PHNOM PENH, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia attracted fixed-asset investment of 6.7 billion U.S. dollars in the first seven months of 2025, a year-on-year rise of 84 percent, said a Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) report released on Tuesday.
The Southeast Asian country approved 440 investment projects during the January-July period this year, up 88 percent from 234 projects over the same period last year, generating about 312,000 jobs, the CDC said.
Main projects included an auto garage equipment factory, a car assembly plant, car tire plants, an electric three-wheeler assembly plant, solar power plants, a solar panel plant, wind power stations, a hydroelectric plant, metal and aluminum processing plants, metal mining, a dry port, tourism resorts, and a fruit processing factory.
China remained the top foreign investor in the kingdom, the CDC said.
Ministry of Commerce's Secretary of State and Spokesperson Penn Sovicheat said the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement and Cambodia's bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) with China, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates are key factors in attracting foreign direct investment.
"These free trade pacts are magnets for foreign investors to Cambodia," he told Xinhua. "New investments will bring new capital, technologies and job opportunities for our people." ■
