, Cyprus, and UK residency-by-investment compared against Cambodia property on cost, yield, timelines, and what each actually delivers.
Cambodia Courts Brazil: A Chamber-of-Commerce Meeting and the Diversification It Doesn't Yet Prove
The CCC president asked Brazil's ambassador to back a free-trade deal, an investment-protection agreement and a tax treaty. Bilateral trade barely clears $250 million. An honest read of Cambodia's newest, thinnest diversification overture.
Cambodia's 10% US Tariff: The Lowest Rate in the Region, and What It Means for Property
Cambodia secured a 10% Section 301 rate from Washington — below Thailand and Vietnam's 12.5% — with a combined rate expected near 19%. An independent read of the tariff gap and its industrial-property implications.
Thailand's Border Closure, One Year On: What 'Adapted Well' Actually Means
Cambodia's commerce minister says the manufacturing sector has adapted well to Thailand's land-border closure. National export data backs her up — but Poipet's border-SEZ factories, and the bilateral trade route itself, tell a harder story.
Cambodia and France Head Toward a Strategic Partnership: The EU Diversification Read
Macron visits Siem Reap in November for the Francophonie Summit, sixty years after De Gaulle. Behind the symbolism: real FDI growth, a French wholesale-market study, and what EU diversification does and doesn't change for Cambodia's China-dominated investment profile.
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.
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.
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.
Sun Chanthol's Beijing Pitch: Courting Better Chinese FDI, and What It Means for Property
Cambodia's DPM went to Beijing in mid-2026 to sell high-tech, green and high-value manufacturing — not casinos and condos. An independent read of the courtship, the Pentagonal Strategy behind it, and what upgrading Chinese FDI means for property.
International Holding Structures for Cambodia — Using Singapore, Hong Kong, and Offshore Companies
How sophisticated investors structure their Cambodia exposure — the holding-company jurisdictions, double-taxation treaties, and repatriation strategies that align with the country's legal environment.
Japanese FDI and Cambodia's Emerging Automotive Manufacturing Supply Chain
A CDC delegation led by Sun Chanthol visited Japan in June 2026, meeting Sumitomo Electric and the Kansai Economic Federation. What the mission signals about Japanese FDI — distinct from Chinese capital — and what it means for industrial property.
Cambodia FDI Rules and QIP Incentives — A Complete Guide
How Cambodia regulates foreign direct investment, what the Qualified Investment Project scheme actually offers, and the sectors where incentives come with binding conditions.
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