Cambodia attracted $1.06 billion investment projects in first two months

Cambodia approved fixed-assets investment projects worth $1,069 million in the first two months of 2025 with a total number of projects of 104 projects. This according to a report from The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) .

The report point out that, the approved investment projects would generate some 71,000 jobs for local people.

Outstanding projects including: an electronics manufacturing factory, an electronic bike and motorbike assembly plant, a steel factory, a garment and textile factory, a fruit processing plant and a luxury hotel, among others, the report added.

Of all investment projects, 60 investment projects are located outside the Special Economic Zones and 52 projects are located within the Special Economic Zones.

China took the lead in foreign direct investment (FDI) to the Kingdom, followed by local investors, Vietnamese and Singaporean investors.

H.E. Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice-Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia said, “The increasing investment flows to Cambodia reflect investors’ confidence in the strong political stability in the country.”

To attract investment in the context of likely-to-happen trade war pressures, CDC is reviewing to do more reforms, to identify the issues, and create more incentives to investors, he added.

It should be noted that, last year, Cambodia attracted 414 fixed-asset investments worth a total investment capital of $6.9 billion, an increase of 40% from $4.92 in the year before (2023).